What am I doing wrong with dropping pallets?

It's an issue that occured when they removed pallet vacuums. Expect to notice a difference when the next patch goes live.

@Zaije said:
Khroalthemadbomber said:

It's an issue that occured when they removed pallet vacuums. Expect to notice a difference when the next patch goes live.

I thought it was only a change when you're standing still and facing the pallet? I hope it's fixed though, tired of getting hit through pallets. I always felt bad when a EW3 hit a survivor when they stunned me like "That shouldn't have hit them but I'll take it".

I'm kinda dreading the next patch as a lot of m1 killers who already struggled with the pallet game are likely to lose a lot of hits. This may mean a resurgence of the sames killers every games which is not healthy for the survivor experience. However I will concede its nice to see the dev's close off some of the more obnoxious loops. So I'll have to wait to see what the game will be like.

ASurvkillivorer said:

@Peasant said:

...

When you insert witty meme without reading the post. LOL you think im one of those master map knowledge pallet loopers who simply know how to keep resetting distance between the killer? I can't even use the pallets effectively. Playing against those people made me realize how screwed the balance of the game overall can be. I feel like enough knowledge from survivors can simply be enough to ALWAYS over come the killer no matter how they play.

I don't rely on pallets. I seem to have an entirely different experience with pallets than most survivors. They don't seem to be the live saver for me that they are for other people and even the survivors I play against.

Survivor regular pallet drop. Killer is approx 6-7ft away and killer lands hit on me when pallet drops. Like I said earlier sometimes managing to go through to my side of the pallet. Strangely enough that almost NEVER Happens to me as killer when I hit the survivor through the pallet.

Killer regular pallet drop. I am juuuust closing in for that hit and BOOM pallet smacks me I don't land the hit and survivor flies off. Never added up to me.

Apologies if the meme hurt your feelings, I have recently discovered the imgflip meme generator and I am determined to make more Dead by Daylight memes. Anyway while admittedly the meme's tone is rather rude allow me to state my actual advice. 

If pallets only get you hit then I recommend that you avoid using them overall. You can only have 4 perks so if looping is punishing you then I recommend you double down on stealth perks. After all you can't get hit if there's no chase.

I frequently get hits on survivors through pallet stuns and I frequently get hit after pallet stunning killers when playing survivor. It’s supposed to be a bit better next patch as they are shortening the survivor animation to drop a pallet. But for now, just try to do it a split second earlier than you think you should. At worst, they won’t get stunned but you still dropped the pallet and can use it to gain some distance.

I've found a pretty good work around the current way the pallet works. When running away from a pallet, there's still somewhat of a suction feature that when letting go of shift and dropping pulls you back to drop it. You look like you're booking it at first, but will drop it as soon as they go through it. It takes some practice, but it's worked wonders for me so far. Just don't run too far away from the prompt!

Always make sure to be careful, though. Timing is everything, and the slightest delay can cause you to get smacked during the animation.