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New event = test run for secondary objective

azazer
azazer Member Posts: 446
in Feedback and Suggestions
What are your thoughts and feelings about the secondary objective? Does it slow down the game enough to matter? Is it too much? Do you think it's better with more or less objectives and how do survivors feel about competing for the objectives?
Please feel free to share your thoughts

Comments

  • Malakir
    Malakir Member Posts: 799
    I think is a good idea. As killer you also have to keep track of it, maybe bait them to it especially if you are the trap kind of killer

    As survivor you have to be careful of your surroundings more and I think its fun at least for me, do more stuff. I feel I was the only one trying to cleanse all totems every match
  • Condorloco_26
    Condorloco_26 Member Posts: 1,714

    I think it's great. I believe this is exactly what the game needs to balance gameplay at R1. Faced some SWF teams today and so far, not a single hate message after the match ends, not a single display of bad manners, guys that survive get a ton of points, guys that don't make it are happy anyways bc they got their vials. Looks to me like everyone was having fun.

    Hopefully the devs find the way to add this kind of alternative objectives in non-event gameplay. These objectives should always reward survivors IMO, either with cosmetics or BP, so they're happy doing them, instead of feeling they're doing chores.

  • Malakir
    Malakir Member Posts: 799
    Condorloco_26 said:

    I think it's great. I believe this is exactly what the game needs to balance gameplay at R1. Faced some SWF teams today and so far, not a single hate message after the match ends, not a single display of bad manners, guys that survive get a ton of points, guys that don't make it are happy anyways bc they got their vials. Looks to me like everyone was having fun.

    Hopefully the devs find the way to add this kind of alternative objectives in non-event gameplay. These objectives should always reward survivors IMO, either with cosmetics or BP, so they're happy doing them, instead of feeling they're doing chores.

    Exactly, more bp for sure since survivor get just a few of bp plus might add an emblem reward to do these extra obj almost like totems but as primary obj since I feel the only one doing even dull ones
  • DemonDaddy
    DemonDaddy Member Posts: 4,167
    The extra time at the start make all the difference for trap killers. 
  • Entità
    Entità Member Posts: 1,583
    Secondary objectives mean richer gameplay, more complex tactics, more BP, more trial duration... awesome! Of course, they would make necessary to introduce some new appropriate perks, powers and items.
  • Bravo0413
    Bravo0413 Member Posts: 3,647
    The game overall feels so good atm... no need for ruin and as survivor I have a need to run around and explore and appreciate the work the devs put in rather than doing gen sim... I felt rewarded after matches even when I died and I ofcourse felt less stressed as a killer to do my "duty" well done devs 
  • Whispers23
    Whispers23 Member Posts: 111

    Love it both as killer and survivor.

  • azazer
    azazer Member Posts: 446
    Well seems like there is a lot of good feelings. I agree, I've enjoyed the event thanks to the bonus objectives. 

    So the question is how to we translate that to regular game play? Right now people are doing it for cosmetics. How do we make them want the secondary objectives? Make a new in game currency to buy cosmetics with? Or make blood shards easier to come up with?
  • Master
    Master Member Posts: 10,200

    Secondary objectives need to tie into the main objective (search for parts to repair ).
    We already got hex totems as 2nd objective and look at the impact those have.....

  • tizzi717
    tizzi717 Member Posts: 89

    @azazer said:
    What are your thoughts and feelings about the secondary objective? Does it slow down the game enough to matter? Is it too much? Do you think it's better with more or less objectives and how do survivors feel about competing for the objectives?
    Please feel free to share your thoughts

    it's too much, with killer it's easy as all the other events, even without iron grasp (killer see auras of special hooks). Survivor waste too much time to searching it and destroing it. slow heal time and generator.............

  • Someissues
    Someissues Member Posts: 1,604

    Its a good idea, but the mechanic is horrible, once survivors get 30 vitals they can't harvest anymore

    This is a serious BUG

  • Malakir
    Malakir Member Posts: 799
    tizzi717 said:

    @azazer said:
    What are your thoughts and feelings about the secondary objective? Does it slow down the game enough to matter? Is it too much? Do you think it's better with more or less objectives and how do survivors feel about competing for the objectives?
    Please feel free to share your thoughts

    it's too much, with killer it's easy as all the other events, even without iron grasp (killer see auras of special hooks). Survivor waste too much time to searching it and destroing it. slow heal time and generator.............

    Yeah its not like they can still loop flashlight save and DS or been unloading habing the event hook in the other side of the map

    Just enjoy the event and trow your bias away
  • Torch_Z
    Torch_Z Member Posts: 3

    I believe this event has ruined DBD in many ways and i'll outline them below:
    1) The game should be scary: this event, "the hallowed blight" has turned the game into a meme. There is not one aspect of the new event that is centered on making the game a little more "scary."
    2) FARMING: every match that has been played by myself has been either a farming match OR a match in which the survivors WANT to farm, but the killer does not. so the game becomes boring VERY quickly which has resulted in more disconnects than I've ever seen in the 2 years of playing this game.
    3) survivors are not GODS: the majority of survivor players in Dead by Daylight are not A+ players who run the killer for 5 gens. so adding an additional objective has only made the game more over powered in the KILLER'S favor. There is now no reason for any killer to not get 4 kills every match. there is no carrot to chase in terms of "competitive" aspect. If a killer WANTS to win, they WILL win. easy as that. (or they can meme for 10 minutes while the survivors farm and run around doing nothing. YAY scary things!)

    I get that there are some frustrated killer mains out there who want more objectives for survivors so that the game is easier for them, as a Killer main myself (HAG), I feel like this event has made killer too easy. there is no reason to log In during the event because i know I will 4k every match, whether i try or not.

    I understand that the other events weren't very 'scary' either, but they DID keep the competitive aspect of the game in tact. As of this post, I have quit playing DBD until the event is over.

  • Blueberry
    Blueberry Member Posts: 13,671

    Definitely a good idea and needs to make it into the base game. Maybe they should be toolboxes you have to search through before you can work on a gen. I don't think they should be an optional thing but required to do gens.