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I'm leaving Dead By Daylight permanently
I don't want to sound like seeking attention. I'm aiming to tell my reasoning with this little rant so if you wanna give some time to it, maybe you can relate to some of my problems with the game.
First off, I started playing since March 2020. I saw Bill's trailer on YouTube and I love L4D2. I also bought Dying Light for the same reason, the idea of a crossover game with many franchises sounded super cool. First times I was scared, it felt like a legit horror game. I also tried killer once but at my first game I faced with absolutely toxic survivors. I was playing huntress in haddonfield, one match that i could never forget. Eventually I learned few things and it started to not feel scary anymore. it felt like a frustrating competitive game. But is it even a competitive game when RNG is over the top? Just because of the high rng i think the skill matters to only some extent.
- Latency is very frustrating. My hatches won't hit, my dead hard's won't work and i get exhausted on ground. i can't have fun with a badly programmed game. Now I don't know whether if i should blame dedicated servers or the community for asking for dedicated servers for this, but it is my biggest problem with this game.
- They fix ONE bug, which brings at least FOUR more bugs. Sometimes I just think they're making up bugs just to tell they're bugfixing all the time. One thing I liked was Spirit's sounds during phase. I considered that as a shadow nerf but they fixed it. Can't even have good things accidentally.
- Very few content. I can't explain how many times i went back to survivor tutorial just to get my running vault work properly. This game needs a practice mode where you can set scenarios, practice with the situations, and map exploring (especially for The Game). My friends do not play this game so I can't use Custom Game. I'm only limited with ranked matches and i keep going against red rank swfs when i'm just a green rank killer.
- Complaining about toxicity doesn't but it's still a problem for me. Being an ######### and mocking the opponent is something i don't comprehend. (t-bags, hook smacks, facecamping (which is a ######### strategy IMO), etc.) it's not ######### funny c'mon.
- Meta never changes. I really don't like second chance perks even if they're powerful. Map awareness and detection was always more important to me since I'm a solo Q, but the odds of using underrated perks are so low. IMO the meta BT, DS, DH and Adrenaline/Unbreakable is very clutch and boring. OoO is broken in certain maps. (Can't we ever have a MoM buff?)
I think this game has a great potential but currently it's in wrong hands. I'm not sure if it will be better with different coders but I really can't enjoy this game anymore. If you could relate to some of my problems then I'm happy. Thank you for reading my topic and i wish you good games.
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We've had a pretty big shakeup of the killer meta recently with Ruin and Undying. They've also made certain perks like Mindbreaker way more viable which is nice. It is very obvious that the developers are terrified of shaking up the survivor meta, which is a shame. But we know how it'd go if DS was made actually anti-tunnel or Unbreakable and DS making you invincible to bad plays. There are problem perks on both sides, however. Don't want to make anyone think I'm being biased. I DO think that Undying is way too punishing to solo players, especially with the refusal to add a totem counter. It may even drive some away from the game.
The survivor meta has been the same since I started playing YEARS ago, while killers have had several major build shake ups since then. It's reached the point where as a solo survivor who plays with more unique or themed builds is getting me reported by teammates post game for not using BT or Unbreakable. Madness.
They're actively working on the latency and have even stated that Dead Hards programming is being re-written to work better with dedicated servers which is good.
I'll say what I've said before. The only reason DBD is still so successful is because every other major Assymetrical horror game that has come out has somehow had even worse design decisions made post launch.
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"Latency is very frustrating. My hatches won't hit"
So i don't know about you but i've literally been hit with a hatchet through an entire wall so im actually super confused on what you are talking about in regards to missing 'hatchets" due to latency im not gonna lie chief this sounds more of a you problem unless you have 1000 ping and even then you'd still get latency hits.
"They fix ONE bug, which brings at least FOUR more bugs. Sometimes I just think they're making up bugs just to tell they're bugfixing all the time. One thing I liked was Spirit's sounds during phase. I considered that as a shadow nerf but they fixed it. Can't even have good things accidentally"
Eh To an extent you're not wrong on this but the problem is more aimed at the fact a PTB is suppose to be used for fixing bugs but instead its not really the purpose of it. Also they don't really play test they just log in walk around and then disconnect.
"Complaining about toxicity doesn't but it's still a problem for me. Being an *sshole and mocking the opponent is something i don't comprehend. (t-bags, hook smacks, facecamping (which is a [BAD WORD] strategy IMO), etc.) it's not f*cking funny c'mon."
I mean you can just try not caring about BM survivors always try to BM me but can't do that when they are all on the hook :)
Meta never changes. I really don't like second chance perks even if they're powerful. Map awareness and detection was always more important to me since I'm a solo Q, but the odds of using underrated perks are so low. IMO the meta BT, DS, DH and Adrenaline/Unbreakable is very clutch and boring. OoO is broken in certain maps. (Can't we ever have a MoM buff?)
Now to this point the core issue with the meta as it stands is behavior continues to want to change killer meta without understanding meta in this game is completely influenced by the other side and this is where the issues start they change one sides meta perks while ignoring the problematic ones on the other side also granted There's actually few meta survivor perks compared to killer notice how you can only name a hand full.
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Yeah, if thats happening it has to be on his end. Hatchet hitboxes are already forgiving as hell and latency combined with them makes hits outright lies most of the time.
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It's sad to see another DbD player leaving, but it's understandable. I recently came back to the game myself after leaving a few weeks back because of the issues, and I sort of regret doing it, but part of me feels I need to because of the amount of money I've put into the DLC and the work I've done on it. Latency is one of the biggest gripes I have with the game overall. I've had a similar experience with Huntress and Deathslinger. Huntress hatchets sometimes just phase right through survivors, others they just fly right on by but smack them anyway. Then there's the smacked directly, and the hit animates, the survivor even does his pain from being hit, but the game doesn't register it at all. Hopefully one day soon the game will be in a decent state, but here's hoping you find a new game to enjoy, and hope to one day see you return!
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My games have been absolutely great since dedicated servers, when it was p2p, it was horrendous, especially when people used VPNs and crap to play people thousands of miles away...
As for bugs, that's the nature of programming... and if you expect anything to ever be 100% bug free, I've got bad news for you...
I, personally, don't like how competitive this game has become and is becoming more of. It was a lot more fun back in the days when you could just play and felt good about it, instead of micromanaging every match, etc.
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okay.
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I just took a 5 day hiatus from DBD, now I feel fantastic🥳
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I've played this game since it came out, and it has come a very long way from what it started out as. We have endured extremely long lobby times, several bugs, crashes, loss of data, etc. You have literally been playing since March, you obviously can't rank up or even start to grasp the controls or even become remotely successful in your game play, and as a result you feel the need to announce your departure to a group that has invested thousands of hours of gameplay and emotions and not to mention the amount of money we have spent on DLC that ended up getting nerfed. The game does have a toxic community unfortunately, but you learn to roll with the punches. Play in a group of 4 with mics, have your own role, when the killer face camps you can easily get each other off of the hook. Learn how to take protection hits, juke the killer, learn how to 360 the killer, just learn how to play. You think we have never gotten upset at the game before??? We move on when someone face camps and we move on when something doesn't go our way. You may want to invest in a Nintendo Switch, my 6 year old has played through many games on it, so I think you'll be enthralled by your sense of accomplishment every 5 minutes or so.
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Just saying I'm agreeing with all you're saying but the hatchets are kinda 50/50 I've had games where I've been hit trough walls and haybales but then others where it's supposed to hit and hasn't I think the whole huntress system is really bad with dedicated servers and the delay on both sides but I'm not one to complain I just silently rage. Also adding to this list the hill blockage hasn't completely been fixed as I now get stuck on the top sides rather than bottom and that's just as annoying it's almost like they couldn't fix it so they moved it hoping we wouldn't notice
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There's pay to win and montization as well. I wish everyone had the common sense to leave or at least step away for a while. There's so many issues with the game but why should they care when their shills are there to protect them
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I say this with plenty of PvP games and this is why I don't play them as much as PvE - the game can be great but the people can just stink. That includes you devs, no one's special enough to leave out.
I play from time to time now but definitely not as often - I play a lot of Destiny 2 now and it's just more fun simply because with the PvE part.. it's not about stressing out while trying to have fun.
But plenty of killers and survivors in this game just care about their experience and never think of the other party - especially survivors towards killers. It's like they treat them like real killers and it's just ridiculous.
So yeah, no one can blame you; but I've been playing a bit longer and I'm still kinda interested - I guess while I took a break it got worse.
Go figure.
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I know that last tibit of yours was bad faith, but I do agree he should play something else. A better game
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Yup, I joined dbd in June of this year and the first game is not forgotten, when you play and lower your level, even playing against good people, you realize that the "terror" of the game is lost and that you are entering To a competitive game where the only thing that everyone cares about is winning, lowering the rank and raising blood points as well as fragments, I play to gain experience and thus later counteract my skills as a killer, although the toxicity in this The game is more contaminated by the survivors than by the killers, I hope you can find a game where you feel more comfortable and wear a lot of clothes for it, I wish you luck ...
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"I think this game has a great potential but currently it's in wrong hands."
This exact point. I wish they would just sell it (but not to EA).
If they made the game less grindy people wouldnt fiend the BP so hard and actually play for fun.
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Yup thanks showing the best side of the community by this respectful ans useful comment
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I take this for what it is for me. A game I can pick up whenever and not really feel like but having played cost me my competitive edge....UNLESS certain things happen. My biggest gripe is that Scream is silent for more then half the game. I use spine chill and I still end up getting picked off. I also dislike the vomiting that can basically cover the entire room and you can't escape it, but I can deal with that.
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yep the game is getting stale, and the new graphics are killing the game on console, i hate to say it but wothout a new mode the game lose it's savour
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I downloaded the game a while back before tomes were a thing. Came back for season 4.
About toxic players,
Bullied people bully people.
If someone acts up & starts being toxic there's only 1 thing happening that I've noticed in 90% of toxic people.
They only act up when they know someone else is watching. Playing with a friend in the room. On vent with friends ect.
Otherwise they are quite because they have no one to try impress,
NOW as for if another company came to take over DBD, nope you wouldn't like that. The new company would know LESS about coding then Current devs.
Unless it was EA...
AS FOR THE META
Those players aren't using them because they want to, its because they HAVE too, they google stupid stuff like (DBD best perks)
There's only 2 mandatory perks in the game ATM. Bbq&c & we're going to live forever,
Both give you up to 100% BP post game.
Your truly an amazing player if you don't play with handicaps
(Term for giving yourself a boost)
See you in 2021.
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EDIT: other companies who would like DBD,
Activision Blizzard, they would fix the toxicity so dang fast.
SEGA, they already sells pallet swaps on the shop.
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What? Do you want me to cry and join the circlejerk? We have this thread every week.
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Can I have a going away party when I finally wise up and quit?
😅
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Meta 👏 will 👏never👏Change👏As 👏long 👏 as 👏 built-in👏 Mechanics👏 Remain👏 The👏 Same.
It’s really simple. I get it. “Not every killer plays sweaty”... the problem is NOBODY knows this prior to going into a match, we don’t even know which killer it is. So, your options are take the risk that the killer won’t abuse their free pressure. OR have a decent time in the match where you can counter these mechanics.
Survivors are literally bringing perks to counter these mechanics, because the alternative is to either sacrifice yourself or another.
I agree with the rest though.
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If you dont like it then no point in playing. Only thing that bothers me is the camping killers because I feel it truly ruins the match.
I dont really notice bugs every single time I play so for me it ain't that bad. The bug where you couldn't hook a survivor was bad though but they sorted it relatively quick.
The game isn't for everyone but playing since March isnt a long time
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I wouldn’t call it that much of a shake up.
It’s simply “Oh... we can make Ruin oppressive again, and punish noobs and solo again”
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True I guess. tbf old Ruin didnt really hurt solos at all. Unless you were the unluckies man on earth it only added about 30 seconds to a gen. and that was if you couldnt hit greats.
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i agree you still have to take pop to be efficient, and undying only synergies with ruin, oh the old meta yay what shakeup, at least you search totem now if you are swf. oh you're solo then it's gg i guess since most people in red rank plays like they're green rank. off to kill myself then
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The biggest problem for me is the same boring 7 perks I always see from survivors I don't blame you for leaving dude.
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It’s ping-related. That’s all there is to it. Ping can make or break a game for you.
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You'll be back, and we'll be waiting
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Okay bye! No offense but you probably won’t be missed!
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I need to create a macro on my keyboard for this, since these posts happen so frequently. Don't announce you're leaving, just leave. No one cares.
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I can agree heavily with everything basically and I just deal with it..... Nuff said...
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ok? bye lol
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Sir u just need to play more to learn how the game works march 2020 lmao
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At the moment most of the bugs are when you play killer since sometimes you can't hear footsteps or downed survivors
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My advice, take some time off. If you already have, take some more time. Taking an extended break from a game can be good if it is becoming frustrating or unfun. However, if you truly are done with the game. It's fine. You'll still have your memories and at least you tried something new.
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I'm glad not everyone in this community are #########.
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Unfortunately that's just dbd and will probably allways stay like that. Survivors are toxic to both there teammates and the killer, allways trying to find new ways to bm and that causes killers to tunnel and camp because it pisses them off so much and so the other survivors just do it too and it's just a endless circle that will probably never change
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K, hun, see ya next week
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I feel ya mate, Ive stopped playing it 3 days ago and I don't think I'm ever gonna play it again
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YAY!!!!
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Go directly to jail, do not pass go, do not collect 200$
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LMAOO I've been playing since april and I'm rank 2 easy.. My only issue which no one can touch is why dont we get paid for running the killer for 4 or 5 gens??? Huh huh huh lol instead we depip wow and the team get paid tho
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But no cake, and we can't afford a good entertainer so you have a choice of a clown with a bad cough who eats fingers or an old guy in an ugly sweater that also coughs because he smokes all the time.
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Just the other day I was being healed by a teammate and deathslinger saw us from a distance, shot at me and it acted like it hit me, but it didn't. It was almost like it grazed me and my character (Cheryl) screamed like she'd gotten hit. By all means I should have, but I didn't, then he turned his attention to someone else.
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ok?
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Seriously?? No need to be a dick. That's some responsible parenting right there too 🤨
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It's called grow a ######### sack and get over it. You're the equivalent of a Male Karen. Nobody gives a flying ######### if you're leaving. Just go, and don't rant about it.
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Ive been playing this game for 3 yrs now and I play both sides round bout equal.As both a killer and Survivor player i found I had more fun from both perspectives during the pre"end game" mechanic.Its really the only main thing I can't stand about the game.thats both k8ller & Survivor side of me.I can't help it if most of you disagree with My opinion on the subject. As killer I've always enjoyed a good challenging chase,I dont camp I want you off to run somemore,in my opinion endgame robs and cheapens the whole reason of the entity's trial's, the very heart and soul in the matches purpose,its core make up.Thats how i feel anyways.
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