So 2021 has ended, what was your favorite and least favorite thing of dbd in 2021 ?

Favorite: Artist, pentimento, DS nerf, OoO rework, key rework (######### finally)

Worst: Slinger nerf, RPD map, Wraith nerf, Trickster.

Fav: the Cenobite entering the fog. I waited so long and he's just so lovingly designed. So well done.

Least: losing his voice. :(

Favourite: The Resident Evil chapter. Just in general.

My friends would make jokes that my prediction for every single chapter would be RE. I was right eventually :)

Least Favourite: Pinhead.

Just, ugh.

Favourite things: The RE-Chapter, because I really like to play Nemesis. Also I like Claire and I somewhat like RPD. Also, Boons, I dont run them, but finally Survivors get a Perk which can change the Meta a bit. (Even tho the mechanic needs some finetuning, but I hope the Perks stay useful)

Least Favourite things: MMR - I was positive about it for a long time, but at this point, I have the feeling that no Matchmaking is active. I get Baby Survivors followed by strong Survivors without any pattern, same for Killers. After going against a stretched res-Blight with strong Add Ons and 3 Slowdown-Perks, I go against a Huntress who DCs after two Gens, because she did not hit a single Hatchet...

And, probably even more - the UI and the animations. Still looks worse than before and the atrocity which was the first version really lets me question what someone has to do, to become Lead in the UI-Department, when it can look so bad. And it still does look worse than before IMO. Same goes for some animations, but I have at least some hope that those will be changed and just take some time. (Especially this "I am injured and ######### in my pants"-running animation...)

In a way, I might say Boons (well, Boons and a specific Boon) for both favorite and least favorite thing in 2021

• I say favorite because in general I think Boons are an interesting new game mechanic that gives all killers and survivors something additional to play around. It’s a neat way to get extra use out of dull totems that were a bit underused.
• I say least favorite for Circle of Healing specifically though because it is apparently so overpowered. That perk causes some major headaches, especially for killers that rely on spreading damage across survivors. Ironically Circle of Healing, because it discourages injuring multiple survivors, makes focussing in and downing a survivor or using Exposed hits and instant downs that much more effective relatively speaking in the fast healing meta, which then leads to even more survivors griping about how “tunneling” and “Bubba” and “camping” are unfair. Fortunately Mikaela’s balance pass is probably coming up soon, so hopefully Circle of Healing’s speed boost is reduced or something similar. If they can rein in this one Boon it would to a long way to reducing how many people post complaining about “Boons” when they’re really just complaining about “that Boon”.

Favorite: Installing Dead by Daylight

Least Favorite: Playing Dead by Daylight

Favorite: Umm... this is hard. I liked the DS nerf. Pinhead's a decent-designed Killer.

Least Favorite: Pretty much everything else. I cannot tell you enough how much I think that this year was a disaster for Dead by Daylight. Between MMR; Boons; RPD; Nemesis; NFTs; Artist; Trickster; Eyrie of Crows; the absolutely pea-brained UI changes; the mediocre animation changes (yeah, they're better than before, but still not great); the fact that they killed a decent Killer; AND the fact that the devs still prioritize making skill-less anti-loop Killers over ones that depend on both players' skill, it all ends up being a massive disappointment to see them mess up for nearly 12 months in a row.

Favorite: Dweet's sunburn snooze cosmetic, the DS balance change, snowman Christmas event.

Last favorite: There's several stand outs. The Resident Evil chapter turning console into a nightmare lag fest. Boons. MMR. Trickster. Pinhead.

Favourite: Jane's cosmetic, boons are fun

Least: NFTs

Favorite thing: I really love boons and RE

Least favorite thing: probably PoM

That chapter isn't bad but very boring imo

Oo and ds nerf

I wouldn't have been so upset about ds nerve if I would have heard about it before i started playing a game with it

Cause it didn't end well

Oh ######### how did I forget hatch

I hate how they changed hatch

Favourite: Hybridpanda returning with _Shrinewatch_

Worst: Implementation of Boons.

Xbox

That's one way of putting it.

Best: nerf to keys

Worst: boons and sbmm

Favourite thing:

• Perks - Flashbangs are 11/10, more variety at higher ranks with killer perks and interesting new mechanic in boon totems.

Least favourite thing:

• In Game - pallet bug at the beginning of the year
• Outside Game - my problems with the game. 2 months of unplayable lag and 2 months of being unable to play the game without using 4G wifi.