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• @White_Owl said:

  I disagree. Chases are the core of the game, simply because it's in chases that there is interaction between players. As a survivor I prefer stealth over chases, but still a match without at least a good chase is a boring one. Not to talk about the killer pov, spending a lot of time trying to find someone to chase (= to play with) is extremely boring.

  And yes it is a core (element) to loop, but it's just that. Stealth is an element as well regardless of any biased viewpoint, we should balance the two not praise one over the other or our biased viewpoints could mutilate this game.

  in Why the "looping mindset" that survivor players have is detrimental and is slowly killing this game. Comment by caelo49 November 13, 2020

• @Alphaphalt said:

  We all know how killer games go. Find your first survivor, he runs in circles for 3 minutes, all the gens get done and they escape with Adrenaline/BT/DS/DH. This has become so bad that there are only 2 killers (Sally and Rin) that can consistently perform well in Red Ranks if they want to double pip and retain their Rank 1. Even worse - Rin was broken last update so unless you were Nurse your pip was a heavily weighted coin toss. Some killers such as Caleb and Triangle Daddy can sometimes beat a strong Red Rank SWF, but can't compete if they use the Genrush Strategy.

  This is why I think the game should try and cut down on this stupid running in circles strategy to win every game without thinking. Instead, we should focus on the Stealth aspect of the game. I think most survivors (who aren't pathetic bullies) can agree that the suspense of a killer almost finding you in a hiding spot is far more thrilling than running around a pallet 10 times rinse repeat. The fact that there are 10+ pallets which can each last from 30 seconds to a few minutes (Bloodlust takes way too long to kick in) pushes the "chase killer only" meta that has plagued so many players into only playing Rin Sally and sometimes Caleb.

  We want to play Amanda and sneak up on survivors.

  We want to play Anna and line up a sweet hatchet on a Zarina who didn't quite hide well enough.

  We want to play Lisa and scare survivors with our Phantasms.

  But we can't - because the meta right now is looping, and any killer that doesn't excel there isn't viable.

  This is true, I believe that there is an answer to this, looping areas might need to lessen a bit and stealth should be an improved option.

  in Why the "looping mindset" that survivor players have is detrimental and is slowly killing this game. Comment by caelo49 November 13, 2020