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Daily 'RPD sucks' discussion thread

egg_
egg_ Member Posts: 1,933

RPD is hot garbage and every time I end in that map I get reminded of it

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  • exf310n
    exf310n Member Posts: 24

    I'm going to need some reasons for it being hot garbage.

    Are you referring to playing killer on this map, playing survivor, being console player? What exactly are you complaining about here?

  • GreaseFace
    GreaseFace Member Posts: 39

    I feel right at home on that map. Loved that game and adore the maps inclusion. I guess it really does pay off to be a gamer…

  • Marc_123
    Marc_123 Member Posts: 3,687

    Just played it and it was cool.

    Ok, not for the Nemesis.

  • egg_
    egg_ Member Posts: 1,933
  • Chimp
    Chimp Applicant Posts: 384

    bruh all they needed to do was make a map with a rpd theme. who thought "ah yes take an entire map from a survival horror shooter and put in an aysemtrical online action game.

  • dallasmedicbag
    dallasmedicbag Member Posts: 571

    why is it so hard for the devs to fix this map? literally just add a hook at the downstairs library and remove those stupid 2 hooks up there that makes killers able to bodyblock, and it'll fix people abusing the upstairs by not getting hooked.

  • Aven_Fallen
    Aven_Fallen Member Posts: 16,343

    RPD just shows what is wrong with this DBD-Community.

    The DBD-Community basically: "I dont like this thing so I will complain endless about it until it is changed". Until just sucking it up that you will end up on a Map that you might not like.

    I dont have a problem with RPD. Not my favorite Map, not even close, but when I play on it, I just play the match and move to the next match, without opening a Forum Post...

  • Marc_123
    Marc_123 Member Posts: 3,687

    ...tough to navigate.

    Just learn the layout - then it is not so much.

  • Aven_Fallen
    Aven_Fallen Member Posts: 16,343

    Yeah, because it is totally relevant that everyone opens a Thread about RPD, because every Thread is so unique and it is sooo important.

    RPD comes up pretty rarely (It is only one Map out of over 30 different Maps) so the odds to end up on RPD are already low. And if someone ends up on RPD, they will most likely not experience it again for quite a long time.

  • Real_RUBB3R
    Real_RUBB3R Member Posts: 98

    As much as I agree that RPD has it's several issues, whenever I end up on it I usually have a good time, unless it's against a Trapper or a Hag maybe.

  • HectorBrando
    HectorBrando Member Posts: 3,167

    I hope they lose the license so RPD can get the Hawkins treatment.

  • not_Queef
    not_Queef Member Posts: 836

    RPD is fine. I play Trapper and it's a hoot.

  • Aven_Fallen
    Aven_Fallen Member Posts: 16,343

    If a Map is terrible or not is highly subjective. There are people who enjoy playing on RPD. For me, Swamp-Maps are the worst Maps in the game, others would disagree and call other Maps terrible.

    We can all start complaining about our worst Maps. You know what happens then? You dont have any Maps in the game.

  • JonahsTablet
    JonahsTablet Member Posts: 762

    Recently just played this map for the first time on pc, I had to turn my resolution all the way down to 65% to have a stable 60 fps.

  • JPLongstreet
    JPLongstreet Member Posts: 5,987

    So now imagine the experience on console, especially our Switch cousins!

    And I actually like RPD map, but just as a surv.

  • JonahsTablet
    JonahsTablet Member Posts: 762

    I've already experienced that nightmare on console, but I can't imagine how it plays on Switch.

  • selflessnea
    selflessnea Member Posts: 580
    edited February 2022

    I like it so your opinion is invalid.

    End counter rant

  • JacksonWise
    JacksonWise Member Posts: 651

    I refuse to play on it as either role. I loved RE2 remake but it was implemented so horribly for this game.

  • BoriskyTheFox
    BoriskyTheFox Member Posts: 113
    edited February 2022

    I hate RPD for how killer sided it is. Finding gens and interacting with other teammates literally impossible in that map.

  • Nathan13
    Nathan13 Member Posts: 6,721

    It's the worst map ever.

  • Hex_Llama
    Hex_Llama Member Posts: 1,846

    Every time I try to walk toward something, I think I'm doing okay, and then I suddenly get re-routed in a completely different direction until I don't know where I am or how to go the direction I was originally trying to go. I hate this map so much.

  • shinymon
    shinymon Member Posts: 298

    Oh...oh! Self-care sucks too! (not rly) 🤞

    There, am I part of the cool crowd now?

  • disgust
    disgust Member Posts: 71

    i'll burn an rpd offering for each one of these

  • DoritoHead
    DoritoHead Member Posts: 3,546

    RPD is objectively a bad map. It's huge, narrow hallways make certain killers op and certain killers powerless, if survivors are downed in certain areas they are unable to be hooked, hooks in certain areas can be blocked off by the killer for guaranteed sacrifices. The map plays like a powerpoint presentation on console. None of the loops are fairly designed, they are either god loops or death traps.

    The forum is designed for players to give the devs feedback about the game.


    Now, the devs probably will ignore these posts because they don't offer constructive criticism on how EXACTLY to fix the map, but posts like this have the right kind of spirit...sort of.

  • WesCravenFan
    WesCravenFan Member Posts: 2,638

    I love RPD.


    I never get lost here because I do not have the memory of a goldfish. And I didn't play the RE remake, either. Cause I played the original.

  • Shaped
    Shaped Member Posts: 5,898

    I think I hate midwich more because I barely see anything on it.

  • DemonDaddy
    DemonDaddy Member Posts: 4,167

    Only issue I have with it is the lengthy routes needed for gen patrols. This map is great when I play survivor.

  • herbaljellyfish
    herbaljellyfish Member Posts: 115

    It can be frustrating for killers, sure, but I absolutely love it as a survivor. There are so many strong tiles to use and link together. If you take the time to learn the map and how to use some of the unique tiles, it's really fun to loop killers, they hardly ever expect the plays I make. For instance in the lobby where the counter is, loop that whole ramp area, then run off into that room on the right side, force the loop clockwise, take the vault back out, loop the lobby ramp and desk again. It's so strong. There's also 3 god pallets on the left side of the map, at least one on bottom and top(save these for end game), but either bottom or top will have two. Then there's the lower room off to the left with the really long desk w/ pallet and the railing vault that you can tile together with the lobby loop. Off on the far right side if you go past the room with the pallet and vault and go outside up the stairs, stay to the right and you'll be back outside with the loop where a gen usually spawns with yet another vault. Just do like a kyf or something and really learn the map. I used to hate it but now it's honestly one of my favorites.

  • emodeshort
    emodeshort Member Posts: 180

    It's a ######### maze, I keep running down the same corridor trying to find a way out 10 times in a single match

  • Pukenplag
    Pukenplag Member Posts: 1,454

    But not everyone played RE. I shouldn't be forced to buy another game in order to learn the layout of a DBD map. It is hard to learn the layout of a map you get so rarely. But let's say with time you learn the layout.

    Let's be objective: you love RPD because of nostalgia. It is an objectively BAD map for this game. It was built for a whole different game and it doesn't fit in DBD.

    1. Down anyone near the main hall gate and try to hook them. Unless you have the gate hook, which may or may not spawn, the nearest hook is too far away to carry anyone to.

    2. Library.

    3. Gens are impossible to find.

    4. Even with you knowing the layout, you still have to reach a certain place on the map by going in a completly differnt direction every time. This increases the time it takes to move from place to place by a hundred.

    5. With 4 in mind, the map is EXTREMELY big, so needing half an hour to traverse it doesn't help it either.

  • Jplanas98
    Jplanas98 Member Posts: 532

    It do be abysmal

  • WesCravenFan
    WesCravenFan Member Posts: 2,638

    I think you missed the part where I said I didn't play the game this map was designed from.


    Nostalgia has nothing to do with it.


    #1: Never had this issue

    #2: Library is useless. No reason to go there except to check for totem spawns.

    #3: Gens are insanely easy to find and have a preset number of spawn points. Seriously, it is one of the most reliable gen spawn maps in the game. Midwich is FAR worse.


    #4/#5: If you know where the hallways lead you can reach any spot on the map in like 30 seconds.

  • Pukenplag
    Pukenplag Member Posts: 1,454

    Well I guess I just further proved how little I know about RE by my first statement.

    1. I had it a dozen times. Just because you never got in that situation, it doesn't mean the issue doesn't exist.

    4-5. 30 seconds is almost a third of a generator. In any other map, unless you are on the exact opposite, traversing shouldn't take more than 15-20 seconds.

  • Labrac
    Labrac Applicant Posts: 1,285

    You know forums are for things like that, right? OP just opened a thread for something he thinks is bad for the game and wants it changed. Not everyone has to "suck it up".

    If you don't mind RPD, consider not entering a thread that has "RPD sucks" in its title next time, or open yourself a "Daily I don't mind RPD discussion thread".

  • Ghoste
    Ghoste Member Posts: 2,135
    edited February 2022

    I won't defend the layout, but I gotta admit this map has grown on me since release. It just looks really, really good.

    Side note: Why does everyone say RPD? It's Raccoon City Police Department, so it's actually RCPD.

  • WesCravenFan
    WesCravenFan Member Posts: 2,638

    I have spent entirely too many games on a 110 killer like Huntress or Deathslinger to believe you can cross a map like Red Forest that fast. Maybe a map like Lery's or something. 15-20 seconds is enough time to completely open an exit game. I find that unlikely outside of a Nurse, Blight, or Billy.


    RPD is easy to get across, there are holes in floors, places to drop down, and even the main room has places you can drop from that do not even require a vault.

  • Marc_123
    Marc_123 Member Posts: 3,687

    Man... you don´t need to play RE.

    Here was a thread with a drawn map of the RPD map. Can´t repost atm.

    Just learn it - it is really not that difficult.

    And a lot of gens are fixed. Always in main hall or the little room left (from front exit) or above. I think always in the bathroom on top and so on.

    After playing this a few times you really should know these things.

    May the Goldfish is not so far fetched...

  • squbax
    squbax Member Posts: 1,508

    I agree that learning the map is usefull but even if you learn the map it doesnt excuse all the other things wrong with it, performance is awfull, the tiles are either useless or god pallets, wIndows are useless in most offices making them deathtraps.

    It is a bad map for gameplay, if you memorize it or not doesn't change the fact you still have to loop in a badly designed map.

  • Pukenplag
    Pukenplag Member Posts: 1,454

    I learnt it long ago lol. I meant the learning itself shouldn't be a thing tbh, but nevertheless, the layout is still garbage.

  • OpenX
    OpenX Member Posts: 890

    Yeah I actually love going to this map on both sides. People send me there thinking it's the new Haddo or something but I know it inside out by now. There's really only a handful of strong loops and a few god pallets. And it has a really, really bad tendency to spawn people ~10 feet from the killer at the main exit. As shown below.

    What other map are you gonna do that on? I always run straight to that at the start of any killer game if im close enough lol. Granted, the Ace was probably drunk but still.

  • Junylar
    Junylar Member Posts: 2,005

    I'm going to need some reasons for the Earth being round.

  • exf310n
    exf310n Member Posts: 24

    I don't think so. I really enjoy playing this map as killer and survivor. It's easy to make survivors get a bad 3 gen if you just let them finish all the gens on one side, and it's great as survivor because there are so many pallets and loops.

  • Adaez
    Adaez Member Posts: 1,243

    That map is awful to play on,even if you know where everything is,that's just how bad the map is sadly.