Temporary item inconsistency

GoshJosh
GoshJosh Member Posts: 4,992
edited March 2022 in Feedback and Suggestions

I would like to request the devs to have another look at Nemesis and Pinhead. When facing these killers, survivors are made to drop any item they are carrying in order to counter the killer's power. This is usually only once or twice against Nemesis, but can be several times against Pinhead. Now we have another killer with another temporary item, The Onryō with her VHS tapes. Yet for some reason, this special item is exempted from making a survivor drop whatever item they are carrying to pick it up.

Dropping an item as a survivor is not fun. It's not just that you may be unable to locate it again, but also that other survivors can take and use your item you bought with BP and wanted to use in the trial. Killers already have a perk for this, Franklin's Demise.

I don't want the VHS tapes to make me drop my item too, but feel this is all very inconsistent. What are your thoughts?

P.S. - Only a little unrelated, but I don't get why the T-Virus vaccine cases close after opening them, if you do not take the vaccine. What if I want to pre-open the case for a teammate or myself later? It's just a weird and silly grievance, nothing huge.

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Comments

  • Zephinism
    Zephinism Member Posts: 550

    Definitely support this after having my green medkit stolen by another player while against a Pinhead just a couple of games ago.

  • Tiufal
    Tiufal Member Posts: 1,252

    I think the issue is that you have to interact with those items, while the tape is just there.

  • Brokenbones
    Brokenbones Member Posts: 5,702

    With Nemesis, you can open the vaccine crate, pick it up then just drop it. Its aura will be revealed to any infected survivor so it doesn't matter

    As for Pinhead, I actually think the box being an item that survivors have to swap and pick up is a small strength of his that should stay - afterall the puzzle box can't be dropped once picked up and forces the survivor to solve it to get rid of it. I don't think the box working like the tape would make sense.

  • GoshJosh
    GoshJosh Member Posts: 4,992

    Add Wesker and the First Aid Spray to the list. Why can't survivors hold a temporary item, as well as regular item - and swap between the two? Would it be that broken?

  • kingcarl2012
    kingcarl2012 Member Posts: 1,710
    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/3125267#Comment_3125267

    Broken maybe, maybe not but extra coding and bugs for a situation that only happens in certain matches its not really a pressing issue, especially as most times you pick those items up and then use them right away and can just pick your item back up anyways.

    Alternatively you can stash your item somewhere safe before going for the other item.

    If you wanna be able to carry around a second item like that i would propose that while you have 2 items the killer should get killer instinct on you the whole time you have it