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With newer players coming...Exposed needs to be changed.
I think it's about time we renamed 'Exposed' into something that makes more sense, like...Vulnerable!
I've had to go through the process of actually explaining this to about five of my friends now who have come to join the game that Exposed does not mean their location is known or that their aura is shown to the Killer, but rather that they are capable of being one hit downed. Being Exposed just sounds too confusing to some players, as it was to me and my friends when we first started, and with a crowd of players who could be joining us, I really think Exposed should retire it's name and look into getting a newer, more accurate title.
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I agree, when I was new I would see exposed a bunch of times and had no idea what it meant. Eventually I put it together that it was 1 hit down.
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Yup. When I started playing, I believed exactly that, that my location got revealed. At the same time, it's something you pick up on quickly because if someone gets exposed, there's a chance that you or someone else is gonna get hit. That way, you simply learn from playing the game (which I think is a good thing).
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Everyone makes the same mistake, and this very topic was brought up afew weeks ago. For some reason, alot of players think they should just look it up instead of the status effect being named to anything that makes sense.
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I’d name ‘Exposed’ to ‘Endangered’ personally. ‘Vulnerable’ has the same issue as ‘Exposed’ in that it could literally mean anything regarding the game.
Endangered definitely means that you should GTFO, much more than Vulnerable would.
‘Exposed’ can become a status effect granted by an item or perk to alert you to the fact that your aura is being read. Maybe Distortion could have an additional effect after all tokens are gone, to state that your aura is revealed to the Killer? It should not appear on just any aura exposure though, as that can end up as a partial nerf to Scratched Mirror, other aura add-ons, and perks.
In short, ‘Endangered’ will get the point across the best way.
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Vulnerable refers to the correct idea.
Exposed means visable
Vulnerable means open to attack.
Games usually use the term Vulnerable to describe where attacks will be more effective on the target.
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Thanks, Burrito. 💜
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The amount of people that were saying "just look it up" was insane.
This ABSOLUTELY needs to be changed, and Vulnerable sounds great.
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Even with watching streamers and other players before I got the game, no one really explained or elaborated on what 'Exposed' meant. I thought, along with the one-hit, it would permanently show my aura to the killer. Oh, Rank 20 memories lol
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They said they were looking for improving the new player experience, and this is definetly something that would do.
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Thank you! 💜
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They were some gooood times.
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Or even just "Danger".
When I first saw "Exposed", I looked down to check my pants and then got stabbed in the neck.
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Heh. If they worried about the new player experience they'd do something to motivate people to climb the ranks instead of deranking and smurfing around in the lower ranks.
It has been an issue for the longest of times so I doubt a change won't come anytime soon.. or anytime at all. No.. Behavior cares only about money. You're only worth a damn as a player if you're willing to open up your wallet and buy some cosmetics.
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@se05239 - True, I'd love to see them remove depipping for a month, just to see what would happen. It might cause chaos, but it might actually help.
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The status could be called "Covered in jelly" and the description would still be the same. New players will just read the descriptions (or get instadowned) and accept the weird names like we all did.
Am I the only one that will not treat new players differently and will just try to kill all survivors like I normaly do?
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Do confusing status effects really NEED to be some kind of initiation into the game? These are likely to be players you arnt even going to face, unless you intend to depip to rank 20.
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exposed also means in a dangerous situation
exposed
adjective
in a vulnerable position or situation."the army's exposed right flank was under attack"
synonyms:vulnerable, defenseless, undefended, unshielded, susceptible; rarepregnable
"the army's left flank was exposed"
so it does work for a 1 shot attack warning as u are in a vunerable situation where the killer can 1 shot u
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Yeah, it took me literally 5 months to find out what exposed meant when I first started playing, I originally thought it meant I was seen, found out I was wrong
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No, Vulnerable instantly makes most people think you can be 1-hit.
Exposed instantly makes people think you are seen by the killer.
Endangered makes no sense and sounds dumb.
When I first realized what Exposed really did I said, "They should have just called it Vulnerable!"
And I think 99% of the rest of the players thought the same. You're part of the 1% so be proud.
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I remember when I first started and I bought Pig and thought Make Your Choice meant id get to see the rescuer.... each time it didn’t work I’d think “oh, I must not be far enough away from the hook”, so I’d literally walk to the other side of the map, face the hook and wait to ‘see’ the rescuer, but every time it ‘didn’t work’. I thought “what a stupid broken perk” 😂
It took me a long time to understand what it actually meant, and a long time to appreciate exposed perks
I agree with changing it to something easier to understand. Vulnerable does work well, so would Weakened and At Risk
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or change it to: "danger, danger, high voltage!"
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Thanks, Mochan. 💜
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We’ll just rename the Doc’s Madness tiers into that one. 😄
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Yep...I had the same issue when I started...
I also assumed every single totem was doing something or they wouldn't be there.
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I remember when I was new and I thought the same thing and thought they were hacking because I was insta downed
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na its one of those things you gotta learn like crouch walking around hag traps, if you give all the answers in the beginning then there is no learning curve, thats part of what makes the game so much fun is figuring stuff out for yourself and honing your skill over time
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We all had those moments, man. 😂
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@Peanits @not_Queen Would the team be interested in making changes like this to newer players?
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In the wise words of not_Queen, one of them will say "I will ask the team soonTM"
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I have noted it and will share it with the team, but I doubt it would be something that could change in time for the next update. Changing text is harder than it seems. We can change the English (and even French) text very easily, but every other language would need to be sent off for localization.
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Thumbs up so hard. This confused me when I first started playing. It made no sense to me. It took me a while to know that Michael Myers didn't actually know where I was.
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Ah, I see! Thanks for the info though. 💜
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Actually, for example, in russian language it already literally says "vulnerable"
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When I first played this game and saw EXPOSED along with the dreaded skull icon, I thought the killer was behind me. I'd panic and start running around like a headless chicken with no one behind me. I was such a noob
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Can relate
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We all can.
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Currently I just go "OH ######### GHOSTFACE!"
"Wait...Im playing against michael..."
*walk of shame back to gen
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I agree. I thought the exact same thing. Vulnerable seems better.
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Since it'd improve the new player experience, it should be a priority. Less misunderstandings mean less frustration.
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I agree, Exposed never sounded right to me.
Vulnerable would make a lot more sense.
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@se05239 @Gibberish We'll have to wait and see what happens. :P
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Just put it in Google Translate
Everything will work out fine
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Omg
A) it doesnt take long to figure out the real meaning
B) I've had to look up pretty much every effect multiple times because the name does not give a discription of the effect applied. Mangled, broken, hindered, exhausted. Did any one know what these ment and how you were effected by them from the name alone???
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It's been the same term for years now......... why should it be changed when theres so many resources to quickly learn what "exposed" means, youtube (litterally can learn anything on youtube), social media from Twitter, Facebook, reddit etc.. so many different communities that the players can join and ask "hey guys what does exposed do? " ..... they're new and they're going to need to learn what terms mean.... it wont matter what they change the term too if they do ever change it the new player is still going to have to learn what that effect is whether it's called vulnerable or weakened...
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Exhausted and Hindered I understood.
Mangled I understood because of the image that went along with it.
Everything else is indeed vague.
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It's not a bad idea, but I feel like it's something that wouldn't take that long too figure out as a new player. Exposed can mean you're location, but it can also mean a weak spot too hit. I'd be fine with the change if it is changed, but I feel that Exposed right now still fits with what the effect does.
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I'd be onboard with Vulnerable as a status name instead of exposed... but I'd be all for removing the status notifications as warnings altogether... but that's an opinion for a different time.
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Remove status warnings?
How about we remove killer spying on survivors at the lobby? You get a ton more info from status warnings than killers get from spying on the lobby yet that is allowed.
How about we also remove the status bar of the survivors on the bottom left from killer's view as well, just to make it fair?
I don't want you seeing that I'm running no Mither, or that I'm broken after I get unhooked. I don't want you to know what level of insanity I'm on, I don't want you knowing that I'm infected and broken from your puke, and I don't want you to know that I've stood up after you slugged me and left me to bleed out.
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maybe "Endangered" or instead of naming it, just have the screen tell them one of those messages: "Run." or "Hide!" i think that would be rather cool and may add some atmosphere?
probaply just me though xD
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Anything really works so long as it makes more sense. XP
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