Dev Update January 2022 Summary

Yeah but you see a Billy thread every three months

Deathslinger you see 3 threads a week

I'm excited about the wiggle.

For solo queue, please make the hiding in locker icon entertaining so we have something to watch while we one-hook.

So, in all honesty... all of this does look pretty good but none of it was what I was hoping to see.

Does the patching system they currently have need work. Yes. Am I glad they're fixing it? Yes. Was that what I wanted to see? No. I wanted to see gameplay related stuff. Even though the patching system is bad, you don't need to interact with it very often and never directly.

Does SBMMR need work? Yes, honestly it needs to be replaced. However, I usually play DbD at night Eastern Time when SBMMR goes on holiday in favor of not making queues terrible so... this probably won't actually affect me much.

Is them buffing Solo Survivors a good thing? Yes. However, I literally never play solo Survivor so... I don't really care.

Is that beta tab system cool? Yep. However, this does kinda feel like it'll mostly get used to test UI/input changes so... cool but eh.

Is the new system for wiggling better? I mean... probably? But... I personally didn't have any issues with how wiggling works.

At the moment I'm just sitting here hoping that part 2 has actual gameplay changes that are coming and isn't also disappointing.

Agreed, I don't want more hud icons that I can't turn off. I haven't had major problems when I play solo queue and like the suspense of not knowing what other survivors are doing and having sudden changes like gens popping or survivors getting downed across the map without warning

Thanks. I'm out of the loop currently because I'm playing different games.

I am pleasantly surprised by some of the things they are implementing.

Been waiting for changes to close the gap between Solo and Premade, this is very good for all sides because the game can then be balanced properly for killers and all survivor types.

This is great news, but we still need a way to fix face camping because it ruins the game for survivors and is a form of griefing if the killer decides he hates someone.

Respect+

Thanks for the tldr.

This patch isnt that big that it needs to be 2 part, just saying

There is a ptb tomorrow so it'a highly likely there are going to be some gameplay changes.

Would be weird to have a ptb if nothing drastic changed

Let's wait for Part 2 for the "How Will We Make Killers Worse But Make Them Think We Are Giving QoL Changes And Buffs But Secretly Doing Shadow Nerfs" post later today.

And foolish one they are bluffing DH to instantly freeze the Killer in place forcing them to get BM and Trolled......what are people even teaching these players these days.

Fair point, I think options for all would be good, I don't want the extra HUD hints to be forced on me if I'd rather not know what other survivors are doing

Because the title initially was "Dev Update January 2021" and Mandy corrected it.