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Accessibility problems and avoiding certain Killers.
So, as we all know, certain Killers can be problematic for certain players. Plague for those with Etemophobia, Clown for those with Claustrophobia, The Doctor for those like me who are autistic and suffer from sensory overload are just examples.
I understand that just a straight "I never want to face The Doctor" toggle would present a problem as it would make the queue times for certain killers slow to a standstill, but I think there is a way to at least make it less of an issue for those that have legitimate issues.
Maybe 1 or 2 'slots' that you can put a killer that you don't want to face, for whatever reason. Now, this is not a guarantee you won't.
But lets say there is 5 Doctor in the next 100 matches in the queue. Is it really a problem if I am moved DOWN (not up) in the queue to say Artist? Nah. However, say there is a challenge going on and so there is 25 Doctors. Well, sorry but I need to suck it up and play vs. a Doctor.
Just as the queue will expand if it needs to, I think a way for those to be less likely to face certain killers would be acceptable. The actual numbers is up to tweaking, I was just spitballing above.
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The problem with this is that people will use for non-accessibility reasons and preventing facing certain killers will create balance problems.
Instead of asking for the devs to allow you to not match against certain killers, it would be better to ask for specific changes to the killer's power that could help those with accessibility issues.
Things like being able to toggle the sound of Plague's purge so it doesn't sound like puke and a toggle to changing the effects to look different.
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Oh we have, and yet nothing has changed. Also, they really can't change the looks of powers to that exent very easily from what I understand.
Also, as I said above, if too many were trying to avoid say The Doctor, then it would need to "turn off" to an extent.
I and other autistics have been complaining about The Doctor (along with those who had epilepsy issues) since he came out. While he has gotten better for those with epilepsy issues, us autistics still have a problem.
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BHVR has been very slow at addressing accessibility issues. Asking for a change that they will not implement is not going to help you. The devs have already expressed they have no plans to implement any functionality that will block you from being matched against other players.
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If i would ask for something, i would ask to make the game more scary than it is. Remove ability to play in swf, reduce info survs have of eachother (with some nerfs for killers for compensate). Make clown more clownish, vomits more disgusting, add some spiders, bats, worms, larvae, anything that would make me feel horror in this game - visuals, music - horror by gore, phobia, disgust...
But because its profiting video game, not small fan project, it suppoused to please as many new players as it can, and thus do not make them feel uncomfortable... which in turn, may remove old players from the game (players that make this game last for so long)... but who would think about this minority.
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No, they will never remove the ability to SWF, plus none of that has anything to do with what I am asking here, if you want to make such suggestions, please make your own feedback post.
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Note I didn't say block, I said reduce the chances.
Even then, if they aren't willing to do this, at the very least hopefully it can incentivize them to find an alternative sooner.
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