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Killers Blocking Doorways To Get Endgame Kills
I know that this doesn't happen frequently enough but it is so extremely frustrating when a killer can just stand in a doorway to block you getting out while endgame gets triggered.
I was just on Crotus Prenn, the Gen in the middle building up top, with the hole in the floor. None of us had seen the killer all game, we pop that gen off two of us jump down the hole and find ourselves blocked by an invisible Wraith at the door. Surprise surprise he stands there the whole match.
I thought it was because he needed end game kills but he stated it was so he could derank to practice the huntress and legion. Either way this is a frustrating thing to come across and I just needed to discuss it here so thanks.
I will be reporting him but reporting from ps4 is atrocious. Also side note with reporting, it would be nice to get a notification stating thank you for your report action has been taken. I feel that reporting literally does nothing
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Report him for what, exactly?
I think those "Thank you for your report, action has been taken" automatic messages are worse than not getting anything because it costs nothing to send those messages. They can be fully automated, not even tied to a mod actually handling a report. I'd rather just see the game ban on their profile.
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If they block you BEFORE the endgame starts, that's an offense.
If they block you AFTER the endgame starts, that's not.
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Block you in what way though?
From the OP's post, it sounds like he was standing in front of the door the whole game, waiting for survivors to come open it. They could just open the other door.
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No, they jumped down to those dead-ends with lockers. The Wraith was blocking that doorway.
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Oh, it seems that I read this wrong, sorry. That sounds like a clear-cut holding-the-game-hostage scenario then, if the killer was blocking them from leaving the room.
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EGC was active. No hostage-taking.
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OK. Haha this whole thing is confusing. If the killer just wanted to de-rank efficiently, he could have stood in a corner and let the survivors finish the game and leave. His actions don't make any sense to me.
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I think OP was referring to a situation like this:
Basically, Otz bodyblocked the door handle that was 99'd and waited till he could down the Survivor with Ghostface. This kind of situation is super niche though, so really not only is it a problem, but its super big brain. The way your Wraith did it though, not just stupid- he got no BP or pips from that playstyle- but he blocked one, not both doors. If you couldnt open the second door, then at that point youre both stalling.
EDIT: Skip to 10:45 to see what im talking about.
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He took the game hostage. Sorry it is a little confusing. I assume you know which room I speak of in the building, hole in the ceiling with a locker in it and the only way out of that room is a single doorway. I ran upstairs and they were working on that gen so I left via hole in ground to go find another Gen and was trapped in that room for a bit before they finished it. When another survivor jumped down and was trapped with me. One of the others ran and got a door opened and he blocked that room the entire time. I can some what barely understand them doing this during egc but if they are going to body block and take people hostage then why play? Again this is a rare circumstance but one that is very frustrating when done.
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Ahhh no. Way off base haha. But thank you for trying. It's hard to explain if you don't know the room. The room has a hole in the ceiling survivors can drop onto and a doorway to leave that room that leads into the rest of the building. The killer stayed blocking this room. Hope that somewhat clarifies.
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It was before the last Gen popped. And is this 'policy' or your personal thoughts?
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It sounds like you were outplayed by a 200iq gamer.
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Egc was not active. He was blocking the doorway with me in it before the last Gen popped. Sorry it was a little confusing. Was just so frustrating haha. Yeah his logic and reasoning makes no sense, it's the few games like this that make me put my controller down and say maybe we don't play this game today lol.
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If two survivors were blocked then what was the other two doing?
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Yeah, that's policy. It's only hostage taking if the actions prevent the game from ending.
Your case is likely a bit of a Grey area, as he could be in trouble for staying there for an excessively long time, but that could be mitigated by what the other two Survivors were doing (as in, were they actively avoiding ending the game themselves as well).
In general, as long as progress gets made towards death or escape, there can be no hostage taking. Making a survivor spend the full bleed out timer as a slug isn't hostage taking, nor would blocking a room to force an egc kill.
If you two were the only 2 Survivors left and egc isn't active, then he's guilty of taking the game hostage (with a bit of leeway in terms of time, he's not instantly in trouble, he'd have to be there for a few minutes).
He may also be violating the "not actually playing the game" rule.
Edit: Doesn't appear to be any not playing rule, but I seem to recall devs mentioning it as a violation at some point.
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As already mentioned it's only an offense if they start doing it before EGC has started. Technically it's not taking the game hostage as long as a single survivor is free to do gens and end the game, but I understand that it's not exactly gameplay the devs want to encourage to put it that way.
So if it's endgame and they cut their losses and kill people like this that's fine, you won't have to wait long anyway.
If someone blocked someone with gens left and then go AFK then it is considered an offense. A form of griefing I'd imagine as again it's not really taking the game hostage unless every remaining survivor is trapped.
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Grey Area if I ever heard of one.
If EGC was active, not hostage 100% of the time. Because of the count down, that's just a smart play of getting 2 kills.
If the last gen was just finished, but EGC isn't active until a gate is opened. It's kind of hard to tell. If half the survivors are stuck, then the other half of have a means to end the game by activating EGC, which only lasts 2 minutes I think? It could be considered holding the game hostage, but I can see the argument for both honestly. It would almost depend on what the free survivors are doing, since they could just activate EGC and leave or sit around for whatever reason. 2 parties are kind of at fault here.
It's not like blocking the basement with 3 or 4 gens left to be done. Which has been established as holding the game hostage. You could use the argument, that the other survivors could just get gens done and trigger EGC. But that is much more time than what was just said above. And is completely locking people of playing the game.
It's kind of a tough one.
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If there was one gen left or they were already done and he just waited for the gates to be opened it’s fine. The EGC rule shouldn’t apply when it’s obvious it’ll strart soon enough so him blocking the doorway was actually a smart play. And since the game was over normally, noone took it hostage so why report? Because you died?
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In the middle of the 2nd floor on Crotus Prenn Asylum, there is always a generator. There is also a hole next to said generator. OP what from what I understand, is saying that they completed the gen and jumped down the hole, where a cloaked Wraith blocked them from exiting. I think there are 1 or 2 lockers in that room, otherwise it is a dead end with a door only wide enough for the killer to stand in, so no way out.
And he sat there waiting for EGC to trigger, which had not started yet, because the last gen just got popped. It might not have been the last gen, I am not really sure.
I believe that is what OP is saying, more or less.
Smart play, sure. Annoying yes.
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Man, I wish that there was a little bypass to bodyblocking after 5 seconds or so. It's so irritating, especially with survivor sandbagging survivor in a corner.
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That would be interesting. Like after a certain amount of time standing still, they would become intangible for some odd amount of time, so you could pass through.
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He didn't, though. The game could still end since other survivors were free to repair generators. In fact, it did end that way. It's a dick move, but not holding the game hostage in the least.
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You can't hold the game hostage in EGC.
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They should make that if you push against a character for 10 seconds collision gets lost for a couple of seconds
Will prevent things like this and will never come up in actual gameplay
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I did the same but in the Saloon, in the room that only has a window.
With the endgame started, 3 survs got in there, just went in and I stood for 2 minutes.
3 kill ez 😂
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This is intended, though. Bodyblocking can be used as a strategy.
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That's why the 10 second delay
I don't think anybody reasonable will complain about bodyblocking to get stalk or to chainsaw somebody.
Bodyblocking to let someone die to the egc in 4 minutes is just bad gameplay
10 seconds should be more then enough to do what you want to do with your bodyblocked victim
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You can't bodyblock while stalking, FYI.
Maybe what you want is to get them killed via the EGC. If nobody's hooked or in the dying state, it only takes 2 minutes, not 4. It's annoying, but it's also a consequence of screwing up.
10 seconds isn't even enough to wait out BT.
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20 seconds then
Waiting multiple minutes for someone to die to EGC is just uninteractive gameplay that really shouldn't be in the game
Would solve a lot of sandbagging and grieving moments too.
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I can see where this is considered griefing but whether BHVR sees it as that is up to them. If not that, you can definitely report him for being AFK and not playing the game. That's under unsportsmanlike conduct. Gave me a good chuckle tho.
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I disagree. It's a great time to go make yourself a sandwich, get a drink (preferably non-alcoholic), take a bathroom break, stretch your legs, etc.. You don't have to sit at your computer and do nothing. Take a short break.
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We have matchmaking queues for that kinda stuff.
If that's your idea of engaging gameplay then cookie clicker is a game you will love
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I disagree that it shouldn't be in the game. Obviously it's not engaging or interactive in the slightest, but players are gonna have to learn to suck it up when they get outplayed.
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