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• Vietfox said:

  @piekiller45 said:

  Vietfox said:

  I don't think it was intended but i wouldn't call it an exploit either.

  Well it would be an exploit because itd fit the definition if it wasn't intended

  Technically yes, but some games have unintended features/mechanics which are allowed by devs because they improve the game or make it more interesting, like animation canceling in Elder Scrolls Online.
  If there wasn't any counter to that dropping then yeah, but every time killer drops the survivor wiggle bar fills, so i guess it's fine.
  

  Those exploits were allowed by the devs thus making them not exploits. As far as I know, the devs haven't addressed if this is an exploit or not, So it can still be questioned until we get an answer from them

  in Is killer dropping the survivor to avoid a flashlight save an exploit? I want a definitive answer. Comment by piekiller45 January 18, 2019

• lasombra1979 said:

  My understanding it is not, nor should it be. It is a counter to flashlight save attempts, just like dribbling is a counter to DS.

  But unlike flashlight saves which have numerous counters already, the only counter ds has is dribbling which takes more time because it usually requires more than one drop. Ds is also a perk chosen by the one in the killers grasp while flashlight saves requires the effort of someone else who isnt in the killers grasp, which punishes him because it doesn't save his teammate, wasting his flashlight battery and his time.

  in Is killer dropping the survivor to avoid a flashlight save an exploit? I want a definitive answer. Comment by piekiller45 January 18, 2019

• DwightsLifeMatters said:

  People need to study what the word exploit actually means. Pressing R is a fight against your flashlight timing. If you time it perfectly pressing R won't help (happened by myself).
  

  It requires a save to be frame perfect so that it happens before the dropping animation starts, the dropping animation itself is the counter to the save which would be the exploit because the dropping animation cancels the flashlight save

  in Is killer dropping the survivor to avoid a flashlight save an exploit? I want a definitive answer. Comment by piekiller45 January 18, 2019

• Jesya said:

  It did. If it was an exploit it would be bannable.

  You have me a list of what isnt bannable and it didn't clear it up because dropping a survivor to avoid a flashlight save isnt on the list of "what isnt bannable"

  in Is killer dropping the survivor to avoid a flashlight save an exploit? I want a definitive answer. Comment by piekiller45 January 18, 2019

• Tizzle said:

  Originally dropping a Survivor worked to avoid a flashlight save.

  Sometime later it was reworked so the flashlight would save at any time during the drop animation, not sure if this was intended or not.

  Don't remember how long ago, but it was redone to the original state of dropping to instant avoid the flashlight.

  I remember this pretty sure it was before huntress (dont quote me) but I don't know if it was reworked intentionally or the devs maybe messed up with their spaghetti code and just never looked back at it.

  in Is killer dropping the survivor to avoid a flashlight save an exploit? I want a definitive answer. Comment by piekiller45 January 18, 2019

• twistedmonkey said:

  No i dont think its 100% intentional but its also not an exploit per say, it wastes time for the killer and also means the survivor gets more of a chance to struggle for each drop.

  If it's an oversight on the devs part it would be considered an exploit.

  in Is killer dropping the survivor to avoid a flashlight save an exploit? I want a definitive answer. Comment by piekiller45 January 18, 2019

• Jesya said:

  Nope not an exploit: https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/19450/game-rules-and-report-system#latest

  THE FOLLOWING ARE NOT CONSIDERED BANNABLE OFFENSES - PLEASE DO NOT REPORT

  • Camping
  • Slugging
  • Tunneling
  • Streamsniping
  • Teabagging
  • Bodyblocking
  • Looping
  • Tapping generators with ruin
    *Dribbling (Dropping a survivor repeatedly to avoid decisive strike)

  That didn't help....

  in Is killer dropping the survivor to avoid a flashlight save an exploit? I want a definitive answer. Comment by piekiller45 January 18, 2019

• Vietfox said:

  I don't think it was intended but i wouldn't call it an exploit either.

  Well it would be an exploit because itd fit the definition if it wasn't intended

  in Is killer dropping the survivor to avoid a flashlight save an exploit? I want a definitive answer. Comment by piekiller45 January 18, 2019

• βLAKE said:

  It's counterplay/feature therefore, not an exploit and not bannable.

  What you do after the drop is counterplay, the drop itself just makes flashlight saves borderline impossible

  in Is killer dropping the survivor to avoid a flashlight save an exploit? I want a definitive answer. Comment by piekiller45 January 18, 2019

• Salty_Pearl said:

  It's not an exploit because the wiggle bar fills up a certain amount every time the Killer drops a Survivor.

  Even with this logic, itd be an exploit because it makes flashlight saving have less of an effect. Filling the wiggle bar by 25 percent and wasting the flashlights battery and filling it by 100 percent and wasting the flashlights battery letting a survivor escape the grasp is very different. 

  in Is killer dropping the survivor to avoid a flashlight save an exploit? I want a definitive answer. Comment by piekiller45 January 18, 2019