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So.. where is the new killer?

Reddy
Reddy Member Posts: 8
in General Discussions

I have played this game over a week now with my friend, playing for about 5 hours a day.. and to be honest.. I haven't stumbled upon the Skull Merchant even once. Like I am not even exaggerating, I honestly haven't seen the killer yet.

Do people not buy it, not play it, or.. what's up? I remember when we played on Wesker DLC, I didn't see any other killer than Wesker for like a week, and almost no other map than RPD :D What is thisss

Comments

  • VirtuaTyKing
    VirtuaTyKing Member Posts: 467
    edited April 2023

    Due to them being the 3 gen queen I imagine all survivors DC when they are picked.

    I think they plan to change them a bit so that might change I dunno.

    Thanks to SM nearly every killer regression perk will be nerfed. Like way to go BHVR!

  • Reddy
    Reddy Member Posts: 8
    https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/3395098#Comment_3395098

    I wanted to play against one to see if it's true, but sadly there is none :D Sadly bit too many ghostfaces

  • EmpireCity830
    EmpireCity830 Member Posts: 121

    I just faced one today. First time in a few weeks. She is just boring to play as and play against. There isn't much appeal to her.

  • Blueberry
    Blueberry Member Posts: 13,671
    edited April 2023

    Boring to play as and against as well as all her perks being terrible. She honestly already needs a full rework. She's got so many design flaws that tweaks aren't going to fix her. Probably the worst chapter they've ever released.

  • Maverick_74F
    Maverick_74F Member Posts: 159
    https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/3395118#Comment_3395118

    I'm sure instead of a thoughtful balanced rework to her power BHVR will just make it so she can't place drones near gens and not touch her for 2 years leaving her useless

  • Emoba
    Emoba Member, Alpha Surveyor Posts: 514
    edited April 2023

    Trust me, it's better this way. Almost every single Merchant player only uses her to hold a 3-gen the entire game. Dreadful experience. They really need to rework this killer again and properly this time.

  • MrPeanutbutter
    MrPeanutbutter Member Posts: 1,586
    https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/371552/so-where-is-the-new-killer

    I was just thinking yesterday that I haven’t seen Skull Merchant in a while, and I’m ok with that. Super boring to be in hour-long 3-gen standoffs.

  • Hannacia
    Hannacia Member Posts: 1,324

    Just enjoy the fact you havent met one. I'm disgusted by the fact she's getting a tome next. Might mean more SM.

    She will be the only killer i will never play.

  • HugTheHag
    HugTheHag Member Posts: 3,140

    I haven't played a lot since the patch dropped, about 20h on survivor, but I haven't met Skull Merchant or seen her map even once.

    I don't particularly mind it, though.

  • Marik1987
    Marik1987 Member Posts: 1,700

    Because no one cares about the biggest failure in character design since the Twins came out with all the bugs. Well, I was not around these days, but I hear this a lot about Twins.

  • I_CAME
    I_CAME Member Posts: 1,349

    I haven't seen many the last few weeks either. It has been glorious. Unfortunately they decided to feature her in a rift for whatever reason. Expect to see more of her soon. Should have just skipped over her entirely tbh. This killer needs to die a quick death so we're not forced to endure more skull merchant games.

  • Monlyth
    Monlyth Member Posts: 982

    She's a very basic Killer when it comes down to it, and her power revolves entirely around macro play, similar to Wraith, Pig, or Sadako. One could argue there's a certain elegance to just playing a basic M1 Killer, but that doesn't have the broadest appeal.

  • SMitchell8
    SMitchell8 Member Posts: 3,302

    Not faced her once and not moaning about it 😅

  • adsads123123123123
    adsads123123123123 Member Posts: 1,132

    As a killer main, I don't play her because the 3 gen stall is the most boring thing ever.

  • WesCravenFan
    WesCravenFan Member Posts: 2,638

    I have faced one, and yeah, she 3 genned us.

  • edgarpoop
    edgarpoop Member Posts: 8,501
    edited April 2023
    https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/3395127#Comment_3395127

    Even deeper than that: get these killer power prototypes out to Fog Whisperers to play on a test server before it's too late to hit the brakes on a DOA killer release like Knight or Skull Merchant. I am 100% confident they'd have more luck if they had players test these things a month out from PTB and give feedback on the design. They seriously can't afford to keep dropping 2 or 3 complete duds for every good chapter like they've been doing since the Twins.

  • BlightedDolphin
    BlightedDolphin Member Posts: 1,888

    I've played against her only once. Someone dced at the start of the game and it still took forever.

  • Brokenbones
    Brokenbones Member Posts: 5,232
    edited April 2023

    Average Skull Merchant match lasts about 45 to 50 minutes so the people who play her are constantly in the same game

    I wonder why that is

  • Chocolate_Cosmos
    Chocolate_Cosmos Member Posts: 5,735

    You are just being unlucky. I saw her allready many times and she isn't super rare in my games.

  • Brandon48
    Brandon48 Member Posts: 136

    I barely see her either (thank god) but I just went up against the same one twice in a row and it killed my entire mood to play dbd so had to get off the game.