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The devs killed flashlights
Just revert back to last patches flashlights. When you shine the beam it doesnt even blind. The devs actually ruined my favorite item. Im pretty sure you have to be extremely close to blind
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I can confirm the change was intentional because it was in the patch notes.
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They killed all the items, not just flashlight, because no matter what item you have (toolbox, medkit are what I'm talking about) purple green yellow, even with the best add-ons, won't even survive more than a full/half gen or healing.
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I haven't had any problem using them. I'm still getting blinds just fine, and people are blinding me.
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I've struggled with the two recent flashlight changes. I don't understand why they made them.
Last night was the first time I got a flashlight save with the new flashlights. It was against a huntress when me and a mate were having some drinking/meme games.
So TL:DR version: New flashlights are easy if your drunk 👍
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This is a good thing😀
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I've noticed when I try to do a flashlight save, the flashlight beam goes all over the place and never blinds the killer. So at least that hasn't changed.
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they should've just made it where you have to actually aim at the eyes and not the chest area
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They already did that years ago they just messed up the beam placement. These devs cant do nothing right.
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Tbh were flashlights ever good (I mean from when they got the first rework up till now)
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It makes the blind right in front of your face, so that you cant tell when to blind. Guess I'm done playing survivor now because flashlights were the only reason I played survivor.
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i havent been playin survivor but a load a people been missing them on me
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I have an easier time aiming the flashlight and getting blinds, now. Before when I had those Tome challenges, it took me sooooo many tries to actually get a blind off. But after the latest update, when I did the newest Tome blind challenge, it was like no effort at all. Aiming seems so much easier. I do wish the survivor's head wouldn't block the perspective, but even still the middle of the screen is a lot more intuitive than the weird arbitrary to-the-right aim it had before.
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They are really bad I wish they reverted last patches flashlight.
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That's great for you. The directly in the center isnt how they were at the start though and that's a fact. That's why it's so weird to me. Also on console due to the movement bug you like teleport when moving with your flashlight.
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Huh, I haven't experienced teleporting when moving with the flashlight. I've teleported a bit otherwise here and there, though it's mostly frame drops that are the problem. And the rework to Badham has made it so ridiculously not smooth to play on.
I wish they'd give players something to help with aim, especially on console. Most games understand that on a giant TV screen pinpointing the center (or worse, some ridiculously illogical spot like to the right like with the old flashlights) with the needed accuracy takes assistance of some sort, usually a crosshair. This is one of the least player-friendly games I've ever seen, not helping players in needed ways and then changing things and not helping players adapt to those changes, either. The game's mechanics shouldn't be constantly changing and causing unnecessary handicaps to its players without any sort of assistance, especially when a lot of players are still trying to learn other aspects.
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Typical of them to ruin the only remaining fun thing in the game.
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So toolboxes were made insignificant and now flashlights? Mind blown.
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i still dont get why they changed em in the first place
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Neither do I, I got used to last patches flashlight it worked just fine but then this patch killed em.
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Are you aiming at their eyes or their chest? Did they change where we're supposed to aim?
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They changed the pov now its more forward than before and you have to aim the beam way up now.
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I finally got a blind!
It took a pallet and 2 health states, but I barely got it.
Went to suicide on hook to secure my blind for the challenge (5 blinds), but no... I managed to escape the hook and got a Disconnection from Host soon after!
Hope the devs remove blind challenges from future Archives until they fix blinding
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Just revert it back to the last patch and call it a day. That one took like a day to get used to. And it wasn't that bad.
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Uh, I wouldn't know if they changed where to aim, I was terrible with flashlights before the new update; if I got a blind it was just luck. I think when I got the blinds the other day I was aiming somewhere around their neck or eyes, maybe?
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