Remove Ladder Cheese

[karmic iris]

The game is great with the sound, decision making and gritty look but being able to cheese zombies from getting you by climbing on a ladder and waiting until the zombies move around takes away from tension the game creates. I did it to survive out of instinct and thought to myself while waiting "I wish this wasn't possible".

[fickle chasm]

I think that's pretty realistic honestly

Zombies would be too dumb to chase after you

[void field]

how do we know that
zombies are only dumb because most media has made them that way

[karmic iris]

Zombies wouldn't walk away after waiting 3min though. If you stay on the ladder in the game, they will walk away like nothing never happened after sometime. Essentially resetting the situation and giving you a get out jail free card. If anything they should either not move from that location they last saw you or roam back and forth like 3-5 meters giving you just enough time to get down but you will take at least 1 hit if not perfectly timed.

[fickle chasm]

Well clearly the in-game zombies have no spacial awareness and can't turn doorknobs

So I think it's fine to assume

[void field]

oh yeah i totally agree
but there shouldnt really be safe zones in levels imo
maybe if there were variants that could climb the ladders so if your getting chased by a group you can try and single out a few by climbing a ladder
instead of just being safe entirely

[karmic iris]

I like that idea of variants! I just know they would require them to change some codes. So I'm just asking either for a timer on the ladder or to make them not move once you are on there.

[floral glen]

To be fair you think it just requires changing code but in truth it would then require reskins testing to make sure the new behavior works and does not create new bugs I say this not to dog on you but to remind everyone even what we think are simple tweaks and changes can require hours or even days of work and testing

[karmic iris]

Fair and I know I don't know all that comes with a change thats why I said I am just asking either for a timer on the ladder instead. That wasn't my original suggestion.