A possible fix to 99ing exit gates

Or you can do like I do and immediately open the exit gate. If you're able to chase and down someone then they will be rushed for time. If they make it out then oh well there's always next game.

As a Killer you must do your best to retain control at all times. Don't let the exit gate be one more thing they bully us on.

Why you want them to escape? In that case just go and open gates yourself. And they wont avoid EGC!

Just reduce the overall time to open the gate by the length of the animation to pull the switch down, and make that animation not add charges (It doesn't make sense to be making progress without having the switch in place anyways). Done and over with.

I think regression is the key but not all the way. It has 3 lights so lets make use of it.

Say you open a gate long enough for 1 light to turn on and you have to leave. The progress goes down to at least 30%. 2 lights is 60%. 3 lights is 90%. Either way they can't just walk up to it, tap it and it opens. Blood Warden would probably get a rise in use. Always hilarious when they tea bag at the exit gates before they realize it's active.

TIME = pressure.

Always. It's one of the longest complaints of killer stress due to having little control of gen time and why gen rush is a term.

EGC loses it points since it's the ONE time killer is not under pressure from time but survivors are, They have absolute control of time since they may choose when a gen is or is not done and have multiple gens to make this choice from. The only time this is not so is when they 3 gen themselves.

EGC SHOULD pressure survivors weither it MEANT to or not. You know, actually put survivors in a scary scenario instead of wasting time with endless loops for once because if they do in EGC they will die. Killers opening gates just concedes the game. Unless a killer has NOED or they are very lucky enough to get a survivor with two hits and they have blood warden.

Personally I think EGC should just activate once gens are done .The game is over. Some may argue.

"But Flatskull when the gens are down some people may still need to be unhooked"

You can see when people are down, Injured and being hooked. If a survivor finishes a gen while another survivor is any of these stats this is a issue they force on themselves. As a survivor you control when the match ends and the end phase begins. EGC should just as much be a punishment for mindlessly rushing to the finish in spite of your sorroundings as a punishment for lingering at the exit gate indefinately.

EGC COULD of fixed the ever-I now have nothing to do as killer so I guess I'll prox camp this one secured hook or hatch hunt- but because in its current state it only limits the amount of time survivors can spend tea bagging at the exit gate. What a waste of a cool mechanic and potential switch of roles from the killer being pressured by gen time to survivors being pressured by game time and an interesting, thrilling climax to a game.

EGC should just activated when gens are done...some may argue that this can lead to the killer just patrolling doors until the timer is out and they are right. The doors should perhaps spawn with a certain distance away from each other every time, or more distance, if they already do.

Now as killer I shouldn't camp. If I intercept a correct door while someone is off hooking I can actually prevent an escape and frag people enough that the end game could potentially get me more time out kills. But as is, I have no reason to NOT stay near the hook since 99% is as good as an open gate and open gates are pretty much safe zones.

Why even have EGC if it just essentially gets meta-gamed from even happening. It's would be like having hatch spawn and the killer can pre-emptively lock it from opening any circumstance when they run across it at 1 gen.

What if the switches were switched. One switch opens the opposite gate.

99 all ya want. Better have some coordination.

Fair enough, EGC aside then since you say it isnt designed for killer pressure.

I will argue that opening the gate doesn't apply pressure except in VERY certain and specific scenarios.

Opening the gate to activate EGC and MAYBE get a down to activate BW at the cost of giving them a free escape if you fail to do so. Seems like a heavy price for a 60 second gain. Which is why nobody runs BW.

The change to BW would make it more popular I imagine since the activation condition would be easier to achieve. And it would deter 99ing because of the potential of it being there.

Similarly, when people see hexes with no immediate impact on them, they may leave the hex in case it's Haunted Ground. A choice. Deal with the potential negatives of breaking it. Deal with the potential negatives of leaving it.

With the BW change. Both options are still viable. Open or 99. But the POTENTIAL is what makes it scary.

I agree 100% it doesn't NEED to be fixed. I'm just spitballing things that might be a fun alternative. Imagine 99ing and the whole team runs in t-bagging the killer and they see BW had been activated from an earlier hook. 4 people all freaking out, scattering.

I'm a survivor main and that sounds exhilarating. Just that "oh crap" moment. Those are the best.

Okay? But you were complaining about survivors staying longer than YOU wanted them to. Stop complaining about the other side doing whatever they can to benefit themselves. You're looking out for yourself, so stop whining when survivors do the same. Like I said, they get caught out all the time anyway trying to get themselves extra stuff, so I don't see why there is even a reason to complain. Force them out when you can, or run a tracking perk like Whispers if you want to prevent them from trying to maximize their games.

What are you on about? You're literally sitting here complaining about the fact that survivors choose to maximize their games when they have the opportunity to do so. Once the main objective is done, they look for side objectives to do when they have the chance. It makes zero sense to do the side objectives before the main objectives.

When I'm playing survivor and get close to a gate that was only 99'd it's going to be 100 real quick. I've seen too many times where you end up with 2 or 3 survivors dead because someone 99'd a gate trying to save one person. The couple of seconds it takes to run beside the gate, hit that last 1 percent, and then get out as opposed to being able to run straight out can make all the difference.

How about Hex: Ruin passively regressing the gates as well? Like a bonus for the lil fella living that long....

We know that what we want is to put pressure on survivors to make on the fly moves not just to all heal up at a 3 lit door then bone rush the hook because they can.

Opening the door your self as a Killer isn't very advantageous because it freely provides the Survivors a means of escape. Changing EGC to the last gen puts the pressure on survivors to make these so called last minute things.

This game is so survivor favored already how about cutting the Killers a break and actually making survivors sweat once in a while. "Do I look for his totem or do I save myself?, do I go for this unhook?" Give survivors a bit of stress room.