Why is there a killer lock but survivors can still swap out whenever they want?

Just imagine the game finds you a match based on you selecting Nurse (if you aren't that good with her) & you decide to swap to Freddy to ruin the day of a bunch of noobs. What's a survivor gonna do? Switch from Meg to Bill last second. Doesn't change how they play survivor, but it sure is one epic prank.

But if a a killer sees 2 or more med kits they can just switch to plague completely wasting all healing items and perks basically cool fun for killer , what is also cool if a survivor able to see " the shape " and all of them play an offering for mnt Ormond or red forest , instead of having to suffer through 10 minutes of scratch mirror at Gideon

I could see if they made super useful perks that hard target a killer like calm spirit vs a clown if you want to use it

But honestly until they remove how " generous" the hit box is on the survivor I think this change will is a good direction to making killers actually improve their skill instead of just being like I can M1 and whip my mouse and I'll hit anything or it's fine it he already touched the ground vaulting out the two story building the game will most likely give me the hit as long as I go for it lol

I GOT IT. Survivors can't switch out items and even their add ons are displayed... but killler add ons are thus displayed too. Fair and balanced, right?

but those things are not locked on the killer so its no big diff...

I get amazed when someone sees a flashlight was brought in, downs someone in the open, doesn't sweep the area or even attempt to looks towards a wall, then is shocked they were flashlighted.

Also, the whole purpose of a flashlight is to blind the killer, I'm not sure how someone being blinded is some big uproar. And no, I am not talking about 4 man swf flashlight teams.

Also, I'm not sure posting a vid of someone getting a 4k (or 4k equivalent) really helps your case.

At this point people will start complaining that survivors can do gens but they can't.

So the alternative is not let anyone change out a load out, thus rendering franklin's the biggest what if perk imaginable? Make it so survivors can't change 30 secs in. Gives the killer plenty of time to adjust without rendering franklin's useless.

They wont lock survivors because survivors don't have exclusive abilities like killers. Unfortunately this means that if I load into a match as the hag, and there are 3 or 4 flashlights, I either have to put on Franklin's, or deal with it.

The second the developers negatively change anything Survivor related, they lose money. And that's not OK.

I love it how everything they make is "biased" immediately all of a sudden.

All Killers play differently in some Way, so they need to make seperate Ratings for each Killer.

The Difference in Survivors is just the Look and Moaning Sounds and maybe the Height.

I agree, they need to do something about this Program, because whoever uses it, is just pathetic.

I couldn't care less if a Survivor quick switches to a Flashlight because they are so easily counterable, even as Hag unless they have Object.

But playing 1 Match of Hag every 2 Months like me and somehow I concidentally get Flashlight Users with Object can't really be random.

Quick Switching is rare anyways and most of the Time only 1 or 2 People do it. Maybe I don't even see it because I check messages or watch Streams during waiting.

I hope they will lock survivors too , no one will complain that way

What exactly does this program?! Does it work on every platform or only PC? I assume (hope) it doesn't work for console players?! That sounds terrible, why doesn't BHVR do sth about it???

This whole thing in practice is stupid lol wait until you see trutalent wrecking r20s bc "new killer" lol. Unless you're learning nurse, most killers dont need to be set way back to r20 to learn a new killer. You still know how to run tiles, manage map pressure, mind game...while the r20 survivors will know nothing at all. This is one of the dumbest things the dev's have done.

That's why they're implementing bots. 😀

This is why I suggested having a delayed lock-in for survivors. They would be locked into whoever they are playing shortly after a full lobby is gathered, but still have a brief window where they can change their character (basically changing their "skin" and what's available to it). This would still leave the killer with at least 45 seconds to adjust their loadout in reaction to what they see of the survivor team. Because survivors would be locked in 15 seconds after the 60-second match countdown begins, the 6-second swap would no longer exist.

That 3rd-party program is something that the devs will have to find a way to resolve, because it is essentially cheating. I never said it was fair, and it is incredibly rude of you to claim that I stated things which I clearly did not. Flashlights are a popular item regardless, and there are perks available which help disrupt their use along with other items (Franklin's Demise is being buffed, plus Overwhelming Presence exists too).

I have not ignored what you said, but rather suggested an alternate way for survivors in matchmaking to be treated. Because for the majority of players, the survivors ARE NOT different from one another. Instead, you have clearly dismissed everything I had said because it didn't line up with your opinion.

If you are concerned with the upcoming change, then what you rather have them do? Allow killers to not be "locked-in" within a lobby? Or have survivors arbitrarily be forced into the exact same lock-in mechanic (when a modified version of it would arguably be better for their role)?

yes it is. fine then we should see your add ons, the specific gear and know exactly what perks you are running. look, the game hides the killer to make it suspenseful and make the survivors plan according to that, and the killer all they see is a tool box, but they can't tell is it an alex's box or a commodious? what version of med kit is it? killers have to really look to see a key in hand and steve even hides the key really well 95% of the time. so stop whining, you're getting a benefit in this and all the killers want is that the game is maintained the way it is. I used "EQUALITY" as tongue in cheek humor. it's wrong to prevent someone from adapting to the situation and let others adapt and counter it. This will only drive people away!

lol yea you want it so the killer is locked in and you can use external programs to know who you are facing and alter your play style. that is by the dev's OWN words CHEATING. I am making the point that if everyone was locked into their builds from the minute they readied up and thrown into a match without an interceding lobby, 1) the killer would not see what you are using, 2) you could not alter what you are using depending on the killer.

This is NOT just a thing for killers to get better matches, it is a thing for BOTH sides to get better matches. I guess you're blinded by your own bias that you can't see that my way makes your complaints null and void.

This should nto even exist to be honest. You should now be allowed to switch killers to counter what you see in the lobby. That ruins an aspect of the game. That's like survivors being able to see killers and if they bring moris. Survivors could all switch off their medkids if they see a Plague or legion, etc. It's good that BHVR is getting rid of this aspect of the game, so as to make a more fair and balanced queue overall.