Tunneling and how to avoid it
I posted this in another thread, but felt it was effortposty enough to warrant its own post for discussion. Just some advice from a 4k hours 70% killer main.
Tunneling and you!
First understand the 2 types of tunnelling that can exist in this game, and who's at fault.
-Killer is set on eliminating you from the game, no matter what. Do you have a cosmetic or name that tilts them, flashlight clicking, just having a bad day or generally wanting to be an ass. These killers will persue only you and let your teammates roll through gens, normally accompanied by a facecamp.
This is the one that is hardest to deal with aside from having a good attentive team that can block and bait effectively. As solo Q it can be just GG. The other tips and what people have said will help, but if a killer really wants you dead, thats it. At least your teammates will get out.
Luckily you see this less at higher ranks, as its not an effective strategy by the killer 9/10 times. (not to say it dosnt happen, but way les common than other types of tunneling.
This is the only type of tunnelling that you as a survivor can really whine at the killer for.
-Accidental or opportunistic tunneling.
this is probably the most common occurrence in games, and what creates the biggest friction between players.
Few things to bear in mind.
Players on both sides will always take the path of least resistance, if you unhook someone before the killer is busy in another chase, chances are they are coming back to the hook. At this point the unhooker *needs to make themselves a better target* either positioning, baiting, blocking whatever they can. When they fail at doing this (ie being healed under a hook and your healer just sprint bursts away, leaving you dry in the open, runs towards the hook being chased by the killer, just careless play in general etc)
It sucks to be smacked down after being unhooked, but in these cases its almost always the survivors that put the killer in that position, you shouldn't expect a killer to ignore a target because of some sense of fair play, its on you and your team to not present that target.
If you have to make an unhook injured, and havn't been hooked that game, go down for your teammates rather than let them die. Bring DS and Bt (If you don't bring bt, but know others have brought it, dont be greedy for unhooks and let them be the rescue crew!)
As a player, if you get hooked early and find yourself on deathhook early game, remember the killer will probably pay attention to this and might focus on you, hide for a bit and let other players take chases and hooks while you do gens, its really simple.
Theres a lot more i could write on it from 4k hours in this cursed game, but tunneling is a part of the game like it or not, there are tools to get around it, the most effective being a decent swf that communicates, but its important to remember that all the players in the game are human beings and will behave generally in predictable ways according the situations they are placed in. And tunneling is something that arises from those situations.
At the end of the day, this game is heavily rng based and sometimes things just dont go your way. Its much better to gg and move on than be mad about it.
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