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Madness III and opening exit gates

GoshJosh GoshJosh
in General Discussions

Just curious, is there a reason why this specific survivor interaction is not prevented by madness III? Madness III literally takes precedence over every other survivor action not related to chase - even mending. Is this an oversight, or intentional?

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  • drakolyr drakolyr

    I think its intentional, doctor can easyily prevent you from escaping otherwise.

  • Crowman Crowman

    I don't think there's anything in the game that prevents interacting with exit gates besides No Way Out.

    Even Incapacitation which functions very similarly to Madness 3 still lets survivors open the exit gate.

  • Friendly_Blendette Friendly_Blendette

    Probably to do with 99ing gates and then not being able to open them up

  • TWiXT TWiXT

    Survival instinct trumps madness. Doc's madness not only makes survivors hallucinate things that aren't real, but also makes their fear peak to the point that it's crippling to them unless they calm down and snap out of it. The instinct to flee from a predator by any means: drop things in their path, hide, run, even open a path to escape is all they can focus on. Whereas doing anything more complex, especially if it isn't related to fleeing/hiding/escaping, such as sitting on a loud ass generator where the predator can see and hear you easily, is directly counter intuitive to the survivors crippling fear based "Flight" instincts. This is also why survivors have trouble Cleansing, Sabo, Healing themselves or others, or searching chests, because all of those actions force them to remain a sitting duck instead of running and hiding. Likewise they also can't use Flashlights because a shiny light gives them away to the monster they're trying to run and hide from.

    Also Pulling a lever to freedom in 20 seconds, even if it makes them hold still, is far less complex than trying to repair a generator while your heart is racing and you're scared out of your mind, and more directly leads to an assured escape from your tormentor.


    Either that or the devs just didn't want the survivors to have a delay on escaping simply because the docs power stopped them from it. Can you imagine someone at an exit gate trying to open it, getting shocked repeatedly and unable to snap out or open the door? yeah... that wouldn't get abused! /s

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