What if for the first 20 seconds of the match all Gens are blocked?

I think a separate objective might be a good idea, but then the devs just have more stuff to balance, and more opportunity for bugs (though it should be considered). Just blocking off the gens seems kind of redundant (and makes for dead play time) considering Corrupt Intervention exists anyways.

An idea I posted a while back - have 2 'fuse box' type panels on the outer perimeter walls. One of these fuse boxes must be found and activated before the generators can be worked on (maybe an instant switch flick, maybe takes a few seconds of interaction). The killer cannot see the auras of these perimeter panels. Would help to get the survivors spread out and doing something (other than gens) immediately, and the killer knows where the survivors are headed first.

I thought about something like this the other day. The issue isn't so much gens being unblocked from the get go, but more the survivor spawns. More often than not I spawn right next to a gen and am already working on one less than 5 seconds into the game.

I know it's difficult to address spawns with a game that random generates tiles, but they should try making all survivors spawns together in the basement (or shack) and the killer the furthest point from the survivor spawn. This way, survivors would need to travel to a gen before they start working on it and the killer can b line for the survivors spawn ideally picking off one survivor. The counter play would be survivors hiding or mind gaming. The advantage survivors would have is they all start together and can decide to split or stick together.

Wouldn't that just make it harder to find survivors? Most are found at gens at the start of the game. If we couldn't go to gens then I imagine we'd all just wait for 30 seconds in lockers or the corner of the map or something. You'd rather a 20 second game of hide n seek at the start of every match? I know I wouldn't

I'm not sure why so many are jumping to the conclusion that this would be a killer buff.

As it stands, killers can predict spawn locations and come straight to you, regardless of Lethal Pursuer.

With this added time, it would give survivors the room to reposition themselves and start the game on any gen, not just the ones directly opposite the killers spawn point. It would offer time to do totems without trading in objective efficiency.

Solidifying Lethal meta without buffing Lethal.

Survivors can already do that now, they can just intentionally choose not to do the first gen they see. The fact that this doesn’t happen implies most survivors think that’s not a good strategy so forcing them to do it is effectively a nerf for them.

But thats how the game is designed. At the beginning, killer has no pressure, and survivors have resources in form of pallets.

But then, as the game progresses, the killer increases the pressure and the survivors resources dwindle. Thus, killer gets stronger and survivor weaker during the game.

If you want killer to start strong, what would you suggest for survivors to keep up when their resources are gone?

Otherwise it would just be another plain killer buff. But seeing the state solo queue is in, more killer buffs to keep up with swf might not be a smart move.

That's what Corrupt Intervention is for if you need some time in the early game to set up.

Also blocking all gens is not gonna do you any good. What survivors are gonna do in that time? Sit by the campfire and talk and wait for you? No, they will go and hide so you find absolutely no one in that time.

At least with Corrupt Intervention you have an easier time finding someone because Survs will just go to the closest gen that is not blocked.

Yeah, didn't they say it was actually too powerful for set up killers like trapper and hag when they tested it internally? Then again, they also said that about many things in the past. "We can't give survivors any basekit buffs or more info because it was too strong in our tests" 3 years later and we now have basekit BT and will be receiving action HUD icons (even if it's taking 84 years to actually get them).

So who knows, maybe they'll change their mind about early game collapse. In the meantime corrupt intervention will have to do.

make it 300 seconds and also killers get bloodlust 3 if they chased a survivor for 5 seconds, think this would help them get the early pressure they clearly need

Oh, all I meant was that the killer would understand they'd be searching around the outer perimeter, as the fuse box switches would always be there. So this idea nullifies the issue of 'well survivors will just hide at the beginning' because they have an objective to go do. If that makes more sense :)

(this would also address the issue of survivor spawns, and immediately hopping on the nearest generator)

Those are not reasons for blocking gens. Leaving the gens as is gives players options and allows them to create strategies, or just risk it all and go all in on gens. One thing the devs don’t want to do is remove player agency. If a survivor wants to jump on a gen the instant they load in, that’s within their right to do so. Is it risky? Possibly, but it should be their choice.

When I say “use the time at the start of a match”, I’m not saying “you need to spend the first 30+ seconds scoping out the map, so hey, let’s block gens for that time”. These are quick, on the fly decisions. You take 5-10 seconds, do a quick check, look at the loop next to you, check out the window spawns, then settle in and work on a gen. Maybe everyone spawns together, you immediately spread out, take note of your surroundings and immediately jump on a gen. Every second someone isn’t on a generator means the killer is gaining pressure and momentum. Gens should NOT be blocked. Let the killer run Corrupt Intervention if they want to slow the early game down.