Siren psychic attack (camper killer)

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Rikupsoni

FNG / Fresh Meat
Nov 22, 2005
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Finland
There are dozens of exploit places in Killing Floor, eventhough many have been fixed. Besides fixing every single one of them, there could be a new feature to kill exploiting campers.

The only monsters capable of killing you, if you are exploiting behind something that prevents zombies from coming to you, are the witch and husk. Husk was a great addition. But it is easily killed: an exploiter can make it very easily his top priority and continue the work. Siren scream works, but it's pretty short range.

Perhaps the witch could have another attack besides scream? Something that does not necessarily perhaps require a direct view or that close range.

Let's say the siren is able to "curse" you with a psychic attack. Most exploiting camper places are very small, one place to stand in or be prone. The siren's attack would make your screen go intermittently black, worsening over time. You are also losing hp at a fastening speed.

The only way to get rid of this would be to clear your head by moving somewhere else for some time. Too bad if you're in a exploit place. Of course, this would affect situations where you're the only one left and at a certain place. But hey, it's actually pretty good in that case too? The maps are pretty large, there are a lot of places, perhaps it's good to make the player move a bit at times? Flexibility to all kinds of situations must be the key.
 

ScarFace

FNG / Fresh Meat
Oct 28, 2009
343
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I think what he is trying to say is that there are ONLY 2 zeds who can attack from a distance the Siren and the Husk. All other zeds MUST be close enough to do melee style damage.

Although I wasn't too keen on his idea of screen blackout I think added range of the sirens scream would be ok. Also as I discussed in my sharpie nerf thread, taking away the ability to stun the husk, thus stopping him from shooting for several seconds should be done away with. That would make him much more dangerous.

As it stands now you can shoot the husk ANYWHERE with the LAR and he just wobbles around for several seconds allowing you extra time to mop up and then come back to him. If you avoid head shots you could keep him stunned for a VERY long time with body shots.
 
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