Recurrent Issues in Dead by Daylight
Dear Dead by Daylight dev team:
I have fallen in love with the game since I saw it first time in early access and even more when I finally bought it in 2017. I have supported it since then and even made a community for the spanish talking community. This is why I hate seeing problems that harm the quality of the overall experience. Because of this, I think it's good to write down some of the problems I've recurrently encountered throuhout the game.
- Hillbilly suddenly has no terror radior nor chase music
I've encountered this issue since a couple of prior updates. To this date, It's still there. I first thought that the responsible was Monitor & Abuse but I've made sure. It's a common thing that a lot of players have encountered. Although not game breaking it's an important detail that It would be great to see dissapear.
- Lag Switching is tremendously common nowadays
I believe that this is more common than before and I do not know the reason of it. Survivors and Killers alike tend to use this Lag Switching technique to purposely reach pallets and shortening distances between other players. However, I believe that this issue may be fixed with the Dedicated Servers and I know that the devs have talked about this in the the past but this thing has been very notorious in the last months.
- Infuriating presence of DC.
Now this is one of the most annoying and game breaking experiences for me. I've found myself in a lot of games with survivors that completely disconnect from the game because they find out they are against Myers, The Legion or whatever reason they elaborate to just justify themselves to drop the game. Now, I wouldn't have a problem if this issue was isolated but It's been more common than before. The most infuriating thing is that they are free to do it because they are not properly penalized for this behaviour (or at least, I do not see it). They even set up Steam profiles to state things like "Legion = dc". I believe it pretty much ruins the whole experience for the other survivors and the killer. This is even more common in ranks 5 to 1 (even 10).
Now I know that these issues may be well known but I think it's important to highlight them as much as possible to maintain a constant communication with the dev team and hoping they fix them. I really love the transparency of Behaviour Interactive and the work they have put in Dead by Daylight. This is not a rant but rather a highlighting of recurrent issues that I hope to see removed in the future so all players have a great time in the game I've grown to love so much.
Thank you beforehand and have a great day!
Comments
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- Could be Tinkerer.
- I'm almost certain you're confusing lag spikes for lagswitching. The former is very common and will become more common the more killers leave the game, since the only ones left will be from poorer regions who have few alternatives in terms of games.
- This should become better with the introduction of dedicated servers, as the devs will be able to ascertain, with 100% certainty, if it was an intentional DC or a game crash or whatnot.
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- You could be completely right but the times I've encountered this and checked the killer perks they do not have Tinkerer nor Monitor & Abuse. I'll keep checking nonetheless.
- No confusion about this. The "teleport" effect that Lag Switching provides are ALWAYS from a particular survivor and potential zones. For example, I've always encountered this near pallets or hooks and the rest of the match they are completely fine. Lag Spikes are common as you point out and are very differentiable.
- So I've read. I really hope that the DC thing will be more punishable when Dedicated Servers come so the people who do it enjoy their last months doing what they want.
Thank you for your response!
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I’ve been playing this game for a year and a half. Rank one killer and survivor from old system.
I would never dc as killer or survivor. Such a waste of time. Nor lobby dodge.
Until now. Now from time to time I dc against the spirit. She’s the strongest killer in the game.
On ps4 at least. Nurse was never much of a problem. I do alright against the nurse, and hardly anyone uses her on ps4. But the spirit is something else. Unless she doesn’t find me until we’re halfway into the game or something.
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- If the killer is actively chasing you (i.e.: moving) when their TR disappears, it's either a bug or a hack. The only perk that could be used on purpose during a chase to get rid of the TR is Insidious, but as you know, it'd require the killer to stand still.
- Truth be told, I've encountered this as well, but I always figured it was a lag spike. I guess I had too much faith in humanity.
- It will.
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