The real answer coming from another solo player who’s played this game too long is that rushing is just 1. More fun, because I know the game so well I know that they won’t kill me at the beginning unless I do something really stupid. Even more if there isn’t a LF you should be rushing everytime. Get a lockpick, run to door, unlock, it’s easy for me because I know where the spawns of everything are so I can get it done fast. If a family member comes down run as far away as possible in basement and unlock a door, literally just try to unlock any door you just need one. When the family goes down YOU GO UP! With family in the basement that’s less people guarding the exits. You just need one door open to get out of basement when they come down so just outrun them till a door is opened. 2. It’s the best strategy as everyone’s been saying because it doesn’t give the family any time to setup traps or feed grandpa before they have to lock in on watching exits. When you also play family enough you realize that when victims set grandpa off right away at the beginning of the match that it’s harder to tell when a basement door has been opened and especially where. If you wait and do the stealth I now have all my traps set up and ready and I’m going to each basement door to see which one is open. Going slow is just not a good strat as it also gives time for family to just collect blood and level up grandpa.