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Did the devs secretly up key spawns?

Sand
Sand Member Posts: 179

I just played 6 games in a row where survivors found a key in a chest to escape via hatch... No luck offerings or chest searching perks as well. And I used the yellow decrease chest amount offering in 2 of the games. What's the purpose of bringing a key if there is a key in a chest every match?

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  • Sand
    Sand Member Posts: 179

    I always have the game muted until a match starts lol volume is too inconsistent

  • JediWithASniper
    JediWithASniper Member Posts: 672

    I have been finding a lot more keys since the update. I can’t throw a percentage on it, but it’s been more than normal.

  • Sadsnacks
    Sadsnacks Member Posts: 677

    I've said this before but keys shouldn't even spawn in chests at all. That would be like if killers could randomly gain the ability to insta-kill survivors like a michael myers tombstone tier 3 by searching random lockers.

    It makes zero sense.

  • Terro
    Terro Member Posts: 1,171
    edited February 2021

    Maybe they were using plunderer? It increases chances of keys being found. I think... I remember there being a nice key perk build now but I don't remember the exact details.

  • Shirokinukatsukami
    Shirokinukatsukami Member Posts: 1,624
    edited February 2021

    I have been playing Plunderer builds for the last 3 years.

    I can assure you with 100% confidence that they haven't upped key spawns since 2018 (or was it 2019) when they actually said they upped key spawns.

    The reason you are getting so many keys fished, is because of people like me who use the shiny new perk Appraisal which literally doubles our chances of getting a key. That's why they nerfed Appraisal hard a few days after it came out, because it was way too easy to find keys with it. The nerf didn't lower your chances to find keys though. It just made it significantly harder and slower to do so, so if yo were dedicated to fishing keys you were probably not being very productive doing gens.

    If you are losing to a Plunder Key fisher on a regular basis it's time for al ittle soul searching, because that means basically you're losing to 3-man teams. The 4th guy off running around the map opening chests is basically a selfsh bastard who isnt' contributing to his team at all. I should know. I am that bastard.

    So how does it feel, knowing that you can't even beat a 3-man team in this game? Better git gud.

    Frankly I sincerely doubt you are fighting groups not using Plunderers/Appraisal while using Scratched Coin, and still getting beat by hatch opens all that often. I mean seriously, Press F to Doubt.

    If it's such a big deal to you use Hoarder, the perk nobody uses, it's the perk that was absolutely made to counter key fishing builds.

  • Shirokinukatsukami
    Shirokinukatsukami Member Posts: 1,624

    I 33% agree with you.

    Green keys should not spawn in chests at all. Or be in the game at all for that matter.

    Purple and Pink keys are fine.

  • Sadsnacks
    Sadsnacks Member Posts: 677

    I think you mean the other way around???

    Purple and pink give you a free hatch escape and green is only useful with addons to it. I dont think any of them should spawn in chests. What's the point of getting a literally useless item unless you have addons to go with it (I guess you could use Ace's perk and hope it comes with an addon??)

  • KiwiCoattails
    KiwiCoattails Member Posts: 566

    I actually thought the same thing recently as I keep finding purple keys and I don’t use perks to help me to do so. I had one day where I found 4 purple keys.