Nerfing stronger killers and the Doctor
I keep seeing discussions pop up to nerf "x" killer and "the Doctor is too strong", this is my response to these discussions.
I really hope people realize that it's okay to have strong killers in the game, and not every killer that's better then average needs to be nerfed. Stronger killers like Billy, and Huntress are fine and don't need change due to Huntress's higher skilled play, and Billy's moderately skilled high-risk high-reward play style. Spirit's base kit is fine and her add-ons just need to be altered slightly. The only "stronger" killer that I can see be changed is Freddy, not because he is unfair or too strong, but similar to both the old doctor and old ruin, he benefits from a passive ability (dream state) that takes no skill to use, and seeing the trend the devs have been following I think they don't like that.
As for the Doctor I think he feels as strong as he does to most players right now because people don't know how to play against him yet, he is a killer that needs to be approached differently then most, and despite what people think he CAN be countered without the use of special perks like calm spirit. I think more people need to be aware of the fact that they can't start asking for nerfs the week a killer is released or a killer rework happens. Most killers need to be approached a certain way and it usually takes the player base a while to adjust and establish how to play effectively against that killer. The best example of this is the Plague, she DOMINATED the game when she was released, but a couple months after everyone figured out that if you don't cleanse she sucks ass.
That's my opinion, feel free to share your own, I'd love to hear it. I personally think the next few killer changes we will see are going to be buffs unless the devs tweak spirit's add-ons, because I really don't think the devs are brain dead enough to demolish another strong killer to the point of unplayability like Nurse, I think they learned from their mistakes.
TL;DR: Strong killers are okay and don't need to be nerfed at all. Doctor feels strong to most players because the general player base hasn't adjusted to him yet like many other killers on release.
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Yeah, that's the gist of it. I've seen player say "X killer is a bit strong, what should the devs nerf about them?" It seems any killer that is "a bit" better than average, is deemed nerf worthy. Billy and Huntress are what Killers should look like. And the Doctor rework I think was great. But like you said, some people don't change their playstyle or adapt to different killers and immediately go "OP pls nerf". The problem is solo queue survivors hate relying on their teammates because "they are bad". So they want to have the power to essentially one v one the killer to ensure their survival isn't dependent on their team. Which I can understand. So if a killer feels "oppressive" in a 1 v 1, then he is looked at as "too strong". But yknow, people need to understand its a team game man.
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If every game people picked the same killer maybe but any full weekend I play I'd be lucky to see someone 3 times
New dlc weekends excluded.
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I personally think Billy, Myers, Demo, and Huntress are the 4 most balanced killers in the game. If i had to pick 2 it would be Billy and Myers.
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Entitled green-rank survivor mains are the ones posting the "nerf killers" sub-forums.
It's OK to have powerful killers in the game. These killers are either easy to learn and extremely difficult to master (Billy, GhostFace) or challenging to learn and hella-difficult to master (Nurse, Huntress). And then there's Spirit who is hard to learn but fairly easy to master.
In the case of Doctor, he only seems extremely strong simply because of his overhaul. As people learn to play against him he won't seem so powerful.
That's it. Thanks for reading!
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Freddy should take more skill with snares and Billy and Bubba need add on changes. Just some tweaks, no killer is too strong atm.
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Careful, that's an unpopular opinion! I agree, but I guarantee many others won't.
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Survivors being bad doesn't mean a killer is op.
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Agreed. I don’t hate strong killers but something about Billy just seems cheap. Nurse was stronger and didn’t bother me as much. Probably because with the speed and instadowns its easier for noobs to get lucky with Billy. He takes the least skill out of all the strong killers.
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I didn't say that at all, and you keep making these asumptions. Kinda annoying.
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I didn't say you did say that. Kinda annoying when you keep making assumptions man.
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