Ruin+8 limit

[Ivan]

Correct me if I’m wrong but hypothetically couldn’t a survivor abuse ruin by letting go 8 times to nullify gen regression?

[Cam]

I missed it the first time I read it myself, but it says that a regression event removes like 2.5% at once as a minimum, so it wouldn't count ruin. Not sure if it was 2.5% or 5%, there were a lot of numbers, but, definitely not ruin.

[KOutland]

They need to complete 5% in order for the gen to see it as being ready for another regression event.

[FDHappy𒉭]

If they let it regress 2,5% of the gen, then repair for a bit and repeat it 7 more times, yes.
Probably not worth it tho, since Ruin isn't a big problem in general. Can hit hard, if too careless, but mostly won't do much.

[Space Brick]

It might ultimately be wasted time to abuse it like that, but it would prevent the killer from kicking the gen at all as well.. as well as pain res or pop. It might be a viable strategy if you know the killer has those perks, though it would also only be practical in the earliest point in the game before the killer can start to apply pressure. The odds of a killer with pop and pain res or other regression perks bringing ruin on top of that are very unlikely in the first place.

I do believe that taking advantage of ruin would be nonviable as a strategy..

Perhaps it could be coordinated to be done on every generator, but it is still a rather high risk vs reward strategy where you trade time for a not guaranteed benefit

[Genna Strand]

A regression event is any time the Killer or their Perks removes at least 2.5% of the Generator’s progress in an instant. The key words are In an Instant here, so since Ruin makes the regression slowly, it should not apply.

The perks that will be problematic are mostly Surge and Eruption since it is hard to predict if the timing of downing a survivor will be worth the event or not at that time (or on which gen it will occur for Surge). This can make the 8 times go quick for not much value. Those just lost huge value with that mechanic sadly.

[Fierce1]

I thought it said you only get "8 kicks" on a gen, not "8 regression events". Not to mention, in the event such an exploit DID occur, it would simply be patched before hitting live servers... Unless they did that deliberately to bury Ruin once and for all.

[Genna Strand]

Originally posted by Fierce1:

I thought it said you only get "8 kicks" on a gen, not "8 regression events". Not to mention, in the event such an exploit DID occur, it would simply be patched before hitting live servers... Unless they did that deliberately to bury Ruin once and for all.

It really is 8 'regression events', not 8 kicks. Small note, the base damage from kicking a Generator has been increased to 5% (it was 2.5%). So at least we kick harder now I guess haha Those infos were taken from the Developer Updates on the Behavior's Forum (last updated on the 8th of January).