Developed by Turtle Rock Studios and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Back 4 Blood is a first-person zombie shooting game. In many aspects, it is the spiritual successor to Left 4 Dead.

Launched in October last year, the game features 8 survivors known as Cleaners with each character offering unique perks and attributes. The aim is to get rid of a parasite called ‘the Devil Worm’ and survive.

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While issues such as the missing Fort hope pre-order skin has affected some, the developers were quick to fix the problem. That said, Back 4 Blood players say having Mom in part significantly speeds up the bleed out time and health.

Many say the bug is making it hard to revive teammates during the horde on the nightmare difficulty and making Mom completely unplayable.

Some initially thought it was a one-time thing and tried reconnecting to the servers and restarting the game but the problem persisted.

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GAMEBREAKING: Mom ability speeds up bleed out timer, 20 seconds of bleedout instead of 90 seconds
Since April patch, Mom’s new ability not only decreases temp HP decay but it also speeds up the bleed out. This means incapacitated cleaners bleed out within 20-30 seconds instead of 90 seconds. This bug happens in Swarm and Campaign.
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For those unaware, having Mom on your team drastically decreases your bleed out time and bleed out health. This bug makes any down during a horde on nightmare an almost guaranteed death unless you have a pipe bomb or firecrackers. Picking a certain character should NOT actively make the game harder by hindering the player and their allies. Why this bug has been allowed to exist for so long despite it being such a blatantly obvious issue with massive impact on gameplay astounds me.
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Thankfully, Back 4 Blood developers have acknowledged the issue where having Mom on the team is speeding up the bleed out time. However, they did not share any ETA of when the problem will be resolved.

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We hope they soon find out the root cause of the problem and fix it in an upcoming update.

Rest assured, we will be keeping tabs on the problem and let you know as and when we come across more information so make sure you keep checking this space.

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Anurag Chawake
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My fascination with technology and computers goes back to the days of Windows XP. Since then, I have been tinkering with OS, mobile phones, and other things. When I am not working on anything, you will find me enjoying video games on some Discord server.

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