im sorry but these ghosts are stupid to deal with when they can spawn on you. the hell man...

[Zathra]

these hunts are just horrible at times esp when on harder settings. the game just cheats and im getting sick of it

[Maya-Neko]

That's why you get a grace period right before a hunt, in which the ghost literally can't kill you.

And if you're playing on higher difficulties, then the game expects, that you know, what you're doing and won't put the training wheel on anymore. 2 seconds is harsh, but more then enough to get out of danger, if you're prepared properly.

And the game doesn't cheat. The ghost has a very specific set of actions, which defines what it can do and what not and you can easily read about it on the wiki. The only thing which you can't do is forecast the RNG-elements obviously, but you can adapt to it, again with proper preperations like using crucifixes, smudge sticks and escape routes.

Obviously, if you doesn't want to get better in these areas, then its propably better to stick to easier game modes or to build your own ones with higher grace periods.

[Helios481]

i think the game is pretty well balanced, i do see where you come from but in short its normaly the players fault for dying, well most of the time, you do sometimes get those hunts you just cant win against or maybe another player is ignorant or sabotaging the game.

if your having problems dying then you just need to learn how to play more cautiously instead of running in blind all the time, we got crucifix that prevents hunts all together, smudge sticks that can basicly be an extra life during hunts, hiding spots are everywhere make note of where they are as you search for the ghost room.

every ghost has a weakness as well, some arnt terribly usefull but its always good to try to atleast rule out Deogen as a ghost just in case. find some friends who can teach you or use them as meat shields, a good friend has no problems throwing other friends at blood thirsty ghosts.

[KingKickAss]

There's a grace period(5 seconds as I recall) so the ghost can't instantly spawn on you and kill you.
However, I hear there's a bug relating to stairs where the ghost spawning in can be really weird and you don't hear it, happened to me once.

[KingKickAss]

Originally posted by Pippu:

Originally posted by KingKickAss:

There's a grace period(5 seconds as I recall) so the ghost can't instantly spawn on you and kill you.
However, I hear there's a bug relating to stairs where the ghost spawning in can be really weird and you don't hear it, happened to me once.

The grace period duration changes with difficultiy, and with cursed objects, as follows:
Amateur: 5 Seconds
Intermediate: 4 Seconds
Professional: 3 Seconds
Nightmare: 2 Seconds

Ah, I didn't know the actual numbers. Plenty of time regardless though.

[Watcher Rat]

I recommend making sure you have all your smudge sticks and a lighter somewhere easily accessible inside the hunt area. I always put a glowstick down next to them so they're always visible, and I can grab them in an emergency to smudge my way through a ghost. Has saved me more than a few times. Also, make sure you're keeping a general idea of your sanity; after a certain time, I always keep a lighter on me specifically so I only have to grab a smudge as I run past each time.

[Zathra]

Originally posted by KingKickAss:

There's a grace period(5 seconds as I recall) so the ghost can't instantly spawn on you and kill you.
However, I hear there's a bug relating to stairs where the ghost spawning in can be really weird and you don't hear it, happened to me once.

oh maybe it is an issue because i died to a ghost on the stares and my buddy died from a ghost spawning on him before. there was no grace period.

[Emurinus]

Originally posted by PoggerLich:

Originally posted by KingKickAss:

There's a grace period(5 seconds as I recall) so the ghost can't instantly spawn on you and kill you.
However, I hear there's a bug relating to stairs where the ghost spawning in can be really weird and you don't hear it, happened to me once.

oh maybe it is an issue because i died to a ghost on the stares and my buddy died from a ghost spawning on him before. there was no grace period.

Stair ghosts are a bit buggy so that's understandable, but the ghost won't insta-spawn on someone unless you're playing on custom with 0 grace period.

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[KingKickAss]

Originally posted by PoggerLich:

Originally posted by KingKickAss:

There's a grace period(5 seconds as I recall) so the ghost can't instantly spawn on you and kill you.
However, I hear there's a bug relating to stairs where the ghost spawning in can be really weird and you don't hear it, happened to me once.

oh maybe it is an issue because i died to a ghost on the stares and my buddy died from a ghost spawning on him before. there was no grace period.

That's the thing, there's still a grace period, but with the stairs, you have no idea it's actually happening. It really does feel like the ghost just gets you though, it happened to me and all my friends were confused because they didn't see it either.
Regardless, there's nothing you could have done about it, its a legit bug, but in all my time playing, its only happened to me once.
I won't call the game bug free, but I've never felt like I really got "ripped off" by a bug other than that one time.

[xXFrostTempestVikingXx]

I feel that. I've been complaining for awhile now that things needed to be fixed rather than these big stupid updates but the devs dont care. Too many people playing Phasmo on the same type of Copium as WoW players these days it seems.

[WolfLink0370]

Originally posted by KingKickAss:

Originally posted by PoggerLich:

oh maybe it is an issue because i died to a ghost on the stares and my buddy died from a ghost spawning on him before. there was no grace period.

That's the thing, there's still a grace period, but with the stairs, you have no idea it's actually happening. It really does feel like the ghost just gets you though, it happened to me and all my friends were confused because they didn't see it either.
Regardless, there's nothing you could have done about it, its a legit bug, but in all my time playing, its only happened to me once.
I won't call the game bug free, but I've never felt like I really got "ripped off" by a bug other than that one time.

Yeah if it's only happened to you once, then it is probably a very rare bug. Any dev, not just the Phasmo crew, would have a bit of trouble nailing that one down without some dedicated hunters looking for a replication scenario.

And that's kind of the big takeaway here - the game is still in development, random freak bugs like that should be expected. They can't exclusively focus on rooting them all out though... or else those who demand new content don't get appeased anytime soon. Instead, they are more likely take the approach to patch bigger issues with updates that also have a bit of content.

It's not ever going to be a more focused approach, and it will take more time overall given there are only two people behind the code... but in order for the development to progress, they need to divide their attention equally - all we can do is be patient, or help them out by proactively seeking out those rarer bugs that need to be replicated in order to be dealt with.

[JohnTroll_]

Originally posted by xXTempestWolfXx:

I feel that. I've been complaining for awhile now that things needed to be fixed rather than these big stupid updates but the devs dont care. Too many people playing Phasmo on the same type of Copium as WoW players these days it seems.

Its not the devs fault, learn to play, respectfully. Thats no excuse. The Devs make sure we have a good, stable and enjoyable game, in my opinion the game is good.

[Zathra]

Originally posted by agwasttt:

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[i eat car keys]

Well i mean you can prevent hunts with a crucifix, and repel the ghost for a certain bit of time with a smudge stick. If you are standing within the crucifix the ghost usually can't start a hunt in that circle and wont spawn on you. Smudge sticks also buy you time to hide but I don't know too much. Just learn how to play, it takes time. And normally, as everyone else on here is talking about, there is a grace period.

[Agarillobob]

play custom and turn grace period up to 5 while putting all teh other settings to your prefeered higher difficulty, its really not a problem tho if you have crucifix not in teh ghost room but in teh escape route so they cant spawn and cut you off

I usually play with 0 grace period and its only really a problem 1/15-20 times