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Can we get a "whistle" emote? ie directional key on console/button 3 on pc?

Maelstrom10
Maelstrom10 Member Posts: 1,922
in General Discussions

Survivor whisltes. doesn't require new animations, though they would be a pleasant addition alongside. Would reveal your location to survivors around you

Could possibly be heard by the killer/though is mostly to attract other survivors to you, if they're not directly looking at you. sort of like a ping system based on audio.

Reason i say this, is because i see people flashlight clicking to get other survivors attentions, not maliciously. Would also be kinda funny to whistle in a killers face, but could also possibly have a drawback of revealing your own location idk.

Also goes in with the theme of survivors not talking, but finding other methods of commuication. ie they whistle in order to attract the killer away, or to get the attention of someone to make sure they don't step in a trap.

(And as a side note, something like a clap, as a 4th emote, which would require animations, might be also interesting to see, in order to grasp attention. whistle acting more as a warning/draw for survivors, with the clap being more of a "I'm here")

Comments

  • tippy2k2
    tippy2k2 Member Posts: 5,216

    It would be nice. It's amazing how many times I'll blow by another survivor but I have no idea they're there or want me to come heal them or something. The only time I ever end up seeing them is when they have a flashlight so I hear them clicky click at me.

    A whistle would be nice so if a survivor is running away from me and they can't see me right on their ass, I can whistle and get their damn attention!

  • Maelstrom10
    Maelstrom10 Member Posts: 1,922
    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/1854004#Comment_1854004

    Exactly! Like im so guilty of this too, as im a very absent minded player on both sides. i miss people constantly, and i've been clicked at so many times, and i've also clicked at others for myself to be healed, or to show them an item/gen etc. it would be nice to be able to draw players attention to yourself in a non malicious way without comms, expecially since a player looking away from you, or just moving around you isn't likely to see the "come hither emote"

    Sure a whistle could also possibly be used to bm the killer, or draw the killer to other survivors. but tbh, how often do you see that in a regular game when it comes to flashlight clicking? Not very often, and the people who do so, are usually reported for working with the killer. Bming a killer is far more likely, but at the same time, whistleing at a killer, expecially if it were to reveal your exact location, would probably be more funny then mocking, even if it could come off as prideful or boastful.