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Are there plans to ever use the Beta tab again?

tabrisael
tabrisael Member Posts: 14
in General Discussions

Back near the beginning of 2022, the team introduced a Beta tab in the settings menu for players to try out new features that didn't necessarily affect overall gameplay or other players, but could be tested without a PTB. The only feature that has utilized this were the wiggle skill checks, which sat in the tab for about a year. It feels like this has simply been forgotten as a feature, and I feel like it could be utilized for things that the dev team can play around with and the community can give feedback on.

For instance, there has been a lobby UI update that has only applied to some players which shows your perk diamond as it would appear in a match (as far as I'm aware, BHVR hasn't stated why some players have gotten it and not others). This feels like something that would feel right at home in the beta tab for players to toggle on and off while it's being created, assuming that it's not a bug that only some players have gotten it and it's already been completed.

new lobby ui.png

Image taken from here: https://www.reddit.com/r/deadbydaylight/comments/13k7uqc/has_anyone_noticed_the_new_ui_change_in_the_lobby/

I'm sure there are many other non-gameplay impacting changes, especially relating to UI, that could be tested in this way, and allow for the community to give feedback more directly rather than relegating some things to a PTB that many can't access.

Comments

  • IlliterateGenocide
    IlliterateGenocide Member Posts: 6,030

    So many features they have been testing should of been shoved in the beta tab. i really dont know why they created it if they never use it

    same with the killswitch, alot of times when something should be killswitched.. its just not

  • bm33
    bm33 Member Posts: 8,274

    It's such a bummer they aren't using the beta tab and instead are randomly selecting players. I was so excited to finally be able to test stuff thanks to the beta tab because being on console I was missing out on PTBs being PC only. Now I'm missing out on testing because I'm not picked to test stuff. 😔