Why can’t we choose if we want regular wiggle interaction or the skillcheck one?

Same, they gave an in game advantage and bp rewards to the test version, then claimed "everyone likes it now" as an excuse to remove the original version.

I think it's because the new wiggle system is getting more fully integrated. It has good and great skillchecks, with differing powers and effects, so where do you put the AD spam?

Additionally, if the devs know what to expect from a survivor on the killer's shoulder, it becomes easier to adapt it to other aspects of gameplay. What if you had a perk, for example, that recharged charge-based perks for hitting great wiggle checks? You can't do that if AD-spamming is still also an option.

Are you sure? It was my understanding the old system would still be available.

I really dislike the new wiggle system. I'm not sure I want to play like that.

God y'all really will just complain about anything here huh?

Wait, they really took it out? I thought that maybe would happen but I was hopeful it wouldn't. I don't even use that wiggle anymore I switched to skillchecks because it was easier on my arms but #########. Hopefully they still have it saved somewhere so with backlash they'll put it back in. Such an unnecessary thing for them to do as people clearly still used it 😔

Things that have already been covered

1: Simplifies the code.

2: Allows the potential for new perks.

I'll add two other likely reasons

1: It also fits the rest of the game better. Survivors do everything else via skill checks. It's just strange that there is one and only one gameplay element that could be not skill check based.

2: Easier to recognize how it impacts the game. The ping pong skill checks are easily definable - great, good, or failure on the check, here's how frequently a survivor can make them, mashing buttons doesn't have that ability.

The issue with this is.

1. The code previously allowed for switching and lets face it there are bigger issues with the code of this game than wiggle options.
2. There should never be perks that increase wiggle progress other than what there is right now (breakout is fine because it relies on others bringing it). If they brought out a perk that sped up wiggle progress then all you would see is new perk, boil over, flipflop and (insert random meta perk here)
3. this "fits the game style better" has come up many times but i don't understand why this game is turning into skill check simulator. I don't play survivor to much but when i do im amazed at just how many skillchecks there are now, healing, gen, wiggle, second stage hook. Having the 2 button clicks doesnt seem like its going to be "breaking the style of the game".
4. I understand it gives more information on how the wiggle progress is going to increase but this is a preference thing. majority of downs happen so close to a hook that wiggling doesnt actually matter anyway. Unless you have amazing solo teammates or are in a swf that is looking after each other 9/10 times your going to be hooked regardless of if your hitting greats or good skill checks.

Now the update has dropped and this new wiggle mechanic is in the game which i detest is forced I likely won't be playing survivor unless its for a tome challenge (at which point its throw the game for the tome then get out). Once im downed and hooked i don't want to have to sit there and super focus on constant skill checks for a slim chance to escape. I would rather just be mindlessly pressing 2 buttons (which you don't have to mash breaking your keyboard you can do it at a slower rate which is actually not that bad).

Other than the tome stuff, I've stopped playing survivor. When I play survivor, my awareness is everywhere at all times. Thanks to the forced 'new wiggle mechanic' my awareness when I'm on the killer's shoulder is now reduced to the skill check only, instead of my surroundings to make proper call outs.

Near 4k hours and 3k of it in survivor; now I have to abandon ship and play killer exclusively. Not that the devs care or anything.

It was clear that they would take the old wiggle out when they announced it.

I always didn´t like the new. But a lot obviously never got that you don´t need to spam the buttons, you could press them pretty slowly to get the full effect.

Wiggle was ok - and not another skill check. Already way too much skill checks in game.

And as already said - this is not a very good accessibility feature also. It is pressing space. A good feature would be to hold the button optionally.

Completely agree. For those of us who are using controllers and have accessibility issues it doesn't work. We need an option because as it stands I can't wiggle at all so a key part of survivability is gone.

A real option should be - hold 1 button to wiggle - or - auto wiggle option.

Some new games have such things like auto Quicktime events and so.

LOL - Please tell me this is a joke.

I'm on console, only tried the new wiggles once in the beta tab and was also a bit worried not having an option.

But at least for me it turned out super easy to do with RT and LT as the skillchecks are much bigger now. Only thing what changed is that i'm not really looking around anymore while wiggeling. A plus side effect is, it's better for controllers life span. The old wiggle with the stick broke almost 3 controllers for me, they all had analog stick drifts just from DBD (and fishing in SoT).