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Obsession is messed up

megaweenieman megaweenieman
in General Discussions

Why are there games where someone who doesn’t have DS/ OOO/SS/MoM is the obsession while other survivors are the ones running it and you don’t have any obsession perks/add ons as killer?

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  • ElusivePukka ElusivePukka

    Because having the relevant perks only grants a higher chance of being obsession, but the presence of obsession perks on more than one player means that all survivors have some chance. It's not a bug, it's a feature - one I don't like, but there it is.

  • megaweenieman megaweenieman

    That makes no sense. Why would a survivor be an obsession when they are the only ones not running an obsession perk. Also, I assume you are implying that a survivor who runs an obsession perk is essentially putting other survivors in their team at risk for being he obsession?

  • ElusivePukka ElusivePukka

    I'm not implying anything. I'm outright stating that's how the mechanic works.

    If any perk or addon indicates that there will be an obsession, each survivor has a 25% chance of being selected. If specifically a survivor is running an obsession perk, they steal a % chance from each other survivor per perk, making it more likely that they'll be selected. This way, if multiple survivors are running obsession perks, each one will have a proportionately higher chance of being selected but may simply not be.

    Last, there's no real 'risk' to being obsession. Decisive Strike can juggle even Dying Light and Rancor away in those low-rank games where they pose an issue.

  • Milo Milo

    @megaweenieman said:

    That makes no sense. Why would a survivor be an obsession when they are the only ones not running an obsession perk. Also, I assume you are implying that a survivor who runs an obsession perk is essentially putting other survivors in their team at risk for being he obsession?

    It mostly works like that for DS

  • Tzeentchling9 Tzeentchling9

    Devs have stated that random Survivors get the Obsession instead the one who actually has the Obsession perk so that Killers can't play around DS.

    Because #CoUnTeRpLaY is a Survivor privilege.

  • Milo Milo

    @Tzeentchling9 said:

    Devs have stated that random Survivors get the Obsession instead the one who actually has the Obsession perk so that Killers can't play around DS.

    Because #CoUnTeRpLaY is a Survivor privilege.

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  • Cayde1342 Cayde1342

    Having those perks just increases the chance of being the obsession, plus there is no real risk of being the obsession.

  • PolarBear PolarBear

    @Tzeentchling9 said:

    Devs have stated that random Survivors get the Obsession instead the one who actually has the Obsession perk so that Killers can't play around DS.

    Because #CoUnTeRpLaY is a Survivor privilege.

    A killer can still play around ds can they not?

  • indieeden7 indieeden7

    @Tzeentchling9 said:

    Devs have stated that random Survivors get the Obsession instead the one who actually has the Obsession perk so that Killers can't play around DS.

    Because #CoUnTeRpLaY is a Survivor privilege.

    The #CoUnTeRpLaY to DS is just not to tunnel anyone, or at least only slug the people that you do

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