Flashlights are too weak now

[Nastly Gross Tunnel]

Dear people of the fog

,did you do/receive a flashlight save a flashlight save in this patch?
I guess no. Right now flashlights are useless

1. The pickup animation has been reduced to 3 seconds
   
2. Flashlights are still too slow
   
3. Killers can still look at a wall
   
4. Even if a killer has been enough noob to not use these 3 points it can still press "R" , maybe with a macro, and avoid the flashlight stun.

Why did they do this nerf? The flashlight was the only feature in the game that required skill and a risk because rank 1 killers didn't let me flashlight save that easily.

[Leon]

i did 5 flashlight saves within 3 games, im scrub, so they aren't useless. people need to G G

[Nastly Gross Tunnel]

Originally posted by Leon:

i did 5 flashlight saves within 3 games, im scrub, so they aren't useless. people need to G G

Which is your rank?

[Potato]

I can still do flashlight saves, they happen 7/10 times, but they might have nerfed the odds of finding them in chests.

[Hana]

Flashlight saves still happen, it just take a little skill to use now.
git gud i guess?

[Meat Machine]

People are still adjusting to the new changes, so I'm going to be cautious and say its too early to say for sure. I'm erring on the side of "weaker, but not too weak" for now.

[Nastly Gross Tunnel]

Originally posted by Potato:

I can still do flashlight saves, they happen 7/10 times, but they might have nerfed the odds of finding them in chests.

Which is your rank?
I mean, for everyone, if you are rank 20/15 I'm not surprised you can flashlight save everytime

[HotBurritoInColdRoom]

Yes against killers who know how to rotate camera flashlights are useless. You killer -> you downed surv -> you see his teammate in front of you on distance 5m with flashlight -> you turn your back to him -> safe pickup.

I agreed that before it required skill for surv to take position, calculate timings and know how exactly you must blind killer so he drops surv. And killer required skill to evade blinding. So he or need face the wall, or spook surves with flahslight. And for sure he should check every crner for hiding surves to prevent blinding. Now it's just point 1 -> down surv, point 2 pickup him right after. In 90% you will not be blinded.

[Mojo Forever]

I watch various streamers and can without a doubt say that Flashlight saves are still possible. Also, they wouldn't be useless if you couldn't save with them as they can still be used when the Killer is breaking a pallet or vaulting.

[Potato]

Originally posted by leoscavazza:

Originally posted by Potato:

I can still do flashlight saves, they happen 7/10 times, but they might have nerfed the odds of finding them in chests.

Which is your rank?
I mean, for everyone, if you are rank 20/15 I'm not surprised you can flashlight save everytime

Rank 9 here, thanks for assuming that everyone who can flashlight save is a rank 20.

[Nastly Gross Tunnel]

Originally posted by Dado:

Flashlight saves still happen, it just take a little skill to use now.
git gud i guess?

Git gud? How can I flashlight save if killers can use, maybe with a macro the "R" on the keyboard and avoid flashlight saves?????????????

[HotBurritoInColdRoom]

Originally posted by Dado:

Flashlight saves still happen, it just take a little skill to use now.
git gud i guess?

rank 21 perhaps....

[Burger]

That's good news

[HotBurritoInColdRoom]

Originally posted by Potato:

Rank 9 here, thanks for assuming that everyone who can flashlight save is a rank 20.

You can't flashlight killer untill he allows you to. So if you are good with blinding killer, that's because killer sucks.

[Walker]

so weak that its still the most impactful and used item... lul. Maybe a med-kit i used more, but yeah...

[Leon]

Originally posted by leoscavazza:

Originally posted by Potato:

I can still do flashlight saves, they happen 7/10 times, but they might have nerfed the odds of finding them in chests.

Which is your rank?
I mean, for everyone, if you are rank 20/15 I'm not surprised you can flashlight save everytime

Rank won't matter most of the time, but positioning and being careful about your moves is what matters, if you're a flaslight user, want to save someone who is in a chase from killer, make sure to be near, in a good spot, but not in the killers sight so they don't end up slugging.

pick up animation still the same, killers might be smart but still, can be flashlight'd, every rank has killers with 1000s+ hours every now and then, and mostly 500+ hours who are killers mostly more than survivors.