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Why the Hatch needs a rework
The hatch is such a bad mechanic, as I have experienced as a survivor and a killer. When I play survivor, my last teammate decides to hide instead of doing gens when I am distracting the killer. When I am inevitably caught and hooked, my teammate is hiding in a corner next to the hatch. The hatch demotes altruistic actions and makes the game unfun for the survivor slowly dying and the killer searching for the last survivor playing hide and seek. And it is obvious why the hatch is bad for killers, when killers kill three survivors and the last one is alive, the survivor has no reason to do gens as previously mentioned. They get a free escape without working for it, and in return the killer doesn't get a kill, not due to their lack of skill, but rather cause of a free escape option. The reason why I feel like it is such a big deal now is due to the new ranking system, and while I don't care for it, it does effect the ranking of killers negatively. Maybe the closing hatch mechanic that was previously tested would make the killers too strong, but I rather have that then the mechanic that is implemented at the moment. Maybe in order to escape via the hatch, you have to find 3 keys scattered around the map, Idk. What are your ideas of how the Hatch can be reworked?
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Yeah once it's down 2 to survivors they literally refuse to ever do gens. They just hide without touching gens until 1 gets found and then he just DC's to give the hatch to the other guy or the other guy will just let him die while he waits near the hatch. It's terrible design.
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Exactly, it feels really out of place in this game. Even when I get the escape with the hatch, I feel like I didn't earn it.
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Because you didn't lol
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Remove hatch or let the killer close the hatch.
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Those killers,really want a free and easy 4k 😪
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What? It's bad for both killers and survivors.
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They got out without getting caught so yes they earned it, you're not entitled to a 4k just as they're not entitled to the hatch.
Again if you want the hatch gone get rid of all your aura reading and stealth detection perks, no spies/Whispers etc. No Mirror Myers effect or anything like that no Doctor shock etc.
Then you can play hide and seek for an hour.
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I think the hatch prerequisite should be a level of participation in the generator progress. That would encourage people to work on generators, if they are the second to last person and they realize they haven't achieved enough objective participation to qualify for the hatch to appear. I've been in matches where I got one generator completed and everyone was killed. And then I managed to complete another generator and I find the hatch and The Killers camping it.
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