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rename "exposed"
This is more of a clarification request than a balance tweak:
Can "exposed" please be renamed to something like "defenseless" or "fragile" or "brittle"? "Exposed" to me suggests "visible", rather than "can be downed in one hit", and my tiny brain keeps expecting exposed to reveal survivors' auras rather than what it actually does.
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sounds like you are naked lol.
no! myers has me exposed!
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"Vulnerable" would be a much better name.
Exposed means "out of place". Things like a person who lost their clothes/cover or a turtle who lost its shell are "exposed". Being made weaker and unable to withstand a hit is not what exposed means; that's what vulnerable means - "able to be hurt". I wonder why the devs chose Exposed over Vulnerable.
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When I first played the game and I got exposed, I thought he could see me though walls and I was running everywhere panicking xD
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@blue4zion said:
When I first played the game and I got exposed, I thought he could see me though walls and I was running everywhere panicking xDSee? This is why the name is an issue. Not everyone reads the tips pages in the game, not to mention that they are outdated (saying that bear traps can be permanently sabotaged, etc.).
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@blue4zion said:
When I first played the game and I got exposed, I thought he could see me though walls and I was running everywhere panicking xDYeah, it would be neat if there was a survivor perk that actually told you you were Exposed, as in you would know when the killer can see your aura. Not sure what else to do with it, since just being told the killer knows where you are doesn't really do a whole lot, it just encourages you to move away from where they saw you.
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I had to look up the status effect because I thought it meant that the Killer could see you. It is very misleading.1
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@luvcraft said:
This is more of a clarification request than a balance tweak:Can "exposed" please be renamed to something like "defenseless" or "fragile" or "brittle"? "Exposed" to me suggests "visible", rather than "can be downed in one hit", and my tiny brain keeps expecting exposed to reveal survivors' auras rather than what it actually does.
That's one of the meanings of the word, though. You might be mostly familiar with it's use as a term to describe exposing something visually, but even then, that simply means you're exposing something to light, where it can be seen - everything you see is nothing more than light that is being reflected onto your retina.
More commonly, the word is used to describe something that is subject to change, due to it's interaction with what it's exposed to, and therefore vulnerable to it. Go outside in the snow without a jacket? you're exposed to the elements.
Look at it this way, now you know that there's another way to use the word exposed.
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When I first saw this pop up on screen, I thought it means that the killer's power was "Exposed!", and that all survivors now knew something that they hadn't before (like NOED was active, that the killer had Devour Hope, etc.). Exposed shouldn't be the name of the one-hit down effect, but rather the notification that the status effect has occurred. It's a possibility that the developers were planning to do that and then encountered technical difficulties or simply gave up and thought that the way it was was good enough.
@apropos said:
That's one of the meanings of the word, though. You might be mostly familiar with it's use as a term to describe exposing something visually, but even then, that simply means you're exposing something to light, where it can be seen - everything you see is nothing more than light that is being reflected onto your retina.
More commonly, the word is used to describe something that is subject to change, due to it's interaction with what it's exposed to, and therefore vulnerable to it. Go outside in the snow without a jacket? you're exposed to the elements.
Look at it this way, now you know that there's another way to use the word exposed.
I consider your definition incorrect as Exposed is used to describe the action which led to the possibility of vulnerability and not the state of whatever noun is being referenced is in. Exposed is a participle whereas vulnerable is an adjective, so frankly Vulnerable should take priority if it is a state of being rather than a notification of a change. In other words, Vulnerable is a better title/name for that status effect because *Exposed** doesn't make sense.
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When I first saw the notification, I thought it mean that something was now known that wasn't before. Exposed is the participle, meaning a change in placement which could consequently lead to vulnerability, but vulnerable is the static state that the effect should be called.
@apropos said:
That's one of the meanings of the word, though. You might be mostly familiar with it's use as a term to describe exposing something visually, but even then, that simply means you're exposing something to light, where it can be seen - everything you see is nothing more than light that is being reflected onto your retina.
More commonly, the word is used to describe something that is subject to change, due to it's interaction with what it's exposed to, and therefore vulnerable to it. Go outside in the snow without a jacket? you're exposed to the elements.
Look at it this way, now you know that there's another way to use the word exposed.
I had a longer post that was deleted because the draft corrupted
Edit: But now there are two posts, and I think I can't delete either one?Post edited by Kind_Lemon on0 -
@Kind_Lemon said:
"Vulnerable" would be a much better name.yeah, Vulnerable would also be good.
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I think it’s the best choice.luvcraft said:@Kind_Lemon said:
"Vulnerable" would be a much better name.yeah, Vulnerable would also be good.
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