Why does the killer become nice when a survivor drops an item

Survivor could be asking for killer mercy or could be thanking them for a good match. It's one of few gestures survivors can do that (hopefully) won't be mistaken as something toxic by the killer.

I've only ever done it as I'm about to leave, so i cant say a killer has ever been nice after it because it's endgame. I do it just as a nice gesture after a good game because I'm on console and can't give a "ggwp" in chat. People like to save their items so me leaving mine behind is like me saying I don't mind losing it because the fun I had with them was enough.

As Killer you dont know what opponets you vs, so its better to play a little bit more sweatier, but if a survivor drops there item normaly means you overwheling them and you have weaker opponets than you are.

The game for Hatch is neutral when it comes to the escape/kill thing. I generally don't like the hiding game and search for hatch; it's a waste of time and I'm not that hellbent on escaping. So I usually just go find the killer drop the item and see if they agree that being hellbent on that kinda stuff is kinda silly. I acknowledge they already won. - Sometimes they won't have it, sometimes we goof around a little and then search for hatch - sometimes we goof around a little and still hook me. I like the fun interactions in those kinda situations and dropping the item is the indication that I want to end the match on a positive note one way or the other.

As killer I find the hatch game as ridiculous so I usually don't try to close it. If a survivor drops the item before searching for hatch / drops it next to hatch before jumping in I just view it as a sign of good manners. If there were DCs/Hook suicides or something of the likes and a surv drops the item mid-match I view it as "ok. We know the match is already over. You won, I concede. - So can we like please come together so that everyone gets something out of this match?" --- and I usually agree.

Dropping items at the exit gate depends on context; if there was someone with a flashlight who got quite a number of blinds in and who drops it at the exit gates I view it as a kind of peace offering. FL-bullies are usually very attached to their flashies, so a surv leaving it in the trial is in contrast to that and I appreciate it. Same goes for OP toolboxes/medkits. I view it as a "this op item played a huge role in me escaping". I like people acknowledging these things. --- I do that too. And I also drop an item if I want to give props to the killer or got the impression they got screwed by matchmaking; it's a "this match was rough for you man, I know. Gl next". Which can be said in egc as well - except if they're console. So that's why I do that in game.

As killer i find it hard to resist this 🤣 It's like a sign of respect to the killer, and a plea for mercy. I'll very rarely kill a surv if they offer me a present.

Shame it doesn't work much for me when I play surv lol.

I had a match with a Pig and I wasn't able to do a 4K as the 4th survivor found the hatch. I never got angry for this - honestly, 3K is perfectly fine.

Now the surv was t-bagging constantly while waiting at the hatch. Another surv in the endgame chat said: "I rooted for you till you started hitting crouch repeatedly..." Then he said "gg" to me and we were off to our next match. Probably the best I felt being a killer and playing fairly.

Just a soft reminder to please keep this discussion focused on the game itself. This thread is veering off topic in places, and insinuating things about other players based on their style of playing the game.

Let's please try and keep the discussion relevant to the game, and not indulge in wild speculation and psychoanalysis - thank you!

It's funny

Basically it's a way of saying you got me. Kill me or not. Whichever you prefer.

The other scenario is at the gate you drop your item as a sorry for the rough game you had. Or another way of saying gg.

Because the Empathy for the other side in the killer population is WAY more higher, like in order of magnitutes, then the other way around. Usually when the killer is winning the last survivor will over their item as a last ditch effort to wave the white flag, show that they give up and ask for mercy and they still have a decend chance that the killer will accept this.

On the other hand, when the survivors are totally dominating and the killer got no chance of completing their own objective, the survivors will rarely shrug it off, quietly do their objective and just leave. At the very least there will be constant vaults in order to provoke the killer to move or flashlight clickety clicks and very often at least one survivor who stays in the game till the very last second, for no reason at all. The number of mercy kills I got are in no proportion to the amount of hatches I have given or BM I recieved when I gave up.

But eh, this turned more into a rant then anything else ^_- Its my honest opinion that way more killer mains also play survivor at least at a 70/30 rate, then survivor mains playing killers, and it shows in the way most of the player base threats the other side and can empathise with them. Unless I played some really toxic players, I nearly alway accept a surrender and item given and let them escape either through the hatch or open the exit gates in peace, unless I try for the adept achievment of a new killer or got some "destroyer of hope - hook survivors during the EGC" challenges. And I would wish for general survivor population to at least just leave, instead of wasting hours of everyones life at the exit gates. Maybe BHVR should give the killer an option to lay low their weapon?

They've paid tribute so I shall allow them a moment of respite from the Entity's hook.

they're trying to bribe you. punish them harder.

but yeah, it's a moment of connection. despite the defensiveness of some ppl in this thread, it's definitely a sign of submission. it's an offering and a request for mercy.

Killers are capricious, however. you choose how you want to respond.

it simply works

This, and only this response.

It's just a gesture toward the killer, like teabagging but it doesn't send THAT type of message. but it sends a message, unless he's running Franklin's Demise... then he don't care, he hook.

I think its basicly the opposite of teabagging, a show of respect for your fellow gamer on the other team. In this game, its rare enough, and some killers just return that respect.