Ghosts attacking before 5 minute timer?

[PoopinNuts]

Why is this happening? It happened with ONI and Yurei

[Myth Alric]

The only reason it would attack before the timer that I know of, is using the ouija board.

[AlphaGodith]

or hackers or you weren't on amateur so there actually wasn't a 5 min timer. or it wasn't actually attacking it was just manifesting.

[PoopinNuts]

Originally posted by Godith (Alpha) Shadowind:

or hackers or you weren't on amateur so there actually wasn't a 5 min timer. or it wasn't actually attacking it was just manifesting.

The activity went up to 10 and the crucifix saved me. Timer was 2 minutes still. Thought it was a demon but it ended up being an Oni

[PoopinNuts]

Originally posted by Myth Alric:

The only reason it would attack before the timer that I know of, is using the ouija board.

No ouija board was used. Maybe the game is buggy?

[lipe]

Originally posted by PoopinNuts:

Originally posted by Myth Alric:

The only reason it would attack before the timer that I know of, is using the ouija board.

No ouija board was used. Maybe the game is buggy?

ghosts cant attack before the timer but they can appear and scare the player, which happened to me

[GrampappyJoe]

When you say attack do you mean actual deaths or just make the noises and show up and be an intimidating presence? To my knowledge they won't actually hunt/kill before timer, and may have had a modder in game that changed something, or unhelpfully it could just be a bug.

[PoopinNuts]

Originally posted by GrampappyJoe:

When you say attack do you mean actual deaths or just make the noises and show up and be an intimidating presence? To my knowledge they won't actually hunt/kill before timer, and may have had a modder in game that changed something, or unhelpfully it could just be a bug.

I think it's just buggy. I say it went on hunt mode because the activity went up to 10 and flashlights blinked. Nothing happened because we set 2 crucifix in the same room.

[Falcus]

I haven't had this happen before. Did it actually start a hunt where your flashlight started flashing?
I've seen it hit 10 activity many times without hunts starting. I've also seen it at lower than 10 activity with a hunt happening. I've actually had a hunt happen at 4 activity before.
Was this with random people, or people you know who wouldn't have been messing with the game?
I know nothing about hacking in the game so I don't know if forcing a hunt is something people are able to do.

[Myth Alric]

If the crucifix stopped the hunt, then your flashlights wouldn't have blinked because the hunt never started. Your lights can randomly flicker though without a hunt. If the lights just flicked for a few seconds then stopped, it probably wasn't a hunt.

[Falcus]

Originally posted by PoopinNuts:

Originally posted by GrampappyJoe:

When you say attack do you mean actual deaths or just make the noises and show up and be an intimidating presence? To my knowledge they won't actually hunt/kill before timer, and may have had a modder in game that changed something, or unhelpfully it could just be a bug.

I think it's just buggy. I say it went on hunt mode because the activity went up to 10 and flashlights blinked. Nothing happened because we set 2 crucifix in the same room.

If the flashlights started blinking then that is 100% a hunt, and it was not prevented by a crucifix. If a crucifix prevents a hunt, your lights do not start flashing.

[Falcus]

Originally posted by Myth Alric:

If the crucifix stopped the hunt, then your flashlights wouldn't have blinked because the hunt never started. Your lights can randomly flicker though without a hunt. If the lights just flicked for a few seconds then stopped, it probably wasn't a hunt.

Yeah this, although from my experience it only makes the house lights flicker. My flashlight has only ever blinked when a hunt is happening. It's why I keep my flashlight on all the time, even if the houselights are on, so I can quickly tell if it's a hunt, or just the ghost messing with lights.

[xxxaziexxx]

Activity 10 isn't always a hunt. It can be the ghost manifesting or it can be a combination of multiple interactions like items being thrown, doors being opened, lights being turned on or off. Unless you had a Crucifix objective to verify a hunt was blocked to check in the van while the timer was still going, then you more than likely were never hunted.

[PoopinNuts]

I don't know what the ♥♥♥♥ happened then. Just don't feel safe with the 5 minute timer anymore.

[Myth Alric]

If no one died and it ended after a few seconds then it wasn't a hunt. I would just chalk it up to a fake hunt, which happens some times when the ghost tries to scare you. Or a minor bug. Either way you should be safe during the 5 minutes. And honestly, I never had a ghost hunt within the 5 first five minutes even on professional without a timer, since sanity doesn't drop that fast.

[PoopinNuts]

Originally posted by Myth Alric:

If no one died and it ended after a few seconds then it wasn't a hunt. I would just chalk it up to a fake hunt, which happens some times when the ghost tries to scare you. Or a minor bug. Either way you should be safe during the 5 minutes. And honestly, I never had a ghost hunt within the 5 first five minutes even on professional without a timer, since sanity doesn't drop that fast.

Could be just a jump scare. The thing is the activity went up to 10, but apparently that doesn't always mean it's hunting. Oh well, we move on