Has anyone else dealt with hatch campers these past couple of days?

Just another reason to remove the hatch.

People become anti teammates and sabotage the game because of it.

It sucks yeah, especially since Survivors can play as selfishly as they want, but it is what it is, I guess.

Some of the situations similar to the ones you listed above is why I dodge keys in Solo. Not worth getting demotivated over.

I haven’t had teammates camping hatch but just not engaging with the killer. I’ve been consistently getting blendettes every match (at least 1 sometimes 2), who immerse all game, and do gens only when I’m in a chase, and then beeline straight for the exit gates once all gens are done. They stick around because they feel bad someone is on the hook, but they never actually attempt a save, just waiting till the person dies on hook before they go “ah I tried” and then escaping.

I’ve been having a blast because I’m faring better in chases but between this and Freddy every other match, the game is getting stale.

They should just completely remove the hatch.

The gate doesn´t closes behind the third survivor when four are about to escape. So why reward failure? Just give the killer the oportunity to trigger the EGC whenever he feels like (even with 4 survivors alive). That way killers could also end a situation where survivors hide instead of doing gens or anything.

At that point I’d bring the killer to my teammates

Having ways of being selfish is part of the game design. If you look more closely, you will see that this competitive aspect between the survivors is everywhere. Survivors have to compete for unhooks, for chests, for totems. They actually can compete for their time being alive in the trial: they may intentionally lead the killer to the gens so that the killer gets off them. I myself did this when I didn't feel like being chased at the moment. The hatch is yet another limited resource they have to compete for.

It's not a purely cooperative game if you play with random people, and it's like this by design. The hatch gives an additional dilemma to the last survivor: "will I be an ######### and camp the hatch or do I go for a risky save?" It's not only a moral choice, but also a gamble: safe unhooking gives you additional points and emblems, but you risk losing that escape. The same happens with the gates too: sometimes survivors will just rush out not wishing to risk going for the save, especially if they are not sure about NOED. it's part of what makes this game unique and far more interesting and adds more depth to it. The common goal is to fix 5 gens, and if you come to think of it - it's THE ONLY common goal the survivors have: everything else is a resource they have to compete for against each other. Once the gens are done or if it's not possible anymore - the common goal is gone, and everyone is for himself, unless they decide to be heroes (and risk for some extra points).

Also, if you are looking at it from a purely cooperative point of view, it's a common practice to give the hatch to the last survivor by dying on hook, if there are still gens to do. It's virtually impossible for 2 survivors to do a gen and then for both of them escape, and prolonging the game by struggling just gives the killer more chances to get 4k instead of 3k. Going for the unhook in such a situation is also risky and most of the times it just ends with 4k since now the killer knows where both of you are. If you are working for the common goal to stop the killer getting his 4k and additional points, you should let go and give the other survivor the hatch. That's exactly what I and most other good survivors do. Yes, it sucks to be the one on the hook, but in the next game you can be the one at the hatch and your teammate will give it to you, that's how karma is supposed to work.