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I changed my mind, kindred should be made base kit for survivors

Yords
Yords Member Posts: 5,781
edited July 2022 in Feedback and Suggestions

Solo queue has been forgotten about, again. I think kindred should become base kit because it would honestly fix a lot of the problems solo queue has.

I changed my mind after listening to DOWSEY's argument which was that if kindred was base kit, the devs could then balance both SWF and solo queue at the same time. Since they would both be equal of course.

I also think he is right about implementing some sort of ping system for solo queue players as well. I think it would be neat if you pointed at a gen, totem, or chest it would highlight it for a short time for other survivors.

Again, these changes would bring solo queue up to SWF level without buffing SWF, and also allow the devs to balance both at the same time.

Comments

  • ThiccBudhha
    ThiccBudhha Member Posts: 6,987

    Well, pings and base kit kindred WOULD buff swf. That being said, I have ALWAYS been for the idea. Heck, optional voice chat would be fine by me too. I know survivors are afraid of other survivors, but it would go a LONG way into closing the gap and you could just mute the toxic players. You know? Same advice they give to killers regarding end game conduct.

  • Yords
    Yords Member Posts: 5,781

    Optional voice chat is scary tho lmao

    "Claudette you ******* idiot uninstall ######### (keep yourself safe) ur trash omg"

  • BubbleBuster
    BubbleBuster Member Posts: 387

    while I personally would not mind voice chat, i can see why people are against it. Even in competetive games like Valorant and Cs:GO people dont even use it so I am fine with alternatives.

    Things that I would like to see from a communication system:

    • icons showing what that survivor is doing (repairing, healing themselves, healing someone else, running, getting chased etc.)
    • like a communication wheel were you can choose different things to tell people ("I am going to unhook", "generator nearly done", "killer is near", "help", "i am healing", "i am in a locker")
    • pinging perks so you can tell your teammates what perks you have; this should not be shown before the round cuz tryhard lobby dodging;
    • pinging killer perks; stuff like "he has rancor", "killer has ruin", "killer has abc" would be nice
    • an actual ping system where you can briefly show the aura of an object to survivors
    • a ping were you can ping your location


    there are a lot of things you could do and even just implementing a few of these would decrease the gap between solo and swf immensely


    cant wait for this to get released year 9 lmao

  • Brokenbones
    Brokenbones Member Posts: 5,213

    I think the team part of kindred aura reading would be good basekit

    maybe leave the killer aura part to the perk itself or make it extend the range of it (Basekit 8m, Kindred adds another 8m maybe?)

  • Reshy
    Reshy Member Posts: 402
    edited July 2022

    I was honestly more hoping for Kindred basekit than borrowed time, though maybe limited to LOS or not working on Undetectable for those who still wanna insidious. Information is a lot better tool to hand players than a blunt tool like an extra health state.

  • Tsukah
    Tsukah Member Posts: 390
    edited July 2022

    Basekit kindred with 12m killer aura (Think of it as Kindred tier 2)

    "BuT thAt'S too StrOng"! Not really lol

  • Brokenbones
    Brokenbones Member Posts: 5,213

    Yeah, or like


    Maybe a basekit kindred could be something like - the longer you're on the hook, the more information is given.

    15 seconds - All survivors are revealed to each other

    25 seconds - Killer's aura is shown within 12m

    35 seconds - 16m

    idk it's an idea that makes it not super overbearing or punishing for killers who aren't camping

  • jesterkind
    jesterkind Member Posts: 7,957

    While I'm not against a ping system in DBD, it's undeniably not as good of a fix as some other options. Anything your random teammates have to actually elect to use and know how to use properly just fundamentally isn't going to raise the information level of solo play up all that much at all, let alone up to the levels of SWF.

    I'd rather see some passive information conveyance that doesn't require players to actively use it. Something like status icons, alongside some other stuff like (some form of) basekit Kindred and the ability to see your teammate's builds at all times.