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Survivors Blocking Killers
I find it completely asinine that survivors can block a killers path to the hook. It's a loophole that allows the carried survivor time to wiggle free while survivors completely corner a killer and block their path where they can't even move or hook a survivor. There should be a massive penalty for that. It is an unfair advantage.
I additionally think it's unfair that a survivor can blind a killer several times in a row with a flashlight and the only way to get out of it is to look straight upward. I get the idea behind it, but red rank players use this tactic and overpower killer players who may not even know better and it's an unfair advantage and a pure way of taunting a killer and just another way to be a total dick.
Survivors are given way too much freedom of advantage when in direct contact with the killer and it is not only unrealistic, but it makes playing against red rank survivors a complete waste of time and is not fun at all.
Please think of making some changes so these experiences are very rare instead of all too common.
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You probably ignore them when they trying to bodyblock. This is very wrong way to deal with it. You should take every free hit they give you and you'll be fine.
When survivor bodiblocking the hook, you just need to hit him once and he will lose his hitbox allowing you to hook. If injured survivor trying to bodiblock, then wait it out a little, because he probably have dead hard.
If it's multiple survivors blocking you, then just give them free hits. Even if you lose your grab, you still give them 2-3 free hits which is good. If you catch someone before they manage to heal up, they won't block you again.
And if it is a frequent problem for you, you probably need to unlock starstruck.
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It's honestly just a pure and blatant exploit. It's very unsportsmanlike and to be body blocked by survivors is not even fair for the killer. The strategy for survivors is to NOT get caught and to figure out how to unhook and survive. But preventing the gameplay of the killer by exploiting the inability to move when someone is in front of you, even when you can't see them just puts the favor in the hands of the survivor and that's not acceptable. The survivor is struggling. It's not really a kneejerk reaction to stop and look all around for the crouching survivor that is blocking your path, not to mention every swing you take decreases the time the survivor needs to struggle. This seriously needs to be addressed.
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It depends on how you play it, for me it ends up being more of an advantaje than disadvantage most of the times, sometimes I get to hit 2 survivors and still get the hook which is a massive win or you can just use starstruck and no survivor will ever try to bodyblock you if it procs.
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It's hardly unfair. Wiggle time is 16 seconds and the cooldown for hitting a survivor is 3 seconds. You can easily get two survivors downed if they try to bodyblock while healthy, not to mention that they're huddled up and not doing generators. The only time that bodyblocking works is if you're at the endgame, an open gate is nearby, you're far away from a hook, they have breakout, they have sabotaged a few hooks, all survivors are healthy, and they're all coordinating a rotation of hits. Even then, being robbed of a hook in that situation is not going to make a difference, and even if it does, they probably earned it if they're coordinated enough to carry out the task.
Flashlight blinds are not an issue. Looking down is a better way to deal with them and it means that they aren't making distance. You can use their footsteps to determine where they're going and use scratch marks to track them down specifically.
What it sounds like here, and I mean this in a constructive way, is that you're getting matched with survivors who are beyond your own skill level. At red and purple ranks, survivor skill starts to pick up pace and they learn new tricks, so the killer experience becomes much less of a walk in the park. These issues, you may notice, are not issues that you see complaints about from high red rank killers. The way people play the game changes drastically in this transitional area of ranks, and it's just something that people adapt to. It's not unfair, it's just new for you.
This is off-topic, but "asinine" is not the best word here. The connotation of asinine is something that is childish and foolish, when you're poking fun at perceived immaturity. What you're poking at is not to say that game mechanics are stupid in the sense that they are like a child throwing a fit over a toy, but that they are stupid in the sense that they are (arguably) ill-planned and badly designed.
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It's not an exploit in the least. It's very much an intended mechanic. Perks like Mad Grit or Starstruck are designed with that in mind.
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Just to jump in here quickly: It is not an exploit and this kind of bodyblock is not bannable (it is listed as a non bannable offense). Bodyblocking the Killer on their way to the hook is a viable strategy. Just like camping is. The killer also can walk in front of a survivor in an attempt to block them from leaving the gate. You have the option to hit survivors or drop the one your shoulder to go after the others. It is not an exploit. There are also perks which work really well in situations like this, e.g. Starstruck.
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Some perks can counter that... but I absolutely disagree.... hooks are literaly everywhere. How many times you managed to see a surv free himself ONLY by wiggling without any other help from other survs? This is actually pretty long for a sruv to break free considering the number of hooks that are gonna be around the grabbing point.
So no this is not a thing that should be removed... sorry just deal with it. I play both killer and survivor so I don't have a chosen side, and when i play killer and i get survs bodyblocking, yes it pisses me off, but this is a mechanic to help your friend that is absolutely valid.
And yes a lot of perks encourage this... but as a killer, you should get the most free hits you can while this happens, so the most survivors will be injured then, making them want to heal, so wasting time without doing gens, or you'll just have to hit them once when you find em.
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Eh, bodyblocking while annoying as all hell I think is fair game. It gives the survivors another tactic to help protect their teammates, so I can't really complain about it really.
Now the one issue that I have a problem with in this game that I will find a hill and die on is gen tapping. You wanna talk BS exploits that make no sense, then we can start there lol.
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the worst thing a survivor can do against you is be on a gen. Are they doing something else? then they're being inefficient. You'll realize this quickly.
It's free hits, take them, hook the survivor and enjoy a nearby injured survivor for you to kill.
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Just hit the survivor that's blocking.
And just look down to avoid getting blinded.
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Thanks for the input, everyone. I will try to address my frustrations more constructively in the future. Nice to hear different points of view.
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Just use Mad Grit and/or Starstruck.
Trust me, the moment any survivor team realizes you have either of those, they will definitely attempt to stay away from you as much as possible, especially with Starstruck. That perk would make their attempts at blocking you practically useless.
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This is what I do when I see multiple survivors blocking me. I look around and say "aight, you guys wanna be hit, then I'll give you all free hits." And then I drop the survivor and watch as everyone else scrambles as I go on the offensive.
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Way to take this like an adult and not immediately think everyone's out to get you. Very respectable.
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If survivors are bodyblocking me I hit them and after I hook the survivor, I'll look near the hook for the injured survivor. It works sometimes.
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