Exit gates after hatch is closed - can’t escape.

It can be done, has been done, and gates are randomized for all to see long before the last survivor scenario is reached. If you notice they are close together, prioritize the hatch followed by the gate with the most cover.

I 100 percent agree except I would like it so doors wont spawn on certain maps on the same wall or in relatively close proximity to one another. I dislike it as both survivor and killer.

Honestly I wish Hatch still didnt spawn till at least 2 gens were done in a game regardless. It rewards bad players for doing nothing and punishes good killers for doing a good job.

I've had games with randoms as a survivor that will do good, but right after a survivor dies they immediately stop doing anything productive and start hiding in purple and red ranks. While good survivors do the stuff and get punished for it because they were productive.

As killer I have destroyed a team before even one gen has been done, but hatch can still spawn. Doesn't that just give people incentive to switch from being productive to basically just lingering in the background since they can try to get the free exit and if they don't complain.

TLDR: I agree with you except doors should have a proximity check to one another. Hatch should not spawn unless 2 generators are done so survivors still have to be productive in the game.

That said if you guarantee that the gates spawn split by a certain amount, it turns closing the hatch into a free loss for most M1 killers.

It would further the issue that high mobility killers like Nurse, Billy and Spirit are a complete step apart from other killers, and grant them yet another benefit that other killers can't compete with.

I'd prefer this luck-based system where MAYBE you get screwed by the gate spawn and MAYBE the killer gets screwed by it, than "Let's nerf all M1 killers more and not affect Billy/Nurse."

Rember all the posts from killers complaining about how unfair DS and Selfcare etc were because they gave survivors undeserved chances at survival ?

The end game collapse is an even worse crutch for killers who didnt manage to find the last survivor. A free kill without much skill or effort involved.

With the horrible code quality this company delivers most of the time exit gates get "generated" next to each other, taking a killer only seconds to patrol them both.

While endless hatch standoffs are equally cheesy this was the worst possible solution these clowns could have come up with once again.

I e noticed if I can find the hatch, then the killer has to. I dont go for the hatch, I wait by the gates and hit them immediately. If I'm running spine chill, even better. Wake up is also becoming more useful.

Option 2 and 3 have both worked for me on several occasions. I've found 3 difficult to execute on the biggest maps as it's very time consuming, but it can absolutely work otherwise.

No. The hatch was a survivor crutch for 2 years. It is fine the way it is now

its only fair:

survivor finds the hatch first --> free escape

killer finds the hatch first --> almost guaranteed kill

if you look at it that way, the mechanic actually favours survivors. yes, its hard to escape after the killer shut the hatch, but its not impossible. imo it should stay that way.

It's not impossible, you just need to open the gate when you know it's safe: you have two minutes, don't rush and think it through.

An useful trick btw is to open the gate to no more than 24%, waiting for the killer to check the gate and after he's gone to fully open it. This because at 25% the first light turns on, notifying the killer of your presence, so you must stop right before this. After that you only need to expose yourself for 15 seconds instead of 20 to fully open the gate, making it really hard for the killer to catch up in time.