Rotten Fields

I think it's my most hated map too. Together with Azarov's Resting Place and Blood Lodge.

I think the big problem with Rotten fields is either:
A: You suffer from corn-blindness and the map is terrible for your enjoyment.
B: You do not suffer from corn-blindness and so survivors have 0 chance to hide in the corn.

For me the map just feels boring to play as either side and it really effects all killers on a different level.
-Clown cannot really set up bottles when 70% of the map is open corn-field.
-Myers cannot stalk anyone who is somehow hidden behind a single stalk of corn.
-Nurse seems ok on PC for this map (still one of her more difficult) but is nearly impossible on console (fps and corn...).
-Hillbilly is a transcended GOD on this map.
-Leatherface seems largely unaffected.
-Wraith is given away by the shaking corn stalks.
-Pig is given away just like wraith (assuming you try to sneak)
-Trapper has unreliable places to put his traps in the open field (however can really take advantage of the middle of the map basement).
-Doctor seems largely unaffected.
-Hag seems like a mixed bag since her traps have a larger trigger radius and can still be effective in the open fields.
-Huntress seems alright if you don't suffer from corn-blindness.
-Freddy is actually "good" on this map and is honestly the most boring Killer to play against.
-I haven't seen many Spirit or Legion players on this map yet and have no experience with how good/bad they are.

The same argument can be made for ever map I agree (in terms of Killer strength/weakness) but I feel this map in particular just isn't fun with how it normally plays out.

I have no issue with Rotten Fields. Yeah, I lose the occasional survivor in the corn but not too often. I can track well in the corn, even on the PS4. Its probably the map with my highest kill rate.

Rotten Fields is the game's ultimate proof that it's just a casual party game at its core. The map was designed without any regard for how it blatantly favours and disfavours certain killers. Whenever I land on this map I just accept that the outcome was predetermined by whichever killer I am playing or facing.

The_Manlet said:

@Watery said:
The_Manlet said:

Rotten Fields is the game's ultimate proof that it's just a casual party game at its core. The map was designed without any regard for how it blatantly favours and disfavours certain killers. Whenever I land on this map I just accept that the outcome was predetermined by whichever killer I am playing or facing.

Or... the design was preconceived, as the farm wouldnt be completed without some sort of crop. You can see the movements of the survivors running through the corn, if you play a tall enough killer. 

The concept for the map was first developed- then the actual development for the map itself. Take an excerpt from the dead by daylight wiki. “Now it's abandoned, but still, someone seems to care for the corn in some way as the stalks still stand tall.”
This was meant to fit how the Hillbilly (a decently tall killer) managed the crops prior to the entity’s reimagined version of it.

Are you arguing that I am wrong in that they intentionally designed the map to favour Hillbilly and screw over some other killers? That still essentially makes me right in principle.

The_Manlet said:

@Watery said:
The_Manlet said:

@Watery said:

The_Manlet said:

Rotten Fields is the game's ultimate proof that it's just a casual party game at its core. The map was designed without any regard for how it blatantly favours and disfavours certain killers. Whenever I land on this map I just accept that the outcome was predetermined by whichever killer I am playing or facing.



Or... the design was preconceived, as the farm wouldnt be completed without some sort of crop. You can see the movements of the survivors running through the corn, if you play a tall enough killer. 

The concept for the map was first developed- then the actual development for the map itself. Take an excerpt from the dead by daylight wiki. “Now it's abandoned, but still, someone seems to care for the corn in some way as the stalks still stand tall.”

This was meant to fit how the Hillbilly (a decently tall killer) managed the crops prior to the entity’s reimagined version of it.

Are you arguing that I am wrong in that they intentionally designed the map to favour Hillbilly and screw over some other killers? That still essentially makes me right in principle.

No. There’s like no pallets, that’s the tradeoff. Just track the survivor based on moans, bloodtrail, or scratchmarks.

That's fine if you're playing something like Wraith or Hillbilly, but try playing Huntress and have fun tracking them when they can start urban evading away as soon as they hear the lullaby. But that's not even what I was getting at. Try playing Myers on Rotten Fields. You basically can't even use your power.

@MaxiferPriest said:
u can escape the killer moderately ez in the corn. it takes away killers vision.

laughs internally

All they need to do is reduce the length and abundance of corn. Kind of how they're changing the grass in swamp.

@IamFran said:
Is the RNG for maps broken?

Would second that.

Before the last Patch I had this map nearly never. After the patch I have it quite often. Not so many times ina row, but especially Rotten Fields is a map that I get more often than before.

For me it is an example of an early map, because it fits lorewise, but the gameplay for this map was not really thought through at this point. I am a Survivor Main, but I dislike this map. And I can understand, why killers dont like it either.

@MaxiferPriest said:

@Swiftblade131 said:
EY!

This map is my favorite

Get better vision! Or play more Hill Billy!

i won't start playing billy just cuz of 1 map. [BAD WORD] that #########. i'd rather DC and play killer i actually want to paly. and billy is like the only killer (maybe bubba too) that does well on Rotten fields. it's not best survivor escape rate map on the game for nothing

I find high success on this map, even with Nurse.

I think it and sheltered woods are both very good for killer. Simply because of the way the map is set up.

@MaxiferPriest said:

@Swiftblade131 said:

@MaxiferPriest said:

@Swiftblade131 said:
EY!

This map is my favorite

Get better vision! Or play more Hill Billy!

i won't start playing billy just cuz of 1 map. [BAD WORD] that #########. i'd rather DC and play killer i actually want to paly. and billy is like the only killer (maybe bubba too) that does well on Rotten fields. it's not best survivor escape rate map on the game for nothing

I find high success on this map, even with Nurse.

I think it and sheltered woods are both very good for killer. Simply because of the way the map is set up.

for killers, you mean for nurse and billy, and mb huntress. on rotten fields. Only billy and ofc the best killer in the game (nurse) can do moderately well on rotten fields, and huntress probs. for other killers this map is complete and utter cancer

To each their own man

I personally like rotten fields. I agree that corn in general should be easier to see through but overall i am fine with the map. The maps however that i hate the most are Badham and Haddonfield. Badham because the balance was so poorly thought out and just overall a really ######### design and Haddonfield because the fences are absolute cancer. The RNG on those things has cucked me so many times.