Yet another rant about the new map

[Vilgerd]

I know it’s been said a lot by now, but still: I have some issues with the new map. Don’t get me wrong – it’s amazing and scary and I loved the new mechanics. Well, for the first two times I and my friends tried to finish the map. After that, it just became exceedingly annoying and even boring

1) Nathan is way too aggressive and fast. His speed at 7/10 pigs is just too much. Also, not sure whether it’s true or not, but it feels like he stays calm for less time than other Azazels.

2) Granted, you can stun and run&hide from Nathan, but — fecking boars will chase you till the depths of hell. I saw many people saying that you can outrun them/outmaneuver etc. And while it’s true to some degree, imagine this scene: 7/10 pigs, you try and gather those little piggies, Nathan goes agro – fine, just wait for him to come, stun him and run. Sounds easy enough, done that ♥♥♥♥, but then the boars come and slow you down. And it’s not just ONE boar, we had to deal with 3+ boars multiple times. This is even more annoying since you have to use your UV light on Nathan, boars, and dudes with bones.

3) Another note about Nathan: feels like all those vents/multiple entries to the ritual room ♥♥♥♥ up his AI. While other Azazels would always run towards the ritual room, Nathan just chills somewhere else. It makes you go and explore, which is good, but here’s another problem I have with this map \/

4) Blood pools. The idea is great, but the problem is when you implement so many new mechanics into one map (more aggressive Azazel, the excessive amount of boars, bone and then pig gathering, blood pools) it becomes annoying. Especially when you compare this map to the old ones or even just the Town: HUGE difficulty gap.

And yeah-yeah, the game’s supposed to be hard, skill issue, git gud, etc., but all these new mechanics without at least a small tweak/nerf turn a good and fun game into a chore. With RNG on top of that.

On a side note, I’m sorry, but Russian localization just sucks: lots of grammar/semantic errors and typos.

Oh, almost forgot: what happened to "find/read all diaries” achievements? :(

[Bequin]

His AI is also really stupid, as he gets stuck in one loop - running from the entry to 2nd floor if you are in the ritual room OR stuck in the ritual room if you are on the 2nd floor.

[ArizAzeem]

Just turn your flashlight off when going near boars , they will turn blind.