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Obsession Status is Getting Annoying
So All Obsession perks say ''increases chances of becoming the Obsession''. But when NIETHER the Killer nor I have Obsession perks I STILL get chosen as the Obsession when SOMEONE ELSE has D-Strike or any Obsession perk. I just had a match where 2 other Survivors had DS and I didn't yet I was still the Obsession. How can a perk increase your chances when it gives it to another player who doesn't even have a multiplier to get it? I didn't ask for it yet the two people who have it did.
Now yes, you can argue that that is a good thing because the Killer might refrain from tunneling you off the hook. But I always think the Killer has Dying Light or STBFL or you know, an Obsession perk. It's a mind game that benefits no one except the people who actually have an Obsession perk.
Is this a bug? I have had dozens of matches with this happening, hell I get this when NO ONE has any Obsession perks at all, neither the other Survivors or the Killer. I double checked every perk and no one had any. I'm thinking it's a bug but it might be one of those accidental features.
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if someone else brings DS, the game will randomly choose someone else to be the obsession so the killer doesnt know who has DS or what perks are being used(which is lowkey smart design)
and michael and freddy have addons that create an obsession too
chill
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I used 3 Lauries perks some time and I've always been the Obsession
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A Dev has already come out and said that the obsession is picked at random because only Survivors are allowed #CoUnTeRpLaY, not Killers.
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@Tzeentchling9 DS shouldn't say "Increases the chances of becoming the obsession" if it actually DECREASES the chances. That's a flat out lie. The point of obsession perks is that they're strong, but have the downside of becoming an obsession with a negative effect(usually knowing that you're running something obsession related, but also other things like Mettle of Man's aura reading). DS honestly kind of flips that on it's head with only upsides.
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I agree with this, if they intentionally choose an Obsession at random then the perks should not say increases chances, that is indeed a lie and needs to be changed.
Now that I know that it is a feature and not a bug then I am ok with it but it still sucks super bad that someone else could have D-Strike but the entire time I think the Killer has something powerful.
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Its a chance but never guaranteed much like a map offering.
Its designed this way so the killer never truly knows which one out of the four is running an obsession perk.
I understand why it is this way but I also dislike it when I am the obsession as being one who never runs any the rng god seems to love chosing me 🤓.
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What's worse is that if the killer focus on you thinking you have DS and leave the others who actually run DS , MoM etc .. I also thought it wasn't matching the perk description . But it's a minor thing compared to all the bugs , Spawning spots of torems and Survivors and so on
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