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Is there any way if we could have a Tiger for Houndmaster?
It'd be hilarious to see a survivor getting mauled by a tiger then brought back to me. The mori is most likely going to be the tiger eating the survivor. I'd pay money for this skin with tiger SFX and all.
Houndmaster is a JOKE!
And this is coming from a survivor main. Did you intentionally design this execrable killer so we could escape 100% of the time? You dare to release a chapter in such a bad state which is submerged in bugs and power design issues? Do you not see the folly in that, BHVR? For those of you who don't posses this killer or DLC:…
Houndmaster is the worst killer?
From all the killers I played since 2016, this is, by far, the worst killer in Dead by Daylight. It's not just the bugs but how bad the power design is. You have to go through so many hoops just to pray that her dog hits someone and count the lucky stars to align perfectly and hope that it doesn't bug and not get screwed…
More perks nerfed into the ground?
Simple as the question is. Are we going to unfortunately see even more perks nerfed into the ground? Also if so, what do we think they'll be? *If so I really am fearful not just for DbD in general but also of using any perks that may fall into that lot since I don't want to build a reliance.
Current State of Survivor
Anybody notice Kill ratio is up and there is practically a permanent Bloodpoint bonus for Survivor? Would be cool to address that.
So, when Thrill of the Hunt buff is going to be reworked? :)
I hope BHVR that you aren't waiting 6 MONTHS to do something about it like you've waited for Eruption CoB Overcharge meta and early December I can see another update with nuking this new Hex Perks builds. Or is this new meta? From high risk high reward into absolutely no risk high reward? If I don't have hope that the…
Cleansing the Soul: One thing you want to scream in the ear of your SoloQ teammates
Mine: For the love of God, will you please stop unhooking me when I am the only person on death hook with 50s on my timer remaining against Wraith... It is so obvious he is going to tunnel me, and the chance I get to safety before he blocks it off is not good... cause it's a god damned Wraith! Use the time the game gives…
Everyone is like use Counterforce.
Remember what happened to Distortion when a Survivor Perk counters too much Killer Perks. It was Distortion that got nerfed and not the Killer stuff.
The Very Best Dead By Daylight Build *Updated
perk 1 : Deja vu reveals 3 gens to you as well as tell you if the killer is blocking gens early. Perk 2 : Deliverance 100% guaranteed hook escape after unhooking a survivor first. Extremely good just don’t be the first survivor to get caught ever. Can be used once a game perk 3 : Lucky break you basically vanish after…
HoundMaster chase music
I personally enjoyed her music in the PTB a lot but they toned it down for the LIVE version which is disappointing, did people really not like her music in the PTB? Maybe I wasn’t looking too deep into it but I really didn’t see an outcry to have it changed.
Houndmaster trailer swamp rework!!!?
The trailer Houndmaster and Taurie feature in appears to be in a swamp like map do you think its finally a Swamp map rework or a new map!?
From The Rift Bundle - Billy legs are the same as default
So this was an issue when it was in the rift all those years ago and i would have thought that now that they are selling it, it would be addressed. The legs in the frozen billy are visually the same as his default. Doesn't seem right to sell this for auric cells.
Killer behavior has gotten so much worse
Just had the pleasure of some nurse bleed the last survivor out for 4 mins then gloat in chat saying we suck.
Is DBD currently survivor sided?
Because New killer houndmaster is weak and Shoulder the burden is strong ( Survivor's perk ) Michael myers, dracula and chucky still got nerfed in new update. All of the gen regression perks get nerf into the ground. Current Gennerator is so fast.
Amount of games to grind just for this skin
If you ignore paying 20 bucks for this skin and want to grind for it when it becomes available with shards, then it is gonna take you a very long time Say your player level is at 89 with only 35 shards, and you grind to 100, you earn about 46,200 xp which took you something about 90 rounds which in total for earning shards…
Scourge Hook: Jagged Compass has unlocked the full scourge build!
My favorite builds typically run 2 info perks and 2 gen slow down perks. Jagged Compass and Floods of Rage are 2 info perks and Pain Resonance and Gift of Pain are 2 slow down perks. Jagged Compass taking the RNG out of scourge hook placement was the missing piece. Full scourge hook builds are 100% viable now. I don't know…
AFK can now get you a DC penalty.
Just a fair warning if it wasn't common knowledge (which it might be, because I do in fact live under a rock): if you forget you queued up for a match and then come back to find yourself on hook, but try to complete the match and end up dying anyway, the system will flag you as if you DCed when you get back to the lobby.…
0.1% achievement
Skilled huntress. I am sure that must be only on PS4. Been playing since day one on console (over 6000 hours now) and at various points in my career I have made many stabs at this. I used to main huntress and spent a lot of time farming and also making crazy shots. I have made at least 6 qualifying shots today. The…
One of my new favorite soloQ builds as of patch 8.4.0!
This build will not really make you Survive more, but that's not the point of the build, with this build you'll be a second or even third healthstate for your other SoloQ teammates! Shoulder the Burden to grant extra hook-state to tunneled or great players, extra-health state if they go down, Iron Will due to you most…
Killers starting right next to players?
I've only even seen this on the PTB, but are you telling me this is a thing in the normal game now? Hey BHVR, what exactly are you doing to make the game more enjoyable for survivors? Can you actually name one thing other than putting out a million skins?
Let survivors choose to pick up at least 3 killers they never want to play against
Same as denying map offerings but its for killers. Cause i better Dc in the start of the match, then even trying to play against Huntress, Wraith or Oni. This thrio is more insufferable to go against than chess merchant. To be fair i prefer 100 matches against chess merchant than even one, against one of those three.
Why doesn't Prestige 100 mean anything?
Do you think it's normal for someone who earns enough BP (about 130-150 Million) to make a character P100 and dedicates all BP to a single character?
Dbd is to killer sided
I am sick of every single killer only slugging, proxy camping hooks and tunneling right off hook…..behaviour needs to figure things out before they lose many players. Put distortion back the way it was
A "Teachable Perks Only" Mode?
Chaos Shuffle got me thinking about a new game mode How about a mode where the survivor/killer you play as is random, and once your character is chosen, your locked to only using their three teachable perks? I'm thinking it might have people gain new appreciation for teachables that they would otherwise never use, and it…
Long survivor queue times?
I feel like I have to wait minutes before I even find a lobby? What the hell is going on?
Sable customization : Whimsical weather
How come this customization doesnt really have sables classic hair in face? I feel as if its not really sable type vibes you know? Me and my friend feel as if my edited version would match her much better not going to lie. Look at that difference doesnt it look so much more like sable??
Devs should really consider removing dying survivors ability to see team aura when in dying state.
Title. Dev's should really remove the ability of a dying state Survivor to see your team's aura, while in the dying state. NOTE: I am NOT applying this to the healthy/injured Survivors that are not downed. They can keep ability to see dying state teammates aura. I am -only- talking about the survivor's who are in the dying…
Remove the final mori
This new system where the killer can automatically kill the last survivor has made it where every match ends with slugging while the killers bm you on the ground. Either add basekit unbreakable when there are two survivors left or remove entirely. It's ######### insane how many killers slug as if their whole family will die…
So when's the Oni 180 exploit being addressed?
Maybe it's an unpopular opinion but having a killer be exponentially stronger on one platform because of a bug that hasn't been addressed in years is pretty unhealthy for the game. Edit (hould've made myself clear in the OP): Addressed as in BHVR makes an official statement about it and either says it's fine as-is, gets…
Otz Explains why WGLF was OP
Otz Explains and demonstrates the insane power of Buffed WGLF picking up a survivor insanely fast even faster then a killer could recover from and when paired with MFT brought back the extremely unfun Buckleup FTP combo effect giving the downed and savior both endurance in a new form even more crazy if paired with a medkit…
Killer is too easy
Is it just me or is it really easy to play as killer? I can hit survivors from a very far distance and even when they 360 me I just swing and I am still able to hit them. My wifi and ping is very strong so that cant be the reason. I also noticed that slugging a 4k is extremely easy and seems to be a quick win when playing…
SH: Floods of Rage
for the developers, why is it 7 seconds long? to think it is stronger that BBQ & Chili?
Does anyone else "Give the Mori?"
I see people posting all the time about how mad they are about getting Finisher Mori'd in numerous contexts. I never get mad at it myself, which amuses me cause traditionally I've been at hot head at games, but DBD just gels with me I guess... However one thing I do if the killer hasn't played mean with tunneling, camping,…
Can I pet that dawg?
Houndmasters and Draculas, why you no let us give pets? Be more like the Pig and let us boop the snoop.
Lack of bloodpoints incentives
So what happened to the usual 100% incentives that used to be available on either role for most of the time throughout the day? Lately I am seeing either no incentive or 25% at most for a short time. What happened? Grinding bloodpoints is feeling tedious like it used to feel before the introduction of bloodpoint incentives…
Forcing Survivors to Run at Least One of Their Teachables
With certain survivors getting more cosmetics than other due to their popularity, one way I thought up to incentivize people to play other survivors without being too obtrusive is to force them to use at least one of the selected Survivor's teachable perks. For example, someone selecting Dwight would have to run at least…
The Community is Worse Than Ever
Why do so many people go out of their way to be jerks when they are already winning? Played a game earlier with a team of cheaters who didn't start actively, blatantly cheating until we were winning (4 gens done, and only 1 hook). I played another against a Huntress who went so crazy hard, tunneling and camping just…
The thrill of the hunt should have been tested on the PTB.
While the increased thrill of the hunt is very welcome, 4% is just way too high for this game. I think players are confused by the excessive power-ups. I want the power-ups to be appropriate and not excessive. However, please do not make the effect weaker than the original. Please do not let the tragedy of thanatophobia…
Which survivor has the best perk here?
Between meg, feng, kate and sable, who has the strongest perk? Image is fan made.
Why do killers have to "let one go" but giving the killer a pity kill is bad?
In the Survivor rulebook™ it is bad if the killer slugs for the 4k, or doesn't "be nice" and let one go at the end, but for some reason when survivors stomp the killer, they never let the killer get a pity kill, they always HAVE to play as toxic as possible to get all 4 out. Why is that? Just asking questions.
Houndmaster…
Leather Harness is not a op item to be limited the way it is. After a gen completion for 30 seconds smh. Where exactly is the value going to come rng? Stop making rng add-ons base off generator completion please. Make her search command travel faster to navigate across all maps effectively. And her dog’s travel speed…
Honest question: did MMR get reset with this update?
I can't recall the last time my survivor games have been this miserable. The vast majority of games I've played since Thursday have been over before 2 gens are completed. Players are on second stage or dead before I've even seen the killer or completed a gen. I'd be less frustrated if I could see what was happening with…
Best of the Best
What are your top 5 best licensed and non-licensed killer based on with whom have you had the most fun with playing (Not a list of best killers by how strong they are) My Top 5 lists: Non-Licensed: The Dredge The Clown The Spirit The Wraith The Doctor Licensed: Meyers Onryo Freddy Bubba Demogorgon Basically, with what…
A Better Myers Buff
I personally don't think buff that Myers recently got was enough to bring him out of obsurity. He still has no map pressure, and his main threat in chase is if he's using bamboozle or the tier 3 pop. So I propose another addition to his power that would give him a balanced form of map pressure. During Tier 3, Myers has the…
The real reason devs are scared to make 2v8 permanent
Because they know the vast majority of casuals would never play 1v4 again, which is the mode they spent years working on to "balance" and this would damage their pride that most players prefer the chaotic fun party mode of the game instead of the boring frustration of 1v4.
Offerings
Offerings really need a rework, and badly. For starters, the idea that's been floated (it was never mine originally but always been a solid idea) that map offerings should be exclusionary instead of improving chances. The mist offerings are virtually worthless, and BP bonuses instead of game changing (map offerings,…
The thing that really gets under my skin (rant):
When the unhooked survivor body-blocking for healthy unhooker, and then disconnecting after getting downed again. Playing a lot of soloq recently (I hate everything): Soloq match against a Clown (kudos to this guy, awesome killer player), on Crotus Prenn Chapel map, so Lara was downed and hooked - clown went away - I…
Hangman's Trick Is Awful According To Science
I did a little experiment to test out just how awful Hangman's Trick is now that we have Jagged Compass which makes multiple scourge hooks and its just as bad as I thought. I sent us to the smallest 2 story map, Midwhich I brought the perks Hangman's Trick, Jagged Compass, Monstrous Shrine and AA Monstorus shrine was…
Best Dead By Daylight Survivor Build
perk 1 : Deja vu reveals 3 gens to you as well as tell you if the killer is blocking gens early. Perk 2 : Deliverance 100% guaranteed hook escape after unhooking a survivor first. Extremely good just don’t be the first survivor to get caught ever. Can be used once a game perk 3 : Dramaturgy basically sprint boost that you…
Short review for The Houndmaster
Positive Voice actress & voice lines. Historically accurate base cosmetics. Dog. Lobby music. Lore. Mori. Neutral Terror Radius & Chase music. Negative Animations. AI. Power. Bugs. Store cosmetics. Power scale from 1 (weak) to 10 (strong): 2

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