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tell me 1 thing that will make you return to DBD after leaving the game for good or for a long break

Personally, if they would revert deathslinger's nerfs I could see myself returning, the fact he got nerfed so hard took away a big big part of the enjoyement I had in this game, of course there's many other issues that would make me return, but deathslinger nerfs were what truly started to make me lose interest into the game after 3.7K hours and playing since 1.0.0.

Comments

  • Vampwire
    Vampwire Member Posts: 709

    Memories of the game. I remember how fun it is and just wait until the burnout goes away. Coming back after a while and just playing for fun makes the game feel really fresh.

  • ThiccBudhha
    ThiccBudhha Member Posts: 6,987

    FNAF will probably do it. I am feeling a bit of burnout from grinding so hard for Sadako, so I might take a short break, but definitely expect to return for anniversary. I still love the game, but I was forcing myself to do so many annoying challenges and play WAY too much survivor for a healthy mental state.

  • zombitehdeath
    zombitehdeath Member Posts: 587

    None. I have temporarily came back till vhs come back on but i have played little of it

  • SMitchell8
    SMitchell8 Member Posts: 3,302

    I barely spared a thought for the game between Nov - Feb, now im firmly back involved again. Breaks from the game do work well 👌

  • Ruma
    Ruma Member Posts: 2,069

    Castlevania Chapter

  • Jacoby2041
    Jacoby2041 Member Posts: 843

    That built in mori thing they were talking about forever ago, I think it was in the 5th anniversary or somewhere around that time I don't remember exactly, but they mentioned it once and haven't mentioned it again so I hope they didn't scrap it like many other new mechanics/ideas that don't make it in the game. I've always been hoping for them to add new mechanics and things to do that aren't tied to perks, challenges, or events, but they rarely do. Game gets a little boring after a while

  • cutiekiller
    cutiekiller Member Posts: 238

    never happening like the leaderboard or early game collapse

  • KateDunson
    KateDunson Member Posts: 714

    Remove sbmm can make me return

  • Khelendrose2020
    Khelendrose2020 Member Posts: 207

    Remove MMR.

    If they added FNaF, I'd never look back as the game is well over the shark by then.

  • StarLost
    StarLost Member Posts: 8,077

    600 hours in myself, and I'm...still having fun, despite being disappointed at the Onryo release.

    For me though:

    • Facecamping fix. While I am a killer main, I have been trying to play survivor more and facecamping happens in maybe a 1/4 of my games. Win or lose, it's shockingly unfun to play against.
    • DC penalty increased. Maybe a third of my games have someone pulling the cord.
    • SBMM improved. I actually think that SBMM has been good for the game overall, but it just...doesn't work properly, far too much of the time. It needs to find a good quality match, wait times be damned.
    • Struggling killers buffed. Some, like Freddy and PH desperately need an addon pass. Onryo, Wraith, Trickster, Billy, Bubba, Pig, GF and Legion all need their kits improved.

    The problem is that the community isn't a monolith, and it's almost not the forums. The forums seem to be mostly populated with crusty veterans who - while an important demographic - are not the majority of the playerbase.

    See: I think people have an overly rose-tinted memory of ranks. I started under ranks, maybe 2 years ago and...honestly, it was pretty miserable.

    The thing about ranks were that they made games less sweaty for the veterans, as they routinely got paired with much less skilled people. It was awesome watching Otz and co. do 100 win streaks without addons on pre-rework Plague, but it was probably a lot less fun for the survivors in those matches.

    I know that, as a complete newbie, about half my matches were against either people at purple/red ranks, or 2000 hour monsters who were smurfing at lower ranks. Smurfing was such a problem them that even some Fog Whisperers openly admitted to it 'to find easier matches'. Sure, you can smurf under SBMM, but it's a lot more difficult.

    The issue isn't that SBMM was a bad idea - the issue is that it doesn't work half the time because lobby dodges futz with it and it prioritizes queue speed too heavily.

  • MsGoddessLauren
    MsGoddessLauren Member Posts: 43

    My friends that still play this game

  • FilthyLegionMain
    FilthyLegionMain Member Posts: 1,148

    Bots in custom and to replace disconnected teammates. Come on... That's all I want...