Change the name of the Exposed status to something more beginner friendly
This is honestly me being a little nit picky, but the name should be changed to something that beginners should better be able to grasp and understand. I can’t tell you how many times I have played with my friends who just got the game and “Exposed” pops up and they say “oh the killer can see me?!?!??”
Changing the name would eliminate any confusion beginners have with this concept. The name itself doesn’t make too much sense with what it does imo. Keep the icon of the skull the same, just change the name.
ideas could be something like the weakened status or you could say the killer is empowered or something rather than exposed, which obviously sounds like your aura or location is revealed.
what do you guys think? Honestly I could live the rest of my life without this change going live and I wouldn’t care since I already know about the games mechanics, but since the devs do care about a beginners experience it should be changed to something more beginner friendly and less confusing.
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I'm with you. ive had 3 of my friends start playing since i did, and all 3 of them have asked me what Exposed means. its a very misleading word. like you said, a little nit picky but i feel its pretty common amongst new players and creates unnecessary confusion.
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I agree, had trouble with it myself.
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Yep agreed.
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Im just imagining shirtless David getting the exposed status effect on the preschool map, lol. I can understand the misunderstanding though, as alot of newbies think its aura reading or something. Maybe they can call it "Vulnerable" or something? Thoughts?
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Exposed sounds like your Aura is being shown
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When I first started, I thought exposed meant I could see survivor auras. Which is what confused me at perks that said exposed. Got sick of it and went to the wiki, which shed some light on it. Felt dumb after.
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@LordGlint I agree it should be something that is easy to understand so beginners know why they’ve been downed instantly like weakened or vulnerable like you said.
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Vulnerable?
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Vulnerable is perfect, it says what it means. Exposed can be misconstrued in a number of ways, and EVERY new player I've talked to, myself included, thought it meant that the killer knew where the survivors were until someone else explained it.
This is one of the many things that make the "WALL OF TEXT" approach to most tutorial information so bad, people skim it or don't read it, or there's simply so much that they don't retain most of it.
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Its fine as it is now. I really like the sound effect it has now.
I miss good old days when game didn't tell you why you are exposed and why someone was instadowned, had to actually use brain.
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After months of sporadically playing killer, my friend still gets mixed up sometimes about what the "Exposed" status is. He'll often forget and think it means you can see the survivor's aura. It's a confusing name for a one-hit-down effect. "Vulnerable" would make a lot more sense.
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This isnt what the post is about.
Its about the name being misleading for new players
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I understand that people can get confused when they first see "Exposed" but honestly if you still don't get it after being confronted with it several times... perhaps it's time to realize you're not as smart as you think you are.
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I disagree that it needs to be changed. You are always vulnerable in the game. Exposed is a perfectly good word for it. You are Exposed to instant death. I figured that out pretty quickly after first starting. Simplifying it removes what little knowledge you need to understand the game. Dumbing it down, as it were. In this I agree with @Roobnus.
However, I kind of agree with @HazeHound about not needing to know where the effect came from.
However, when it comes to the new effect, I think it should only be noticeable if you're in the killers' terror radius. You still get the icon, but not the screen effect.
I know I don't share a common opinion on this thread, but there you go.
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My suggestions for a new name;
- (In/) Peril
- Endangered
- Vulnerable
- Open
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Since new players can look up in the main menu what it does, i disagree.
I'm not gonna lose any sleep if they do decide to change it, but i just don't see the need for it.
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I had this exact confusion when I first started playing
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"A pray for your soul"
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Imagine someone calling pizza's sandwiches. They ask if you want a sandwich, and you're like sure. That person, then comes back with a pizza. You're like: wat .
That's the exposed status effect. Vulnerable is a much better word, which, combined with the skull, properly conveys the peril you're in if you were to be hit.
My friend just this saturday asked me if Exposed meant that we were visible to the killer. We've been playing this game together for 2 years.
Knock it off with the "but it's so easy to realize/ you can just look it up" it's an improper name for the effect of the status, plain and simple.
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+1 Same thing happened to me when I first started playing, I thought it meant that I was in view of the killer......
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Technically pizzas are pies though.
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that's the point.
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Real men call Pizza a cake
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Man, it sounds like 90% of players didn't understand what exposed meant their first time seeing it, and some are still struggling. If only we could do something about it... If only there were an intern with a slow afternoon, who would have 90 minutes or so to go over all the different text in perks, addons, and powers to swap words around
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I first thought the killer could see me until i read what it means. Exposed could be taken as your vitals are exposed so when the killer hits you its an instadown.
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"You are screwed" should be the status.
Wow, you said it, so nit picky.
"Exposed" is a weird choice of name for sure, but we all have learned what it means. Just as I have learned what "camper", "tunneler", "4%" or "lixo" means from grumpy survivors. So leave the name alone, it's part of Dead by Daylight.
"Lixo" means "trash" in portuguese by the way, I play in South America.
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For all the people saying "If YoU dOn'T kNoW wHaT iT mEaNs By NoW mAyBe YoU sHoUlDn'T bE pLaYiNg" this change isn't for you, it's for newer players who could easily be confused about what it means seeing as it can be interpreted in different ways. Changing the name also isn't going to change gameplay in any way so I don't see why anyone is against it.
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Muffin Time
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The Doomed Status Effect
This would help newer players understand that this means they are a 1-shot down.
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"Endangered"
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Wouldnt having your aura seen be considered, "visible"?
Exposed could mean a few things, but it's not exactly wrong as it is.
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I thought "Exposed" meant the killer could see my aura when I first started out. Until I face against a Michael and after the match I read his power and figured out what it was.
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<3
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Oh I got it.
"Under suicide watch".
That represents the danger you're in right?
Too soon?
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My vote goes for vulnerable. Says exactly what it means.
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I agree changing the name to something more inline with the consequence. Instead of Exposed how about unprotected or something like that?
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This is one of those thousand-cuts UX things that is minor on its own, but there are way too many of them all over the game.
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When I first started the game. I thought the exact same thing. But I always thought that the killer could see me and now I was one hit. But now I have been playing the game about a year now. I know what everything means. Except for the mangled status effect. I still don’t know what that means😂😂👍🏻
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Mangled makes it take longer to heal. Just look at sloppy butcher for the most popular cause of mangled.
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Oh. I thought that was just sloppy butcher. But now I know. Just like one of the huntresses Addons. When she hits someone with her hatchet it gives the mangled status effect. Thanks for telling me.
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Sloppy butcher adds mangled (the antihealing) as well as hemorrhage (makes you leave more pools of blood on the ground that the killer can follow)
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I like the way it is
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Why did you have to EXPOSE me to that...
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I honestly just think they should include it in the tutorial.
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When I first played Pig and saw that Make Your Choice ''Exposed'' Survivors I was very confused because I thought it meant Auras. When someone told me that it meant they were a 1 hit down I was pissed off because I was like ''how was I supposed to know that? I can't even find the person who made the save''.
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Exposed actually does make sense. Other games use that as a form of "armor pierce". However I did at first think it meant it was aura reading because I was thinking of the other meaning of exposed. Vulnerable doesn't really translate well either honestly though. If you were new you'd be like "Vulnerable to what?. Exposed definitely sounds better as well. Broken honestly sounds the best but that's already a status effect. If it were me I would change Broken to Cursed and Exposed to Broken. It'd make a little more sense with Plague as well being cursed over being broken.
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There's an ingame glossary that tells you about every status effect. Ignorance is the players fault.
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