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Altruism is punished despite being a core principle

k3ijus
k3ijus Member Posts: 278
in Feedback and Suggestions

its pointless to me how altrusim, the most engaging and fun mechanic of the game, more interaction with killer and vise versa, and is supposedly a saving grace is one of the worst plays in dead by daylight

Everything about altruism is punishable, for example staying in groups to navigate, repair and side objectives is punished by the GAME, its so much more powerful for every survivor to be on a separate generator, resulting in more generator repairs and so much less pressure, which by the way isnt fun for both sides.The only killer powers that support altruism is Freddy, demo, twins and the singularity. And there are some killers that actively go against altruism such as the doctor, cannibal, legion, plague, oni, ornyo,. And executioner.

I dont disagree that killers should naturally try to stop altruism, but literally its more rewarding for killers to have a dwight tail his chase for a possibility he wasnt detected and can get a flashlight save body block or pallet save. Killers countering altruism isnt a problem but the fact its kind of pointless for survivor’s to play more interactively is hopeless.


All im asking is for future killers to have a altruistic mechanic, and killers to have perks to help counter altruism if they see fit(emphasis on counter, not negate; lightborn, i hate your existence) surviviors already have a ton of altruism perks, so seeing a buff or more perks like this would be amazing! (Which I already see bhvr doing, thanks!)