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Whats up with flashlights?

KeiOrtem
KeiOrtem Member Posts: 252
in General Discussions

Like legit, I pick up a survivor and right as the animation is about to end all of a sudden another survivor tried to go for the save but I look away before theres even a flash of light on my PoV and suddenly my screen fills with the flaslight blind effect even though I looked away in time. Like is it latency or what? I really hope they fix it sort of how they did with dead hard and pallets as good god its annoying.

Comments

  • ThiccBudhha
    ThiccBudhha Member Posts: 6,987

    Nah, they are just designed that way. You need to already be facing a wall and even then, they can sometimes still stun you.

  • SnakeSound222
    SnakeSound222 Member Posts: 4,467

    I don't think they're working properly. I've been blinded in the back or side of my head (nowhere near the blind spot) before. One time I was playing Trickster and I was walking away from a flashlight only to see my screen begin to fill up even though I was fully turned away from them and walking away. The Survivor knew it was happening because they didn't let go of the button. The blind effect stopped filling up after a few seconds, but that really caught me off guard because I thought it was supposed to be impossible to flashlight a Killer from behind. I wouldn't be surprised if you could get as close as possible to a wall but you'd still get blinded even though you're utilizing one of the counters to flashlights.

  • danielmaster87
    danielmaster87 Member Posts: 9,695

    They'll somehow blind me when I'm looking up or down to avoid the blind. This happens too much.

  • lowiq
    lowiq Member Posts: 436

    It's important to note that flashlights are one of the few things that register from the survivor point of view - so if they register a blind on you from their perspective, you will get blinded, even if it doesn't look like it should blind you from your perspective.

    Likewise, latency could be involved.

  • LeonxJiwoon
    LeonxJiwoon Member Posts: 455

    As a survivor main I hate flash lights 100% I wouldnt mind them gone and wish they improve flash bang more, I hate having to find a damn locker to make a flash bang, why cant we just hit X like how jill can with her blast mines ugh. Flash bangs seem buggy how many a time it pop killer blind but either they still chasing you or when you try saving someone and it pops killer blind yet the survivor was not dropped. I am aware though that there is a perk that blocks flash light and flash bangs though so idk.