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What's your biggest weakness as survivor and killer?
What's your biggest weakness as survivor and killer no arguing or judging others in comments we all can improve an don't be ashamed to admit what you struggle with :) no blaming other players in this thread Survivor 1 Map and team awareness 2 Looping 3 Mind gaming (baiting, miss direction etc) 4 Timing (when to save, pick…
What just happened?
Entered a match, found Sable, then immediately she disconnects along with Lara and Claire. When I eventually found Vittorio, he disconnects the second I pick him up, leaving me in a match with 4 bots. Is it Trickster hate? A coincidence made the 3 gals DC, then Vitt couldn't stomach a lone match? I am baffled. Post-game…
HamsterMaxxing In Dead By Daylight
Any tips in Hamstermaxxing? Any builds or killers you guys think would fit the hamstermaxxing idea? I was thinking Blight was a good hamster-esque killer but Im taking all suggestions
Just had my first killer game on 2v8. What exactly is the point?
So I finally decided to wait the long que time for a killer game. Went for Deathslinger as its the killer i have the most fun with out of the list and my lord. what was the point of that game? I've played a lot of survivor and its very fun but i didn't realize just how easy survivors had it. By time i even got to where…
Unable to match with friends when in their lobby, they cannot join mine
Hello, I hope someone else has had this issue before and can help me out. For the past day, when I join a friends lobby (both on steam, both have cross platform on) I ready up but it will not show them readied up when they are. They then are able to find a lobby but I do not join the lobby with them. When in the match…
So, developers, are we moving forward or not?
A month ago you published a preview about the changes to the trickster and you mentioned that it may or may not arrive and that at the moment they were only collecting opinions, so can you tell us if the changes are canceled or are we moving forward? since you had mentioned that these changes were planned to be released at…
Did you have fun?
Seriously what is the point of this button, you can't change your selection if you misclick but also what does it affect in game. Like is the data of what matches are fun or not actually used by devs?
The most important questions about the new killer, Houndmaster
Is Snug a boy or a girl?
New found respect for survivor mains after playing solely killer
I’m a killer main and have been forever but I decided to play some more survivor a while back since when June comes I want to get chased by spring trap without totally sucking. Some of the unfun stuff survivors got to deal with suck. Getting slugged at 5 gens with knock out, being the 1st one to get tunneled/camped,…
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2v8 PSA for survivors
Dear survivors, Doing chests and dull totems doesn't help your team, sure you may get a nice shiny flashlight etc if you're lucky but you wont get to leave with that item if you don't do gens. Please wait until AFTER all gens are done and exit gates are powered to search chests and you can even do a dull totem if you are…
Hillbilly resets dropped pallets?
Double check my eyes. You see the Hillbilly fly by the dropped pallet at it gets reset but there's no survivors around. What am I missing?
2v8 as survivor feels like im playing killer
Its so relaxing, if i make a mistake its okay, I can always come back from it, and the escape rate is absolutely bliss for me right now, my 1000 hours, which i know isnt a lot, feels like their actually rewarding me for understanding the game and being good at loops, and not seeing my whole team die and then me based off…
I miss some perks from the past
i am old, i have been playing since 2018 and since then i have lost many of my favorite perks, in my old heart i wish someday this perks can be buffed to their old glory to spice up the meta the perk i miss as survivor are spine chill, reassurance and ds back to five
Thoughts of a Survivor player who would like to play Killer but I'm standing in my own way
This is probably going to be a long text. If you don't feel like reading long texts, that's understandable. It's all good. Then just skip my post, but please don´t comment some rude things please. I´m not feeling well right now. If you're bored right now or like reading, grab some snacks and something to drink and here we…
2v8 Survivors Skill is Abysmal
Ok what the heck is wrong with most survivors in this mode? 9/10 matches these survivors have never looped or gotten into a chase or done a gen into their lives. Is this nothing but new players? Like what is going on they can't even do 1v1 chases or healing. No wonder Survivors are saying this mode is balanced cause of the…
fix ultimate weapon
It's a rubbish perk, it has a 60 second cooldown, it only works at locker range and it also goes on cooldown even if it doesn't detect a previous survi uw before you massacred it it only needed a bigger cooldown not that you'll rework it if you plan to leave it as This at least reduces the cooldown by half or makes it work…
I'm curious to know what the devs/mods actually opinions
Player opinions are in nearly every forum post on here but we never see opinions from Developers/Moderators. Any response from them is usually to clarify some information in a post or to moderate the post telling everyone to stay on topic. So I ask this to any devs/mods that read this post. As a player of DBD share your…
Killers: stop hijacking matches with slugs
Now you guys are doing it in 2v8 as well, and you wonder why your queue times are so long. No one wants to play with you just so we can sit around until you get a mori.
PS5 Pro could be a problem for BEhaviour
The news outlets are going ham on the PS5 Pro and its issues it's having in video games, and reading further on social media websites, people are pointing their fingers at the developers, saying they're to blame for the lack of support for the PS5 Pro. Pro patched games seem to work perfectly fine.…
Server stability
Lately I've been noticing a drastic uptick in unintended disconnects, while loading and the like. Personally it's happened to me twice, this happening on top of an intentional two disconnects (one due to a cheater holding me hostage) has granted me with a 15 minute DC penalty when 3/4 Disconnects I had no choice in the…
So we gave Billy his insta down power for 2v8
Guess I’ll always be playing the gen class to try and make gens fly as fast as possible since that’s the best way to counter a one tap killer who has a teammate for extra help. Let’s go for 5 minute matches 😆
Same BP incentive on every server for both game modes?
I VPN'd into all 8 cities with a DBD server, and they all have the same % bonus for 1v4 and 2v8 (50% and 150% respectively atm). Is this % just global for all players with no regional differences?
Is Map Repeat Prevention off?
I just got Ironworks twice in a row.
2v8 Killer wait
So BHVR just has absolutely ZERO plans to address the waits? Even though the answer to at least starting it would be so incredibly simple. In fact, they've actually decided to make it worse. We're back to splitting incentives with the …"lovely ppl"….who don't want to play in the event? So now there is even LESS Incentive…
Survivors should 99% a gen and stay by it until a killer comes (2v8)
By 99ing gens it means you avoid activating the 5% penalty on repairing other gens, allowing your teammates to complete them faster. If the killer shows up, you can simply finish the generator in their face and take the chase. If all survivors use this strategy, there's little the killers can do. I guess it's almost…
A solution to 2vs8 Queue.
Deincentivize Huntress.
Change my mind: Slugging is the most efficient way to win 2v8
In the past few days of playing 2v8 mode, my friend and I—both experienced killers with thousands of hours in DBD—have been experimenting with different strategies. Despite our skill and fast downs, we noticed something troubling: generators can still fly by too quickly, even when we're playing what we would consider…
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I noticed something about the types of perk for survivors.
For some reason the developers are tolerant of Hex perks where you have a Hex that can be present once you complete an action or even a Hex that gives another Hex another chance etc. Even with scourge hooks perks they became tolerant and with the introduction of the new scourge hooks perk where once the survivor unhook a…
It's been 8 years of DBD and still no Team Tags?
Everyone knows that voicechat gives you bonus beyond the game mechs, yet the devs are just using this as a balancing tool to hold good killers with longer gaming time. Like I don't wanna play ultra sweating with 4 flashlights after 8 hours working shift. I just want to select and play some casual games that could be fair…
lag on ps5 pro?
does anyone who play dead by daylight on ps5 pro lag too or is it just me?
DBD not working on ps5
Everytime i try to launch DBD on my ps5, I have to relaunch it multiple times before i can enter the game. I have reinstalled DBD, cleared cache and rebuilt my database but I still keep getting error messages. E.g. No network, initialisation error,… When I do get into the game i have to be cautious of spending my…
Should I get the DnD edition or gold edition?
I'm stuck on which one to get, cause there will most likely be a Black Friday sale soon. Gold or DnD? I am also playing on PS4 if that helps
How does DBD mobile function with minimal lag?
I’ve played a couple Roblox games that run smoothly on my PS5 and PC yet are laggy on mobile. There is one in particular called Dress to Impress that has gained a larger following in the last 7 months and which everyone complains about having excessive lag with on their phones when playing. The devs of that game are…
2v8
If everything is "doubled up" persay then how come it's 8 generators instead of 10? I just find going from 5 to 4 odd
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2v8 should at maximum be 7 days
It's ridiculous how much it affects queue times, as a mostly killer player it's taking almost 10 minutes to find a game whether regular queue or 2v8 To have to deal with this for 2 weeks straight is absurd imo
I can't go back to 1v4 after 2v8
Any other survivors feel the same? 1v4 just seems so tedious and frustrating compared to 2v8. In 2v8 there's constant excitement, and you get much cooler abilities. It also never feels like games are over in the first 2 minutes like in 1v4, you're able to make a comeback as survivor. I just wish the devs would make 2v8…
i don't know what happend today in this match with a bot....
in the endgame chat many said that a cheater was playing on Ada and he left the game and the bot continued to cheat, which sounds kinda strange in itself I did not understand what was happening in the game and what they wanted from me, but after reviewing the recording, I realized that the killers could not hit the bot,…
Houndmaster
So I noticed in the PTB that the Chase command charts a path that the Dog follows like an indicator. Now The Nurse, Blight, and Twins all have a Brown/Common addon that does this for their power so being Plaid Flannel, Chipped Monocle, and Cat Figurine. Now my question is should these three Add-ons be Basekit but be…
Guide class should be in normal mode
See the Aura of any unfinished Generator in your vicinity. Anytime you’re repairing a Generator, your teammates will see the Aura of both you and the Generator you’re repairing. The Guide also has a small Tech Radius, which gives teammates a Great Skill Check Bonus and reduced repair noise. Active Ability: Guides can…
When are we going to stop pretending that Crouch Tech is fine?
Now that the hug tech is gone, it seems like the same people who called for its nerf are awfully quiet. It goes without saying that crouching on a different elevation shouldn't counter a killer's power. But BHVR sure is taking their sweet time to acknowledge it.
Builds/perks to recreate 2v8 classes in 1v4 (survivor)
GUIDE To simulate it You need: Better together, visionary and technician and Friendly competition or Prove thyself for your active ability, you can bring a BNP or fast track to simulate the unlockable ability…
8 Gens in 4 minutes 14 Seconds
How is this even remotely possible? 8 Gens to complete with supposed "catch up mechanic" where If the Killers are getting cage stages the Survivors gain 1% gen progression but once completing a gen the Survivors lose 1% gen progression. The Killers were Blight and Wraith who got 10 Cage stages which isn't even half their…
Are your servers underwater?
Lag, lag, lag and more lag. Rubberbanding out of nowhere. Ping going up like the current inflation. Fix this mess.
When are you going to permaban VPN killers?
They're repeat offenders. Hitting me that shouldn't be a hit. Checking their Steam account, they're playing from China and use a VPN to play in America. Oh, here is the kicker! A Russian spamming in chat with a 999m/s+ ping. You need region lock on your game. Anyone above 90 ping should be automatically booted and receive…
2v8 griefing (blocking unhook prompt)
So I just had a survivor stand in front of me for 2 minutes until I died, while I was in the cage. Both killers ignored them, because she was basically helping them. No other survivor could unhook me, because the Meg was blocking the prompt. I know it probably won't happen a lot, since hopefully most killers will be decent…

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