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Camping/Tunneling: Actual VS Whiny Definitions

Zixology Zixology
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Lots of people like to use Tunneling/Camping as an excuse to bash someone playing killer who has killed them. Most of the time, it's not justified. They're just whining. However, in VERY few cases, Tunneling/Camping does exist. It's important to know the difference.

Whiny:
-Tunneling: The killer chased and hit me at any given time.
-Camping: The killer didn't go afk on the opposite side of the map after hooking me.

Actual:
-Tunneling: When a killer specifically walks around and avoids another survivor just to re-down the recently unhooked person.
-Camping: When the hooked survivor is still killer's base terror radius while the killer is not tracking or chasing another survivor.

Should be fun to read the salt on this later...

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  • Orion Orion

    Regardless of your definition, both are still sanctioned strategies. Definitions don't really matter when the complaints themselves are based upon a faulty premise - that the Killer isn't/shouldn't be allowed to do those things.

  • ClogWench ClogWench
    And people act like neither is ever an actual tactic. Camping usually does more harm than good but occasionally it's useful. Tunneling is useful for getting someone out early. You're not wasting time standing around waiting like camping and you're also not wasting time getting looped by a healthy survivor. 
  • TheHourMan TheHourMan

    Dying light + remember me. I think that is an acceptable time to tunnel.

  • FrenziedRoach FrenziedRoach

    I'm trying to figure out why it even matters....

    Both can cost you the game if you do it at the wrong time, but both can win you the game if you do it at the right time.

    Either way, a tool to be used or not used - nothing to see here.

  • Zixology Zixology

    @TheHourMan said:
    Dying light + remember me. I think that is an acceptable time to tunnel.

    I legit forgot to mention that. If you have a perk that requires it, then that is most certainly acceptable.

  • Darktronik Darktronik

    @Orion said:
    Regardless of your definition, both are still sanctioned strategies. Definitions don't really matter when the complaints themselves are based upon a faulty premise - that the Killer isn't/shouldn't be allowed to do those things.

    Thank you.

    There is nothing to discuss when both play style are legit strategies. A survivor has no saying on this.

  • DeadByFlashlight DeadByFlashlight

    @Zixology said:
    Lots of people like to use Tunneling/Camping as an excuse to bash someone playing killer who has killed them. Most of the time, it's not justified. They're just whining. However, in VERY few cases, Tunneling/Camping does exist. It's important to know the difference.

    Whiny:
    -Tunneling: The killer chased and hit me at any given time.
    -Camping: The killer didn't go afk on the opposite side of the map after hooking me.

    Actual:
    -Tunneling: When a killer specifically walks around and avoids another survivor just to re-down the recently unhooked person.
    -Camping: When the hooked survivor is still killer's base terror radius while the killer is not tracking or chasing another survivor.

    Should be fun to read the salt on this later...

    So you cant camp with insidious? :smile:

    Tunneling is a made up term, just like tunneling gens is made up

  • Grimbergoth Grimbergoth

    heres my opinion on a couple points . if you unhook in front of me im going for the guy just unhooked to give you a unsafe penalty thus a deterant to keep doing it , if im running bbq and I hook someone and of 3 survivors I can see aura of one I know the other 2 are close so im looking for them .

    A lot of survivors say he camped or he tunneled me without telling anyone the whole story . like ohh most my team was hiding close by is why he camped me , or he tunneled because they unhooked in his face …

    Like before mentioned though there has already been a statement saying they are not against the rules and no reportable , so don't give the killer a reason and a lot of them wont do it . I leave the hooks once ive hooked someone unless bbq is telling me not to , I may go to a gen or pallet to break them first but I do leave . I also tend to go for a fresh hook when running bbq unless like I said they do it in front of me and I got for the unsafe .

  • HellDescent HellDescent

    @Zixology Didn't you know? You are supposed to move away from the hook while you got 3 other swf swarming it. And patrolling the last 3 gens is camping.

  • George_Soros George_Soros
    Most of the whining would go away if there weren't "mains", that is, if most people played both sides.
  • NMCKE NMCKE
    DeadByFlashlight said:

    @Zixology said:
    Lots of people like to use Tunneling/Camping as an excuse to bash someone playing killer who has killed them. Most of the time, it's not justified. They're just whining. However, in VERY few cases, Tunneling/Camping does exist. It's important to know the difference.

    Whiny:
    -Tunneling: The killer chased and hit me at any given time.
    -Camping: The killer didn't go afk on the opposite side of the map after hooking me.

    Actual:
    -Tunneling: When a killer specifically walks around and avoids another survivor just to re-down the recently unhooked person.
    -Camping: When the hooked survivor is still killer's base terror radius while the killer is not tracking or chasing another survivor.

    Should be fun to read the salt on this later...

    So you cant camp with insidious? :smile:

    Tunneling is a made up term, just like tunneling gens is made up

    Ooo, now I can meme with LF without getting called a camper! :)
  • feffrey feffrey
    here I don't want to type this again

    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/22209/this-game-sales-would-be-better-if-they-addressed-camping#latest
  • Lowbei Lowbei
    both strats are legit. may as well make threads about sprinting or vaulting
  • feffrey feffrey
    Lowbei said:
    both strats are legit. may as well make threads about sprinting or vaulting
    how is camping legit? how is it fun or fair to garrantuee a DePip to a survivor while you safety pip for bad gameplay
  • PhantomMask20763 PhantomMask20763
    Lowbei said:
    both strats are legit. may as well make threads about sprinting or vaulting
    I'm on it!!!
  • xxaggieboyxx xxaggieboyxx
    ClogWench said:
    And people act like neither is ever an actual tactic. Camping usually does more harm than good but occasionally it's useful. Tunneling is useful for getting someone out early. You're not wasting time standing around waiting like camping and you're also not wasting time getting looped by a healthy survivor. 
    Some loser on my profile on steam keeps calling it an inferior tactic but it worked and snagged me 3 kills and the last one made it out the hatch only because I had mercy on him early game when I could have killed him
  • feffrey feffrey
    xxaggieboyxx said:
    ClogWench said:
    And people act like neither is ever an actual tactic. Camping usually does more harm than good but occasionally it's useful. Tunneling is useful for getting someone out early. You're not wasting time standing around waiting like camping and you're also not wasting time getting looped by a healthy survivor. 
    Some loser on my profile on steam keeps calling it an inferior tactic but it worked and snagged me 3 kills and the last one made it out the hatch only because I had mercy on him early game when I could have killed him
    lol You tunnel and camp and still let one escape gee you're as he said......

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