Every Change I Would Make To DBD If I Was That Person In Charge

Where was I again? Didn’t find time to read more than one paragraph until now..

Map changes: I guess everyone agrees here though some changes need testing obviously with how the tiles actually turn out etc. Nothing notably to add.

Basekit BBQ auras I don’t like. It’s still very strong on certain killers while others can’t really utilize it. And the killers it’s strong on don’t need any buffs (well.. maybe some of them, but not this kind of buff).

Bloodlust removal I don’t know - depends on how the other changes play out obviously. But iirc even the test weekend kinda resulted in pretty much no noticeable differences? So yeah. Get rid of it.

Corrupt basekit - haven’t read the perk change but I agree in its current form it shouldn’t be broken if it was base.

For killer changes I am not in any way a killer main nor am I focusing enough on one/few killers to be good at them (I don’t even know most of the addons and just slap on whatever) - so not much input here from me but some specific ones

Nurse - idk I think she shouldn’t become another normal walking speed killer and should stay special. Always liked the idea to change some addon and turning her blink attacks into special hits. Also I think Hit detection needs some adjustments as I am pretty sure Mouse has super high advantage over Controller taking away much skill for M&K players.

Nightmare - pretty much in line with a rework suggestion I did iirc. Wonder how GeneralV approved the alarmclocks - was pretty sure they were against them completely.

Pig - still think her crouch/ambush needs some QoL improvements. Though I don’t think traps should automatically activate in EGC. Maybe they could get a different effect during EGC?

Pyramid Head - Obsidian Goblet seems pretty OP or am I missing something? Maybe make it so that it can’t injure and break something with one hit?

Onryo - permanent killer instinct could become pretty annoying/possibly abusable by swf squads?

Mettle of Man like endurance upon being unhooked sounds interesting and would definitely love to see it tested!

Medkit nerfs also agreed.

Electrified - I may not understand it correctly? Who is screaming/incapacitated if one electrified and another survivor ‚meet‘? And the status will jump over?

SoloQ improvements - too much auras for my taste, I would rather see the status indicators first without the other changes and see what changes/if further improvements need to be added

Blindness - i would leave the aura reading blindness with the restricted view

Perks - won’t read those today.

Map offerings - let them stay as they are and see if they are still a major problem with the map changes proposed

Deep Wounds - sure why not.

Server Validation - Yes.

No I understood it this way. Though I imagined a see group, one keeping the killer busy, the other building condemned for killer instinct but with their mates info and having the tv to remove condemned from them in reach.

Electrified would only be possible to affect one other survivor, right? Otherwise two swf might be able to troll another survivor with it.

The effort this must have taken is very impressive. And I have to say there are a good amount of neat ideas here.

However, I have to be honest here, if this was an actual patch in DBD, I would be pretty disappointed with it. Most notably, while the solo survivor buffs are definitely big, I feel this would be way too killer sided. But there are certain issues in particular I think are problematic here.

I think my biggest gripe here are the changes to skill checks. I agree with the intent though. Making gen interactions more interesting would be awesome. But these would also make them more challenging in my opinion, and that is an absolute no go. There is already a balance gap between low and high ranks, with kill rates getting higher the lower in rank you go. This would elavate this problem to a new level, especially the merciless storm basekit idea. So I do not think this would work at all.

The second objective you suggest here sounds great. I do not know why the electrifying status effect is needed, not a fan of that at all to be honest, but I do like the idea of attaching power cords to exit gates. It would be a much more interesting side objective, as it has you moving around the map, which in return increases the risk of interacting with the killer. I also think this second objective wouldn't hurt solo survivors more than swf survivors, unlike the much suggested searching for gen parts suggestion, which is another big plus. However I think something like that is very unrealistic to ever be implemented, especially considering the map changes this might need. If it wouldn't need any map changes, maybe this could be realistic, but only in the very distant future I fear.

But that second objective, on top of 85 second gens, on top of highly buffed regression, on top of an early game slowdown, seems way too much to me, even with all the suggested solo survivor buffs. I feel killers would have way too much time for their objective in that case. I also think that the survivor buffs are way too few. I think if BHVR would want to implement at least most of these killer buffs, tunneling and camping would have to be nerfed so much more. In fact, unless I missed it, you didn't suggest to increase the hook phase duration at all. Camping and tunneling would be so onsanely overpowered.

Increase the hook phase duration of each survivor from 60 to 90 or maybe even 100 seconds, and give survivors a basekit DS, with a 5 second stun duration, that is activateable twice, then I could see all these killer buffs at once maybe working, though even then, I fear certain buffs, like the regression buff, might be a bit too much at once.

With that said, there are good ideas here. The basekit anti-tunnel mechanic giving the same endurance effect as Mettle of Man for example sounds good, I feel that could even work right now at the moment, if survivors lost collision during those 10 seconds as well. The solo survivor buffs sound generally great, though I would much rather prefer some ping system over constant aura reading personally. And again, I do really like the idea of the second objective, and feel like that, in addition to decreasing gens to 80 seconds, could really be a good starting point for survivors objectives, some time in the future. BHVR could have a look at other factors, such as an early game slowdown, some time later then, when they also further nerf camping and tunneling.

I also like the idea of trying to balance maps less in the killers favor, instead increasing the objective time of survivors. This does leave room for bigger maps. But I do think that maps like Garden of Joy wouldn't need it's size reduced either. And some other maps would need their sizes increased, especially Dead Dawg Saloon, which is already arguably a killer sided map, even when the killer doesn't tunnel and camp.

But as one, complete patch, I think this would hurt the game a lot, at least once the novelty of all the new features wears off. I think this patch would sky rocket killer queue times to insane levels, because of the lacking nerfs to camping and tunneling, despite the insane buffs to killers.

I also think this is very, very unrealistic, but I am sure you yourself are aware of that. I think what actually needs to happen are changes to the five main problems in DBD: Camping, tunneling, solo survivors, map balance, and the early game. Camping and tunneling need to be continuously nerfed, but of course only as much as the current state of killers allows them to be nerfed. Solo survivors need to be buffed to the level of swf as much as possible, to create a much better foundation for the game's future balance. And maps also really need to be balanced much better, also to create a much better foundation for the game's future balance. And if possible, depending on how maps are balanced, some early game slowdown like you suggested could also be added to the game.

A second objective would definitely be awesome, and a fun new addition. But it would also be a much less time efficient solution as opposed to simply balancing maps more to make them fairer on killers. Right now, there are still a fair amount of maps that are, or can be, survivor sided, if the killer does not camp and tunnel. This does however also depend on which killers is being used. A lot of maps are pretty survivor sided for Sadako for example. For a killer like Pyramid Head, or Wesker, maps on average are definitely more balanced. And that's another thing, there are aspects like map design, and killer balance, that really cause big balance gaps, and adding a second objective does not improve that aspect at all. Balancing killers and maps however does.

So i think the much more efficient solution to improve killers is to simply balance the survivor sided maps more fairly, reducing them in size a bit, and working on the tiles that spawn on each map, which also further incentivizes killers to go for chases, and not camp hooks. Meanwhile, camping and tunneling, as well as solo survivors continuously need to be looked at as well. And last but not least, I think some form of early slow down would also bery very much appreciated, of course depending on how much camping and tunneling get nerfed, and how maps get balanced.

I also think the next step the devs need to take at the moment, considering queue times and kill rates, are some more adequate nerfs to camping and tunneling. Especially camping now needs some decent basekit nerfs, since it even was buffed in the 6.1.0 update. And for tunneling, I think simply buffing DS back to 5 seconds would do the trick for now, considering the basekit BT was also buffed already. As explained, these strategies also can't be nerfed into the ground, because of current map balance, right now they just need to be made a bit fairer and more manageable, considering how cheap those tactics are.

I'm a tad baffled at the lack of Deathslinger changes given the sheer amount of killers you did tweak. Every killer you mentioned needs changes and Deathslinger is perfect? You have a lot of interesting changes but as a 'slinger main I was disappointed to not find any wacky cool changes for him.

Thanks.