Voicechat and/or ping-system
Dear readers,
At first, I really enjoy the game, but sometimes the game gets really frustrating as a survivor. With three randoms you don't have any communication, so most of the time no intel, which makes winning on some inside maps undoable against killers such as the pig, wraith and ghostface since they have no terror-radius.
I think a good solution would be adding a simple ping-system and/or a survivor voicechat.
Kind regards,
Jack
Comments
Voicechat is an all or nothing system that I don't really care for. Communication alone doesn't solve the problem, you need survivors who are willing to use that information and coordinate as a team with or without it. Any info is better than none, but info alone does nothing. Voicechat can't account for survivors who aren't willing to engage, or who can't be understood due to technical issues or language barriers. Therefore non-voice options are better when dealing with randoms. Action icons, viewable perk loadouts in game, and some kind of limited ping system would be much better. It would still give enough information that those willing to use it, could.
Adding voicechat or ping-system is not goning to change that entirely. You can't cover a complete map with 4 survivors, depending on the map of course.
That's a fair point!
I would much prefer a ping system over an ingame voice chat. The icons that were announced are a good start but with a ping system you could communicate what you'll do next, which would also be helpful against Pinhead and other killers.
My preferred form of a 'ping' system will always be 'Survivor Instinct'. Just as killers get 'Killer Instinct', which gives an approximate location/direction of a survivor under certain conditions that can't be obscured, survivors would get the same thing for other survivors, but instead of a red 'entity' graphic, it would be like a beating heart graphic or something.
As for when it would be available? Well there could be an argument made that it's on demand at any time, but perhaps with a cooldown. Alternatively, it could trigger for 4 seconds when a survivor is hooked, so it would be a bit like Kindred-lite.
Additionally, I think Glass Bead should be made basekit for all map items, instead of being an add on. It would make maps more useful so that people might actually run them, and serve as a waypoint marker to get the attention of other survivors as a 'come here' sign.