Can we get a bbq nerf?

There's nothing wrong with BBQ, although I agree that when a lot of people were saying they use it mainly for the BP, some of them were being disingenuous.

But there is no reason to do anything with it. It's counterable, and people are starting to understand hiding in lockers for a few seconds longer now, incase it's being paired with Lethal Pursuer.

The counter is easy. See a survivor go down, get in a locker until they're hooked. Use whatever that perk is called that blocks killers from seeing your aura. Hide behind a gen. The moment the survivor gets hooked, walk in one direction and then the opposite.

BBQ is one of the healthiest perks in the game because it actually encourages the killer to go for another chase and not stay at the hook.

I had BBQ on literally all my killer builds, save specialized ones, as it felt aweful to not run it for all the blood points lost. That also had the effect that I never ran perks like Rancor or Flood of Rage, because I had my directional needs already covered by BBQ.

I havn't used BBQ much since the loss of BP, since I am really happy to experiement with all kind of new, non-meta builds. So while BBQ is not bad, it also kinda permanently was stuck to one slot and I am pretty happy to try out all the other info perks and what not.

But don't hate on the BBQ users, I myself am missing the gameplay loop of "chase. down. hook. look around. chase again." Thats gone now and I am missing it, but I also like Rancor a lot now: gens are done all the time and it gives you intermittent info on all survivors positions and that fun, juicy endgame with the obsession.

Be within 40m, get in a locker, crouch behind a gen, or my personal favorite since the patch, take Distortion.

I'm convinced most of the killers still using BBQ have failed to update their loadout (like most the survivors I see running DH, IW, and DS.) It's good on teleporting killers and it's good paired with perks like MYC or Devour, but apart from that, there's better choices you could be using.

I'm seeing much less of it in my survivor games. It's also incredibly easy to avoid compared to other aura perks. I don't see the issue... and personally, I think you should be much more afraid of Floods of Rage or Darkness Revealed.

Actually I would say Devour Hope is probably in the best place it has been since boon meta.

With ruin not being present in most games and many killers opting to throw on haunted grounds, cleansing hexes is the most risky it has ever been. Meaning survivors are more likely to wait to cleanse hexes until they know what you are running.

Hmm ... maybe you are right, as I havn't tried it a lot, but in my experience survivors still jump on any exposed Hex totem they can find asap. Usually once you have accumulated 3 hooks and get your first down, Devour is gone about 15s later, max.

I am completely baffled by both the devs & our forum members when it comes to BBQ in 2022. I was saying for the longest time (years) Barbecue was very powerful & more players should hide when killers use it. Then I got shunned for saying so. As a result, I just accepted it and treated every game like the killer had it and stayed out in the open like everyone else, in order to “share the aggro.” I never understood why extra BP was associated with it, but then I came to the conclusion that BHVR wanted to encourage killers to use it, since it would help killers find survivors much easier. And it worked. I threw my hands up and just chalked it up as “it is what it is.”

‘Now in 2022 out of nowhere, BHVR wants to remove the BP when the DBD Community has already adapted to its meta?? Now it’s gone because they don’t “want BP to be the reason a perk is selected??” That was the whole point why they had it attached to BBQ & WGLF! (BTW why is BP still on PT & TOTH??) But now the kicker is, I’m seeing more and more threads pop up criticizing or calling for Barbecue to get nerfed in 2022! Huh?? I feel like it’s waaaay too late for that now. After all these years we should be used to it already. There are other perks that need immediate attention.

You'd think survivors would be a huge fan of perks that incentivize the killer to leave the hook.

What is the issue with BBQ?

Why nerf it again? I stopped using it when I realized they increased the distance and it no longer works on smaller maps like Midwich. It actually needs a slight buff.

I took bbq and wglf off of literally all my builds.

Tho now I'm tempted to run prove thyself and other BP earning perks on survs bc the gains there is so terrible, and I never get close to reaching the caps on surv.

Also bbq is painfully easy to counter, get real mate.

If you're coming for an unhook and the killer sees you on bbq... you're just giving the killer free presure at that point as a different teammate has to use their time to unhook leaving 1 person on a gen.