okay to let survs go?

[Not A Taco]

Once I get close to 4k, is it okay to let them finish gens/hatch and escape. Or Am I going to get reported/banned for doing this? No mercy for tb spammers.

After watching a streamer for a while, I've tried running the same slug/gen build and pretty regularly the match turns into an unwinnable game for survs. I can put them out of their misery, but I've been on the receiving end and Its just brutal knowing you're 1-2 gens short from exit and stand zero chance without all 4 survs or swf.

[Max]

if you deliberately let me go im going to drop my item at the exit gate becuase i wont feel like i deserve a win that I didnt have to work for at all

do i hate that not really, i feel like id prefer you still be at least posturing as an active threat, who you decide to kill is all you though

[Mors_Indecepta]

It's ok.
I do this quite a bit, so I should pass on that letting them go when they have 0 gens done often ends up just making the match boring as hell for everyone involved. It's nice to be nice, but I think most survivors would rather you just kill them if everyone is on death hook with no gens done.

[ZY-CL4P-TP]

I'll feel bad from time to time and let one or the whole team go. I play for the chase, the kills are more of a bonus.

[Max]

Originally posted by TheMetalOne:

It's ok.
I do this quite a bit, so I should pass on that letting them go when they have 0 gens done often ends up just making the match boring as hell. It's nice to be nice, but I think most survivors would rather you just kill them if everyone is on death hook with no gens done.

yea for sure; this game has a pace to it, if first guy can run the killer for 2 gens or one and a half even thats pretty big for the survs, but if the killer can get us off of the starting gens and injure multiple people (dont even have to downthem) thats already a really bad sign for us

me personally living does not matter, making safety pip or better matters. what that means in effect is that as long as im not dead 2-5 minutes into the match, im not gonna be salty regardless of what happens

[Khryst]

it depends, if the last survivor made an honest attempt and not be completely stupid (you know what I mean by this) at getting out and helping the others. I'll likely let THAT one go.

if they were busy running around like a bunch of chickens with their heads cut off, nah stupid deserves to die.

[Max]

Originally posted by kblaze13:

it depends, if the last survivor made an honest attempt and not be completely stupid (you know what I mean by this) at getting out and helping the others. I'll likely let THAT one go.

if they were busy running around like a bunch of chickens with their heads cut off, nah stupid deserves to die.

i once ran around lerys for like 3 minutes looking for hatch, only avoiding the area with the heartbeat obv only to eventually find out they were standing on it and trying to help me find it

some miscommunication is possible tbh

[Mors_Indecepta]

Originally posted by Max:

i once ran around lerys for like 3 minutes looking for hatch, only avoiding the area with the heartbeat obv only to eventually find out they were standing on it and trying to help me find it

some miscommunication is possible tbh

lol I've done that a couple times, as killer. I don't do it anymore because I've never had anyone who didn't have the same reaction you did.

[Sairek Ceareste]

This isn't a bannable offense, no. People do it all the time.

Hell, back in the day, survivors expected you to let them go half the time. Especially if they "4%'d".

Now-a-days, it's less so, though survivors still expect you to play in such a way that they want, such as no tunneling, no camping, no 3-genning, no slugging for any reason or you are holding them hostage, etc.

Either doing any of the above, or not doing any of the above, is not bannable as well; even if I've been threatened to be reported for X/Y/Z reasons time and time again.

[Khryst]

Originally posted by TheMetalOne:

Originally posted by Max:

i once ran around lerys for like 3 minutes looking for hatch, only avoiding the area with the heartbeat obv only to eventually find out they were standing on it and trying to help me find it

some miscommunication is possible tbh

lol I've done that a couple times, as killer. I don't do it anymore because I've never had anyone who didn't have the same reaction you did.

same, i'd try to lead the surv to it if I had decided to let them go. it always ended up being a horrible mess as the survivor RARELY got what I was trying to do.

so now what I do is, find the hatch I'll make the attempt to just stay away from that area of the map, or IF POSSIBLE try to "herd" them to that area so they can find it. Not always easy but can actually cause some laughs for me watching the survivor freak when in my head "run that way...yes good little mouse..no no back the other way...STOP IT! no it's the wrong way!"

[Max]

Originally posted by Sairek Ceareste:

This isn't a bannable offense, no. People do it all the time.

Hell, back in the day, survivors expected you to let them go half the time. Especially if they "4%'d".

Now-a-days, it's less so, though survivors still expect you to play in such a way that they want, such as no tunneling, no camping, no 3-genning, no slugging for any reason or you are holding them hostage, etc.

Either doing any of the above, or not doing any of the above, is not bannable as well; even if I've been threatened to be reported for X/Y/Z reasons time and time again.

ultimately its the golden rule, its not like killers are unique in that theyre wanted to play certain ways, the killer expects the same courtesy from the survivors and the same level of understanding

you shouldnt be a dic­k and then be surprised when people are di­cks to you, because that's the environment you were actively cultivating

[DoctorDarling]

Originally posted by Max:

if you deliberately let me go im going to drop my item at the exit gate becuase i wont feel like i deserve a win that I didnt have to work for at all

awww that's so negative, you're supposed to drop the item as a peace offering to the killer, not cuz you're guilty!

[Mors_Indecepta]

Originally posted by Max:

if you deliberately let me go im going to drop my item at the exit gate becuase i wont feel like i deserve a win that I didnt have to work for at all

Nah, my friend, you're looking at it all wrong. If a killer has decided to let you go, despite being fully able to kill everyone, it's not that you're getting a win you didn't deserve...when I do that for survivors I play against, I just view it as us having a normal match that plays out like typically until the winner is clear, then just spending the rest of the match getting more points for each other and trying to make each other laugh before parting on good terms. At the end, everyone has had the chance to contribute, everyone makes a nice chunk of BP, and the time together ended with both sides benefiting.
Whenever I let people go, I open the gate for them and stand still by the switch, and it actually kinda bugs me when they drop their items as "offerings" on the way out...I wish I could find a way to tell them to pick their items back up. No need to waste them; I sure as hell can't use 'em lol.

[Sora]

Do what i so i get a 3k pick the survivor i want to leave and let them go based on how others play. Say someone t bags at that point they will be on hook for being cocky or say someone pulled off a really good pallet save/ ran me ill most likely let them go for playing well.

[San Dark Sun]

Survivors give a free kill to the killer or killer give a free escape

It's all bad for game statistics

The developers see that 1 player survived in 90% games, so that means everything is fine
but its not true

[leader cocaine]

i do something similar whenever im not playing on "a main"
i hook everyone once (for bp and old BBQ habit) then i slug everyone and then i go friendly and simply let them finish the game
once they all were slugged they have a hard time misinterpreting it to call you a baby killer wich inexperienced survs very often do
and ever since i feel like dbd has no hope turning into something remotely worth calling competitive i dont see any point in killing everyone except boosting your mmr wich is simply not fun for me unless im on "a main"

everyone who wants to play with a fully competitive mindset, all fun to you but such people are dishonest to themselves to choose this "balanced" game for it