Hey, here is a concise picture of the idea:
Current Gameplay Mechanic: When a smoker ensnares a survivor, an additional survivor can free that ensnared survivor in 4 main ways:
1) shoot the tongue
2) kill the smoker
3) melee the smoker
4) melee the victim once
What to possibly change: Modify option
4. Make it so either the victim must be melee'ed multiple times, or that the victim can't be freed by being melee'ed at all.
The Purpose: to make the smoker more of a threat for force-ably splitting a team apart. Make the smoker have a more defined and effective "splitting" role that has force.
so yeah. Thought it would be a cool idea because there are just so many ways a smoker tongue can fail in this game I feel bad for him

. any interests?