Serial Killer

[Rugrat]

The 90 seconds that players are knocked out for when kidnapped by a serial killer is too long. thats the standard jail sentence when arrested by a cop.  it should be equivalent to the time that regular kidnap jobs can knock people out for - 30 seconds.  

Most players would rather be killed and just get it over with than to wait 90 sec  just to wake up (and still have to wait even longer before they can suicide).

 

here are a collection of reactions ive gotten when kidnapping people as serial killer (assuming they don't disconnect which is pretty common and annoying) to give developer a general sense of how the player base feels about it.

 

https://imgur.com/JNeXoO0

 

https://imgur.com/dAlb1U8

 

https://imgur.com/DxrHD2c

 

https://imgur.com/GyYYx1p

 

https://imgur.com/5ZZCkEo

 

Disconnecting and re logging is faster than waiting to wake up, which is why so many players do it.

The solution is to make the knockout time the same as all the other kidnaper jobs, 30 seconds. 

 

Edited July 31, 2021 by Rugrat

[Tuss]

i feel like a little more than normal would be nice as the serial killer does have some more challenges than the normal kidnapper, but nothing like 90 seconds.

[Rugrat]

39 minutes ago, Tuss said:

i feel like a little more than normal would be nice as the serial killer does have some more challenges than the normal kidnapper, but nothing like 90 seconds.

45 sec

[Tuss]

Just now, Rugrat said:

45 sec

thats definetly a lot better than 90 seconds lmao

[chud]

Yeah 45 seconds seems fair

[Zesty]

how about giving the sk a swep that would instantly wake up the player they kidnapped, so they don't have to wait a long time just sitting there waiting for them to wake up?

[Rugrat]

4 hours ago, Zesty said:

how about giving the sk a swep that would instantly wake up the player they kidnapped, so they don't have to wait a long time just sitting there waiting for them to wake up?

He is not going to allow us to do that because he thinks it’s unfair. I think just decreasing the time from 90 seconds to 45 is more balanced. The usual knockout time is 30 seconds with regular kidnap jobs so 45 seems like the perfect sweet spot to me. 

[Rugrat]

37 minutes ago, HIDDEN said:

I think 

What I would do is allow the player an option to wake up the sleeping victim after 30 seconds (or wait to the maximum 90 seconds) HOWEVER if you get spotted you HAVE to wait the full 90 seconds.

 

 

Idk I feel like that over complicates things when cutting the 90 seconds in half is just a much more simple way of solving it. Most people playing as serial killer get spotted when they kidnap. If you have ever played as cp you will know this as the “a serial killer has been spotted” sound que is heard like all the time.

[Rugrat]

6 minutes ago, HIDDEN said:

that's just because most people suck ass at playing serial killer, however most people who "spot" a serial killer simply master sword away from the scene so the cops go to wherever they're at instead of where the serial killer aactually is.

 

I feel likle the time should be shortened if not needed but not if you're spotted

I use a base when I play serial killer and still get spotted by people walking by my closed door/ blocked windows.  Keeping the time 90 seconds for when you’re spotted is practically the same as not changing the time at all.  

[Zesty]

23 minutes ago, HIDDEN said:

however most people who "spot" a serial killer simply master sword away from the scene so the cops go to wherever they're at instead of where the serial killer aactually is.

Nobody sees a serial killer and run away so cops go to them, people just don't care if they see somebody kidnapping