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Add a 0.5s delay or even just a few miliseconds for flashlights....
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Seriously, patching out flashlight macro would be so easy to do; without affecting normal average click rates for survivors clicking normally.
I don't mind the clicky clicky; but the BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRTTTTTTTTTTT flashlights that don't even take much of your battery is really annoying; not just as killer but survivor too.
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If they could actually fix this that would be great but it’s a low priority
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does that mean no more hag insta teleport as well? i'm all for that.
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Yeah it's not a major priority but It's also not exactly hard to fix either.
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I chuckle every time I encounter it. Would like it to stay.
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0.5s would be a bit long but it'd be more than possible to implement a lock like this to stop macros.
Alternatively, they could just have steadily building Battery drain penalties as you click your flashlight. A second of a human clicking wouldn't drain much but a macro or doing it for several seconds would result in the flashlight running dry.
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Most people don't, and it's actively being used to bully, and annoy other people. It serves no real benefit other than that so there is no reason for it to stay.
I imagine they will do something about this eventually because it's not just annoying it's really off putting and newer players think they are cheating; it gives new comers and people seeing gameplay for the first time a real bad impression of the game.
Generally, most the people using it to abuse others however; are going to of course defend it and want it to remain in the game.
(Not saying that's you, but that is the only purpose it serves so there is no other reason for leaving it in. A masochist might like being punched in the face, but that doesn't mean someone should be going around doing it to everyone just because you don't mind it.)
Even like 2 milliseconds would be enough; but yeah I am all for alternative solutions. I mean there are multiple ways one could approach it.
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I'm for this. It's annoying and it has next to 0 penalty. 2ms seems good.
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This is like the teabag argument. It's used to annoy people but on the survivor side it's used as a greeting or to be funny, which is the same with the flashlight clicking.
Also it's not fair to say "most people" as this is largely absent in most games by default. Most people haven't encountered it and probably won't ever. However, I've observed many people get a laugh out of it.
Also I don't think I need to explain why a slight annoyance can't be compared to literal assault.
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Does this actually happen to you a lot? In all of my gameplay I have only really seen it maybe 10 times at max.
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They wont do it because their primary audience seems to be toxic swf.
Just bear in mind that they added this delay to wraith after nobody asked for it. After you tap his bell he now has a delay before he can attack. This was added recently, likely they didnt want people using the bell to bait dead hard or something.
But no nothing on survivor side will ever get this kind of delay
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