Harvester Tech has been completely removed in the PTB
For those of you who don't know, it is currently possible to walk on top of the Hay bales next to the harvester to hit survivors camping the window (Which is one of the safest spots of the game if you don't know about Harvester tech).
Pig was especially good at accomplishing this due to her increased speed while ambushing.
Now this tech isnt easy to pull off by any means, but if you know the pathing, you can pull it off fairly consistently. It was just learning that pathing is extremely hard because of how small that gap is.
Now in the PTB, invisible walls push you off the hay bales, which prevents this tech from being pulled off entirely. I've tried multiple methods and they all have me the same result, me falling off and hitting a wall (special thanks to my friend Chaotic Riddle for helping me test it in KYF).
BHVR, why would you remove a tech that required skill and extensive game knowledge that was only used on a small handful of maps and was the only way to punish an extremely safe spot if you weren't playing Nurse? It truly astounds me how completely and utterly incompetent that decision is.
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It was a pretty decent tech tbh.
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I think the devs even said this was legit and okay at one point, what's with the change?
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I can agree with this, this is very nice feedback with justification to support it. :)
Yeah, I thought this was very unique to M1 killers in my opinion, and it doesn't feel cheap when it's used on you as a survivor. I would hate to see this go because it takes a lot of skill and knowledge to pull off, and even then, the survivor has counter play — vault back through the window, fake the vault if you know they will use this tech on you, or abandon the loop.
I can tag @Peanits about this. He's pretty reasonable and loves to share BHVR's thought process behind every change. If he can tell us why they changed it, we can work with him about it.
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Another Pig nerf.
F
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Not just Pig, it's another hit to Pig because she was able to pull it off better than other M1 killers but you could normally M1 across it as well with basic M1 killers (trapper, wraith, Freddy, GF etc) so everyone except Nurse suffers
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I use this trick all the time in high rank killer games, sad to see it go, when pulled off it's really fun.
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Not specifically, it's a nerf to all killers who could use this unique tech.
Assuming this is a Pig nerf is not the correct way to look at this change/fix. You will see the bigger picture when you look at things from all directions.
Edit: Englih is is hard.
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So basically, all killers except Nurse? Everyone could use this tech, Nurse just didnt need to.
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Wait what. Even as survivor seeing the killer pull this tek off was really cool to watch. Why BHVR
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IIRC one of the devs actually said it was cool to be able to pull it off, like lunging over the holes in the preschool.
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Oh okay. At first i thought you meant it was them removing the Ambush Harvester Tech for Pig only.
I hope this was not an intended change and just one of the many bugs that came with the Servers.
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Well, she has add-ons that make her an M1 killer so I wouldn't be surprised if you start seeing Nurses use this tech. :)
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@Peppa_Pigsaw The PTB has been experiencing a ton of issues corresponding to the update to the Unreal Engine. I am hoping hoping hoping that what you describe is attributable to that and thereby fixable (and the devs will fix it). Food for thought.
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I hope so, I'd hate to see it go
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Goodluck catching a survivor when the vault gets bugged and doesn't close 😫
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This is the part that confuses me. If the devs said nothing about this initially and changed it, I wouldn't think anything of it. But changing it after they said (not too long ago) that they were cool with it seems strange to me.
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I thought demogorgon was too big to do it
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I admittedly don't know about Demogorgon. I'd assume he can do it because every other M1 killer can, but I'd have to test it
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that should have stayed...
now this harvester loop is gonna be unbearable again -.-
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*happiness noises*
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Hopefully you make sure that the Demogorgon can do the Harvester Tech too ! Currently on live servers he's the only one who can't do the tech, please make sure he can do it too after you change the Harvester in the PTB
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KILLER BIAS :P
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Oh thank God, any idea what caused the issue? And can we expect it to be fixed when the PTB goes live?
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Yea, was going to say it's a bug. Thankfully it is now official.
It's a fun tech :)
I also literally just watched Peanits (not to long ago) pull it off so smoothly on twitch too. Had to re-watch it a few times. It was like art. :D
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$_$ Yiiisss. Thank you!
I mean... what .. wait? I have no idea what you mean. Good day, sir! *walks off spilling money out of pockets*
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Was going to say it's not a pig nerf, I get that we're all paranoid about the Pig hate vibe BHVR is giving off but this is not a pig nerf, even if it weren't a bug as Peanits mentioned.
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Peanits streams?!
You stream?!
I've been bamboozled. I thought only McCote and Queen did
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Thank goodness!
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@Ark_the_Bonsai yup. it's really nice and chill too. Should check it out sometime.
sick huntress skillz yo.
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So you decided to do it unintentionally like your fondling a rubix cube puzzle.
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What is a PTB?
In general, it’s an abbreviation for Public Test Build, but it’s also known as Player Test Build, Player Test Beta or Public Test Beta.
Public Test Builds are a way for the developers of a game to test major upcoming changes prior to their release, identify bugs or exploits and receive community feedback, which helps them to adjust the new mechanics. Features and changes introduced in a PTB are always work in progress/subject to change.
Players have to join the PTB via the public beta branches through Steam in order to gain access to it. It’s optional and you’re free to join and/or quit the PTB at any given time. If the players decides to participate in the PTB, it creates a copy of the player’s main build save game, but any progress made by playing the PTB will not be saved afterwards.
This stuff can happen... and that's why they test it first. The takeaway is, it is not going to be put in the non-PTB game
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My apologies. Please graciously accept it of my horrid transgressions.
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