Merciless Storm Skill Checks
I'm not saying they need to be nerfed or changed in a general sense, but on Doctor, the skill checks have the potential to be backwards and displaced for EACH individual skill check. That is absolutely nuts. I just had the displeasure of going up against one and I got dizzy trying to follow them darting around my screen. They were popping around so quickly, I couldn't tell if they were backward or forward by the time I was able to find it on my screen.
I don't know if this is just a "me thing", I'm blind in my left eye, so maybe I just need working eyes and my problem is solved. I am having an insane amount of trouble following the location, direction and speed of each skill check as it's happening. It's an absolutely nasty synergy. How is it for you guys?
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Haven't had a single game against Doctor with Merciless where I'd successfully hit those skill checks being cRazY. Haven't had a single game.
I'm ok with Merciless but under madness it's impossible for me, it's better to accept my fate and wait it out.
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if you really can't deal with merciless storm, let go of the gen instead for 0 regression. It still blocks the gen but it doesn't explode.
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The perk is kind of useless without doctor skill checks or unnerving presence. I feel like if they adjusted it to not have synergy with those two situations it would go un-used. The fact that it only activates on each gen one time makes the perk not that good.
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I guess that’s that’s what I’ll have to do, I failed all 5 Merciless Storm minigames in that match and not for a lack of trying, I can hit overcharge/oppression skill checks pretty consistently, and madness usually doesn’t mess with me TOO much, but Merciless Storm WITH the madness is ridiculous lol. It just feels bad giving the killer potentially ~100 seconds of free gen blockage over the match.
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Yeah I agree but at the same time, if it just ends up being super undoable with just Doctor, then I’d say it’s better off giving a rework to the perk or some buffs, while making the Merciless Storm checks not affected by madness. I would definitely say a tweak and a buff would be best for the perk.
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BHVR has a way of either making perks extremely broken or useless when they change them. However, I doubt we will see a change to this perk for many years to come.
If a developer did happen to read this, I would suggest they make it so the skill checks are a little smaller, but can't be affected by any other factors. Basically no matter what they are static, that the regression takes place no matter what, and the gen block be a little longer.
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I’m inclined to agree with you. Their recent Thanatophobia change doesn’t inspire much confidence, for example. I think the size of the skill check currently is probably fine, but making it static is definitely needed. And I think there should definitely be a way bigger punishment for failing/leaving. 20% regression and blocking for 30 seconds if you leave or fail. Something like that could definitely be a huge buff, considering it’s only once per gen. It could stand to be really strong.
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It's more like a QTE for me, lol. And even when you fail, it works only 1 time per gen.
Just wait the 20 secs. (see it as a time penalty as you FAILED) and finish the gen.
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Oh totally, but DBD is a game where seconds matter. You may think the 20 seconds is nothing, but if you fail the QTE at all 7 gens, the killer just got 140 seconds of free gen blocking during that match. That’s not insignificant at all.
Now hear me out, I don’t think Merciless Storm is busted or anything. I just think it disproportionately benefits Doctor and only Doctor compared to any other killer. I was just curious to hear how people felt about it on just Doctor specifically. I think it’s way too hard to hit backwards, displaced Merciless Storm skill checks, but maybe you have no problem with it, I just wanna hear what you think about it!
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As someone who enjoys doctor, I think skillcheck builds are his strongest! I dont see a problem with that because it is part of his power. Believe it or not though? I dont use that perk much shockingly lol it is good on him.
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I don’t struggle with skill check builds on anyone, Doctor included. The only time I start to struggle a bit is if there’s 5 stacks of Huntress’ Lullaby with the backwards displaced skill check, but I never let it get that far because I always cleanse the totem. It’s really just Merciless Storm I think is a bit much on him and maybe needs a tweak to not be affected by madness.
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That might be tough without gutting the perk. Depending on how it is all coded of course.
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It's crazy annoying but does make gen simulator more interesting. You're not alone, i miss it every time and any survivor near me usually starts nodding ha. Thankfully, very rarely come up against it.
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Well it’s just a Doctor specific interaction that would need tweaking, that’s all. No nerf needed. In fact, I think it needs a buff in general. Since it’s only once per gen, I think something like a 20% regression for failing/leaving and then blocking for 30 seconds would be justified.
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I think they made it after people said they loved the yellow glyph challenge so much lol which I am guilty of.
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I'm one of those people that is down for anything lol sadly you cant please everyone. But it is an online game and usually I just go along with what ever they do haha.
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