Flashlights in DBD too damn op!

[StonedSamurai]

Anyone else think flashlights need to be nerfed? Or perhaps a perk that would counter them instead? Look at it from a killer’s perspective
You guys have the nerve to ♥♥♥♥♥ and moan about camping or other things similar and yet you have flashlights which are impossible to counter AS YOU PICK UP A SURVIVOR. This is cancer for us killers...

[idk]

Assuming they require the timing again, they're fine. Lightborn or stare at the wall as you pick someone up. Lightborn alone screws up the timing for all flashlight saviors

[Spudbar]

Perks that counter them: Lightborn, Franklin's Demise, Overwhelming Presence

[Axisbold3r]

Originally posted by Neugenx:

Assuming they require the timing again, they're fine. Lightborn or stare at the wall as you pick someone up. Lightborn alone screws up the timing for all flashlight saviors

there isnt timing. picking up someone is a lonnnngggg animation, purple flashlighters, just pop out of the bushes and quick shine and you drop. this forces slug games.

[Maniac]

Originally posted by Neugenx:

Assuming they require the timing again, they're fine. Lightborn or stare at the wall as you pick someone up. Lightborn alone screws up the timing for all flashlight saviors

they do require timing again, op survivors have a habit of going down next to objects if possible face your nearest wall or obstacle when picking up

if you're out in the open then you can try using frankln's and bait the pickup, if they were to "nurf" flashlights in its current state it would be totally useless

you can also look up btw

[idk]

Originally posted by Axis:

Originally posted by Neugenx:

Assuming they require the timing again, they're fine. Lightborn or stare at the wall as you pick someone up. Lightborn alone screws up the timing for all flashlight saviors

there isnt timing. picking up someone is a lonnnngggg animation, purple flashlighters, just pop out of the bushes and quick shine and you drop. this forces slug games.

If they require frame perfection again (which a kind person has told me <3) then they're perfectly fine. You have perks you can use or if you're that afraid of them, check your surroundings or slug them. They're annoying to be sure but not OP

[Baka]

just bring lightborn

[bassixjm2]

Originally posted by StonedSamurai:

Anyone else think flashlights need to be nerfed?

Patch 1.8.3. Check.

Originally posted by StonedSamurai:

Or perhaps a perk that would counter them instead?

Lightborn, Franklin's Demise, Overwhelming Presence. Check

You just need to learn to counter them at this point.

[yoink]

Flashlights are as balanced as they could be, they require perfect timing and you could mess up that timing with lightborn, facing a wall or checking your surroundings for the possible savior. Any other nerfs would make flashlights a deja vu item. They are still strong in some situations but not OP in anyway.

[Munchy]

Originally posted by 彡SoulKey彡:

Flashlights are as balanced as they could be, they require perfect timing and you could mess up that timing with lightborn, facing a wall or checking your surroundings for the possible savior. Any other nerfs would make flashlights a deja vu item. They are still strong in some situations but not OP in anyway.

Agree, atleast regarding flashlight saves they're pretty balanced right now (and i hate flashlights). Palletblinds are currently op though with the missing footsteps. That audio bug is so annoying

[ABCBABCBABC]

Not a nerf, per se, but a rework.

Even if it takes skill to blind the Killer to drop a Survivor, it's still a bad mechanic because the Killer has no means to defend himself. Yes, huddling against a wall helps (but not always) but it doesn't change the fact that a Killer HAS to do this because he himself is defenseless against a good Survivor with a Flashlight. It's just not fair that the Survivors can take advantage of the Killer while he's in animation.

The Killer should have a grace period after his pick-up animation where he can't be stunned by a flashlight or pallet that lasts for like two seconds. Survivors should only be able to stun the Killer when the player is fully in control of his character.

They could even bring back faster blind times to compensate and make blinding a mobile Killer easier. The problem with Flashlights was never how fast they blinded (okay, it kinda was, but ignoring that for a moment), but rather they tended to happen while the Killer was stuck in animation with no agency to fight back. The Killer should never be in a position where he must huddle against something to shield himself against Survivor advances.

[Dedro]

Perk : lightborn
Nerf : a few patches ago.

They already got nerfed multiple times, at one point they were OP, then they got nerfed. Then there were insta blinds, and those got removed. Now that instablinds are gone, lightborn gives you enough time to react before getting blinded and dropping the survivor.