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Waving arms on hook
Hey guys I need help answering this question because I've played this game for a while and still have no clue.
If someone is waving their arms up and down while hooked, does it mean the killer is near or is it them telling you to rescue them because I honestly don't know what it means.
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It can mean both.
It was widely known to mean a killer is close when the game was new but over time players started to use it to mean come get me.
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I use it as a "it's safe, come on"
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I do it for fun when I'm getting bored. I did wonder the same thing though. When I see others do it sometimes the killer is near and sometimes they are far, so I have no clue if it actually means something or not.
It wouldn't be of use to say the killer is not there as he can see you doing it and know (if this is a common thing) that you are giving the all clear to teammates.
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It does not mean anything anymore.
It used to mean "Killer is camping", but Survivors do it also when nobody is there. So I would not give anything on someone waving, there is no meaning anymore.
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It’s meant to mean something!?
I just do it when I’m bored lol
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Good to bring this up again, there were some posts about it already in the past weeks. And I promote to bring meaning back again to close the SWF gap.
Use flapping to say "Killer is near, watch out" and pretend the kobe (stopping at 90% of the animation) to say "Noone is coming, I'm dying, pls come unhook"
Btw I also use flapping when I have LOS to the unhooking survivor that is going to run into a hag or trapper trap
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Just use it as a precautionary sign that the killer might still be there or no one is coming to save that survivor. Better to be safe than sorry.
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It used to mean "killer nearby" but it has no meaning to me anymore because so many people use it for the opposite reason.
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And this is why kindred is a good perk to use
I always use it as a "camper alert" when I can be asked to do it at all, but more often than not I can't be asked
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It means, “if you ran kindred or I ran Kindred you would know what to do now.”
Luckily I always run kindred
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Even when I know it means nothing these days, I still do it when I get camped for the sake of old players who will hopefully understannd and take it as "I'm getting camped, do gens". I don't expect my teammates to understand but it makes me feel better then doing nothing.
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It should always mean "killer is camping", use it for anything else at your own risk imo.
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Flailing up and down= killer is camping
Holding it until almost completing escape attempt= pls save me I'm about to go into struggle
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You're part of the problem.
People will come. Being hooked is more than enough of a "get me off the hook".
If it wasn't for these people using it to indicate that the Killer isn't near it would be more widely understood to mean that there is danger and would prevent a lot more bad saves.
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for me there's 2 ways to look at it.
- They repeatedly grab the hook itself: "come get me already!"
- they repeatedly raise and lower their hands without grabbing the hook: "Killer is camping, do gens"
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I use it to tell people the killer is over here with me, but of course as many have said, it has lost its meaning because people are bored on hook for 12 seconds. Take it to mean proceed with caution.
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It always meant the killer is camping, but over time new people decided to use it for the opposite without checking to see if it had been thought of first. Then, other new people heard both versions, and now it's useless.
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