Solving the Hatch Standoff while improving gameplay

@Thatbrownmonster said:
I like this but still feel hatch stand offs would still be a thing

Basically survivors would loop on and on until they found the next hatch

I think the standoff would end because under my proposal the killer could no longer grab the survivor upon his or her jumping in. Hence, the survivor is motivated to make a dash for it and the killer is motivated to close it to prevent the escape. No more standoff.

Looping and chasing round and round would still be possible with the last survivor, true. But that is the case now anyway. Perhaps the duration of the revealed aura increases each time the killer closes the hatch making this more difficult the longer the end game goes.

Killers will hate giving up a perk slot to get that, but not a bad idea.  You could also set it to the more gens that need to be finished the more time their auras are to be seen.  (3 gens to go 9 seconds, 2 gens then 6 seconds, 1 gen to go then 3 seconds)

To be honest, I have no idea what should be done about the hatch.  I think it is needed for those times killers just decimate the survivor team, otherwise you have 1 survivor with 3 gens left to do, who loses hope and just DCs.  In my opinion, the hatch gives survivors and killers both something to work for.

I do like the idea of you brainstorming, now if only the devs would come by the forums more often.  (if the devs do take your idea I would love to see them give you credit.  maybe your name graffiti art style on a wall.)

I think you're right regarding the relative weakness of the Perk - but it was just an idea. I suppose it could be paired with some other Remember Me-like effect to make it more appealing. That is: Powering the Exit gates now requires an additional 10/15/20 seconds AND closing the hatch gives the increased aura times. Still kind of fits with the "Door of Doom" theme.

I think you're spot on regarding why the hatch exists in the first place. The devs want to give the final survivor something to do when otherwise they'd have no hope of escape. Problem with the current design is that the killer has no motivation to do anything upon finding the hatch before the survivor does. So he or she just stands there and waits. The game comes to a halt. Worse, when the survivor finally does come along, there's no motivation for either of them to make the first move - so you get the standoff.

It's bad design.

Ideally, you want to incentivize both the survivor AND the killer into finding the hatch and DOING something when they do. For the survivor, this is easy and works fine - jump in and escape! My proposed solution incentivizes the killer now too and keeps the game moving.