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Survivors need a proper Education / Tutorial

Alen_Starkly
Alen_Starkly Member Posts: 1,301
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I can't say how many times I've been in a match where a teammate runs the killer near a hooked survivor, not to mention going down near the hook. I feel like in most cases survivors don't do that on purpose. Rather, there is a lack of education and/or general game sense / awareness with so many people. It kind of feels like a magnetic pull, like the law of gravity.

Similar cases:

  • running the killer towards the last gen that's about to pop
  • not commiting to finishing a crucial gen that's about to pop
  • when the killer is (proxy) camping a hook, survivors not doing gens, nor unhooking, but just lurking nearby, hoping the killer would leave and open up a chance for a relatively safe unhook. A lot of times they even let the survivor go to 2nd stage, before commiting to the unhook. Sometimes even denying the anticamp meter from filling up, even with the now implemented HUD meter

I would say that even playing around Surge (jumping into lockers) and DMS (tapping a low progress gen) are some things that deserve education. 1 big thing that did not deserve a nerf in my opinion was "Hex: Pentimento". That perk was perfectly fine. The problems with the perk stemmed mostly from survivors lacking the general sense of paying attention to where they cleansed a totem, and understanding the responsibility of them going back to the spot and cleansing the Pentimento totem too. Potential solution for this last problem could be a message popping up on the survivor's screen (the survivor who cleansed a totem) that a new totem is now in place and they should go cleanse it. This could be a part of tutorial, or could pop in matches a few times.

I've been baffled by how many people lack this common knowledge, both in my own games, and games of even veteran player streamers. The problem probably stems mostly from there just being so much content in DBD, so many mechanics etc., that people often don't have time to grasp things efficiently - to the detriment of their teammates.

People have been mentioning this for a while now, but a proper tutorial that covers all commong knowledge would be very appreciated. I think I've learned most of my things from watching streamers, but a lot of people don't have time or interest in doing that, so they could use a proper in-game help.