Flashlight add-one that makes the killer deaf when blinded?
I don't know, I would like to make it a suggestion but I wanted to discuss it first.
The idea is simple: blind the killer. The killer is blind for two seconds (by default), and during those two seconds the killer is completely deaf and does not hear any sound at all, and therefore cannot follow the survivor's voice.
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Sure lets just add in that the killer can't move too. Baby steps.
Maybe if the ad on had condition only if you blinded during the pick up animation for a save?
I feel like having it with no limit would just allow pallet blinds then just run away and they have no tracking.
I'm not opposed to the idea, losing your senses sounds cool! unfortunately, deaf sounds usually sound awful and trigger certain people either with tinnitus or misophonia. I have both and I'm kinda glad deafen/knockout isn't really a thing anymore. it sounds like I'm underwater and I find it cringe like how some people feel about nails on chalkboard.
Lol and risk making flashlights usable? Never gonna happen.
Champion of Light do that, only it slow the killer by 20%, not stop them completely.
How about those muffled sounds the killer hears when they are blinded by the Blast Mine? Will that work just fine for you with the idea of this add-on?
I'm in full support for this.
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if flashlights were made even more annoying than they ar then ill just use lightborn. you know what would help survs more? not wasting time at every pallet blinding a killer who is using the majority of the blind period on a breaking animation so by the time the blind is over your 2 feet in front of me. youd be 5 feet ahead otherwise
I wouldn't necessarily be against this, but the flashlight's charges would have to take a pretty nasty blow to compensate.
blast mine sounds alright!
So… you acknowledge that flashlights are useless and aren't really usable at pallets but don't want them buffed for some reason?
Thats not what i said.
No, that would be awful! It may need a down side, but not to the point where it punishes you for using it, as if add-one exists only so that no one uses it, as if it were just for decoration.
I would not be opposed to buffing flashlights somehow, but I also feel like this would be used primarily for blinding at pallets, which is the most no-skill, low effort way to use them. It might be petty of me, but I don't like the idea of rewarding low-skill plays.
Maybe have an add-on like this but the effect (maybe stronger, even) triggers only after a successful flashlight save.
Okay, so how would you be able to use flashlights skillfully? It takes an extremely long time to blind so the only time a survivor can do it is when the killer is locked in an animation which means windows, pallets, and picking up a survivor. We could bring back insta blinds so flashlights could be used outside of these three scenarios but most killers won't like that.
It kinda is? You literally said that it's better to not use it at pallets. AKA the only time it's usable besides a flashlight save.
Why only in flashlight save? This is very circumstantial, and it is even more circumstantial when the killer is facing the wall.
How exactly is a flashlight supposed to make a killer deaf? I know it's a video game so it doesn't have to be realistic, but you want to be shining a light into the killer's eyeballs and somehow have that make them deaf.
It'd make more sense as a fog vial addon instead, but you'd also have to be deafened as well on use because you're dropping at your own feet.
Perhaps due to the intense light entering the killer's eyes, the killer suffered from severe tinnitus and temporarily lost his hearing?
This would only be balanced if the blind itself lasts only 0.5 to 1 second or less charges, like most people are already bad using sound and it's quite a skill full thing to follow a survivor from sound.
Flashlights definitely don't need a buff in form of an add-on, it's the strongest survivor item already.
HA wow you are bad at this game if you think flashlights are the strongest.
Med-kits are not needed as the healing speed with perks is very quick, tool box is only good with gen rushing builds, fog vieals, maps and keys are just bad.
Flashlight is the only one that can safe teammates (toolbox as well but sabotaging is not the best) which wastes a lot of killers time and disorientate the killer during chase which can waste time if the killer is not very good.
I don't struggle to avoid them but they are the strongest compared to other items
Please tell a bad player like me what's the strongest item is.
The flashlight is not the strongest item, but it is not the weakest either. Even if a survivor blinds the killer while carrying another survivor, I saw in a match Bill carrying a flashlight running throughout the match behind the killer while the killer was chasing another survivor. We ended up dead except for me, because I miraculously escaped by opening a hatch using the key, while the killer did not hit me in time.
Medkits, you don't use them for healing others lol you use them to heal yourself. That saves so much time and makes you less vulnerable. Don't tell me you've only been using medkits to heal others. That's actually hilarious.
As I said, because blindness and deafness would be a strong effect, and shouldn't be granted for low/no skill plays like pallet blinds. At least flashlight saves take some skill against half decent killers (because they can face wall or fake a pickup).
Wanting something like this to be available all the time as an add on is essentially asking for an "escape chase for free" card reward for a play a trained monkey could execute.
so, now flashlights arent completely useless then right? as you just brought up how they would be used.
feel free to flash me at pallets, your just gonna go down quicker because anyone with good headphones and with decent game sense are going to be immediately on you before the blinds even over. out of the last 100 blinds i have had, with no exaggeration, i have lost maybe 1 or 2 chases fue to pallet blinds.
they are just annoying, and survivors arent helping their escape rates by doing them.
So no, thats not what i said. pay more attention to what i actually say and dont invent things that never were said.
So… your saying that flashlights are only usable for flashlight saves. Wow… if only there were wooden object around the map that could be used instead and were more reliable for saves and didn't take an item slot.