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Does DbD devs take character ideas?
I have an extremely good idea, (in my opinion) for a new Dead by Daylight killer. And I was wondering if the Devs take character ideas. I would also love to hear your character ideas and backstories.
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You know, that’s a great question. I see new Killer ideas on the forums regularly. I’ve also posted several myself which I think would be fun (shameless plug for my Physicist idea!). However, to date, I don’t think any player ideas have made it into the game, or for that matter have even been told they’ll receive further consideration.
I would say do the following:
- post your idea
- see if it gets traction from the community
- make edits as you see fit using suggestions that had maybe never occurred to you
- repost the new and improved idea
- tag a dev in your post and cross your fingers that they’ll read it and give positive feedback
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No.
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I would tend to agree with you. Yet I would also argue that they should! There are some awesome ideas out there! I wish they could section off part of the forum so that good ideas aren’t buried into oblivion after an hour. Perhaps a way for people to continuously work together on an idea, tweaking it over an extended period.
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To be fair, they've taken community ideas for core issues in the past... and then created perks rather than fixes for the game.
Haunted Ground, and Spirit Fury were two such community ideas for totems and pallets given on the steam forums before this forum existed :)
Because of copyright issues I'm assuming, they'll never take a community killer idea unless it's through a contest where they can legally prevent you from seeking monetary compensation that would be due to you otherwise. But if it were a contest I guess the compensation would be auric cells and a free copy of the related dlc.
I just don't see it happening at all unfortunately. I've had an idea for a killer that utilized the crows for years...
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I mentioned that I wanted a bright daylight map and lo and behold the new map is both of those things, though I wanted a cemetery.
I asked for a lasso cowboy type killer and for a Mortal Kombat Scorpion type killer and they gave us the cowboy with harpoon and chain.
I'm still waiting for Shirtless Meyers, Daisy Duke Dwight, Mummy/Zombie Killer with Egyptian theme, and Speedo David.
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If you come up with a good idea for a killer power, they would probably consider it, because that is the really difficult part.
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I don't think they use the whole killer or survivor ideas from a fan made chapter. I think they use certain characteristics from the chapters to make new killers and perks. Like they could have read a chapter or request for a killer to drag back survivors and saved it on the back burner for a future killer(The Cowboy). After all a lot of player request things everyday so i would assume they would have endless ideas for them to use.
As for using an actual chapter. They would have to make the person who made the chapter, sign an consent forum. So they can tweak it and use the chapter without getting into trouble.
For example of perks getting made from community feedback and suggestions, says Peanits.
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Thank, you all for the feedback!
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I'll think about posting it! Thank you for all the helpful information.
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I'm probably going to post my idea and see what happens.
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Awesome! I’m eager to see it. Once you post it, tag me on it and I’ll give you some honest feedback and suggestions! 😏
Fair warning, it’s just my personality, but I always try to suggest improvements to help guide an idea toward something the devs might actually pick up on (if they even do such things...). I just don’t want you feeling like I’m some meanie looking for problems. If I find an issue, I’ll suggest a fix for it as well!
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Do you know any Devs I could tag in my post?
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Maybe Peanits or not_Queen, the Community Managers.
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There's no need to tag anyone in your post, please post in the Creations section of the forum though.
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I haven't seen any idea which has been made 100% but they do take on board ideas for new killers.
The community for a long time asked about a killer who could vault windows and pallets - Legion.
Also a ranged killer - Huntress and now Death Slinger.
Then we have one of the most asked for killers which was said to never happen - The Clown.
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Cool, never know maybe down the line it would be used or atleast a variation of it.
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I think they may take a quick look at ideas. But please, for the love of God, really think your idea through. Don't just have a certain look of a killer in mind and make up some unbalanced power around him/her. That way they won't take it seriously and will never turn to community ideas again. They won't copy your whole idea, so give them something well crafted so they can use it as a guideline. <3
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I think nowadays if they're thinking of getting suggestions, they'll just start up another poll like they did for the archives and chapter releases.
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