2v8 Auras are getting tiresome.

You took my words out of context. Don't worry, I'll catch you up…

I said, "I feel like I'm playing a hide 'n seek game where you don't hide and the Killer knows your location 3/4 of the match."

You should be a news reporter mate haha you seem to enjoy trying to use misinformation to drive your narrative. ;p

DBD is/was a game with a balance between hide 'n seek as well as chasing(can call that tag if you wish). It still has the hide 'n seek elements when aura builds aren't being used but I'm mainly speaking to 2v8 here and how it's a counter intuitive mechanic that gets your teammates killed more often than it does help balance out hook states. I'm starting to think you just read the first line and then quoted me lmao.

DBD is a game I enjoy and the theme has shifted to be aura heavy. It wasn't always like this. Mind you I played the game early on prior to the new engine etc… Only returned about a year ago. So things have drastically changed. I enjoy many of the changes but the aura scene is a bit much sometimes.

I enjoy the cat & mouse gameplay of DBD. I am also not the only one who finds aura reading to be far to abundant and over used in the game.

Also Devs did say this game is a Hide 'n seek game. So your are technically wrong in calling it a game of tag. Although when you face off against an aura build on a Killer then yes it tends to become a game of tag as you say. During those games you're correct DBD becomes a game of tag.

Distortion is practically useless with how often it procs. All I'm saying to you is that in general aura is okay but there are too many bloody aura perks both on Survivor and Killer side. It's gotten ridiculous. Although my post was mainly about 2v8 and how having no hook states basically makes you a determinate to your team and more often than not punishes not just you for evading the Killer but also your allies who are near you.

Also Horror is not just feeling your heart ready to pounce out of your chest kind of adrenaline. There is subtle horror driven by the tension of a situation. Where you narrowly avoid being downed or a killer passes right by where you were hiding. Subtle horror plays to anxiety and fear as well. As the gap gradually closes and you feel that tension grow that is subtle horror as well.

Again it is technically a hide 'n seek game with chasing elements. The Devs also referred to DBD as a hide 'n seek game so technically this is your opinion.

When you have a match where the Killer is using an aura build. Yes, it becomes this bland game of tag as the guy before you said. Although most matches are a fun exchange between hide 'n seek and being chased when aura builds are not involved.

Another person I think failed to read my post. Let me just clarify for you… this is about 2v8 and how the attempt to balance out hook states by revealing the Survivors with no hook states… Is in actually counter productive. As someone like myself who participates and actively does gens and goes out of my way as the healer class to unhook and heal other Survivors… You get where I'm going with this… Assuming I haven't been caged yet in the 2v8. I am essentially putting a red mark on my allies back every time I am revealed. This applies not just to me but to other Survivors… Maybe another unhooks me but is revealed and seeing as how I am on the death hook I am prioritised for instance. All I'm saying is it does more harm than good in my "opinion"

I would say 2v8 is even less designed for hiding.

Just wanted to test this out thanks!

Ya you have a good point… I've since started opting out of gens and actively trying to get the Killers attention pulling them away from gens when I have no hook states. Doesn't always work but when it does…

Just needed a mental shift in how to approach 2v8 I guess. Chases are fun but it's just unfortunate that sometimes you give your teammates away while trying to help. I used to be a Killer main (before the game engine change)and I still pop in every so often for some fun. Killer side just feels less rewarding these days. I remember when map awareness and actually thinking about where Survivors could be hiding was a fun challenge. Mind you I love versing SWF and maybe it's cause I have main'd both sides but when I see a team pull off those plays I laugh and applaud it. It genuinely makes me smile and I find it fun when I verse a good Survivor that can loop me. It's a challenge and I love that. I don't care about the wins anymore so maybe that's why other Killer mains have issues because they desire the 4k etc… Depends on what you deem as fun right.

For me it feels like the aura reading is slowly robbing both sides of that engagement that has you actually using your brain. It's like MMORPGs these days that hold your hand with lines and arrows guiding you to the exact place/npc you need to talk to. After awhile your like ya ya okay let me figure it out for myself thank you the hand holding was nice at first but now I think I can do it on my own and if I need help I'll look up a guide. You can tell I love turning off quest help indicators in rpgs lol. I get it's not for everyone though.