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Basekit slug buff

nikodemo
nikodemo Member Posts: 923
in Feedback and Suggestions

Killer main here.

Survs need some more basekit tools to help with slugging styles.

  • Recover while crawling
  • Recover from downed to Deep Wound state

Add this as basekit in some capacity. Slugging can be a bit too strong in some cases, and is a bit dull gameplay wise.

Comments

  • PetTheDoggo
    PetTheDoggo Member Posts: 1,939

    Slugging is core element of several killers and it is necessary, if you ever want to get comeback when all gens are finished.
    Also when you see survivors letting you down them under pallet, or you expect DS, why the hell should I be forced to pick those…

    Only situation where slugging is an issue imo is when it's basically use from start of the game, which is still difficult to fix. You can't connect limitation for anti-slugging feature to gens, because otherwise survivors can't finish them, you can't connect it to hooks, because that would be massive buff for bully squads (always get downed in position for pallet/flashlight save).

    I personally don't think it's such a big issue anymore, where survivors can simply decide to not deal with it and let killer down them for free DC. It was definetly a bigger issue when it always lead to bleed out.
    Even more so when knockout is not a thing anymore.

  • Emeal
    Emeal Member Posts: 6,607

    I would like this better.

    • Recover from dying at the cost of 80 seconds of bleed out timer to deep wounded (equals two free self pickups)
    • Getting hooked reduces bleed out timer by 85 seconds. (meaning by hookstage 2, you cant self pickup anymore.)
    • Able to Heal and move at half crawling speed OR Crawling without healing like normal speed.

    The goal with this is to allow Survivors more ability to fight back against slugging early game, while keeping late game slugging the same. Excluding only when nobody has been hooked during the game, then Survivors will still be able to pick themselves up.

    I think we should all be able to agree that self-pickup outside of Unbreakable should come at a cost.
    and the above system does that.

  • nikodemo
    nikodemo Member Posts: 923
    https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/3951406#Comment_3951406

    i like to skew the game toward dynamism and choice. slugging should remain a strat, but right now it's a bit too strong for Killers with little in the way of limitation.