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I tried camping as GF
People here say it's legit strategy. BHVR says it's like hockey. Okay, sounds fair...
I'm sure those solo survivors loved the "legit strategy". Game lasted less than 2 minutes. 2 DCed when they realized they are not comin g out of basement.
Now the question is: will BHVR give solos basic communication tools and make it into more fair and enjoyable game or will it be always that easy to camp a win in this hockey game?
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What does this even have to do with the hockey meme?
you camped. You won and the soloq survs didn’t like it. Not a big deal. There is also swf teams (new players, casual players etc) that could end like that. One here even had Kindred, sometimes not even all the info they need will help. And especially with GF in basement you can camp without the one being camped being aware..
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I'll explain you hockey meme: kills = skill.
Camping for ez kills therefore means skill... right? Illustration of very "skilled" play.
Basic communication would prevent 2 people running to basement at the same time and both getting exposed. Just a basic status effect "I'm going for unhook", "I'm doing gen", "killer is camping" would prevent a lot of situations like this.
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Even hockey has the blue line to prevent camping the goal
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They went down next to basement and got punished for it. What's the issue here?
Your first hook being a basement hook is pure RNG without perks. And the survivors allowed it, especially since you are an M1 killer and all the pallets would have been readily available
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You can't expect them (devs) to understand skill when they themselves have set their own standard to "kills and escapes = skill" because nothing that happens in between matters to them.
You can say its strategy because they deem it that way, doesn't mean that the players don't know what actual skill means. It surely doesn't mean cheese a playstyle so you can "win".
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I already explained what the issue is in original post at the top:
"Now the question is: will BHVR give solos basic communication tools and make it into more fair and enjoyable game or will it be always that easy to camp a win in this hockey game?"
If you don't see an issue with being able to easily camp a 4k, I don't know what to tell you.
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game messed up i don't know why anyone plays anymore who killer enjoying the long q times.
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Masochists.
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You are only able to easily camp a 4k if the survivors allow it. You can easily beat survivors with any strategy if they are playing poorly.
Survivors don't spawn on the hook, the killer has to earn the down.
Especially with the meta being shaken to the point where no perk is really required anymore; kindred has always been an option for solo Q players
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Communication nor information does change anything on the situation that someone is being camped and is prevented from participating in normal gameplay.
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Oh, come on. It's easy as a stealth Killer, or a Killer using Insidious to basement camp Solo survivors. It's stupid. Everyone in that match including the Killer came away with absolute crap Blood points. It was a waste of time.
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And stealth killers are extra weak in chase? In addition to being able to be easily dove on with BT.
If a survivor is going down so quickly to an M1 killer that they can just facecamp the hook and win, the survivor just needs to play better. That's all there is to it. If the chases are that much of a pushover the killer would win no matter what they did
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"Camping is a legitimate strategy!!"
Amirite? lol
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Is this what you tell the other three Survivors?
Just play better at holding M1, right?
Completely missed the entire point of the post, not really surprised.
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2 DC, completely survivor issue.
only if they weren't disconnected...
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Now do the same thing again but not using a stealth killer to hide your terror radius or equipping Insidious then people might take your post more serious, camping in the basement using any of those two things is going to be easy even more if your facing all solo players. I can bet the results will be different as survivors will hear your terror radius and not come down, putting a post up about camping while using any of those two is not the best example when try to get a change all you did was show us all what we know already that stealth killers can camp well.
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Exactly! That's my point. It's stupid easy to camp solo survivors with stealth killer. And it should not be. Yes, it's a waste of time for survivors and again, it should not be. Hence, once again, I'm saying that solo needs ability to share information. You understood me correctly, so not sure what you are disagreeing with.
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Try and get the same results not using a stealth killer or Insidious that's the point you will find it a lot harder then if you were using one of the other 2 options.
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But that is exactly what I was trying to illustrate. Stealth killers can camp solos for 4k with no effort. Do you believe it's fine that the game allows that cheap "strategy" for wins that frustrate survivors into DC or do you think it needs changes? That's the whole point of the post.
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The post is about GF specifically. It's right in the title. It has nothing to do with other killers.
It's like I would be saying it's easy to camp with chainsaw killers and you would be telling me to try the same without chainsaw.
Or I would be showing you experiment showing that sugar is bad for your teeth and you would be telling me to try same experiment without sugar. It just makes no sense.
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We all know that stealth killers can camp well, also bubba, hag, basement trapper, DR nearly everyone knows which killers can camp well and which ones don't, showing you had a match as GF and camped isn't showing anything new that we don't already know and add on top of that survivors DC just because a killer looked at them, killing themselves on hook because they don't like how the killer beat them and got them on hook.
Showing a game where you played a killer that can't camp well but you were still able to get the same results would mean a LOT more then showing a game with a killer that can camp easy that just shows nothing new apart from survivors DC and screwing over the rest of the team.
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What makes you think I wanted to show something new? Not sure why you are stuck searching for novelty factor.
The purpose of the post is to prompt discussion: here is what we have -> I don't think it's fair -> it needs to be changes.
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Here is what we have _> already know about it _> survivors DC nothing new_> nothing new that the devs, balance team and player base doesn't know about already_> new info would be better then something we all know about already and in your own words "But that is exactly what I was trying to illustrate.
Stealth killers can camp solos for 4k with no effort" everyone knows stealth killers can do that. does that sum it up for you all you did was show us what we all know already and not bring any new helpful information that can help with camping, its like me camping with Insidious Bubba then making a post i tried camping with Insidious Bubba it brings no helpful information or anything new that everyone doesn't know about already.
Where as if i did it with the Nemesis and not using Insidious then that would bring new info to the table and show that with Nemesis its easy to camp for the 4k.
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If you already know what's in this thread, please feel free to navigate to another one. Do you need help figuring out your browser navigation controls? Or is someone holding you hostage and forcing to continue reading it?
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Survivors : *Don't go for the unhook, let their teammate die*
Killers : Damn you, SWF, communicating that I'm camping ! / Such toxic teammates, they don't even try to play the game !
Survivors : *go for the unhook not knowing the killer is camping, get killed*
Killers : I mean, they allowed it to happen. It's kinda their fault.
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Predroping pallets = skill nope i dont defend camping but sometimes is the best you can do.
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"Camping for ez kills therefore means skill... right? Illustration of very "skilled" play." you used a stealth killer pick a harder killer to camp with next time.
"Exactly! That's my point. It's stupid easy to camp solo survivors with stealth killer. And it should not be. Yes, it's a waste of time for survivors and again, it should not be. Hence, once again, I'm saying that solo needs ability to share information." your point and post would of stood out more and got more discussion if you didn't use a easy killer to camp with.
"Stealth killers can camp solos for 4k with no effort. Do you believe it's fine that the game allows that cheap "strategy" for wins that frustrate survivors into DC or do you think it needs changes? That's the whole point of the post." camping as a whole needs to change anyone can pick a easy killer and camp people on the hook hell just use bubba but wait make sure to post a image of your DC and kills to let everyone know that it's not right and Bubba needs to change how he camps (even though you know everyone knows Bubba is the best camper).
"The purpose of the post is to prompt discussion: here is what we have -> I don't think it's fair -> it needs to be changes." you used a stealth killer to prove camping with a stealth killer is not fair instead of trying to do it with a harder killer.
You made a thread and about how easy it is to camp with GF (which pretty much everyone knows) at that point it was open for discussion but the result you got wasn't what you wanted, people called you out for using a stealth killer and you don't seem to see the problem with that and how stealth killers are good at camping and why people are saying to do it again with a killer that is hard to camp with.
I'm open to talk about camping and how it needs to change and talk about ideas that might work but using a stealth killer is not the best way to show how bad camping is.
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Why? Think of DBD in realistic terms. Survivors are not provided walkie talkies in the lore, right? In the trial it's every person for themselves...
Being on opposite sides of the map chatting with each other about what the killer is doing, what direction they are heading...totally removes any challenge from the game. The point is "survival", to use what's available and escape in one piece, not beg for an easier experience when you face a challenge.
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Survivors you faced were obviously bad when you reach high mmr try this again and result will be very different but you will be facing swf there ofcourse. Devs want soloQ to be miserable otherwise they would already add some form of basekit kindred.
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The camp vs soloq, 4 kill free, 100% anti game.
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I didn't disagree with you about anything? Wat.
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What are you trying to prove? That dumb survivors die to basement Ghost Face? Why? Why did they do that? It just doesn't reflect the gameplay of people who know what they're doing.
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I believe the general point isn't whether camping is a valid strategy or not. Or whether it's effective. It's definitely not fun and definitely doesn't involve skill. And the "counters" to it aren't fun nor do they require skill.
I don't know of another game that requires players to "play correctly" for everyone to have a chance of having fun. That's kind of the problem.
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"I don't know of another game that requires players to "play correctly" for everyone to have a chance of having fun. That's kind of the problem." - exactly! You said it!
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17 people found my thread useful. See upvote counter. Nobody finds any of your complains useful. It's time for you to move on my guy. This is my last reply to you.
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Think about DBD in realistic terms? Yeah, let me think about a game where a killer can become literally invisible and another one can teleport between locker in realistic terms. My favorite part of realism is being able to heal someone by massaging for 30 seconds after unhooking from a meat hook /s LOL, that was a good one 😂
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LMAO prob all survivor mains that only look at things from the survivor point of view and shows how much you read my msg as i wasn't complaining i was pointing out flaws with what you were posting and not once were you able to come back with a answer for any of my questions, grats you camped with a stealth killer that can mark survivors and 1 shot them would you like a medal thats just as easy as camping with bubba but yet you weren't willing to do it again with a killer that's not a stealth one, funny how you didn't want to step up to the plate when called out for using a killer that can camp well, wait 5 min and ill camp with myers to prove the same thing then ill do the same with freddy and get 2 different results because 1 of them is not a stealth killer and can't one shot. But for some reason you can't seem to understand that just cause one killer can camp well doesn't mean other's can.
But hey camping is not going away anytime soon so survivor mains can upvote as much as they want and guess what killers will still camp but at least players with skill can pull of camping using harder killers, so you stick to the easy path while the rest of us try to show why camping is a problem all round and not just with some killers, i really do hope one day you understand if you want things to change like camping you need to show how easy it is to do with non camping killers like Freddy and not ones like Bubba or ghost face.
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OK. So you just want easy wins. This forum is overflowing with complaints, but the reality is you win some, you lose some. The developers don't need to cater to you, just try some different builds. It's supposed to present a challenge. Why play if it's going to be near-effortless to get the "W"?
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Exactly! Why play if it's near effortless? How much effort is camping? Less than "W" for sure, as that doesn't require pressing any buttons at all 😂
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It should always be this easy to win using this strategy. Sucks for survivors, plain and simple, but its up to the survivors in the match currently to decide what to do about it. If they can't win, they can't win.
It SHOULD be about pulling victory from the jaws of defeat. You shouldn't expect to, but when it happens boy oh boy is it satisfying.
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"It should always be this easy to win" - Why? If it's too easy to win, than you have your balance wrong or lack tools to prevent cheap wins. Winning should be hard earned. If you want easy wins, play single player games on easy mode. Multiplayer should give equal chance to all players.
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I dunno about you, but if I see a killer camping a hook, I just do gens. Easy win for survivors (though does suck for the person being camped).
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I guess you have never lost a game because of poor performance by your team, before? It's not exactly unique to DBD. The effectiveness of camping is directly correlated to survivor performance.
If survivors suck and go down in 10 seconds, then yes, camping is a very effective strategy. If they can loop well? The killer will be forced to leave the hook or lose the game because of gen pressure. Not a hard concept to understand.
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What exactly am I failing to understand?
How to get better at holding M1 on a generator while another player that has gone down in 10 seconds is being camped?
Do you not understand how stupid that sounds?
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Yes, you do gens when you see killer camping. But that's the thing with GF. You don't see him camping, but he sees you coming for unhook and exposes you.
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Only takes once. Now you know what you're up against. Adapt.
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Unless you are in a SWF, you are not part of a team. You are in a game with other players who may or may not help you. That is a key feature of DBD and has been a design decision since day 1. Stop thinking you are obligated to rescue a "teammate" in a game that has no metric of success for altruism in terms of matchmaking
Two, you can extrapolate your argument to literally any other multiplayer video game. A team can easily get you into situations you as an individual cannot extract yourself from, no matter what the method of gameplay is (holding M1, scoring a kill, etc)
Going down in 10 seconds is about the only way camping is going to work for a 3-4k barring some extreme misplays. Countering it is as easy as looping the killer long enough your team can attain gen pressure, which is probably less than 40 seconds if you are the first one being chased.
So tough luck you got a bad teammate, but welcome to online video games
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Yes, once 2 people with no comms get exposed at the same time and fall within seconds of each other, the game is over. You know what you are against and can use that knowledge to type salty messages in chat. That's all that knowledge is good for in solo q. Adapt, by queuing for next match 😂
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Yes, that's why GF example. With Spine Chill nerf, now that no one runs it, it's very easy to expose one before they even know who the killer is and get first down in a few seconds.
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I have been maining survivor since patch, I'm not looking for easy mode nor do I even expect a chance to escape.
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