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Anyone else sick and tired of the flash bangs already?

What an absolute joke this is becoming. All the joys of a flashlight without requiring any skill.

Combine it with the fact that survivors barely make any noise right now (footsteps, moans etc) and you have a mess of a game.

Comments

  • Dokta_Carter
    Dokta_Carter Member Posts: 614
    edited December 2018
    What i do irronically is bring them in, just to waste as i switch items. Like a big IM HERE IN YOUR BASEMENT just to watch a pig or trapper run down as i sneak away haha. I haven't even tried a save with em because i hate the receiving end on killer
  • Iceman
    Iceman Member Posts: 1,457
    @The_Crusader

    yeah, it doesn’t take much skills to use them but the timing still have to be right. If the killer notice it being dropped they have a second to turn away. 
  • Dokta_Carter
    Dokta_Carter Member Posts: 614
    Iceman said:
    @The_Crusader

    yeah, it doesn’t take much skills to use them but the timing still have to be right. If the killer notice it being dropped they have a second to turn away. 
    But let's say its a smart survivor who was downed in a more open area, as soon as the pick up animation starts it gets dropped in front of you, it will do its job. Happened to me a lot even though i tried 180 or looking up
  • Salty_Pearl
    Salty_Pearl Member Posts: 1,367
    I've been blinded by one as a survivor and got killed... 
  • Dokta_Carter
    Dokta_Carter Member Posts: 614
    I've been blinded by one as a survivor and got killed... 
    Now... Im not gonna say its your fault. But how the heck did this happen? Haha i know survivors can be blinded but i would like to know the circumstances
  • Ryuhi
    Ryuhi Member Posts: 3,920

    I've used em to blind survivors who teabag at the exit and refuse to leave :chuffed:

    In terms of serious application, Ive had luck with using them after during a pallet break or after getting a killer to vault a window to make absurd distance or even get an urban evasion juke. I just wish they weren't a good 80% of the items that are in chests...

  • ShyN3ko
    ShyN3ko Member Posts: 1,616

    After 1 game:
    "Ok, lets use Franklin's Demise".
    My game is always rly loud, because i must hear the survivors.
    And the flash bangs are rly loud.

  • Attackfrog
    Attackfrog Member Posts: 1,134

    Survivors needed more tools to stun killers and dodge hits....

    And we all know how many people celebrate the holidays/christmas with firecrackers...so it makes perfect sense....

  • The_Crusader
    The_Crusader Member Posts: 3,688
    Vietfox said:

    Well, killers are getting nice addons and ebony moris for 3K so...

    Survivors are pulling them out of chests like crazy though...along with keys and purple toolboxes.

    Killers cant pull out moris or add ons mid game.
  • The_Crusader
    The_Crusader Member Posts: 3,688
    ShyN3ko said:

    After 1 game:
    "Ok, lets use Franklin's Demise".
    My game is always rly loud, because i must hear the survivors.
    And the flash bangs are rly loud.

    The sounds are broken at the moment.

    You used to be able to hear survivors running down basement stairs. Now you can't.
  • Vietfox
    Vietfox Member Posts: 3,823
    edited December 2018

    @The_Crusader said:
    Vietfox said:

    Well, killers are getting nice addons and ebony moris for 3K so...

    Survivors are pulling them out of chests like crazy though...along with keys and purple toolboxes.

    Killers cant pull out moris or add ons mid game.

    Every map has a base of 3 chests, so less than 1 per survivor. Firecrackers can be used only once and keys when there are more gens repaired than survivors alive.
    Killer addons and ebony moris can be used during the whole match at any time, and they are getting lots of them
    Edit: plus killers usually get more bps than survivors.

  • Ryuhi
    Ryuhi Member Posts: 3,920

    @The_Crusader said:
    Vietfox said:

    Well, killers are getting nice addons and ebony moris for 3K so...

    Survivors are pulling them out of chests like crazy though...along with keys and purple toolboxes.

    Killers cant pull out moris or add ons mid game.

    I know killers have a much bigger need for time than survivors, but it would be pretty sweet if they could do something like apply a hex to a dull totem mid match, have sacrificed survivors drop an addon under the hook, or even trap a chest and turn it into a mimic or something stupid like that. Maybe make it killer specific and have the hag/pig/trapper/clown be the only ones who could do it, and have it require their power or something.

    In the meantime I guess we'll just get survivors finding free escapes constantly during this event, and a bunch of free items otherwise.

  • The_Crusader
    The_Crusader Member Posts: 3,688
    Vietfox said:

    @The_Crusader said:
    Vietfox said:

    Well, killers are getting nice addons and ebony moris for 3K so...

    Survivors are pulling them out of chests like crazy though...along with keys and purple toolboxes.

    Killers cant pull out moris or add ons mid game.

    Every map has a base of 3 chests, so less than 1 per survivor. Firecrackers can be used only once and keys when there are more gens repaired than survivors alive.
    Killer addons and ebony moris can be used during the whole match at any time, and they are getting lots of them
    Edit: plus killers usually get more bps than survivors.

    Dude give it a rest. You defend literally everything survivor sided.

    Its MUCH easier to pull off a firecracker blind than it is a flashlight blind.
  • Ryuhi
    Ryuhi Member Posts: 3,920

    @The_Crusader said:
    ShyN3ko said:

    After 1 game:

    "Ok, lets use Franklin's Demise".

    My game is always rly loud, because i must hear the survivors.

    And the flash bangs are rly loud.

    The sounds are broken at the moment.

    You used to be able to hear survivors running down basement stairs. Now you can't.

    I have problems with auditory disassociation, so relying on sound is hard enough as it is with the blaring chase music... but im glad I'm not the only one who things the sound balancing got even worse lately.

  • Vietfox
    Vietfox Member Posts: 3,823

    @The_Crusader said:
    Vietfox said:

    @The_Crusader said:

    Vietfox said:

    Well, killers are getting nice addons and ebony moris for 3K so...
    
    
    
    Survivors are pulling them out of chests like crazy though...along with keys and purple toolboxes.
    

    Killers cant pull out moris or add ons mid game.

    Every map has a base of 3 chests, so less than 1 per survivor. Firecrackers can be used only once and keys when there are more gens repaired than survivors alive.

    Killer addons and ebony moris can be used during the whole match at any time, and they are getting lots of them

    Edit: plus killers usually get more bps than survivors.

    Dude give it a rest. You defend literally everything survivor sided.

    Its MUCH easier to pull off a firecracker blind than it is a flashlight blind.

    Just commenting what you seem to ignore. Btw, i didn't say anything about how easy is to pull off a firecracker, so i don't know why are you talking about that right now.

  • The_Crusader
    The_Crusader Member Posts: 3,688
    Ryuhi said:

    @The_Crusader said:
    ShyN3ko said:

    After 1 game:

    "Ok, lets use Franklin's Demise".

    My game is always rly loud, because i must hear the survivors.

    And the flash bangs are rly loud.

    The sounds are broken at the moment.

    You used to be able to hear survivors running down basement stairs. Now you can't.

    I have problems with auditory disassociation, so relying on sound is hard enough as it is with the blaring chase music... but im glad I'm not the only one who things the sound balancing got even worse lately.

    Oh yeah the devs even said on stream footsteps are too quiet etc the update has broke a few things. Survivor sounds are quieter, chase music is too loud, oretty much most of the sound is borked right now.
  • Plu
    Plu Member Posts: 1,456

    They are broken and take no skill yeah, but then killers gets a ######### ton of red addons and mori so i guess it makes it even? I've got like 10 red moris on Susie now because of that, LOL

  • The_Crusader
    The_Crusader Member Posts: 3,688
    Anyone know if kobe chances are up too?

    Its way more than 4% based on past few days.
  • thesuicidefox
    thesuicidefox Member Posts: 8,223

    I get more annoyed with how inconsistent they are. I swear there are times I look right at it and nothing happens, then the next time I'm not even facing that direction and it blinds me. Just had a guy use it on a Clown that picked me up, dude was clearly facing the other way I still got dropped. Then I oof'd and got caught again 😢

  • Vietfox
    Vietfox Member Posts: 3,823

    @The_Crusader said:
    Anyone know if kobe chances are up too?

    Its way more than 4% based on past few days.

    It's still 4%

  • The_Crusader
    The_Crusader Member Posts: 3,688
    Vietfox said:

    @The_Crusader said:
    Anyone know if kobe chances are up too?

    Its way more than 4% based on past few days.

    It's still 4%

    Lmfao 🤣 not a chance
  • The_Crusader
    The_Crusader Member Posts: 3,688
    Ok how is it fair that a flash bang can stun the wraith ending his cloak?

    I didn't think the game would be that broken yet here we are...
  • chemical_reject
    chemical_reject Member Posts: 940
    What an absolute joke this is becoming. All the joys of a flashlight without requiring any skill.

    Combine it with the fact that survivors barely make any noise right now (footsteps, moans etc) and you have a mess of a game.
    Boohoo learn to look away. 
  • GodDamn_Angela
    GodDamn_Angela Member Posts: 2,213

    I have like 50 on Kate right now.

    I got tired of taking them every game. And I always find one in a chest.

  • The_Crusader
    The_Crusader Member Posts: 3,688

    I mean the blinds are one thing but I think it's a bit unfair on wraith. All they have to do is drop one when he's closing in on them and boom he's stunned.

  • ShrimpTwiggs
    ShrimpTwiggs Member Posts: 1,181

    They're in chests, in the bloodweb, in the gifts in the bloodweb. They're everywhere. Send help.

  • Mister_xD
    Mister_xD Member Posts: 7,669

    i still like them.

    they are an event item, so they wont be around for long, dont worry.

  • katoptris
    katoptris Member Posts: 3,216
    I don't mind them they tend to be less annoying to flashlights. I'm actually hoarding them on Feng 
  • Boss
    Boss Member Posts: 13,616

    I actually do dislike these more than Flashlights.
    I rarely encounter someone who successfully blinds me with Flashlights, and even then they almost never pull it off twice per match.

    These 1-use Items makes them cocky though, and they don't have to hold a button.
    Just be able to recognize the animation timing, press the button and you can already run.

    I'm just glad the screen isn't eye-blindingly white anymore...

  • ThirdSealOPplzNerf
    ThirdSealOPplzNerf Member Posts: 360

    @Vietfox said:
    Well, killers are getting nice addons and ebony moris for 3K so...

    I haven't gotten a single mori or pink add-on on and I 've been playing for hours yesterday and today but I've gotten 3 purples. Stop changing the entire topic on every post. This is about firecracker not killers mystery boxes giving ebony mori for 3k which death happen often.

  • Dilophomos
    Dilophomos Member Posts: 21

    Flashlights are extemely annoying when you are a killer but I think that's the point.
    As a Huntress main I use my hatchets to make survivors back away from palets or other possible spots for using the flashlight.
    But I get what you are saying, I believe all killers should have something to counter this.

  • The_Crusader
    The_Crusader Member Posts: 3,688
    Its easy to avoid them when the survivor runs in front of you and makes it obvious they're about to drop one.

    It's still easier to catch a killer off guard with these than a flashlight though.

    More importantly it's harsh that they can cancel wraiths cloak. That's a bit too OP.
  • lasombra1979
    lasombra1979 Member Posts: 1,142

    They don't bother me as a killer, for the most part I can avoid them. I dont mind them as a survivor, unless someone drops one as I am on the hook. I end up being blinded, saved, no clue I was saved, then slugged.

  • Unicorn
    Unicorn Member Posts: 2,340
    edited December 2018
    Killer Mains: Well all I've gotta worry about are flashlight saves this BP event..

    *Survivor drops a firecracker, killer gets blinded*

    Killers Mains: