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What are some examples of the "Devs not listening"?

KaijuMoose
KaijuMoose Member Posts: 14
in Ask the Community

I've played this game since 2018 on and off casually and have just recently started looking more into the competitive side of this game and one common complaint is that the developers don't listen. I'm not super aware and just want some details about the stereotype.

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  • Anniehere
    Anniehere Member Posts: 1,264
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    It starts with a number of false statements, for example Nurse is not strong enough, Twins are strong in high MMR etc.

    Players who play the game almost every day knows who is the most strong killer in the game, what perk is broken and what map is unbalanced.

    The devs decisions on some things sometimes doesn't make any sense.

    Because most of the time they make a change that is not good for the game, or adding something to counter something problematic in the game; instead of reworking it.

    Therefore we can see a lot of people in the community saying that the developers are not playing the game on a daily basis, like us. Assuming they are making changes using data, which can be wrong at times.

    So when there is a change that is not necessarily good, players coming and claiming that the developers are not listening.

  • steponmeadiris
    steponmeadiris Member Posts: 225
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    One that I personally really disliked was the UI update back in 2021. They added the new UI to the PTB, players checked it out, and just about everyone hated it. Instead of listening to the feedback and making changes (you know... the whole reason there's a PTB in the first place), Behaviour just... added it to live servers anyway.

  • Wampirita
    Wampirita Member Posts: 809
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    4.5.0 PTB was imo the best example.

    It was the most meme patch they released. (highly recommend watching 4.5.0 videos on youtube, it's a good laugh)

    Even though they got A TON of feedback and people telling to not release it to live servers, they did it anyway.


    4.5.0 was:

    • Hud update EVERYONE hated

    • Change in survivor animations that made survivor's tricks impossible to do (360's/moonwalking)

    • Some maps lost/gained collision in stupid spots

    • EVERY killer had lunge range of Freddy (when he was still playable)

    • The Game became Pallet Town and was left unbalanced as hell to this very day


    Thankfully most of it got fixed, but should never be released outside of ptb