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Did something happened to the servers?
As title says, i am playing from EU and i just joined a game where everybody was on 200-300 ping (soloq). https://youtu.be/MNxeucdKrbs
New Chapter, post PTB
I've seen people talking about obviously the change to Shoulder the Burden, in my opinion the change isn't detrimental to the perk. It's still strong & while a little more risky I wouldn't say it's killed the perk unlike other nerfs we've seen in the past to strong perks. I'm also seeing people talking about the real perk…
Are servers down today?
Hi, guys! To those who celebrate, happy early Thanksgiving. Just wanted to ask if the servers were down as I cannot launch the game at all and it gives me a different error message everytime I try to.
Wraith is op in 2v8
I hope this is a bug because this video clearly shows his uncloaking speed is much faster in 2v8 than 1v4 for some reason https://old.reddit.com/r/deadbydaylight/comments/1h0em4m/wraith_uncloak_speed_in_2v8_shown_side_by_side/
New Twitch Drops (Nov 28 - Dec 12)
If you watch any Dead By Daylight content on Twitch, you can get an ingame banner (after one hour), charm (after three hours), and badge (after six hours). You need to link your BHVR Account with your Twitch account.
Please address the ping exploiting
I’m tired of killers having an advantage when they have bad ping. Why does having more than 100 ping benefit the killer? It’s completely ridiculous and it makes me never want to switch away from killer. Please do something about this issue. Every time I press tab as a survivor the killer has over 100 ping and I already…
Just a post for funsies
I thought it was interesting how you can see exactly when my love for DBD died off. Anyone leave the game and come back?
Who is the strongest killer in 2v8 mode?
Tittle. Image is fan made.
Moved: can we get more Lara cosmetics?
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Highest Win-Streaks on Each Killer
Thought I'd do something different today. I was in a thread a couple days ago and someone told me that Killers couldn't put together high winstreaks. I showed them a couple, but they called me a liar, essentially. So I went looking for the longest streaks and then today, when I saw this handy-dandy spreadsheet on Reddit by…
Revealed Status-Effect from 2v8 for core?
You know, this thing from 2v8 that tells the survivor: "hey, your aura is somehow being read right for x amount time": It would be a huge help to solo queue players! What are peoples opinions for or against this? Greetz
4 prestiges in a row and just 1 party streamer offering...
is it just pure luck? this must be a joke they SHOULD bring back Brown party streamers… or at least make it yellow like the escape cake…
Billy, and: Why he's the worst killer in the game.
The title, of course, is said facetiously. He's the worst killer in the game not because he's bad, but because he's just under Nurse in power, and ONLY because he still hits walls sometimes. Most walls aren't actually an obstacle to a half decent Billy. This is going to read as salt, and it kind of is. Billy is the one…
2v8 should really have less survivors
I think you could experiment with having less survivors like anywhere between 4-6 survivors and having some potential buffs like less gens, more hookstates, or faster actions.
Will we be getting a dev update before Doomed Course comes out on live?
The scheduling with this update has been pretty messy compared to the usual ones and we're long past the time when we would usually get a dev update, so at this point I just wonder if we will be getting one at all?
1500 paired against 10500
How come I (1500h) go up against a survivor with 10500 hours? Not only that… He is the "23rd best surv in the world" according to the statistics and the best Ace in the world apparently. I actually am so blown away by how BHVR's sbmm system works… This is unbelievable. And of course i get pooped on since he's spent his…
2v8 shows that the game is better without the attemp unhook
Attemp unhook its a ######### bottom, a dc without repercusions and the game is a lot better without that mechanic, the only times survivors should be able to do it is if they have a perk like deliverance.
Survivors How is 2v8 for you?
im having alot of fun! Survivor is alot more better now then the first iteration! 2v8 round 2 is actually a lot better this time around for survivors able to get pallet and flash saves and the insane class ults is a comeback dream Medic ive gotten a 6 man heal, Guide you can pop an entire gen in seconds, Scout rebuilding…
Name something you hate about your Killer main?
It's difficult for me to hate something about my own robotics, but I digress. I would have to say missing a biopad tag because a single leaf or twig on a tree completely blocks me. That or having a survivor run out of range making me wish I had a specific add on equipped. You?
Perks meta is no longer a problem.
I've seen plenty of people still wine about the usage of meta perks on both sides. I've also seen people still recommend meta perks (such as adrenaline, deliverance, off the record, etc.) in various builds, but let me put a problem up: Are these perks still meta, or is it just a lingering effect of a long-time dominance…
Killers and survivors you would like to see in DBD
I think my two top survivors to add would be Elvira and Buffy. I feel a tad bit more hope about Elvira after seeing her appearance in the Killer Clowns game. And Buffy really is the ultimate survivor. I think it would also be cool if we could get some legendary skins for her that are other Buffy characters--Willow, Giles,…
ping issue
I hear you. A lot of Eastern and African regions have no servers to connect to within a sub-100ms range, and the gameplay changes significantly with that amount of latency present (actions and powers are delayed noticeably or behave inconsistently, survivors get hit in more and more ridiculous ways). Originally when…
Do you think in the future of DBD there will be sick or disabled survivors?
Like Ash williams with prosthetic arm. The game should have more variety of survivors. This image is created by photoshop.
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Moved: The 2v8 gamemode mechanics would make for a PERFECT 1v4 casual mode
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Hook timer buff and rise of slugging
Ive been noticing far more killers slugging lately, especially after bhvr buffed the hook timers (by 10 seconds I believe). Wonder if this was intentional. Does bvhr want more slugs? Doesnt seem healthy...
What happened to scratchmark improvements?
I went back to look at the developer updates and also took a look at the PTB patch notes August 2nd was the developer update which stated scratchmark visibility was going to be improved (https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/kb/articles/464-developer-update-august-2024) August 6th the 8.2.0 PTB patch notes dropped and…
How did behavior fail twice in a row
Seriously I mean how in the hell did behavior not fix the lobby wait time for killers in the 2v8 mode I mean it's ridiculous and to make matters worse all those quests can't even be done on the killer side and if you struggle playing survivor oh well
Bhvr needs to do something against cheaters
I know topic is old but I dont care anymore. Took a long break from dbd and my first match today was against an cheating swf. Bhvr really needs to tackle this topic. I know it doesn't make money but increasing quality of gameplay will make them more money in longterm because more people will be around to buy dlc's or skins…
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You Shouldn't Be Patrolling Generators (Or Kicking Them That Much Either)
I said earlier in another thread this is something that should be talked about more on the forums, so I figured a post about it would be appropriate. This is also something of a mini-essay on effectively spreading pressure, since the two concepts are pretty heavily linked. So then. There is a tooltip in this game, shown in…
2v8 survivor is super boring
Killers get all the fun except for the abysmal queue times. Survivors have nothing new on the table. It's just playing 1v4 but with perks replaced for classes.
2v8 soon. I'm taking a break bc I'm not sitting in 15- 30 min killer queues again
yo, I hope this mode will never kill 1v4 and become permanent. That would be a disaster because the Q times are a problem. Since I'm not going to put myself through that again, I'm going to take a break (once the mode is live) until the spook is over because I don't like this arcade mode. See you around
Employee Badges
Are these a real thing? I only ask because I had a terrible game in 2v8 where we were all slugged and they basically camped the cages. After I was put out of my misery the one player had the employee badge. So if this is the case employees slugging for the win, that's bad.
Your servers are on their last legs
Why aren't you solving the problem or are you going to ignore it like you usually do, bhvr?
There has been a lot of issues with PS5 Pro as of late
Mainly performance and frame rate issues. Will this be patched any time soon?
2v8 + Free weekend = Getting matched against new players
So my last 5 matches in 1v4 have had at least one new player in them. One of them was even entirely new players. They have no unique perks or prestiges I theorise that with the new free weekend and 2v8 causing a lack of survivors new players are getting put into lobbies they shouldn't be. This is obviously not a good…
Why every time I’m in a 2v8 match why does one person go for the uncage multiple people come too?
I’m like go do a gen or something there shouldn’t be more than one person going for the uncage it’s a waste of time. For example in one of my matches I was playing survivor and I went for the un cage save and I noticed 2 other people are following me I’m just like go do a gen.
I miss old Haddon field. New one is too killer sided.
Old haddon field was just soo much better, I wish they’d bring the old map back as a variant too.
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150% bp bonus, 2v8 is an actual joke
I now earn more BP just playing killer in 1v4 using a pudding/cake, absolutely zero reason to play 2v8 now if it's to farm bloodpoints. The fact that 250% wasn't even a static minimum is hilarious
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Merged: Do the right things for the players
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Queue times
Currently been waiting in a queue to play killer for 18 minutes. Ware the plans to fix this ridiculousness?
Bill used to be arguably the best survivor?
When Bill released he had two perks that helped with two of the biggest issues in old dbd which were slugging and tunneling (and still are), if Bill didn't release it could have drastically affected the amount of survivor players and newer players because there would have been no counter to slugging and tunneling. And yes…
Freddy the 2nd rework. Joe's Hand Sharpens
Since Freddy is getting reworked yet again what should we expect this time? Now I don't expect a complete rework like the first time but what I personally would like to see are is a possible 2nd attempt of the original power (Freddy can't attack awake people has to manually put people to sleep etc to be more specific) but…
We playing with ping 120 at a minimum
We just request a middle east server to play well and comfortably
No post dev note before the update comes out?
Normally there'd be a Dev note telling us any balance changes adjustments from the ptb until the update goes live
I'd be curious of Kill Rates before and during Free Weekend.
I don't know who is enjoying this mess. Let's just artifically inflate 2vs8 Kill Rates with potatoes.

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