General Discussions
General Discussions
Do YOU think that Billy will still be fun?
Just looking for a Yes/No to get a community consensus.
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No.
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Not at all, no
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No. He will end up like Nurse
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If he stays exactly the same way he's on PTB right now then.
No
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Fun? It might be. Competitive? Probably not.
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No. For Billy beginners for sure.
Despite the fact I've been playing DbD since beta, I've never actually played Billy and remain quite bad at him. After playing a dozen of games on both live and PTB, I found myself struggling horribly even on live servers where Billy is "op" and barely 2k`ed in any of these games, even though I brought best addons and mori, on PTB servers I didn't even try using chainsaw for instadowns and played like M1 killer, because chainsaw is too punishing to use it and even so I had a lot of difficulties using him. I didn't like Billy before "rework", but sometimes played him for daily, but now I will never ever touch him.
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I never really found him that much fun in the first place. Just seemed a little dull to me. Some of add ons look like they allow for experimentation though
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No.
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Nope, I'm tired of needing a PhD to KIND OF be effective with killers...raising skill floors continues to hurt people trying to pick up the game, and Billy's listed as EASY currently...he certainly won't be easy to pick up if the PTB hits live unchanged.
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No. New changes punish skillful play.
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Yes!
If you are a survivor.
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no
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It depends really. For the average player who picked him up occasionally in mid ranks, sure he will be fun. For the people with a lot of time on billy who played him in high ranks, i can say for certain, he is not fun.
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In his PTB state, he won't. As a long-time add-on-less Billy, I would have to start running a very rare plus an uncommon to make him at least resemble his former self. Not worth it.
Post edited by PrettyFaceKate on2 -
Sadly no
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Ah yes what's more fun than trying to "skillfully" wait for your overheat to go down or just using overheat because the cooldown off of it is faster than literally waiting for it to cooldown naturally.
What's more fun than having had a free range power turned into something that is now somewhere in the range of 40~50% less used than it was before?
What is more f u n than being an m1 killer.
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He’ll still be fun.
But obviously those who play him to get ez 4K slug at 5 gens are going to dislike this change.
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Currently no, since it builds too much heat just for feathering it which removes most skillful ways to use the chainsaw. And mobility and overheating it on purpose to M1lly around is not why i play a fearsome, screaming chainsaw killer.
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No. I wasnt a very good billy player but i actually enjoyed his mobility and running around the map like a mad man. Now i cant even do that :/
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Nurse is what I'd call a veteran's character. You see them in a lot of games -- high reward, high effort. Takes a lot of practice to pull her off effectively. I don't think comparing Billy's overheat to that is fair, as so many have done. It's just waiting out a cool down.
I've played two games of perkless Billy, while he was bugged, so I don't have much basis for comparison, except to say he sounded much more fun before. I do however have a ton of time put into survivor, and I didn't mind facing him.
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oh he will be fun for rank 20 survivors. because after revving his chainsaw 2 times, he will be on cooldown. for anyone else? no.
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He'll be "fun" in the same way Nurse is "fun"
Because we as the killer really enjoy waiting for a red bar to charge while 3 other people are free to do whatever they want.
That really makes the killer role just feel right, ya know? Sitting there, being the same as any other killer while you're on CD.
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No. I really dislike this whole "every killer is getting a cool down" route the devs are taking
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I’m sorry you actually have to THINK when to use your power rather than blindly holding M2.
Also while on cool down you still have your M1 & 115% speed...
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I didn't rly enjoy much playing him before.... so you know my answer after his new minor changes to his power.
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"blindly holding m2" "spamming your power"
These arguments have no substance. Look at any previous response to see why.
And how is being reverted to the basic shell of every killer making you require more thought or skill? It literally caps your abilities to an m1 killer and every aspect of your power and the skill it takes to use doesn't even matter. Again, how is that remotely skillful? At least more than just picking Trapper and not using any traps.
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Nopes.
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No. I think this is going to be like the nurse rework. This will make Billy very frustrating to play as and we will see a rise in spirits.
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No
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Obviously not. Look at what happened to Nurse. The more unfun it is for killer, the more balanced it is in the devs' eyes.
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Given how hard he was to play already there's not a chance in hell of me ever touching him. I'm sure he'll be 'fun' to face though in the same way in the complete curbstomp way most demogorgon matches go. Loop all day then walk out the exit. Never had much trouble looping ol billy unless I got dedicated servered really hard so basic m1 killer billy will just be easier.
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they lowered the skill ceiling, so no. the best billy's were curve-saw billy's they knew everything about the saw, the timing, the loops. they were fun as hek to play against but now if they go through with the changes they will die out
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No, a frustrating mechanics working against him. All mindgames are gone. I see only M1 Billy. Give me any reason to play Billy over any other killer because I can see none.
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No.
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No.
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With what's currently on the ptb no. Overheat just happens too fast so you don't have any room to really try anything before your power is gone.
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It's 30% to get it to full without any travel time factored in, I think, which is pretty crippling if you can't go where you want in one straight line without obstacles.
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I suppose. If billy goes live like this I will probably me mad, but may find him fun.
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No
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Nope, good thing I can just switch to trapper.
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I haven't played him yet but from what i've seen No.
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Nooo... he is unplayable.
Go main server and try 'no sound' or 'double graving' billy. That is a better version of billy in PTB right now... and that is unplayable. Only against noobs less then 1k playtime perhaps? Best at harassing noobs.
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blindly holding m2" "spamming your power? i guess there more skill in survivor holding M1 then killer hold M2🙄
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So keep aiming directly while still considering exact angle with exact range between is less THINK than R2-gunshot, R2-unclocking right behind, keep spamming R2 dream snares while chasing... interesting.
And he has basic attack, WOW nobody knew it, right? That killer can go kill survivors by basic attacks without any kind of ability. The pig has basic attack and even stealth, so she must be OP ofcourse.
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nope
How could a killer not being used anymore be fun?
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No, he looked so boring in the videos I saw
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I think yes once people get use to the changes
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Imagine complaining about killer using his power to kill survivors. Yeah, we are already here. (I'm about the guy you've responded to)
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Like what's the point of different killers if they're all going to have the same cycle of use power -> wait for CD -> use power? At that rate just make a customizable killer. Then at least we're not so bored with it.
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Yes, he will be fun to depip on
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