Why are you review bombing Dead by Daylight?

This is legitimately and objectively one of the most balanced and healthy updates to the game.

Both Survivors and Killers have seen their most meta and most oppressive perks nerfed. Anyone who didn't rely on meta perks as a crutch realises this, but meta being meta, most were reliant on them.

• You have a massive portion of the playerbase who are 'killer mains' and are incredibly offended by how regression perks have been nerfed.
• You have a massive portion of the playerbase who are 'survivor mains' and are incredibly offended by how CoH and DH have been nerfed.

Any healthy level of introspection and personal reflection would reveal this for the fair trade off it is, but instead, we have the vast majority of players who are diametrically opposed and hate this update for two entirely conflicting reasons. Anyone who "genuinely thinks this game is in a bad spot" from this most recent update, is quite frankly, deluded. And if they think that their sudden displeasure at a healthy game update warrants a fresh 0 review to "stick it to BHVR" for simply improving their game, they're not just deluded, they're petty, asinine and pathetic.

I intend to come across as calous to anyone so self absorbed that they think the world is ending because their precious meta perks got nerfed.

How is this game ever going to improve if every attempt at improving it upsets a load of babies who take it upon themselves to ruin the reputation of the game in response?

This update is literally the answer to so many balance issues that players have been complaining about for years, and instead of celebrating it, they're throwing their toys out of the pram, both in game and apparently on steam charts as well. Killers refusing to play properly and slugging everyone out of protest of losing CoB, survivors genrushing and DCing when they can't in protest to not being able to DH every chase, and both mudslinging on steam.

They literally rolled back on all of the issues people brought up and released only the best parts of the PTB. They have never listened to feedback and acted on it as well as they did this patch, and they get repaid by this backlash.

I don't know how they do it, I could never be a game dev, I'd want to shoot all my customers.

Ye of course, we all warned them about the gen rush META and the tunnel incoming issue.

They did not listen at all and now we have the worst state of the game for years.

2 good chases is what the survivors need to drop all 5 gens.

People are not happy with the game improving, god knows how bad it would be if it was actually getting worse. There is no hope.

I like your analogy, but the bumpers aren't the only thing removed from my bowling alley.

The local gang also realized the cops don't patrol this part of town, and have started popping up en masse to the alley. Despite paying money at the door, thugs are pushing me out of my lane and taking every bowling ball that fits my hand.

I heard there's a bowling alley on the other side of town that makes sure I get my money's worth. I think I'll go there instead.

My opinion as an average SoloQ survivor is that nothing has changed, because I don't rely on CoH or DH as a crutch.

My opinion as an average killer is that nothing has changed, because I don't rely on CoB, OC or PR as a crutch.

My opinion as a balanced player is that the game has improved, because the most powerful and problematic meta perks on both sides have been rightfully nerfed.

The problem is twofold. 1: players rely on meta perks way too much, and 2: there are two diametrically opposed sides to the playerbase who ignore or even resent the opinions of the other.

Anything that hinders killers helps survivors, and vice versa, but this is not recognised, instead anything that hinders "my side" is terrible, yet nothing that hinders "my opponent" is of concern. Therefore any nerfs to one side are bad for that side, but "not good" for the other. It's not recognised as an even trade, it's entirely self-absorbed.

That's what's going on here. Both sides have seen completely warranted nerfs, which balance out. Neither side is actually hard done by, rather a correction has been made to powercreep on both sides, which is why they had to be nerfs, buffs would have resulted in more powercreep. Both sides have a myriad of options available to use, and only the couple most powerful on each side have been changed. But because they have come in the form of 'nerfs' (to both sides remember) then it's "bad for my side" and "I don't care about the other side". Which equates to "the game is worse for me".

Balance means addressing both sides of the game. And those changes have to come in the form of nerfs to avoid powercreep which creates more balance issues. But you make those balanced nerfs and both sides of the playerbase lose their #########. Both sides of the playerbase losing their ######### = nobody is happy.

There is no other solution, but until players start to understand both sides of the game instead of being "mains" this won't change, and every individual positive change to the game will offend half of the playerbase, and every balanced set of positive changes to the game will offend 100% of the playerbase.

Hell people don't even necessarily even need to lose their "main" status. Survivor mains could simply chose to be positive and revel at the nerfs to regression instead of despairing at the nerfs to CoH. Simply balancing the positive instead of being completely negative. But instead, nerf to CoH = end of the world, and nerfs to regression = inconsequential. Nerf to DH = negative review, but nerfs to regression does not = positive review.

Thank you for pointing out that both killers and survivors pull this sort of thing. There were people on this very forum encouraging others to bomb the steam reviews when BHVR first announced the Eruption nerf (which was also semi-reverted). Review bombing, when it does occur, is a weapon everyone in this community uses.

You are very much correct. I just started playing as well. They advertise their game as " Play with friends or play by yourself" but it seems they are now forcing the teamwork on soloq (which I always play). Soloq is solo for a reason. It seems with each update they are gearing it more as you have to have someone you know to play this with, but how if you no one you knows plays this? This isn't how the game started and maybe people gained friends playing but those coming in don't have that advantage. It is as if they are shying away from console and making this Steam game.

This is true. People are allowed to voice their concerns, and a negative review for the game is valid.

However, the negative reviews also spread to every single DLC. This is why this review bombing is wrong because it isn’t people voicing their concerns. The Resident Evil DLC isn’t why you don’t like the game, Halloween Chapter isn’t responsible for the Dead Hard nerf, Dredge isn’t responsible for slowdown nerfs.

This is why it is considered review bombing. People aren’t sending their feedback, they’re just pissed and trying to make the game look bad so it will be reverted.

Giving the game a bad review explaining why you don’t like the changes? Sure, fair.

Giving Sadako a bad review stating “Killer sided devs are nerfing Dead Hard!!!”? Review bombing.

Seriously read the DLC reviews and you’ll see that it’s just review bombing.

Funny, i used to be a survivor main, and played more and more killer because it was so easy ^^, unless you get a hardcore swf.

But i only became a 50/50 player when my main killer, dredge, was released, because he was just the thing i really enjoy. I still play hag and doctor, and other killers for challenges or dailys, but dredge is my main killer.