CoolAKn

@Knex4545 Some killers have aura-revealing add-ons when a survivor is in a certain range, Wraith and Shape have the best ones. Pig has a good one too.

in How to Locate Downed Survivors? Comment by CoolAKn October 18, 2018

I think it ultimately doesn't matter to most people. People choose their survivors differently. You want to choose a survivor you can relate to, which is fine. For me, I choose based on appearance, so I don't think I would ever play Nea or Quentin (aside from getting their teachable perks and to use up all their offerings and add-ons) because quite frankly, they are ugly survivors. I main David King, mostly because he looks better than Dwight with a beard (even though I wear glasses, I am not bald, which is part of Dwight's beard cosmetic), but I definitely don't relate to David K at all because he can be violent, but I am not. If they ever decided to include sexuality into someone's backstory, that wouldn't make me want to play them any more or less than normal. In my opinion, their backstory only needs to explain their disappearance and why they have the unique perks they do. Nothing else is important because it doesn't affect game play at all. There is nothing truly special about each survivor, because they are just cosmetic. They can discuss sexuality if they want, but I think it would make little difference in the long run.

in Are There Any LGBTQ Survivors In The Game Or Planning To Be Comment by CoolAKn October 18, 2018

As far as I can tell, this patch seems to be pretty balanced.

in How are people feeling about this patch? Comment by CoolAKn October 18, 2018

All survivors are supposed to go the same speed, though there are a few times where it felt like the survivor I was using was running slower than normal. I think it's just a graphical error. There should be no noticeable difference between survivors, aside from appearance (skin color, hair color), clothing, and height.

in Quentin Smith? Comment by CoolAKn October 18, 2018

Question, if you have 2 hooked survivors within 16 meters from each other (basically, the basement), would they cancel each other out, since technically, there is another survivor within that range? I imagine not.

in Being near a hooked suvivor changes Comment by CoolAKn October 18, 2018

Self-care by itself is 32 seconds. With sloppy butcher is 40 seconds.

in Healing Times Question Comment by CoolAKn October 18, 2018

Small question - since the devs had said recovering is a healing action, is it affected by healing perks (such as Nurse's Calling, Coulrophobia, Sloppy Butcher, Botany Knowledge, etc)?

in BHVR, Make Losing More Fun! Comment by CoolAKn October 18, 2018

Interesting concepts. I do understand what you are going for, but I think most people would think using a med-kit to recover, especially if it's an incomplete action (because they can't fully recover), somewhat useless. I do get that it would help you recover faster, though I think most people would rather use their med-kit after they've been picked up. If they added an ultra-rare add-on that lets you recover fully (like one of the insta-heal add-ons, except instead of full heal, it would bring yourself from dying to injured before the add-on is consumed; though incidentally, I tried to use an insta-heal add-on on myself, and it didn't work) that would be fine too. That way, there are more options to pick yourself up instead of the 2 perks survivors have.

The blurred visual effects is actually something I had envisioned for a buff to Knock Out in addition to slower crawling speed (because you were given a concussion, disrupting your focus).

Regarding your hook changes, how would slippery meat apply to your unhooking changes? Would is just be slightly extra luck while attempting, or allow the survivor to attempt for a longer duration? If it's the former, that would just make it copy-paste with Up The Ante. If it's the latter, that is fine.

For the Struggle phase, I think in order to hold on, you should be holding the primary action button (M1) to get skill checks and release M1 to give up struggling. EDIT: succeeding skill checks would slightly add more time to struggle, while failing skill checks would slightly lose some time to struggle.

in BHVR, Make Losing More Fun! Comment by CoolAKn October 18, 2018

You could try Stridor, it make their grunts louder and even counters Iron Will. Another one you can try is Whispers, which tells you a survivor is inside x range. Outside of perks, I don't know how much help I can be.

in How to Locate Downed Survivors? Comment by CoolAKn October 18, 2018

I think it's just bad RNG. I went through 40 blood webs with Dwight, no Kindred in any of them (and no teachable perks were unlocked).

in No Jigsaw offerings for Doc? Comment by CoolAKn October 17, 2018

@will_i_am_14_85 said:
I have heard the idea of scavenging for parts before, which sounds like an idea, adding an extra objective, but not sure how it would work.

For example, if each generator needs one part to be found on the map before repairs can start, that can lead to one survivor screwing up the whole team and hold game hostage in a sense by finding this part and just not doing anything else.

An idea I had for Plunderer's Instinct would allow the user to see the auras of items on the ground, which would include generator parts.

in Healing speed decrease...well done. It's working already Comment by CoolAKn October 17, 2018

@alivebydeadight said:

@Vampirox said:
At this rate you might as well lock out MORI too since survivors no longer have something just as GOOD or OP. Its not really fair you take away something from one side and not from the other.

At least implement before taking it away!

Wth did the moonlight offerings even do?!?!?!?

There used to be 4 moon light offerings. One made the map 70% brighter (almost like daytime), 35% brighter, 35% darker, and 70% darker (sometimes nearly pitch black).

Imagine like in real life whenever there is a full moon how bright it lights the area vs how dark it is with a new moon.

in Darkest Moonlight = Ebony Mori! Comment by CoolAKn October 17, 2018

@Tsulan said:
Just had a match where i survivors stepped 7 times into my traps and 6 times they got instantly (2 seconds) out.
Is this working as intended? Shouldn´t the traps have a fixed timer?

It's possible when they got trapped another survivor was right there to get them out. RNG can be weird like that if that's not the case.

I think traps ought to last a certain amount of time (perhaps 10 seconds? Change the escape difficulty add-ons to simply add time). Perhaps even give the Trapper a small speed boost whenever someone gets caught in a trap (kind of like blood lust).

in Trap RNG Comment by CoolAKn October 17, 2018

@Tzeentchling9 said:
Where were you when the Devs buffed all levels of Self Care to the Teir 3 perk speed? No issues with that change?

L M F A O

According to the game's history, Self Care Tier 3 used to be 80% speed, so 50% speed is still a nerf compared to how it was originally.

@TigerKirby215 I agree completely.

in All these NoED rants Comment by CoolAKn October 17, 2018

@powerbats said:
To the devs while I appreciate the sabo being made more useful having 4 hooks all drop within the 1st 6 seconds or so of a game starting is a bit much. I didn't ever really see 4 man tool box sabo squads on either side, but now it's rampant and even with Hangman's they just 99 it and then drop everything in the vicinity.

While you could 99 before it took a lot longer and wasn't so completely broken to the point that people could 99 and gen rush with impunity.

These are some of the changes I would make to Saboteur.

Make Saboteur sabotage at 50% speed across all tiers.
Have the sabotage action take longer and/or be louder.
When not being sabotaged, the automatic repair timer should undo progress over time (maybe 1% per second? Perhaps make Hangman's Trick be 2% per second).
Make Hangman's Trick trump the increased repair timer (hooks will still return after 30/20/10 seconds).
EDIT: Increased repair timer does not apply to bear traps.

in The sabo changes went a little too far, this from a survivor/killer Comment by CoolAKn October 17, 2018

Honestly, all Saboteur needs is a 50% speed across all tiers, and make Hangman's Trick trump the increased time.

in Saboteur (Perk) Buff/Rework Comment by CoolAKn October 17, 2018

I've only done it once without knowing it was an exploit. I was downed near the generator, and the basement wasn't there. I realized the killer could not get me to a hook in time, so I did not go back upstairs (because who in their right mind likes the constant game of getting downed, being almost carried to a hook, running all the way back up there just to repeat the process? I don't see that as fun for either party). I think it was a good call to add a hook upstairs, because honestly the upstairs felt rather lacking. If anything, the game gave survivors another legitimate reason to be upstairs (to unhook a survivor). Otherwise, the only business the survivor had being upstairs was either the generator or the chest.

I do disagree with the Thompson house upstairs practically being made into a second basement (with only one hook). There should either be a gap or a window on opposite sides of the house. I always hated the only way to get down was the staircase. If you are worried about looping, survivors will suffer from staggering, where (as far as I know) killers do not. It would only be an issue IF they are running Balanced Landing (which they would only be able to use the speed boost for one loop).

It's debatable if survivors should suffer from fall damage jumping down from that height (practically a 3-story drop). At that height, there could just be extra stagger. Alternately, there could be a hole in the floor to get below easier (like in the Game or the Asylum). In fact, the Asylum has multiple ways to get down from the top floor (a map where survivors could escape when they hear the heartbeat). Honestly, there also ought to be an upstairs (and downstairs, unless the basement is present) hook in the Asylum as well (same for Ironworks, there is a perfect spot for a hook up there). Give balance to these maps.

Overall, it's a good start, but there just needs to be another exit from upstairs, either a hole, a gap, or a window.

in Hook on top of Thompson out Comment by CoolAKn October 17, 2018

@Eguzky said:
Or:
You don't try to escape when the Killer is right there
You lead him past a pallet-stun
You use Sprint Burst
You use Dead Hard

See where I am going? Making the Gates force Exposed is not OP or unfair. Nor does it allow the Killer a free kill on every Survivor like you seem to think it would.

And if a Survivor gets to the gate first..Go to the other gate.
It's stupid that the Killer is so god damn weak , a healthy Survivor has a 100% chance to escape.

And yet you act like the Killer having a 20% chance to down you instead is more unfair than your 100% chance to get out alive, like it is at the moment.

Survivor mentality in a nutshell: They can have a free chance to get away 100% of the time (Being near a gate and healthy)
But ask to make the Killer a threat IF he gets to a gate first, and it's unfair.

If the killer is already at the Exit Gate, I will either go for the other gate or wait for them to leave. No reason to needlessly show myself to them.

You aren't factoring in chases. People use Sprint Burst, they get the 3 second boost, the killer can still catch up and down them. The killer carries them towards the nearest hook, the survivor breaks free if lucky, they can't use Sprint Burst again because of Exhaustion. Dead Hard is unreliable and doesn't work most of the time. Some areas near Exit Gates don't even provide pallets. Even with No Mither or Unbreakable, they can't use it because the killer would just pick them up.

You say you want this to combat toxicity, but saying it's so stupid the killer can't just down a healthy survivor, giving them a 100% chance to escape shows you just want a free kill. Just as CornChip said, why not just ask to have the Exit Gates removed? You want to do this to punish the teabaggers, but in reality, this is just going to punish survivors for playing the game. They escaped, move on to the next match.

in Exit Gate Rework Comment by CoolAKn October 17, 2018

@Countfunkular said:
@PigMainBigBrain
O_o
I could kiss you right now you crazy son of a ######### you just figured out how to make a shape-shifting killer work and probably the only one on here who figured out how to make it work.

I was just going to post some speculation ideas and how to make it work but you pretty much hit it right on the head or at least how it should work.

Am I honest-to-god opinion the shape-shifting killer I thought could have a second power that could disrupt survivors vision. Allowing them to see their friends has a killer instead of you.

However the heartbeat idea is way better.

However certain perks like Bond might make this killer a little problematic. Perks only work another survivors not killers unless whatever or reading perk the survivors have also transfer over

These are a few survivor perks that should be considered with a disguised killer.
Alert - depends whether or not they can break things while disguised.
Dark Sense - would their aura be revealed even when disguised? Imagine someone with Dark Sense repairing a generator with another survivor when suddenly your teammate's aura glows.
Object of Obsession - would the killer have aura protection when disguised?
Premonition - would it chime when disguised?
Spine Chill - would it activate when looking at a survivor while disguised?
Bond - would a disguised killer show up as a teammate?
Empathy - would the killer be able to fake an injury to fool survivors into healing them and gain a token for something devious?
Kindred - when disguised, would the killer be able to see the other survivor's auras? Though it would be suspect when suddenly another aura shows up because you shouldn't be able to hook while disguised.
Wake Up - when disguised, would the killer see the Exit Gates opened?

This would all depend on how far the devs want to go with a disguising killer. When disguised:
Would they shift to third person view as long as they are disguised?
Could they pull pallets down and vault over them just like the survivors can?
Would they be able to break pallets while disguised?
Could they vault as fast as survivors?
Could they run, walk, and crouch at the same speed as survivors?
Would they be able to work on generators? To what extent?
Enable the animation, but no progress or skill checks are made? Enable progress and allow the killer to fail skill checks (or even succeed skill checks to set the generator back down)?
Would they be able to kick generators while disguised?
Could a disguised killer heal a survivor and gain a token for something else? Could they fake heal survivors to where they look and act healed, but when the killer reveals themselves, the survivor becomes injured?

in Shape shifting Killers seriously Comment by CoolAKn October 17, 2018

@Kilmeran said:

@ZombieGenesis said:
@Kilmeran Starting as a survivor will certainly help you learn the pacing of the game. It also helps by showing you what survivors experience; what they can see and hear. You'll also get a feel for how they move and roam around the map, which can help for anticipating their moves as a killer. I suggest at least always doing the survivor dailies even if you're a killer main.

Originally, I found Survivor boring, but that was also frustration by the Skill Checks not stopping precisely when I hit the button. Considering I have a top-of-the-line keyboard and set-up, that pissed me off to no end. I have never had a game with any delay in key-press to action before.

But if that's the best way to learn the game, I suppose I have dealt with worse things in games in the past.

Edit: Actually, it was more than that. The delay was inconsistent. Sometimes there would be that delay several skill checks in a row, or an entire match. Then, all of a sudden, it wouldn't delay, which then caused the skill check to miss early because I was pressing for the delay. That ######### is what made me originally walk away from survivor.

I find myself in the same boat. Some matches, the delay becomes too much that I feel practically worthless for the entire match. I'd play killer more if the lobbies didn't take an hour to fill up.

in Survivors Don’t Worry! Comment by CoolAKn October 17, 2018

@connue said:
okay, please explain why alert is now to powerful?

People are disagreeing with the infinite range with all tiers. The only thing the original Alert was lacking was the range was too restrictive. Some are saying it only needed a slight range boost, which I agree, infinite range is a bit too good.

in I feel like Alert got buffed too much Comment by CoolAKn October 17, 2018

@Eguzky said:
And that is when you go to the OTHER gate, where the Killer is not.

I mean, the Killer can only guard 1 gate, and there are 2 Gates and a Hatch. It would be your fault for trying to headbutt him, which survivors do now, and should not be able too.

You act like being Exposed when you're near a gate means the Killer can teleport between gates and stop you instantly.

You are not understanding what I am saying. In my scenario, neither killer nor survivor is near the Exit Gate. While a survivor is heading towards an Exit Gate, the killer sees them and starts chasing them towards that Exit Gate (meaning the survivor is between the killer and the Exit Gate). With your idea, the killer would just get close to the survivor, wait for them to get inside the Exit Gates, then hit them to one-hit down them. You are literally asking to punish survivors who want to escape and would otherwise be able to. If you want survivors that stay in the Exit Gate to be exposed, set a timer that is slightly higher than the time it takes to enter the Exit Gates and cross the barrier. If you want to punish those who teabag, fine, but don't punish me for trying to escape just because you are mad at them.

in Exit Gate Rework Comment by CoolAKn October 17, 2018

@Gemasuda said:
This thread is to ensure survivors know it will be ok. For months crybaby killers have asked for an advantage to ensure they get 4K matches every time. Well it happened and the devs listened and now they can enjoy stomping their way through groups and earning those 4K blood points.

Dont worry about the responses you you put on this community because rest assured the same people who were complaining about buffing killers will disregard your pleas for help and do everything they can to make you look foolish, examples (git gud, your bad, etc, etc)

But the good news...

Like anything in life cause and effect will happen, right now killers get instant ques and enjoy a blood point advantage normally. But when survivors stop playing survivors and start playing killers more in order to enjoy the game in its current state, killers will start having longer ques and the cycle will start over again.

So in conclusion, my fellow survivor mains, give it time, it will work itself out, for now just play killer and stack up those blood points with little to no effort involved. Enjoy the new patch!

So, what you are saying is I can actually play killer and not have to wait an hour for the lobby to fill up?

in Survivors Don’t Worry! Comment by CoolAKn October 17, 2018

@Eguzky said:

@brokedownpalace said:
thesuicidefox said:

Just increase the time it takes to open the door to 30 seconds base and have the door regress when not being opened. Then it would be a lot easier to protect the gates.

No. The hand holding requests need to stop.

My request is not hand holding. It literally makes Killers a threat again, which they are NOT at the moment.

Survivors are having THEIR hands held by being able to tank hits by the exit and wriggle their asses and basically do everything short dropping a load at the Killers feet.

When the gates open, the Survivors should want to leave as fast as possible, not dance like strippers on a Friday.
Adding Exposed to anyone inside an exit gate means they LEAVE when inside a gate, and avoids punishing someone who may just be unlucky and not near a gate when it opens.

It's fair and balanced, and not hand holding in the freaking slightest.

Not everyone stays to be toxic. The only reason I stick around is if another survivor is still in the trial and I'm unsure they know where the Exit Gates are. I may be needed to rescue them if they are caught. If I'm the only one, I leave immediately.

Making survivors Exposed just from being near the Exit Gates is a bad idea, because if I'm running to an open Exit Gate uninjured, the killer can just wait to swing until I get in the barrier to insta-down me.

in Exit Gate Rework Comment by CoolAKn October 17, 2018

I'd say skill is the largest determining factor in how threatening a killer is. A low-skilled killer is easy to a high-skilled survivor, while a high-skilled killer can be overpowered to a low-skill survivor.

in The difference between challenge & overpowered Comment by CoolAKn October 16, 2018

@se05239 said:

@Jack11803 said:
Shrink killer hotboxes. Done.

This. If the killers had the same collision box as the survivors, they'd be able to loop as tight as the survivors can around objects and cut down the time considerably. No need to literally nerf every killer because its "more fair" to survivors...

This is certainly one adjustment the killers would benefit from. With slower speed, they should be able to turn tighter angles just like survivors can. I'm not trying to nerf every killer, I want them to be appropriately buffed to trade off the movement speed change.