Why is my Crucifix is useless

[Ruca [PT]]

Regarding the Crucifix,
I did some research on WIKIs and discussions even watched videos to see if I was missing any vital information on the item because on my games I did not have a single positive experience with it, just a false sense of security that ended up badly twice.
For what I gathered I understand that the crucifix purpose is to prevent a hunt, by burning it cancelling or nullifying the hunt when it would trigger otherwise. I am taking at least 1 on every contract since I have unlocked it and relying on it for protection as I am still awfull at running away and hiding so I try to avoid hunts but by amount of hunts I had active with the Crucifix in the play and never got a single one burnt it feels off.
Going into more detail, related or not I provide what I know as I would like to know what´s wrong on all this and avoid to have it happening again.
I died twice on these conditions, Single Player, Amateur, Tanglewood, 1 of each item taken to the contract, 2 Crucifixes in play on the first and 1 Crucifix in play on the second.
- Yesterday as level 9 facing a Yurei.
- Some minutes before creating this discussion facing a Hantu.
Both situations happened while in the ghost room at less than 1 meter away from the Crucifix that was intact, as yet to burn, placed having the circle area covering the entire room. I am sure the hunt started when I was close to the crucifix and the ghost spawnned inside the room coming from somewhere other than the predicted pathing of entering a room from spawnning outside and come in to get me and those 2 times it was almost insta-death, I heard the noise and hearbeat, turned around, started to move and immediatly the hands on my face animation, barely had time to see it.
Not sure what this means but something feels wrong about the crucifixssibily the usage/effect was changed? Or these ghosts have the unique ability to override and ignore the Crucifix and it´s protection completely and still hunt and kill basically on top of it or there is some sort of a problem with it.
Sorry for the long discussion but I tend to over-explain things to make sure I convey all the details that may appear useless and sometimes end up being important. That´s how I am.

Opened this discussion to try to figure out what may be, if is there anyone else experiencing the same, if it´s a known issue and fixable on my side and if the developers know something about it.
Anyone having any information related to this topic please do leave a comment.
Thank you!

[Maya-Neko]

If you're refering to the T1 crucifix, that only covers a radius of two metres, which is definitely not enough for most rooms, especially when it comes to the corners of the room (you can hold the place button to get shown what it covers). Even two T1 crucifixes in a room are often not enough to close all blind spots. If the ghost is outside this circle, then the crucifix doesn't stop the hunt, even when being in the same room. For that keep in mind, that the ghost always runs around, you can't just see it under normal circumstances, so it can stand on top of the crucifix or run away and being outside of the circle. Even room changes are possible, so don't expect it to only hunt from the ghost room either (it is more likely to do so though)

And on amateur there's no instadeath. From the initiation of a hunt to it actually starting to search for you you get 5 seconds, in which you can hear the ghost, but not see it or hearing its footsteps. As a beginner you probably need a littlebit to realize it, but as soon as you think there's a hunt definitely run away and hide. There are some events which could look like a hunt is about to start, but it's better to hide if you're not sure than to die against an actual hunt.

And the cruciefix will only stop the hunt from starting, but once it is about to start or even actively searching, then there's nothing it can do to stop the ghost

[Ruca [PT]]

Hi Maya,
Thanks you for replying.

I understand what you´re saying.
And it was weird because it should not happened like it did. Even with your explanation some things where at the best positioning and should prevent whatever happened but I did have sme sort of insta-death like the hunt starts and boom gets me right away denying the grace period, if I had a Smudge(not unlocked) it was useless there because one no time to activate as the ghost was right on top of me without time to react.
I am new to the game compared to the majority of the community gamers but I am at level 11 now as I got the game for 2 days now but I already have played about 14 levels on my cousin PC before, me trying out the game to decide on the purchase. Learnt a fair amount of the game by watching him play and trying things by myself and on these 2 cases on my game it didn´t appeared normal to happened under the conditions I had it, maybe a bug so I here also trying to see if anyone else checks out having a similar situation.
But what intrigues me more is the fact that I never had a burnt Crucifix ever on my games and at level 11 I have done a fair amount of contracts having 1-2 crucifixs active on the map that the probabilities of having it are high at this point but still.
Anyway, it surely lessened my trust on the Crucifix and lowered my confidence and that made me just want to avoid hunts at all costs leaving prematurely by having the sanity closing to 60, for some reason that threshold got to be like a sticker in my mind saying at 60 try your best based on the evidence available and judging by some things that fit certain observations or the lack of it and select the ghost I incline more to. The couple times I did that were more correct than wrong.
I´ll be more attentive to that kind of ocorrencies that´s for sure.

[Emurinus]

Are you using a cursed object at all? The use of any of them will instantly remove any remaining set up time you have and often cause cursed hunts, which are hunts with a 1 second grace period, ignore T1 and T2 crucifixes, and all hunts now last 20s longer.

[Maya-Neko]

What's your definition for "best positioning"? If it's just "in the middle of the room", then that's for sure not it, as that's usually a common beginners mistake.

What you need to learn is your escape routes and in which cases a hunt could end really bad for you. If you're for example in the Tanglewood basement, then the best position is definitely not the middle of the room. It might cover the most area there, but you don't want the ghost to hunt from the stairs, so rather put it down there, even if it most likely won't prevent any hunt for quite a while, surviving a hunt from the middle of the basement is way easier than getting a hunt from the stairs (on amateur you've the hiding spot down there, but that might not be available on higher difficulties). And it's the same for the nursery, the ghost hunting from the lobby would be really bad, so a crucifix in front of the nursery usually allows you to raise your survivability, as it's harder for the ghost to hunt from outside the room.

And that said, placing crucifixes like that makes it easier for the ghost to start a hunt from the middle of the room, but if you've prepared yourself properly, then you should know where to run in such a case. It's also possible to place the crucifix in the middle of the room and still fully utilize it (for some testing for example), but in that case you definitely should have a plan for what to do when the ghost hunts from outside the room or a corner within the room, because even the T3 crucifix doesn't cover enough to be 100 % safe. Though that's something players often learn the hard way^^

As for the "insta hunt" it's hard to tell anything without a video. I would assume, that the ghost probably used the quietest hunting sound, which can easily be overheard when not being focused on the game enough or being distracted by other things in the game. Also if it happened close to stairs, then that could also be the cause, as sounds from different floors are muffled (which is quite a big problem for Point Hope)

Originally posted by Ruca PT:

But what intrigues me more is the fact that I never had a burnt Crucifix ever on my games and at level 11 I have done a fair amount of contracts having 1-2 crucifixs active on the map that the probabilities of having it are high at this point but still.

You can definitely trust the crucifixes, it's just that they're covering so few of an area, that RNG simply works against you. Like in most cases you're maybe covering 20-30 % of the room max with one T1 crucifix and maybe like half of it with 2. Though ghosts have a tendency to walk into corners, which the T1 is notoriously bad at covering. It will definitely get better with T2, but for starters it's better to concentrate more on dangerous choke points and your escape route rather than the ghost room itself.

Originally posted by Ruca PT:

Anyway, it surely lessened my trust on the Crucifix and lowered my confidence and that made me just want to avoid hunts at all costs leaving prematurely by having the sanity closing to 60, for some reason that threshold got to be like a sticker in my mind saying at 60 try your best based on the evidence available and judging by some things that fit certain observations or the lack of it and select the ghost I incline more to. The couple times I did that were more correct than wrong.
I´ll be more attentive to that kind of ocorrencies that´s for sure.

Yeah, there's no shame in taking it slow especially when learning. With incense you could try to get a littlebit more aggressive with it and don't hesitate

[Kaitlyn]

I'm recently returning after a couple of years off, but I do have over 200 hours in the game. Crucifixes are a must for me, they buy me more time to get photos and evidence. Crucifixes can be tricky in certain circumstances - there's always a chance of the ghost being outside of the range of the crucifix when it starts the hunt, so even if you place it in the middle of a room and the range doesn't cover the entire room, there is a possibility that the ghost can start the hunt in a corner that isn't covered.

Some things to remember when using a crucifix:

• Each crucifix has a limited range and number of uses.
  
• Place crucifixes in the room as early as possible.
  
• A crucifix will prevent a hunt anywhere on the map, so it can be used to prevent a ghost from starting a hunt in the area you intend to hide in or run through.
  
• It's a good idea to place a crucifix inside of the favorite room, and outside the favorite room in the direction of the exit so that your escape is covered.
  
• Keep in mind that the ghost does wander and may start a hunt outside of their favorite room.
  
• Don't use crucifixes as a crutch to avoid a hunt, just as a way to delay one - prepare for and expect the hunt from the beginning. Know your escape route and hiding spots ahead of time.
  
• Don't forget that in higher difficulties, the ghost can change rooms.
  
• Tier 3 crucifixes are the only ones that can prevent a cursed hunt (useful when using summoning circles or other cursed objects).

All I can tell you is that you will need to play the game more to learn how to use the items to their maximum potential. While you're learning the game don't think of the crucifixes as something that must work, but as something that could work.