Why is tunneling bad?

There's a little variation in the definition of what tunneling is.

There's the kind of tunneling where a killer fixates on the first survivor they find and won't disengage until that survivor is downed. This leads to penalties for the killer as chasing one survivor for too long means you aren't earning BP; it takes your pressure off of the map, which means less ranks in the Gatekeeper emblem; and less ranks in the Chaser emblem, as you earn ranks in that emblem by finding survivors, hitting them, and downing them in as little time as possible. A good killer needs to know when chasing a certain survivor isn't worth the time sink, thus when to break off and disrupt other survivors to exert pressure on the map.

There's the kind of tunneling where a killer fixates on a survivor that's unhooked, to down them and put them right back up. This is what most survivors complain about because, all salt aside, it's objectively not fun to be on the receiving end of it. The tunneled survivor has literally no control over the situation when a teammate greedy for altruism points or WGLF stacks and without Borrowed Time rushes up to save them while the killer is within spitting distance. They're getting punished for a teammate's bad decisions, sometimes ending up losing rare items or offerings and not really getting to benefit from them.

Thus, fixating on one survivor for too long has the potential to either ruin the experience or screw players on either side out of progressing via emblems or BP.

Here's a solution to "tunneling". Survivors, if you don't have borrowed time, stop making the ridiculous mistake of unhooking right in front of the killer's terror radius. If no one has Borrowed Time, and the killer is camping, just do gens. When I'm being camped, I'd rather you do gens and get out so I can get to the next game and have fun rather than the camping killer get a 4k because you all messed up. I'd also not like to be immediately put back on the hook for your sorry ass mistakes. Stop unhooking in front of the killer and tunneling doesn't exist.

Any other example of "tunneling" is tunnel vision, and that's a separate beast because every survivor claims that tunneling is getting knocked down right after being unhooked. In that case, you don't get objective as much but you get much more boldness. Is it bad that the killer has tunnel vision because you brought a key? Maybe? Did you sort of entice it by bringing said key? Definitely. There's usually a reason for tunnel vision.

Even with BT that doesn't give license to do stupid saves with the killer nearby unless there is no other choice i.e. camping.

Guess you never had a killer race back to the hook as fast as they can soon as the notification goes out. Some of those killers can race back pretty fast.

So ? You have not read the sacred book of rules for killer?

I would also like to invent a new word for survivors who continues a regressed generator instead of starting a new one.

But killing the survivors is the goal of the killer and repairing the generators and then running away is that of the survivors.

I've been waiting for devs to give survivors shotguns so we can go face to face to settle things, but sadly - survivors are left with just doing gens and running away.

Exactly, the game punishes you if the generators are done quickly even if you kill 3/4 survivors. You lose a lot while camping, but tunnel is always beneficial for killer.

I play a long game with other survivors. We do not Gen rush. Usually we have to find and break totems to even start the game. By the time the totem is broke we're usually down a survivor who was tunneled and camped and another survivor with 1 hook remaining or recently with ghost face, 2 survivors murked and the other 2 bargaining who will be a sacrificed while the last finds a hatch, hopefully. Maybe I suck as a survivor and killers should take note when no gens are done and they're just murking an entire team 🤷‍♂️ I've yet to see a horror movie boot up and evrryone get murked to boot but if you wanna be that killer I guess we'll be the survivors who all DC. DC is also part of the game 🤷‍♂️

@dnj510

Camping and tunneling are completely different. Camping is something done by bad Killers and if you lose to it as the noncamped survivors you are bad survivors.

Tunneling, however, is an effective and time efficient way to secure hooks/kills and to swing the match in your favor as a Killer. Its not always the best thing to do, depending on different circumstances and where you are and what is happening but no Killer should have to avoid downing/hooking someone that was just unhooked if its the smartest thing for them to do.

@StrickxNyne

Are we seriously asking Killers to go easy, and to stop killing survivors, if said survivors are bad and/or getting stomped? Am I going crazy?

@Tawnieeee @Mtom912

"C) neglect the 3 other survivors."

This is camping, not tunneling. Please stop pushing this false narrative. Tunneling is chasing/downing someone who was just unhooked. It is NOT staying by the hook, or ignoring what other survivors are doing. A Killer who is choosing to ignore other Survivors, and chases one specific one all game until they go down, including refusing to hit other survivors is essentially camping them all game. When most decent Killers refer to "tunneling" they are not refering directly to this behaviour, and if your team is bad then you will lose to this just like you lose to a Killler camping hook.

Tunneling is awesome. There is nothing more rewarding in this game then when a killer decides to stop wasting time with you after 3 gens and no hooks.

Just use every tunnel as a learning experience. Once you master the loops, you have helped your team tremendously. GET THOSE BOLD POINTS!

Tunneling is an issue depending on who is involved. From a purely competitive stand point, it makes sense that the killer would want to remove one survivor as quick as possible to reduce the chances of that team winning by forcing a 3v1. Realistically, it’s a jerk move. I’m not gonna rag on the people that do it, they can play how they want and it’s not game-breaking, but it’s still a bit of a jerk move. I don’t recommend doing it as killer, purely so you can get better at the game. Conversely, as a survivor, like @WildDovami said, use it as a chance to get better. Getting tunneled is great for me when it’s a 5 gen chase, and while that def won’t happen every time, it can force you to improve even without you realizing.

@darktrix I play survivor plenty and I never blame a killer for what you people call "tunneling". I blame the ######### survivor who unhooked me right in front of the killer's eyes. That bastard needs to learn to play. "Tunneling" is not a subset of camping. "Tunneling" is that greedy ass survivor who unhooks you right in front of the killer's face, runs off, leaves you to die, and then blames the killer for "tunneling" because he did an unsafe unhook(which is still considered a safe unhook as long as you don't get downed in a few seconds because why have logic?). If a killer is CAMPING, then he's the problem, but if some survivor who wants his friggin altruism points comes up to me and unhooks me in front of the killer's face(which is what ALWAYS happens when the killer "tunnels"), it's the survivor's misplay that caused my ass to go down a second time. I'm still waiting on a way to deny survivors from unhooking me, or at least a loss of emblems/bloodpoints if unhooked right in front of the killer's face without borrowed time so that people actually learn when to unhook and when not to. Playing solo is EXACTLY why "tunneling" exists. Because those ######### ass "teammates" decide to unhook you right in front of the killer's face, which AGAIN, is a bad play without borrowed time. The survivor was the cause of your death if you're "tunneled", not the killer.

This is PvP. Your opponent doesn't give a ######### if you think they're skilled or not. The fact that you lost already objectively proves you're worse than they are.