Heightened Senses - Cave Leech Warning dang near useless

[MrPurple33]

Seriously, don't bother equipping it in your Perk Slots - I experimented with it for quite a bit, and it failed 90% of the time - It really needs to have a sound que for it -not a blaring alarm, but maybe a "wah-wah-wah" sound - with all the info on the HUD I never noticed the ((o)) symbol, and the white flash was always washed out by flares and Ambient Lighting

It actually made me Let my guard down somewhat - my natural Leech Paranoia works much better, I do better scanning with the pointer, sighting visually, or using Bosco if I'm doing solo (and Bosco misses the Leeches 1/2 the time)

Don't waste the Perk Points, don't equip it - every time I noticed the warnings, I was already face-grabbed - use your wits and paranoia Instead

[Syncourt]

White flash?

Haven't really noticed that. The screen borders fill up with a bright white washout effect the closer the danger is, that's all I ever needed to notice. Are you sure you aren't confusing that for lighting effects?

There is a bug currently though where the the washout effect doesn't subside. So may cause some confusion for players that are new to the perk. If you are new to it, keep at it and you'll get used to it. It works pretty well aside from the bug.

[hotmatrixx]

its my first, and mandatory perk slot on every class.
I'd say your one is bugged out.

[LuckyDude]

I didn't play game with max graphic settings, but on everything low you can clearly notice a white flashing, always on top of your view.
I don't like high graphics because the game looks to blurry for me. I prefer sharp, clean, pixelated view (without AA) than blurry cool graphics.

[hotmatrixx]

Originally posted by Syncourt:

White flash?

Haven't really noticed that. The screen borders fill up with a bright white washout effect the closer the danger is, that's all I ever needed to notice. Are you sure you aren't confusing that for lighting effects?

There is a bug currently though where the the washout effect doesn't subside. So may cause some confusion for players that are new to the perk. If you are new to it, keep at it and you'll get used to it. It works pretty well aside from the bug.

seems like the 'white flash' might be related to people playing on lower graphics settings.

[Solitus]

No, the "white flash" happens when you have the upgraded version of the Cave Leech sense. Because in the first tierl you see the "Oh! Cave Senses!" and then you're grabbed.

The white flash has saved my life so many times. It lets me know to immediately run back the way I came to get under cover, then pop back out and kill those bastards.

Seriously, at higher tiers it is a great perk. low levels it is useless.

[Slate]

The hissing noise is what I hear right away when the tentacle is getting close to you in proximity, if you're using headphones you should be able to hear it in time to react and shoot before it nabs you.

[Goty Metal]

Yup, bugged and i don't even notice it, some kind of fix+sound would be great.

[JakeTheMoose]

I did happen to use once or more this perk but i felt the same about it, not much useful