Generator change? What you think?
So, I've seen a few different ideas on Gens - to make them longer to fix etc etc but I've had this idea which would need a slight rework in the back office of BHVR im sure.
So you find a generator in the field, it's there blinking at you. You sit along side it and start repairing the right hand side of the generator, your quarter of the way through, then the front end of the generator starts flashing and a skill check comes up, you stay on the side of the generator but it doesn't repair. On the offchance you move to the front of the generator where it is flashing and repair that part, then a skill check BAM the back starts flashing etc etc
Basically what i'm saying is why not change the generators so you have to fix different parts of it instead of just sit still wait and click occasionally. at least It would encourage the survivor to focus a bit more on the gen, be a tad less camera watching and pre occupied for Michael to walk up and stab them in the face.
Single gen would have 4 repairable sections - maybe as well as skillchecks you have a 3 second timer to get to the right part of the gen or it blows again. ? I dunno ...just an idea
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Wont happen because you dont always repair generators alone.
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@Shadoureon said:
Wont happen because you dont always repair generators alone.I know man, bastards stopping me getting Iri lightbringer shakes fist
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It is an interesting idea to also add more to the generator aside from hold button. If they can find a way to slow the gens down or at least make ruin a perk that isn't destroyed so damn fast I do feel that would alleviate a lot of stress time puts on a killer. They could also perhaps remove ranking altogether since it matter not in finding a match and that would also stop people from raging so much when they don't get a pip. The fact that this game isn't being balanced on a "competitive" level makes me wonder why we need a ranking system. And I'm all for a more casual game if that's their desired direction.
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won't work as a lot of the gens can't be approached from all sides. this would mean that almost all generator spawn locations would have to be programmed individually to say whether this was a 1 accessible side, 2 side, 3 side, or full generator. maybe they can do something, and while this is great outside of the box thinking, i don't think this is the answer we are looking for.3
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@MegaWaffle said:
It is an interesting idea to also add more to the generator aside from hold button. If they can find a way to slow the gens down or at least make ruin a perk that isn't destroyed so damn fast I do feel that would alleviate a lot of stress time puts on a killer. They could also perhaps remove ranking altogether since it matter not in finding a match and that would also stop people from raging so much when they don't get a pip. The fact that this game isn't being balanced on a "competitive" level makes me wonder why we need a ranking system. And I'm all for a more casual game if that's their desired direction.some very interesting points there. I just don't like the whole "slow gens down" make it slower to repair like in a hold the button down for longer thing, Id like to see things where Survivors need to do a bit more. How about (sorry to steal this from F13) - cans of fuel dotted about the map, do you carry the fuel to the generator and put down your toolbox? oh no what shall I dooooooooooo lol
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@Russ76 said:
won't work as a lot of the gens can't be approached from all sides. this would mean that almost all generator spawn locations would have to be programmed individually to say whether this was a 1 accessible side, 2 side, 3 side, or full generator. maybe they can do something, and while this is great outside of the box thinking, i don't think this is the answer we are looking for.Thanks Russ for your honest and clear assessment of my post
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that might work.. even if they assume survivors already have fuel on them they could make it to where the repair meter sips and give you a prompt to put the fuel in. But i do like the idea of something along those lines.1
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another idea, that i am about to get flamed for, is make the survivors start with inserting the fuel, then force them to try to start the generator. give them maybe a 1 in 1000 chance to not need any repairs. while it would suck to be the killer that then generator starts right up for. it might give the survivors something to hope for.0
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@Russ76 said:
another idea, that i am about to get flamed for, is make the survivors start with inserting the fuel, then force them to try to start the generator. give them maybe a 1 in 1000 chance to not need any repairs. while it would suck to be the killer that then generator starts right up for. it might give the survivors something to hope for.change it to 4% and you'll have a full scale riot on your hands man - Salty lips will be off the charts
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@Russ76 said:
another idea, that i am about to get flamed for, is make the survivors start with inserting the fuel, then force them to try to start the generator. give them maybe a 1 in 1000 chance to not need any repairs. while it would suck to be the killer that then generator starts right up for. it might give the survivors something to hope for.on a serious note - I think that's a good idea lol
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lol. my idea would have to be set so luck doesn't affect those changes.. but having 1 generator fire up every 200 or so matches might be fun.0
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@Russ76 said:
lol. my idea would have to be set so luck doesn't affect those changes.. but having 1 generator fire up every 200 or so matches might be fun.It would and If i'm playing survivor id be like "yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssss" - although if that happens you would n't be able to get any points for it. Because you haven't done anything
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true.. maybe 25 points for the fuel but yeah no real points.
another thought. since i am trying to give the survivors something.. let's give the killer something. so was thinking.. and my car makes more noise when starting up then the noise levels drop a bit while it runs.. increase the noise for the attempted startup a bit..0 -
@Russ76 said:
true.. maybe 25 points for the fuel but yeah no real points.another thought. since i am trying to give the survivors something.. let's give the killer something. so was thinking.. and my car makes more noise when starting up then the noise levels drop a bit while it runs.. increase the noise for the attempted startup a bit..
That's a good idea like a few seconds of BRRRR BRRRBR RBRBRBRRRBRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR then it purrs as you fix It lol
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What if they added a "checklist" of sorts. Something along the lines of fix 3 of 5 generators find the fuse for the exit gate fuse boxes (2 hidden in the map one for each exit) maybe even add finding the gas for the 3 generators too like it was mentioned in one of the above posts. Just adding a "find the hidden piece" could add some time to the game and gives survivors a few different objectives towards their goal of escaping.
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@TeambossFloze said:
@Shadoureon said:
Wont happen because you dont always repair generators alone.I know man, bastards stopping me getting Iri lightbringer shakes fist
also most generators have atleast 1 side of it blocked and some have 3
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@MegaWaffle said:
What if they added a "checklist" of sorts. Something along the lines of fix 3 of 5 generators find the fuse for the exit gate fuse boxes (2 hidden in the map one for each exit) maybe even add finding the gas for the 3 generators too like it was mentioned in one of the above posts. Just adding a "find the hidden piece" could add some time to the game and gives survivors a few different objectives towards their goal of escaping.I really like the idea of having a few alternative objectives, I mean they already started it with the PIG traps and that works really well I think. I like the idea of forcing the survivors to move around the map, if it was like "get fuel" and there was a fuel can of sorts then i'd also make it so the killer didn't know where it was but maybe a perk would highlight it for survivors
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@Taconter said:
@TeambossFloze said:
@Shadoureon said:
Wont happen because you dont always repair generators alone.I know man, bastards stopping me getting Iri lightbringer shakes fist
also most generators have atleast 1 side of it blocked and some have 3
Aye work would have to be done to stop that from happening so I can see why that wouldn't necessarily work, like I said would take a lot to implement it.
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