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why make a big deal over stretched res? both sides benefit from it
why are people moaning so hard over this stretched res? every other game has it, and granted they are symmetrical games, but why shouldn't dbd? because of all the complaints, particularly from the killer mains, stretched res has finally gotten patched out, and i'm left wondering why in the world they would complain so hard about something that benefits them, and in some cases, more than the survivors.
survivors:
can see over very, very specific tiles, and there aren't many.
expose ghostface - very, very unlikely.
killers:
free shadowborn for all killers with res 1440x1080 or below.
blight can see where survivors are going when recovering after rush.
nurse can see where survivors are going when recovering after blink.
overall: smoother game and better FPS
I used to run stretched res back when i had a crappier rig, and when i switched over to native, its not like i played worse at survivor/killer. These people who complained about stretched res were really just looking for an excuse.
RIP stretched res.
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Good ######### riddance to stretched res.
Imagine promoting it.
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I never really cared about stretched, but I wouldn't say it benefited killers as much as it benefited Nurse and Blight... I had more than my share of those "it looks better" clowns ruin my Ghostface games, actually.
If you didn't play any worse without it, there is no need to cry over milk that has literally not even been spilled, friend. It almost makes you sound really boosted and salty. Just saiyan.
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Extra fov is literally locked behind a killer perk. Why would they just let you get it free?
Not to mention it's not an option for console players.
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"It looks better", lol. Either just say you wanted the FPS, or that it gave you a technically legal advantage, or both.
But "it looks better" is a non-starter as far as justifications.
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Imagine defending an exploit to gain an unfair advantage in a game.
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No, as most of the players + console don´t use it.
Now that it is gone some things are fair again.
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my god, there is actually a person who trying to say cheating is good for the game? bruh...
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Telling that it's the "it doesn't make a difference" crowd that are in mourning over it being removed.
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Vertical FOV for killers are useless BTW, two killers out of 25 or so is nothing.
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bruh
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considering that that 2 out of 25 killers are the best and most common killers, i wouldn't say it's nothing. it would be nice to play blight without having to lock yourself with only 3 perks.
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Its cheating and consoles were never able to use it either
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Shadowborn doesn't increase vertical FoV, stretched res and shadowborn is entirely different things.
And no, people playing 23 killers are always the majority, stretched res doesn't benefit majority of killers while literally removes mindgames from survivors, it's objectively broken on survivor's side.
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You know which side doesn't benefit from Stretched Res? The vast majority of us that don't or cannot cheat.
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How do I benefit from stretched res on console??
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You know what else is good for FPS? Dropping your resolution (while maintaining 16:9) and also the graphic settings.
Seriously, the problem with SR is being able to see more than you're supposed to which tips the balance of gameplay in favour of the person who's using SR over the person who's playing normally (i.e. as designed)
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It was confirmed by the devs to be exploiting
it is exploiting
so don't do it.
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Have you even tried stretched res on killer? or at all? Yes I know shadowborn and resolution are two different things, however, i don't know how to put it into words, stretched res on killer really does look much better, likewise on survivor. I would use stretched on both sides but considering i now have work to do on my main monitor, it'd be a chore changing one resolution to another after playing DBD, so i've gotten used to native.
Take a look at some of these vids of how stretched res benefits killers, and i dare say more than survivors:
stretched res on a killer narrows the angle of getting flashlight blinded. situational? yeah. but you can say the same for survivors because not all tiles can be looked over. i clearly have to emphasize that survivors' advantage from stretched res is only in very, very few tiles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmpvjfwE43M
look at this blight, its as if he's not following the animation of looking down when injecting himself.
i'm not advocating for cheating in dbd, but coming from games like tf2 and csgo, more customizations in your config is almost never a bad thing.
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Killer stretched res only benefits on breaking palettes and nurse/blight stuns, everything else is pretty much nothing.
Countering flashlight does no good as that thing is pretty easy to counter as is.
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First
Streched res is ugly.
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It's cheating, and it is a big deal
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It's basically a performance enhancing drug, not everyone will take it but one will use it and have the advantage.
So... no.
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Wonder if anyone in this topic used stretched res...
Makes you think!
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You call "cheating" a benefit?
Are you sure that's how you want to present it?
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This again? People aren't going to read what you wrote. It's a pointless topic. It doesn't matter how many informative posts are made showing that the advantages are wildly exaggerated. You're going to have a ton of bots saying it "removes all mindgames". Plus, it's going away anyway. Better to just leave it.
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It’s funny how anybody against blatant cheating is a ‘bot’ but the people crying over the cheat that supposedly doesn’t make that much of a difference are “good” players with or without it.
If you guys are so great then why are you gaslighting people into thinking they’re bad for not supporting cheaters? It’s not against the law, stretch your Rez for 7 extra FPS all you want but stop acting as if you’re doing it with pure intentions. You’re doing it because it provides advantages, if it didn’t then there would be no reason to cry over it
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Because blanted cheating for people who don't use it?
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Instead of locking us into an arbitrary and nauseating FOV, why not let the players decide what FOV is comfortable for them to play at? Everyone gets to pick what they like, just like any other video game, and play without feeling sick after. Want to play at 120 FOV? Sure, go ahead, but don't force me to play the same way, I might find something close to 100 preferable.
It's not as noticeable when playing survivor due to the 3rd person camera, but an 87 degree FOV on a 27 inch gaming monitor is outright nauseating to some people. It might be acceptable if people sit several feet away from their screens, where the effect is less pronounced, but the close one gets to their monitor, the more of an issue it becomes for certain people.
Get rid of the weird stretched res crap and give us an option to change our FOV, without having to run an extra perk. I'm sure that would satisfy most people.
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stretched res on killer really does look much better, likewise on survivor
there it is 😁
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Its an exploit unintended by the developers so it has to go, good riddance.
Thats pretty common actually, both in this forum like in Reddit and other DBD related media.
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I liked stretched res honestly, it made the game feel less claustrophobic with all that head room and I did like how it made reading killers at tiles a little more accessible. However BHVR has made their stance so I'm cool with that too. I'm not a high enough MMR or sweaty enough for it to really have made that much of a difference. If I could be candid I wish they would have just made the walls taller so stretch res offered no advantage, but c'est la vie.
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If your rig is so bad that you cannot run a 6 year old game unless it's at like 480p, then you just shouldn't be playing and I don't at all feel bad about saying that. I'd prefer you upgrade over me having to put up with cheating for the 5 people out there who need to run the game on a TI Graphics calculator to still play.
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How about people play the game as intended and stop trying to find shortcuts and walk-arounds to actually playing the game with your own skill. And if you cant play dbd without lagging then get off mommy's wifi, get a job and buy a decent PC, its not our fault you choose to play on a potato.
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I think you badly misinterpreted what I said. That was a hard dig at people saying it wasn't an advantage; as they seem to be the only ones sad it is gone.
It absolutely is/was an advantage.
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It feels crappy to say that when I have the good fortune to have a nice machine, but it's the truth.
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Because the game was based around the resolution it has. Changing it gives you an advantage the developers did not intend for you to have. By your logic, why should anyone care about speed hacks? Both sides can benefit from them.
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A lot easier to say "get better wifi and a better rig" than to actually get one. Especially during these times.
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An FOV slider would be a nice compensation or just get rid of the black bars and people who want to still play on 1080x1080etc can just on a locked vertical aspect ratio 16:9/4:3
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Survivors benefit from Stretched Res more than killers do because of the free camera movement.
"can see over very, very specific tiles, and there aren't many". That is not true. I tried Stretched Res once because I wanted to know why people complained about it. And I was shocked over how much more I could see. I could see over so many loops that I shouldn't have been able to.
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I don't understand if it doesn't make a difference then why is it such a big deal?
It makes the game look bad so it's not for looks. So if there's no in game advantage it shouldn't be a big deal.
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To be fair, the game is still very poorly optimized.
Xbox One and PS4 would love 10 more FPS.
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You shouldn't be playing on wifi at all, if you aren't playing online games with an ethernet connection, you are doing it wrong.
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If you are that bad to the point you need cheats to play the game, you shouldn't.
We don't have reasons to care about difficulty of getting those.
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Why make a big deal about cheating when both sides can benefit from it? That's pretty much what you are asking in your title.
If this was the olympics and we were doing the 400m sprint, and I'm sat here next to you on the starting line revving my motorbike. You could say I was cheating. But you could have brought a motorbike too. So it's fine.
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I really wonder how this change will affect the kill stats. When all those people that claim to be just skilled, suddenly have to play like everyone else.
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I think the only killer that benefits from stretch res is Nurse.. when she's fatigued Vs All survivors now being able to look over certain loops they couldn't before.
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So killers use it to cheat as well and this means it's actually good? I'm not following your argument honestly.
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fair and balanced...
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Because it allows you to see things you aren’t supposed to be able to see, therefore it is cheating, and to a lesser degree because console can’t use it, putting them at a further disadvantage.
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Disregarding that it was an exploit, do not pretend that killers benefits enough from it to justify the amount of survivors that were using it. The mental gymnastics in your post, oh boy.
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no
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streched res gave an unwarranted advantage, there is no defense for it, only excuses.
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