Make Shadowborn baseline.

Going from playing another first person game to this one feels very disorienting and gives me a headache until I adjust. It's weird because I've never had this problem in any other game.

except the difference between killer and survivor fov is the entire POV? one is first person and the other third. Survivors have plenty of situational awareness already which is why stretched res got nuked. But killers have such a choked fov its painful. And no FOV techs are not a core part of dbd, if it has tech in the name then its probably unintended. FOV techs only work on stupid killers anyways, with the exception of very fe that rely on being completely offscreen thus unaffected. So many killers are being forced to use shadowborn because killer fov makes them nauseous. They literally get sick without shadowborn, how is that okay for the sake of some barely usable techs?

Also, theres a fine line between techs and gameplay features core to the game. Yes, killer fov is choked on purpose to allow for more plays to be made. But its not fair to prioritize niche plays over accessibility. Deaf people dont have to deal with no TR every game, why should those with motion sickness be forced to use 3 slots just to play the game? Its essentially the same situation, just that deafness is a more severe disability.

• Deaf people cant hear TR --> All deaf people run spine chill --> BHVR takes notice and adds visual TR. Deaf people now get the 4th slot.
• Motion sick people cant play killer --> All motion sick people use shadowborn --> BHVR completely ignores them.

I mean, at least deaf people dont become physically ill without a terror radius. Its just not fair to hold FOV teching of all things over basic accessibility options. Fov would only meaningfully affect gameplay if it could become majorly extended, like 2 shadowborns. Nobody is asking for that, people just want a slider from current fov --> shadowborn fov. If such an increase really mattered that much, shadowborn wouldn't be an F tier perk. So, make an F-tier perk optional basekit so those with disability can play on equal footing. Yeah it'd be a sick QOL change for everyone else,but its like arguing that visual TR is op because it shows up before the heartbeat sounds begin. Its just such a miniscule difference then playing without it that the accessibility is so obviously more important.

Whats affecting game balance more, shadowborn or killers being forced by their disabilities to use 3 perks only every game? Survivors using adrenaline have to survive a whole game with 3 perks and are rewarded massively. Except playing with only 3 perks with motion sickness rewards you with... the game that you paid money for being playable.

FOV Techs vs Accessibility...

A removal of mind games? You mean FOV techs won’t work as well anymore? Get over yourself dude. “Not a QOL”. It’s the DEFINITION of a QOL improvement.

• FOV techs are mindgames. Stealthing was a bad example though, and hiding behind a slightly taller object would completely negate this. Besides inthat scenario, theres absolutely more the survivor could have done. Run around the object so oni cant swing, 360 him so he misses. the 360 would work too, considering the limjted turn rate and massive speed hes going at. Happens all the time.
• That same information is already in the game, by just turning your camera the slightest bit. Blights wouldnt even need the extra FOV because a good blight hard-locks where the survivor is inside their head and flicks immediately. Same with nurse. And an oni is a special case, not really having to flick bc most of his hits the survivor is either right in front of him are just turned a corner. In both cases, fov doesnt change anything.
• Blights use it because it feels good to use on blight. People play blight for the speed its fun to go fast. Shadowborn makes a speed based killer feel faster. And if you are that good on blight, where you are bringing shadowborn every game unironically, then you'd be stomping without it. It only helps you not get disoriented when you do a slam, ever so slightly helping you see where the survivor is so you can flick on them. 360s only work on blight if you make him swing to the way, or abuse his limited lunge angle. In both scenarios shadowborn changes nothing. Plus good blights dont use the full lunge anyways, the initial hitbox is wider and more forgiving so they just wait til their super close.
• Yeah visual TR doesnt do much for healthy players you are correct there. But the difference again is that deaf people weren't hard locked from playing without spine chill. It was a lot harder, but it wasn't making them feel sickly. And if it did, I'd imagine that the demand for visual TR would be higher even if it provided some benefit to healthy survivors. People wont get much extra info than they'd already ahve without it as a hearing person. The same applies to the FOV. Someone isnt gonna get 360d if they just dont swing to begin with, and just wait until their in their crosshairs. OR better yet, just flick right as they even try 360ing. both result in a hit. FOV is only a factor in the first scenario, where it just makes the second scenario happen quicker. It just makes the more skillful thing happen more easily, it doesnt make something that wouldn't have happened happen outright. The player was gonna get hit either way. 360s that work are typically just clever abuses of aim dressing, which wouldn't change based on FOV. So 360s that work would still work just fine and just as often. Window techs as well, a good killer is gonna look left and right really fast. and if they dont see you, then their gonna look behind them and see you. And immediately swing and hit you. Or worse, the killer will feel your collision and just swing instantly. Not gonna work against a good killer, unless you manage to 360 them into the vault after. Which at that point isnt even a window tech its just a 360. Which I've already explained would still be ineffective against good killers, unless they do swing and aim dressing takes over (which isnt affected by fov). The only other FOV tech I can really think of off the top of my head is crouching right in front of the killer, so they dont see you. This is barely ever useful, only really good to sneak up on a face camper or something. Which is getting nerfed anyways. FOV techs actually dont work that well, even against good players. And even if they did they aren't core to DBD and shouldn't be held above players having to use 3 perks jus to play killer. and since all 4 perk slots are core to the game, and these rarely usable techs aren't, we should prioritize accesibility.
• No, its not. Blight has a limited turn angle and realistically can only be 360d if he misses a swing, something good blights dont do by accident. bumping something instantly makes you face away from the survivor, and you have to flick back quickly if you want the hit. Its only ever really impactful if you are trying to 360 him during a bump, something that rarely comes into play and works even less bc you can just instaswing right when their in front of you. Nurse is a little different though. As a completely flick reliant killer nuse benefits quite a bit from shadowborns addition. But good nurses are gonna flick you either way so the difference is negligible. Wesker works similarly to blight, except being way easier to 360 bc he can't lunge when hes not perfectly accurate and instead has to correct with his second dash. Not changes by FOV at all, he will still flick you fi hes gloing to and he wont if he wont. Theres really never a situation where hes so close that extra fov is meaningful to landing a hit.

but in the end its your choice.

otz's perk tierlist

"After starting to use it it's impossible to go back"

At least u're honest, compared to the rest that tries to play it off as an "accessibility option".