Dead by Daylight: More mechanics or not?

Yes, it should not overcompensate things but especially the survivor gameplay outside of chases (and since there are 4 survs that’s kinda a majority of a trial) is pretty boring. Holding M1 on gens, totems, injured survivors.

I tried to make some concepts for this actually, new items for survivors, an advanced objective related to healing and gen repairs without just making them longer..

for killer gameplay m currently the pressure is already high enough/too high and they have at least variety on gameplay when using different killers and mastering one killer is completely different to mastering survivor gameplay

In terms of regular trials, It'd be cool if they added objectives around the map that:

-Change how loops are played(eg. building walls and/or pallets)

-Buff a survivor after collecting for a short duration(maybe sprint/healing/gen speeds)

-hinders all of the survivor if not completed(when the objective isn't completed after a certain amount of time survivors are oblivious for 60 seconds as an example)

-Are collectables that assemble into a new item for survivors(similar to chests but can be done forever at a slower pace)

-Provides knowledge about where the killer is or the perks they have(like a camera room or a bookshelf)

I think I could just keep making this list forever because of just how simple this game is atm.

Yes, a bit more mechanics, something else to do would make things more interesting, in my opinion.

I don't know why OP decided it was necessary to use all 10 available poll options when 3 or 4 would have sufficed, having four different ways to "yes" just convolutes the process and the information people are supposed to gain out of the responses.

But yeah, more mechanics would be nice. (Seriously, is anything else more necessary than just that one line?)

The most knowledge, insight, and rationale is typically gained from the people willing to comment- you can just ask people to elaborate.

If everytime a poll was conducted you listed out every single possible option that anybody could ever think of- you'd never be able to streamline the responses together to form a proper conclusion. Obviously an exaggeration to make my point since the forums limits you to ten responses (but I have no doubt you'd probably have gone over that if you were able to) though my point still stands. Being able to compare the data quickly and immediately between those that responded yes and those that responded no rather than having to sift through "yes and..." four different times for each kind of response doesn't add all that much value.

If the people really liked the options as much as you say they do, you'd see polls all the time make use of every single available poll option much more frequently- but that's not the case at all. Save for the specific circumstances where you need those poll options like "what's your favorite killer?" and then you've somehow got to fit 24 reasonably different answers in 10 poll slots. That is understandable.

What isn't understandable is : "I like Nemesis because he can hit through windows" and then "I like Nemesis because he can break pallets with his tentacle strike" and then "I like Nemesis because he has AI controlled zombies" and on top of that "I like Nemesis because he's a cool character from Resident Evil which is a great franchise". Sure I guess you got more information- but isn't that information redundant as far as the poll itself goes? Couldn't every person just answer "I like Nemesis" and then write their reason for why??

It just doesn't make sense.

Definitely, especially if it adds an extra step or two before the gates are opened.

Of course, were that the case, there'd be more balance changes to be made. Extending a trial would benefit a killer more, so something would need to be put in to even it.

I'd also be for varying the types of skill checks, rather than just that one skill check that revolves around a circular target system.

Dbd can barely handle the mechanics it has as of right now, I don't think more mechanics is a good idea.

One thought I've had is perhaps Survivors could have a task they can do involving putting up say destroyable doors in areas if they've got a specific perk or a new kind of toolbox. Similar to how we've got destroyable door pallets for killers at the moment, the Survivor could spend time building them with skill checks!

I definetly feel like dbd needs some new mechancis, like needing fuel to work on generators and maybe find spare parts to give a small boost to repairs, just something that makes survivors have something more to do than hold m1 while also helping the issues of generator speed.