This Halloween event will be a joke
These are things I've heard so take them with a grain of salt. If these end up happening well, I guess you can read the title of this post.
1: Halloween skins will not be earnable, instead they will have to be bought.
2: There is no difference from the last event. Same as always, just a slight bloodpoint boost.
3: The new survivor add on can be used whenever the player wants after the event has ended, but the killer is limited to during the event ONLY. (Devs, your bias is showing)
If there are any I missed then this event will be a bigger joke than I thought.
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If No.3 is true then I'd love to hear arguments from people who think the devs aren't survivor biased
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Maybe wait a few days for confirmed information before you get the circle jerk going?
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The last hallowed blight with the Pustulas was a completely unplayable shitshow so I'm amazed they've decided to ruin the game for serious players for 2 weeks again. With less incentive this time.
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Did you not read the very first sentence? I specifically said "These are things I've heard so take them with a grain of salt"
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I believe the serum for Killers is actually a test trial for that "early game pressure" system they are working on, if they actually implement something like that the Killer Add-on would be redundant.
This is obviusly my idea and not a rumor Ive heard anywhere.
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That's actually an interesting theory...
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Well idk maybe it's because insane mobility on every killer would be game breaking. Imagine otz runninf that serum every game and I can ASSURE you his pop value and chase times are gonna be better exponentially
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You also got to be careful that you don't fuel unnecessary flames.
1. It's quite possible they could just add the event currency with the Rift like they did last time. If you remember last year the event cosmetics were under store for at least a week or two before we actually got the currency when the rift hit.
2. The initial 2018 was terrible in terms of execution. Survivors were throwing games just to get serum. Literally harvesting plants then getting themselves killed on hook so they can go to the next game this made extremely unfun for people who wanted to play normally. It also made it harder to get serum for the Killer because you usually couldn't get more than 4 hooks.
3. Don't really have anything to say on this OK
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These addons are only obtainable from a yearly event... how long would a supply of them last if a player used them in every match?
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If the skins this year aren't earnable at a reasonable rate than majority of players will be grinding other games. No doubt some people, or a lot of people, will fork over the cash to buy the new skins but it will still upset most of the community. I'll probably be playing Overwatch this month since their Halloween content can be earned by simply playing the game.
Oh I'm sure "someone" in here will deny this. There's always at least one lol
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if skins not earnable like last year this will be joke sure the offering for the gens.hooks BP going to be joke.
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the first time they did the flowers two years ago, you had some killers/survivors that let you get the needed vials and some that were just jerks. Also at the start you could only earn 1. reward so you had to choose if you wanted a killer or survivor skin. then with a week left they made it so you could do the event once each side not just once period. by then it was far too late to get the second skin. the huntress skin looked amazing and I wanted it but couldn't get it in time since I wasn't playing killer at that point. now you can just buy things with BS cells. I'd prefer being able to earn skins rather then buy them.
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How about the fact that this game used to be unbelievably broken in favor of survivor and since then killer has been steadily buffed? How about the fact that they have a strong economic incentive to make the game fun for both sides?
I don't know anything about the event or what these add-ons even are. I'm just tired of constant unfounded claims of anti-killer bias.
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Survivors have an addon for medkits that when used, the survivor being healed gets a 20 second speed boost. Killer gets an addon that gives them a blight rush, which they cannot attack during. Both addons give a spead boost. The problem is that the survivors can use theirs as long as they have the addon, where as the killer can ONLY use theirs DURING the event. These are both event addons so why is it that the survivors can use theirs months after the event is finished, where as the killer gets a greyed out unusable addon?
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Note to everyone "Unfounded" now means "ignore all evidence".
If you don't know anything about the event or what these addons even are, then maybe you could do a little digging so you might understand the issue better.
By not doing so, you make yourself look like yet another uninformed or willfully blind white night for bhvr.
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Thanks for the details. Still, I fail to see how this is evidence of anti-killer bias. You have to take it in context with the rest of the updates that have been made to the game and then come to a conclusion. Is it more likely that they either made a bad decision, think the survivor add-on will be less OP than the killer one in normal play, etc. or that the devs just hate killers? C'mon now.
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Hex_Stalk filled me in. Still, I fail to see how this is evidence of anti-killer bias. You have to take it in context with the rest of the updates that have been made to the game and then come to a conclusion. "Ignore all evidence" =/= "(correctly) assume that one event item is not going to be enough to outweigh four years of update history when evaluating developer bias"
My comment was not about these add-ons. My comment was about developer bias. Please respond the content of my comment and stop with the condescension.
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That is an interesting theory, however I've always pictured the early game pressure having something to do with generators (as that is the main objective for survivors).
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I believe there is a bias, to an extent. It isn't like I'm saying that they are out to ruin the game for killers (Although at times it feels like it.) But there is a sense that they want the game a little more in favor of the survivors. Granted we don't know how fast this 20 second speed boost is so we don't know if it's really op or if it's a garbage add on no one will use. If it's anywhere close to a sprint burst, yes this is HEAVILY biased. But if it's like Hope or something then no one will use it. We got another 2 days to know for sure though.
But still, event addons and offerings should be limited to ONLY the event they came with. That way it is fair from both perspectives. Then we wouldn't get the "If they keep theirs then I should keep mine" argument.
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I agree with you that it seems fair to make either both limited to the event or both not limited to the event. I disagree that this decision reflects that the developers are biased against killers. If the devs just cater to the survivor majority, as people love to say on this forum, they would not have spent the past four years steadily shifting game balance away from survivors and back to the center.
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The event can’t be a joke if you quit playing the game. 🤯🧠🙌
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Wait WHAT, the survivor addon will be allowed after the event? yeah that seems balanced. Seriously? Things are going to suck for a good long while for killers.
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It will be disappointing, only gunna play it for the extra BP and thats about it.
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I intentionally didn't play over the weekend, so that the event might seem more interesting.
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Looks like the Nurse Halloween cosmetic from last years Rift will be in the store as promised; for Cells only making hers the only Halloween cosmetic that is paid only from all previous years.
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I guess Franklin's Demise will be meta for a while
Dev's decision sucks a lot. Speed boost on every medkit? Spare me
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Im my opinion I believe it will be slower gens for a set amount of time or before a chase starts but they are probably trying several approaches and see which one is the better and the lest exploitable, I do believe this is one of them.
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Killers could just join a game and find The Entitys flame to earn the halo, survivours had to find AND survive while glowing brightly! but Killers Halloween event item being limited shows bias. 🤔 Did The anniversay event show the survivour bias...
pfft.
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Where was 3 confirmed? Also about the skins if thats true the backlash will be HUGE
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There's a difference between a cosmetic crown and an item with an actual gameplay effect. Getting a speed boost in chase is HUGE
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Ye that ######### crown cosmetic is the same as getting a speed boost from an item not a perk at any time u want
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Prob cuz she was in the paid track of the rift
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What backlash? Complainers? Those guys post 24/7 regardless.
People leaving? In droves??? Cause of skins??
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And yet Skins is what you were most bothered with, earlier...now it doesnt matter..
sigh...
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This is a good example of a Strawman Argument for those who were unsure.
The original issue was in regards to the difference in usage times between the survivor and killer halloween event items.
The poster responds to the issue by citing an unrelated event and situation in order to discredit the original issue.
In response to the quoted text.
Once obtained were both roles allowed to use their earned item after the event was over?
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So you think the devs are biased towards survivours?
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U seriously are special aren't u
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I guess you can just not reply. ❤️
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Doesn't the event come out in like 2 days? This time can't we just wait the 2 days before we ######### talk the devs?
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No one is ######### talking the devs (yet) just preparing for the worst
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Yo maybe the killer addons give a HUGE unbalanced advantage? Just sayin.
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Just go look at your comment then my reply then at your reply and we can talk. U say the devs aren't biased to survivors cuz the crown was so easy to earn for killers (######### cosmetic no one will use barely even visible on most killers awful gameplay disadvantage for survivors), the add on for survivors makes them run fast for x seconds and the killer add on is a short blight dash, survivors can use their add on at any time and killers can't after the event (apparently, not confirmed) the event will have paid only skins with no way to earn them, the crowns were able to be earned for free by both sides and could be used after the event FOR BOTH sides again. See where im going or still no? Plus the blight skins are always amazing and the devs know we love them so making them paid only is straight up greed if thats true
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Isnt the speed boost a medkit addon? This is what I read earlier. I appologize if I am wrong. But if so, Killer only need bring Franklins and burn the kit like they do keys. Also the survivours would have to bring Ace in the Hole to keep addon or lose them forever, right? Its not like its gonna be an endless supply of uses. (Unless Im mistaken with what I earlier read)
Sorry of I came off as a ######### earlier..thats why you shouldn't post when you are in a bad mood. So I appoligize for that too.
Skins behind rift walls dont bother me. Cause I buy rifts and I need to understand not everyone has money for rifts...
Anyway back to bias..I dont feel devs are biased either way. I think they try their best to appease both sides but at different times...
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Franklin's no longer burns items like it used to, now they disappear IF they are on the ground for 90 seconds (and no one is gonna leave their item on the ground for that long). And if anything its just gonna make strong killers like nurse spirit billy (killers with movement) even stronger and weaker killers even weaker, if the speed stacks with stuff like hope of new bloodpact thats just gonna be incredibly overpowered especially against 110 killers. I hope the devs thought about those things and the speed doesn't stack but looking at previous examples.... idk man. Also the skins are not in the rift only David is, the other skins are all straight buy for 1080 auric cells or 21600 shards, so whats the point of the event if u can't even earn anything its just some bloodpoints
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Can't wait to see event hooks get sabo. I'm assuming event hooks will no longer be sabo tho.
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Can't blame them tbh. Considering how much "talk" and "rumors" go around these forums, that it wouldn't take you but 2 seconds to post a source. Because unfortunately it gets people rattled up about things that haven't happened yet.
Edit: Here is a screenshot from the stream, where it shows what you are talking about. There was no word if that is a typo either way.
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the halloween event was started late and merged with the thanksgiving/christmas events so we really got one event instead of 2 or 3. the skins were available but because the rift wasn't ready they ended up starting AFTER halloween that's why the skins were in the store at halloween but the event not started.
I am holding out till I see what it is, instead of taking people who have data mined things and skewed the information their way and then others keep parroting the information and each time it's slightly different. I will hold judgement till i see what is going on.
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This thread literally exists to ######### talk the devs lol. The original post basically says "the add-ons are unfair", "the event will be a joke", and "the devs are biased towards survivor". Then there are hordes of people in the comments circlejerking about it.
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well my bad i just prefer to skip over those comments and just talk about the issues themselves, also if thats how the event will be its not even ######### talking at that point, its a paid game with paid dlc with a cosmetics store and with a battlepass, and now u tell me i can't even earn 2 skins for free like the past 2 years?
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I totally agree about the skins - I wish we could grind for them a bit like in years past. I also think it would be cool if killers and survivors both got to use their add-ons after the event. I will still enjoy the event regardless, though, and I'm sure many other players will too.
I'm mostly just against the idea that this one add-on decision means the devs are biased towards survivors. The devs are far from perfect and there's a lot of work to be done, but they have steadily pushed game balance towards the center over the years.
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