What if.. there was no gens ?
I feel like gens are the most boring thing about this game, both doing it and defending them. So let us imagine DBD without gens.
Then Killer has to focus on finding and killing Survivors, while the Survivors try to hide and run away if spotted.
It would turn the game into the hide & seek / hide & run game it was originally designed to be.
Instead, the Exit Gates are powered automatically after x minutes. The Timer needs to be failry long. Then there could be new Objectives. Such as finding items hidden on the map and bringing them to different places on the map ( sneakily ). Doing these objectives, would cut down the timer until the exit gates are powered.
Obviously the meta would change drastically and Perks and Killer Powers would have to be tweaked to work accordingly.
Maybe this could also just work as a seperate game-mode with only a selected few Killers ?
I feel like its time that DBD evolves into something new, something fresh. Something we all have been waiting for.
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If something works then I can't see them changing it. The game is successful because of the way it is now - gens and all. For older players yeah, it gets a bit stale. But the formula works and overhauling it is a huge risk from a business perspective. I think the Modifiers are a good breath of fresh air for players who feel the current gameplay is a bit boring.
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I feel weird for liking the skillchecks, especially since I've become more comfortable running Hyperfocus without Stake Out and still hitting max stacks here and there.
That said, I'm more than willing to try different game modes if given the chance that don't involve generators. Imagine having to say, find parts for the gates or something that progresses the match hidden in lockers/chests and hiding inside lockers was removed for example.
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Good luck with convincing killers to go with that. Cause even they complain already about survivors that hide. Especially with distortion. And given that aura reading would be limited in this if it were to ever happen, killers would complain more about their precious aura reading perks.
Personally i hold onto, if it aint broke, dont fix it. And the only thing broken here are these bugs and rubberbanding that they should be more focused on right now.
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Gens are boring, but making the game hide and seek is not the answer. Gens are there to prevent that, the problem is coming up with a suitable replacement for them.
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Gens are the objectives to reduce the match timer already. What we need is to reduce gen times to 30 seconds, but you can't work on them at all until you scavenge something in the map. Tools, parts, fuel whatever…
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There is no base mechanic outside of crows that would allow killers to find survivors easily, something like this worked in F13 because Jason had a sense ability, hide and seek would be a good alternate mode but not a main one
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