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Picking up survivors
As a killer main with probably decent mmr it’s an absolute nightmare trying to pick up a survivor. Every single time you do there’s three flashlights coming at you from every direction. Is this not toxic? Is this how we’re playing the game now? Don’t get me wrong, flashlight/pallet saves are awesome and I respect it. But when you have one survivor already ignoring the game just to follow you around, now all survivors are ignoring actually playing the game just to beam you is this not against the gameplay?
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Those teams are very annoying, but they're hardly the staple of your average match. You will virtually never see flashlight bombing or sabo swarms outside SWFs, and it's a very particular type of SWF that has no intention of winning games and plays DBD for sick montage plays. Survivors that are chasing you around waiting for you to down their friend aren't doing gens and you have more time to kill them than regular teams.
Looking at a wall isn't always possible (or they went down under a pallet.) The easy answer is to fake a pickup and then swat away whoever charges in for the save, but if they're too smart to snowball that way, that's when mass slugging and pretending to leave the survivor to chase someone else but doubling back is the way to go. If it's really becoming an issue, bring Lightborn when you see too many flashlights in the lobby, and train yourself not to go for pickups immediately unless you know that all potential rescuers are out of position. In particular, if a survivor with a flashlight drops a pallet over a downed survivor, do not break the pallet; more often than not they're trying to dumbtech you and you'll get a free hit if you just wait a second.
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wish that was true for me as well, those lobbies are so much fun to play in.
pallet saves are bs since killers can't bodyblock either side of the pallet, was even more so with buffed 200% bgp but flashlight/bang saves are very easily managable in my opinion.
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I love these matches as these survivors always end up slugged before a first and final hook.
Sometimes they get me but they don't get a second chance.
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Think of it as a good thing, if they are all wasting too much time with altruism then they aren't on gens.
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Rosie199X has proposed that your first pick-up of the match as killer should be uninterruptible. I think it's a good idea. Being robbed of your first down is just too damaging to come back from.
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Your mistake is thinking they can't do both. 1 person gets an uncounterable flashbang save, the other 2 are on gens. It's simple.
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That's not what the description of poster said - they said all other survivors coming at them with flashlights, meaning none are on gens. One player with good flashback timing is a nightmare I would agree
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I never play Killer without Lightborn. Never.
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And survivors wonder why killers slug lol they use flashlight and flash bangs and then complain about being slugged saying it's toxic and boring. Makes no sense.
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Bring Lightborn for peace of mind. I'm serious. While doing that, practice looking away, checking for survivors nearby before picking up and play as if you don't have it.
Keep acting like you don't have lightborn even when they blind you btw, they'll keep trying and waste their own time. Plus, you'll slowly when to pick up and when not to and get better at countering blinds.
Also, pay attention in lobby, see how many flashlights are there and think about who you're chasing. Of course that doesn't help against Flashbang but still, keeping who has a beamer in mind is important.
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@burt0r someone needs your Lord!
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Thank you for this call, dear acolyte.
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My child,
Let our Lord and Savior LIGHTBORN embrace you with the soothing darkness of it's shades.
My you be blessed and never be blinded ever again.
AMEN
🫲😎🫱
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As a survivor main, I feel like a blood traitor to survivors invoking your unholy blessings! But I can’t have the lost sheep not at least hear your call! lol
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I have had to start slugging a lot more nowadays by virtue of the survivor swarms... I don't usually go super mean, but when those flashies start flocking...
Unless they god tier... then it's me doing the learning... 😖😖😖
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😂
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I understand your frustration, and as I've been through many matches like that myself, I've learned how to deal with it. First of all, if you see a bunch of flashlights in a lobby, you can either equip perks to counter them (Lightborn and/or Franklin's), or you can simply choose another lobby. If the survivors don't bring flashlights, then you're getting helped out in the match if they are wasting time looking for and opening chests (and even then there's a relatively low chance of finding a flashlight) because they're not spending time on gens or rescuing/healing teammates.
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I don't see as many of these team as i use to 2 or 3 years ago it was almost every game was awful. Even if you win it was stressful.
I have become more light sensitive these days so on my bad days light born is a requirement for me it becomes annoying when they do the last seconds item switch in the lobby to 3 or 4 flashlights.0 -
Honestly, lightborne does not come off my build anymore. It saves me a lot of time, hooks, and I get intel out of it
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Lightborn is the answer, friend.
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Burt0r is right about lightborn, however there is another way, one that survivors may consider..... Unnatural.
Join me, use weave attunement and franklins demise, together we shall consume the items of the survivors and form a new empire in the fog. Give in to your hate
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Yes, yeeesss, more believers. Praise be lightborn.
Thank for your kind words my friend and follower of our dear sister church of franklins demise.
We love our more aggressive brothers and sisters 😜
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wHaaaaaaaaT iS ThAt MeLOoooooooOdY!?!?
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says menacingly “There is no mercy”
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Lightborn is a free perk, it has no restrictions, and it works with blastmine, firecrackers, flashbangs, and flashlights. It's the best counter for sure. Also, when I have it equipped I like to pretend as if the flash just didn't work. Just look up really quick and try and stall, make the survivors think they're messing up with the timing so they will keep trying to flash you all game. It will waste their time 🤭
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You must face the truth squarely and without flinching from duty. Our Enemies are mortal no longer. Mercy for such as they is a chimera, self-deception is its only ally. Dedicate this weapon, given unto your hand at the behest of the Emperor, to their destruction
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