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If you want to win, why not slug?

MichitaRoyal
MichitaRoyal Member Posts: 9
in General Discussions

So I've been slugged as survivor for a few games now. No, it doesn't happen every game but I'd say it happens quite frequently, perhaps 3/5 times on average. The most common killers I've had slug the team would be Myers and Ghostface, Myers when he gets tier 3 and just happens to catch us at a bad spot say, 2 of us working on a gen at a time. Downs 1, chases other, downs, then refuses to pick up and goes for those remaining. At times camping the area around our bodies to hopefully lure the remaining survivors which sometimes works.

I've also been in games where killer will choose to slug in order to pull off the win in the endgame. Basically he/she is likely going to lose due to being behind on hooks / kills before all 5 gens are completed. So, the killer at 4-5 gens will resort to slugging to win. I'm not 100% familiar with the perks in this game but I know there's a perk where at 5 gens survivors become exposed (NOED?) and this is where they choose to slug instead.

I've been playing for around 2 months now but still do you guys think there is a way to improve this game mechanic? It feels like a pretty cheap tactic to circumvent the whole hooking mechanic of the game.

Comments

  • Cynwale
    Cynwale Member Posts: 205

    This is obligatory sadly, else it's free escape for survivors.

  • Solo_Queue_is_Hell
    Solo_Queue_is_Hell Member Posts: 20

    Run unbreakable.

  • RaSavage42
    RaSavage42 Member Posts: 5,595

    OP... that perk you are talking about is Rancor

  • tippy2k2
    tippy2k2 Member Posts: 5,211

    I don't because I have been on the receiving end of that kind of tactic far too many times to be willing to do that to a normal player (Bully Squads or players that leave me zero choice I'll do it to).

    I recognize that it will cost me games as a killer but that's a choice I'm willing to make. I do not blame or fault others who choose otherwise.

    However, like camping or 3 genning, I do not believe there is any decent way to combat this without either drastically changing the gameplay of DBD. There are too many players who will find ways to abuse it and there are innocent killers who will get screwed over by it mechanics that would "fix" it like the basekit Unbreakable.

  • LuthirFontaine
    LuthirFontaine Member Posts: 375
    https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/3413325#Comment_3413325

    Only works once