Houndmaster is Nearly Unusably Buggy - Really Needed More Time to Cook
This is less on reporting the specific bugs of Houndmaster and more feedback on this Chapter release:
I love you guys, as Devs and CMs so so so so much. Thank you for making this game that we all love. Please know that I say this with nothing but love for you guys from the absolute bottom of my heart and what you do for this game and I only want this game to be the best it can be:
I absolutely cannot believe that Houndmaster was released in this state. She needed wayyyy more time to cook.
She is nearly unusable, her power literally barely ever works, and the very fundamental systems that her power is based off of (AI pathing) does not work. This is genuinely the first time I've ever played through a chapter release since DBD started in 2016 that I have legitimately said, this Killer should not have released.
I understand that the studio plans everything 1-1.5 years in advance, and it's not as simple (down-near impossible) as just changing things around. But when a Killer is in this kind of state, where even the literal most basic aspects of the power do not even work, please consider another option.
Houndmaster's dog disappears, gets stuck into things, randomly teleports into impossible locations, runs around the map without command and for no reason, pulls Survivors in the opposite direction of the Killer when they're grabbed, refuses to return to her after being sent out for Chases and Searches, initiates Chases from across the map and nowhere near where the highlighted path shows, teleports the Houndmaster's position to the Dog when a Redirect is initiated as the Redirect timer is ending, or half the time just straight-up doesn't even do anything… she is easily the most frustrating Killer to ever be released (and that's saying a lot considering Twins and Knight).
I love you guys so much, and I appreciate the work you do, but characters need to function on a basic level and Houndmaster just… flat-out does not.
I plea that in the future, consider that releases in this dire a technical state be delayed. Players are going to play Houndmaster now and decide that she's unusably frustrating to play and never pick her up again - even if "fixed" she will not have a high pick rate after a couple months. Cosmetics won't be purchased, and content creators will recommend against purchasing the Chapter. All-round and long-term, releasing killers in this state will slowly erode the integrity and longevity of the game and actively lose interest from frustrated players.
I love you devs and CMs, please keep doing the amazing work that you're doing, and I'm excited for Bone Chill <3
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shoutout to the OP for not being angry and rude. Tis a welcome thing in this community, i too love these devs and game.
But yeah, this killer is just awful, mainly because of how bad the dog AI is.
On the bright side it made getting the "escape five trials while broken" challenge wayyyy easier.
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I enjoyed playing her on the PTB, despite encountering many bugs. I was excited about the release and hoped that most of the issues would be fixed, but unfortunately, this chapter is a buggy mess. I'm extremely disappointed because this could have been a fun and interesting chapter. They should have delayed the launch to ensure she functioned properly before releasing her.
Well said :)
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Completely agreed.
39% positive on steam, people are not happy with the AI of the dog.1 -
It's unfortunate, as she is fun to play when she works. It's an another Twins situation.
Snug unfortunately lost his last braincell and spends most of his time in trials searching for it.
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