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New Gamemode Idea
Lykonic
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Believe me, I LOVE DBD. It's amazingly fun to play and despite occasional flaws it's an amazing game. The only issue is, I want to play with a friend, but I main Killer and get tired of having to play Survivor when I want to have a friend join me. So, I had the idea one day of a mode where you have two Killers, and either six or eight survivors. I've thought a bit on it, but there are a few things still unclear.
First of all, the number of Survivors. I'm not sure if I would rather six, for a trial with eight people, or eight to basically combine two Trials. I feel like eight Survivors would be too strong against two Killers, even if you doubled the number of gens. Six Survivors feels strong but still balanced, even if you needed eight to ten gens. This segways nicely into how gens would work. They would probably need to go a little faster, maybe 3%. I don't know how the numbers work out but an average game of this mode should take about as long as an average game in normal Dead By Daylight, maybe 5-10 minutes longer since there are more people after all. There need to be more generators so they can't be rushed, but slower teams still aren't hopeless. I'm thinking six survivors with eight gens at a +~3% repair speed sounds decent enough. It's not the classic 'gens = survivors + 1' formula of regular Dead By Daylight but I personally think that even with two Killers, six Survivors could easily rush seven gens. Eight gens out of ten completed sounds good, and add a third Exit Gate so the Killers can't just each stand at one. The basement would need to be adjusted as well. I'm not sure if a big post with six hooks is a good idea, but maybe lining two rows of three hooks each along the two middle walls, facing opposite each other? I realize that already there's a lot to ask if this was to even be considered, especially by tampering with an already fun and working system, but if you would allow me for a second to propose a few ideas of scenarios, maybe I can entice any readers here.
Imagine a Trapper and a Huntress playing together and they opt for a basement strat. The Trapper keeps his traps around the Killer Shack and one or two in it, patrolling close by, while the Huntress goes and sniffs out survivors and tries to herd them to the Shack so they can hook one. The Survivors all band together to rush the Basement with two flashlights and a medkit to try and rescue and heal their friend, and they succeed but injure themselves in the effort, sending the Huntress after them in a rage.
Imagine a Wraith and Freddy working together, both invisible until it's already too late, and the Survivors split into two groups to work on gens, each with one lookout and two gen jockeys so they can look for moving grass or cornstalks, and warn everyone where one or both of the Killers are.
Imagine a Billy working with a Leatherface, chainsaws wild as Billy herds Survivors and Leatherface culls them with his multiple-down saw. It would be a bloodbath to the very end, with a hard fought victory on either side.
Lastly, imagine the Nurse with the Doctor: Doctor runs a huge terror radius with the railgun shock therapy for his treatment mode, and the Nurse helps him pick off the ones who scream by blinking to them. So many Illusionary Doctors, so many Real Nurses, so little time to decide which is which to save your life.
All in all I know this will probably never make it anywhere, but I love the idea in my head. I realize it may be a bit Killer-sided the way I proposed and from the scenarios I listed, but what can I say; I'm biased like everyone else. The dev's would be much better at balancing their game than me, regardless of whether it's the current game or my proposed new mode. I love Dead By Daylight and I have no issue with it the way it is, but I would love to someday see that you can invite a friend to go on a killing spree... somewhat like Freddy vs. Jason starts off as. Just a bit of food for thought from a Huntress main.
~Lykonic
First of all, the number of Survivors. I'm not sure if I would rather six, for a trial with eight people, or eight to basically combine two Trials. I feel like eight Survivors would be too strong against two Killers, even if you doubled the number of gens. Six Survivors feels strong but still balanced, even if you needed eight to ten gens. This segways nicely into how gens would work. They would probably need to go a little faster, maybe 3%. I don't know how the numbers work out but an average game of this mode should take about as long as an average game in normal Dead By Daylight, maybe 5-10 minutes longer since there are more people after all. There need to be more generators so they can't be rushed, but slower teams still aren't hopeless. I'm thinking six survivors with eight gens at a +~3% repair speed sounds decent enough. It's not the classic 'gens = survivors + 1' formula of regular Dead By Daylight but I personally think that even with two Killers, six Survivors could easily rush seven gens. Eight gens out of ten completed sounds good, and add a third Exit Gate so the Killers can't just each stand at one. The basement would need to be adjusted as well. I'm not sure if a big post with six hooks is a good idea, but maybe lining two rows of three hooks each along the two middle walls, facing opposite each other? I realize that already there's a lot to ask if this was to even be considered, especially by tampering with an already fun and working system, but if you would allow me for a second to propose a few ideas of scenarios, maybe I can entice any readers here.
Imagine a Trapper and a Huntress playing together and they opt for a basement strat. The Trapper keeps his traps around the Killer Shack and one or two in it, patrolling close by, while the Huntress goes and sniffs out survivors and tries to herd them to the Shack so they can hook one. The Survivors all band together to rush the Basement with two flashlights and a medkit to try and rescue and heal their friend, and they succeed but injure themselves in the effort, sending the Huntress after them in a rage.
Imagine a Wraith and Freddy working together, both invisible until it's already too late, and the Survivors split into two groups to work on gens, each with one lookout and two gen jockeys so they can look for moving grass or cornstalks, and warn everyone where one or both of the Killers are.
Imagine a Billy working with a Leatherface, chainsaws wild as Billy herds Survivors and Leatherface culls them with his multiple-down saw. It would be a bloodbath to the very end, with a hard fought victory on either side.
Lastly, imagine the Nurse with the Doctor: Doctor runs a huge terror radius with the railgun shock therapy for his treatment mode, and the Nurse helps him pick off the ones who scream by blinking to them. So many Illusionary Doctors, so many Real Nurses, so little time to decide which is which to save your life.
All in all I know this will probably never make it anywhere, but I love the idea in my head. I realize it may be a bit Killer-sided the way I proposed and from the scenarios I listed, but what can I say; I'm biased like everyone else. The dev's would be much better at balancing their game than me, regardless of whether it's the current game or my proposed new mode. I love Dead By Daylight and I have no issue with it the way it is, but I would love to someday see that you can invite a friend to go on a killing spree... somewhat like Freddy vs. Jason starts off as. Just a bit of food for thought from a Huntress main.
~Lykonic
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