Justify Camping first hooked player

It's a form of protest against the current state of the game and the devs' attitude towards the players.

Most commonly, it's a terrible strategy if your goal is to 4K, get BP or earn pips if the survivors play smart. If the survivors, as a whole not singularly, are not of at least above average capabilities then the survivors will make mistakes and give the killer a 4K which makes it a good tactical decision if the survivors mess up.

As the killer rises in MMR, they'll run into survivors who that doesn't work on and get stuck floundering gaining and losing MMR until their chase and strategic play improve. At that point, they'll feel it is the only way to secure a kill and it probably is at that MMR point since the system only measures kills.

Or as @ThatOneDemoPlayer or @BasementDweller stated, the hooked survivor is in a 3 gen or there are other survivors around. If the Killer leaves at that point it's because the Killer is being generous and that should be appreciated and not expected.

Okay then, let me give you a parable.

Let's say I chase a survivor and down them. Immediately upon hooking that person I see two survivors in the distance who are running directly at the hook before I even had the chance to leave. Now I know those two survivors are not doing the objective, leaving at most a single person on gens. It takes 120 seconds for someone to die on hook, and if those other survivors keep trying to run around me that means I either guarantee a trade or outright kill a survivor, and they can only complete one gen in that time since there is only one person doing the objective.

Do some killers camp purely out of spite? Sure, but not most. Most of the time when you get camped it's because your teammates dove at the hook and gave the killer no reason to leave.

Forcing at least a second hook stage early on and capitalising on potential altruism is sound strategy, and some find the prospect of defending a hook authentically fun.

The problem isn't necessarily the players doing it. Some are doing it to annoy you, some are doing it because it can be good strategy sometimes, some just like that gameplay, some actually aren't camping but get accused of it anyway... it's impossible to ascertain why and therefore isn't worth bothering with. The game should just be tweaked slightly to make it less annoying and easier to deal with.

The problem there is your post indicates the majority of games someone camps, but in my experience the vast majority of the time someone camps is because someone either gave them a reason to, or the survivors simply just let them get away with it.

This is where the bad playstyles come from, its this thought process. 'its not against the rules' but its bad sportsmanship. Its a BG to your other players, its you being a sore winner. Same goes for mass flashlight clicking and tea bagging at the exit gate. Just because its allowed doesn't mean you arent a flying ######### for doing it.

Eyy your back. The glory of spirit will reign forever!

Because this game doesn't award you for chases and hooks only kills.

Kills=skills

I'm surprised this thread isn't already at 20 pages of justifications given that 90% of my survivor games this weekend have had a killer camping the very first player downed at 5 gens.

campers are just the GenZ of gamers.

Honestly I have no idea why so many killers are so concerned about mmr it just gives you harder and more sweaty games. I understand stand why survivors want to push up there mmr because in theory you would be getting better teammates.

Ever since the release of mmr the community has become opposed with the invisible number.

Because killers don't need justification for a playstyle they enjoy

BHVR needs to address face camping. Imagine if survivors could guarantee 1-2 escapes no matter what, killers would be upset. With face camping + a build centered around it/the end game a killer can get an easy kill and likely more very easily. 4ks using this method against solo queue survivors are not uncommon as survivors don't have enough time to complete all gens and then also cleanse all bones to not be killed by NOED before the first person dies on hook.

But it's whatever, camping is the best way for killers to play right now since they can't get kills otherwise if we are to go by the things they say (I really don't believe this).

I've honestly quit playing the game for the most part because of 9/10 survivor matches involving face campers like this. The rare times I do play I play killer and have fun playing the game normally but that doesn't last long since I get bored playing alone and just move on to a different game where i can play with friends.

Ah...hmmmm.....touche

I so agree

Complaining about camping is the same as to complain about survivors looping, gen rushing, body blocking.

Honestly, you should be concerned about the way your teammates are playing, not about your adversary. 

The killer is not there to make easier for you.

Other than to be a dick, or to secure a kill because you're so insecure that you doubt you'll get another, there is one obvious and legit reason: altruism.

You have to give the killer cause to move away from the hook. If the killer hooks someone, and immediately teammates start moving in, why would they leave? I don't know how many times I have seen survs pooping their pants with rage over a "camper" how only stayed around the hook because they descended on it like a plague of locusts. The killer is not obligated to immediately move away after every hook.

But beyond that, I don't see much reason to camp on the first hook.

Doing it at the beginning is a huge gamble that they rest are going to be altruistic. If they aren't, the camping greatly reduces your chances of winning. imo. 3 v 1 is better, but if you're down 3-4 gens by that point, you're probably not winning.

It makes the game easier. Done. Justified. The killers goal is to sacrifice all survivors. Getting one out of the game immediately makes that easier. Same reason why survivors bring Prove Thyself, toolboxes, Built to Last, and BNP to pop as many gens before the first down. It makes their game easier.