http://dbd.game/killswitch
I wanted to quit DBD, but I'm a very conflicted person.
I know I made a post saying I was done with DBD, but sadly as conflicted as I am I don't think I'll ever be able to quit this game. It's just I've put so much time and stressful grinding into this game, and me turning my back on it just makes me feel like I'm a quitter. But since I'm still stuck with DBD, I'm gonna start changing my views towards the game.
I don't want to think about the bad balancing decisions, I'll talk about it on here but when I'm playing the game I'd rather not think about it. If I like an outfit that I see in the store, then I'll just buy it. Pretty much want to support the cosmetic team, because not gonna lie that new Clown outfit is pretty good. I just want to be happy when I'm playing DBD, and I don't normally get butthurt about losing because it's gonna happen in a video game. Also I simply refuse to level up all the survivors to level 50 with every single perk, probably won't bother doing this until perk tiers are maybe gone. I'll just stick to the survivors I enjoy playing, also Kate is bae af.
I'm pretty much starting a new relationship with DBD, and hopefully this one will keep me positive. I still do rather well at the game as both survivor and killer especially with how bad bugs and the servers are. Even though I won't be quitting the game, breaks are still definitely gonna be a thing for me. Because I can't really sit down and play DBD every day like I used to two years ago, plus I like playing other games. It's 2021 and this is a year of positivity for me, I want to be happy and just play all sorts of new games and go back to games in my backlog.
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Hope it works out for ya'.
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It all boils down to if you're having fun. Ofc there will be frustrations as that's inevitable with DBD but if in the end you're having fun most of the time, it's ok to continue playing.
Still if you really want to quit, it's better to quit. Don't mind the time you've put it, I have 3k hours and I would quit permanetly if the game stopped beiing fun for me but luckily, that never happened to me. I always end up enjoying the game more than I get frustrated with it, the breaks help a lot if there's other stuff you want to play as you mentioned.
Just remember that this game is addicting in a really weird way, if you're having a bad time, don't continue to play it, it'll get worse.
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Well I pretty much have a schedule with DBD that I do atm, mainly cause I want to grind out stuff that I need on my favorite survivors to play. As well as putting points onto all the killers just to have more add ons along with offerings. Right now I'm pretty much playing DBD every Monday-Thursday until I'm done grinding for stuff, and in those days play other online stuff as well. Weekends are mostly my breaks from online games, and focusing on single player games. I'm basically just a variety gamer, and honestly think it's more fun being variety than just someone who plays one game for a living.
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Hope so to
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Man I thought I was the only one with this mind set lol. I'm actually going the other direction as you; playing less and less until I totally stop.
I've tried to quit dbd for like 6 months now but I still keep playing. Eveeytime I play I just reminded how awful this game usually is with bugs, toxic players, etc.
I don't have friends to swf with so that leaves me playing solo queue which is honestly just demoralizing most of the time. Which means I play killer most of the time.
I really only like playing bubba, legion, huntress, sometimes clown. I'll play the others occasionally if the mood strikes but I don't find them enjoyable. Playing the same killers just gets old after a while.
I've just been burnt out with the game. Trickster looked really promising and still does and was hoping he would give me more of a reason to play but he ended up being a massive disappointment. Knowing how long it takes bhvr to fix things, its looking like he won't even begin to be fixed for months from now.
I'll probably check the news/ forums still, but I'm pretty much done with this game unless they release a massive trickster overhaul.
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Man, I've turned my back on lots of games with a lot of grinds. Eventually you learn to just let it go.
But I hope your return works out for you. Just be willing to put it down if the stress gets to you.
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Try playing rocket league. The percentage of games where you have fun is around 99.9%. Dbd doesn’t care about fun.
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I will agree with you as a Clown main, the new outfit is siiiiick. I snapped that up right away!
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Good luck in your new way of playing!
(Kate is cool and all but Jane is still better:)
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agreed!
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You shoulda walked away, son. Now we teach you this lesson again, a second time. It's nothing personal, just destiny.
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I understand where you are coming from. There are 2 times I have come close to quitting this game.
The first time I was playing with the goal of becoming a rank 1 survivor. About the time I hit red ranks things started to change. The sweat I played with to be able to attain my rank goals was making the game less fun. The sweat from the other 4 players also contributed. It started to feel like a chore as opposed to something fun. I was about to quit then until I decided to scrap the idea of rank and just have fun.
The second time I nearly quit was right after crossplay was implemented. I play on PS4 as a survivor main. As soon as crossplay began the amount of matches I had where the killer slugged from the start went up exponentially. Don't get me wrong. I realize slugging is a valid strategy, and I'm not condemning it. It just happens to suck every bit of enjoyment out of the game for me. I actually quit for about 2 weeks until it occured to me to try turning off crossplay to see if it made a difference. Fortunately for me it made a huge difference. Slugfest matches became much more rare.
I think the bottom line for anyone is whether or not they are enjoying the game. It's that way with any game I suppose. The moment you can no longer make it fun is the moment you just don't want to play anymore.
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Yep i know the feeling of leaving. It feels like all your efforts are down the drains. I have been through this many, many times.
However, i think you should leave and take a break. Getting too attached to a thing is not good for your health. Sure the moment you dropped the game the feeling sucks, but afterwards you’ll realise how stressful you were, and how much stress you have relieved yourself. Trust me, that feeling is really wonderful.
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I think the biggest problem is that people just play this game way to much. They let the frustrations of the game build up and then still keep playing.
I always have another game i play alongside DbD and play mostly like 2-3 matches a day. Killer and survivor. Maybe more on days were i have more time but those are rather rare.
And with that I still enjoy the game. Mc Cote get's meme'd a lot but his advice to play Civ 5 is actually solid gold. If the game starts to frustrate you play something relaxing and come back later
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I was feeling a bit of the same so I tried out DbD mobile. Turns out it is pretty chill compared to its big brother and a nice change of pace while not changing too much.
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This game isn't a relationship. You shouldn't feel bad if you want to quit, the devs should for consistently putting out such buggy updates every patch and disregarding the community. Don't let sunken cost fallacy affect your decision, you shouldn't be thinking "I'm stuck with this game". Like you said there are a lot of games out there that you can enjoy that respect both your time and overall experience. Enjoy those, keep your eyes on DBD if you want but don't begrudgingly play it, that's on the devs for evoking such a feeling with how they handle the game.
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I'm the opposite myself, I want to play but I just can't bring myself to. Don't wanna play surv cause it's not fun to go vs Spirit, Slinger, Phead etc. Killer controls the fun the survs can have, always mained killer anyway. But with killer I just don't wanna play cause of the maps. I try to give the game a chance, and I play like 8 games and 6 of them are the god awful maps (indoor maps, mothers dwelling, badham, haddonfield) to the point I just can't. Atleast with surv you can suicide on hook, with killer you can't do ######### other than go afk which hardly speeds up the game anyway as survs usually piss about, I also (assuming each map has a 1/36 chance of being picked) get maps I strongly dislike ~2.4x more than expected, I've been tracking this since November. It's just intolerable enough to the point I don't wanna play, and if I do get those maps or keys I just end up facecamping cause I really can't be arsed playing and can't dc. Since the start of 2020, the game has gone downhill massively, tens of awful changes and they've definitely caught up to me, boring killers, new UI, DC penalties, ######### map reworks, ######### maps in general, too many unfun things that my experience is ######### pretty much every time I play now.
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this game is like being in an abusive relationship you know its bad for you and it will never change no matter how many times it promises you it will
but you still come back for more
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I'm thinking of taking a long break and deactivating my forum account.
As much as I don't enjoy the game and the directions its headed nowadays I still love it and play it a lot (if that makes sense). I think the point I stopped enjoying the game as much was when I started browsing the forums more, getting caught up in endless (pointless, at least with these devs) balance discussions, etc. Getting annoying by things in the game that I was blissfully unaware of before coming here.
It's been really bad the last year where thanks to Covid I'm on paid leave for nearly the entire year. Stuck inside trying to stay physically and mentally healthy, and the amount of time I spend on here getting heated over what is ultimately pointless discussion. I got banned for a month a while back and didn't visit once and despite that I felt like I was spending my spare time more productively, like getting back into reading. And it felt good.
I want to be at the point where I just enjoy the game again and don't give a ######### about whats op and whats not. Not seeing all the faults in the game every time I power it on.
Are you me?
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I have some advice for everyone that lets frustration change their opinion of DBD, you've gotta stop giving a #########. Stop caring about ranking, no one respects you because of it, no one's impressed. Matchmaking doesn't even respect rank. Just play and have fun. Every trial doesn't matter, none of the trials matter. The play is all that matters.
Match isn't going your way? Lose and then play another after, then another, then another. Consider every tiny success a win, consider every improvement an accomplishment. Making red ranks fight for their win is more of an accomplishment than stomping 20's. Having fun is the biggest accomplishment of all.
And most of all, when a survivor is being an #########, kill them. That's more fun than winning. When a survivor is trying to make you mad, kill them before they succeed. Giving them another fair chance to escape will only make you feel worse when they do. They want your attention, give it to them. Not to teach them a lesson, not to ruin their lives, just for fun. ######### them if they can't see the funny. They'll cry no matter what, give them a reason.
I'm not a sweaty player, I don't go for snowballs and rarely use much strategy. I'm playing for hooks, that's my challenge. When survivors make me want to tunnel or camp, I do. Not to win, but because revenge is fun. Clicky flashlights fuel my fire. If you teabag, you better be good enough to get away, because I like killing aggressive players.
I haven't gotten angry at this game in a long time. I get a little angry when survivors that did nothing teabag at exit, but that's just because they suck. But big picture, I like it when unskilled survivors rank up, makes them more fun for another killer to kill.
You're already playing Clown. You chose to play a challenging killer, remember why. It wasn't because you wanted balance, it wasn't because you needed an emblem or a rank. You chose clown for fun, now play for fun. When you find yourself playing for another reason, slap yourself across your big clown face and get your priorities in order. Play for fun.
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I hate to say but that was really well done and very nice. I got a new respect for you. I never disliked you but I was a bit indifferent just like I am with most people on the forum. Well done!
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I should uninstall the game, I know it, but I'm weak. I've put a lot of money into getting all the DLC and some outfits. The time and money already put in plus FOMO keeps me from outright quitting. So, I meme around a lot, do the challenges and achievements, and overall try not to take it too seriously. After I grind out each Rift I pretty much take a break until the next Rift goes live.
I used to hope that the devs would release a new killer that would get me super into the game again, but their recent roster of killers has proven that they don't care about the console experience at all, so I gave up hope of a new favorite killer. I really wish they had never released DbD to consoles; I'd have more respect for the game if it remained PC only.
My friend recently started playing Death Stranding, and I actually enjoy myself more watching him play a walking SIM delivering packages than I do actively participating in the average DbD match.
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Oh I've played Rocket League, it used to be my main game until I discovered Dead By Daylight.
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Kate has very nice legs
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Thankfully enough I don't play the game everyday anymore, I just want to grind out on things so I can then put DBD into a category that I'd play every now and then.
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Jane’s thighs though!
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Well then you don’t need much of an introduction to it. Personally I don’t think any game comes close to it despite how simple it is
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I don't play the game to win, I just play to have fun. The only things in this game that really irritate me are fast downs when I'm playing as a survivor (it really sucks when the killer makes a beeline for you and gets you, then camps you, after you waited five minutes to get into the match), killers working with survivors, and the general existence of the Trickster. Beyond that I just have fun. Fix some generators, live through some chases, get some people off some hooks. As long as my matches last at least five or ten minutes and I feel like I actually got something done and earned an okay amount of bloodpoints, that's all I need. It's the sneaking, hiding, and little in-game victories that matter more to me than whether I survive.
I'm not good enough as killer yet to really have anything to complain about other than how frustrating playing against survivors can be, lol.
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Jane in the rockabilly outfit.
Um, yes please.
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Juicy 😙
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I feel you bud. Quit for 8 months, Ame back and can't be bothered to grind the rift at all. I keep staring at my screen telling myself to finish it but I'm tier 43 so who am I kidding... I'll play a couple of matches per day and hate myself for wasting another perfectly good 30 minutes of my life on this utter trash. I'd rather beat off at this point.
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Can't blame you, DBD is stressful to enjoy but difficult to walk away from as well. I really hope things work out for you. Gl man.
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You don't beat off WHILE you're playing this game? You're not playing it right.
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I try to have fun in this game every time then a swf DS, ADR, OP ASS PERKS HADDONFIELD OFFERING BLING BLANG TEA BAG TEA BAG OMG OMG GET REKTTTT KILLER SO BAD XD IM SO GOOD
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just play a tier killers the game is alot more fun
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I feel you on this my Friend.. Now this is kinda a long rant but Here me out:
See.. this game is like a bad Addiction at times.. Sometimes it's good. Sometimes it's bad.. Most of the time its Dedicated But we don't mention that, Now.. Coming from me who's a Very competitive Killer / Survivor, that has a Issue with Trying to be competitive but at the same time messing up alot of my hits / chases / looping. Stemming my Anger Badly. Now in turn this does upset myself and cause me to just go into a Deep state of Depression due to that fact that i Can't let up my Competitive side..
Now this doesn't say i take the game seriously at times. Sometimes i laugh. Sometimes i ######### and complain. But most of all.. i'm ranting it out because it's not Healthy to keep all that pent up issue this game can do to you, Now by NO means is this game Comp worthy, but i still try and act like it does. Hence My competitive status, the only real issue is that. we hate being Bad and we hate seeing stuff Not work in our favor.. Especially as a weak killer, I.E you as a clown. Or me playing Wraith. I still try to make them viable to a certain Extent.. Now we know they don't even come close to competing with Decent survivors but i digress,
Now with me, (and Yes i'm bringing this up for a few reasons but that'll be too long of the post) I'm a Varity killer, and i usually play every killer every day, knowing that i like em and i choose to be like that. Course i defended such Topics as the Blight J-Flick. Which IS an Exploit.. Despite there being Stretch Res for Survivor.. Yeah it's bs at times. But there's no reason to defend such Exploit.. Course i always let my anger cloud my judgment and i Don't expect Apologies from anyone but myself,
Trying to play this game in a Non-Competitive state is just hard. Especially for a guy like myself. I already have my own issues stemming from like i said, Anger and Depression. (And streaming this game for 8-12 hours a day...which doesn't help) But even then i still try to be wholesome to people bout it. Now i wish i could go back and tell people i'm sorry for being a toxic lil ######### towards them. But i highly doubt that'll happen, Sometimes it's best to just move on from said game..
But if you had to take My Best Advice... Don't play Comp Dbd.. it'll change your whole playstyle and it will severely Burn you out of dbd pub matches. and make you a filthy tryhard sweat... Play it for fun. Play however you like and don't let nobody tell you to change your playstyle my guy.. (Lest you're a tunneling Facecamping lil bish. then i'm tbagging you furiously at every pallet and get facecamped cause of it)
But please. if you need to. take a break from dbd, a day off. a week or two. Go refresh your mind and always keep your health in check my guy <3 *Sorry bout the long Post. i just needed to vent a slight bit*
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I hope you will enjoy, wellcome back.
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