7th anniversary, let's sum up the actual state of the game

Why are you referring to it as 7th anniversary when the event will only begin next week?

Knight was bad, but is pretty alright now although I will admit Skull Merchant isn't... well she really sucks and the game would be better if she wasn't in it. I don't know that the new killer is a failure either.

Good swf being too strong is dependent on the killer. Against trapper or pig, it feels unwinnable. Most everyone else though it's more likely a skill issue than swf actually being op.

Killers camping and tunneling has been a thing since the beginning and it's not going to change for quite some time.

Many perks could be better, but 80% is an exaggeration, its more like 30% tbh

No server hit validation? What?

MMR is fine, if anything it should be more strict.

(bodyblocking pallets, adding time to solo-gen, self heal nerf, too many pallets, infinites still in game etc...)

I don't see how body blocking pallets is an issue, the increased gen time was fine, self healing was brokenly strong, too many pallets in what maps, and there are literally 0 actual infinite's unless you're allergic to breaking pallets

I mean even then we have had great changes that the community themselves have been asking for, yet you still have a good chunk of people bitching jusr because they can

What happened to the people who were there during 2.0.0? The patch that launched roughly around the same time the forums did (in fact its when I joined the forums) and there wasnt many complaints back then, just lot of people discussing about how to make the game better.

Its one of the only things I really miss about old DbD. The community.

I think the game was more fun back then

"They nerfed all good perks because they used so much."

The community REQUESTED a meta shakeup, esp. for surivor. So we got it. Of course the perks being played a lot get nerfed then, while others receive buffs. Thats the whole point. You cannot switch the meta when you keep the strongest perks as they are.

"But why Ruin, Pop, DS, Self-Care, Calm Spirit etc nerfed?"

Before the perk overhaul, realistically there were only two viable gen defense options: Ruin+Unduying or Pop. You could enhance that with Corrupt or PR, but Ruin or Pop (or both) nearly always took the gen regression place in a build. So in order to "shakeup the meta", of course this two perks would be hit. For compensation, gen kick perks were buffed profoundly, creating the infamous "gen-kick-meta". It was an attempt to switch from "automatic" gen regression (with ruin) to a more active approach of gen defense. But eventually backfired, bc. it made 3 genning too strong.

"Why self-heal nerfed?"

Bc. healing yourself with a busted med kit in 8 seconds or faster, MULTIPLE times in a trial, is really problematic. WIth such speedy heals, it's impossible to build any pressure by hitting multiple ppl. Overall this changes were pretty well received, esp. since the devs heard to the community and did only nerf self heal speeds, but not altruistic ones.

"Why we are still getting very unbalanced maps? And then they are saying they are gonna rebalance maps but when your newest map is unbalanced, it just makes you very questionable."

With maps, the devs are really struggling to get it right. No one in their right minds denies that.

"Solo-Q ignored and keep ignoring."

Thats a pretty wild take, when the HUD changes with activity icons made playing solo Q WAY BETTER. When you lose now, you can usually tell it's because one of your random teammates made misplays that could have been prevented by just making use of the data the icons give you. It's more of an issue with the players now (instantly giving up or dcing), and not so muhc with the limited info. So claiming Solo-Q gets ignored ist just plain wrong.

"Terrible 3-gen holder killers released in row 3 times! (Knight, SM and Singularity)."

Knight is fine now, his last changes finally allow him to use guards in more creative ways, so he's not so reliant on 3-genning anymore. Scully is bad, we all know. Singularity is by no means a 3-gen killer. He can do it, but it's not very efficient, honestly. A single EMP will totally take out your gen defense. Singularity is a chaser, there he excels.

"Blight and Nurse are still cheating and breaking all of game rules."

The only glaring issue of Blight are his busted addons, otherwise he's perfectly fine. He also does not break anything, don't know what you mean. Nurse is the only one than can totally ignore game mechanics. But Nurse also took a few hits in the recent past: Range addons got removed / changed, and Blinks attacks count as special effects, making exposed perks useless with her. She's still S-Tier, but her most attrocious playstyles (4 man slugging Starstruck Nurse) got dealt with.

I still find the title weird...

In any case my 2 cents on the state of the game:

• Improved SoloQ but it is awful against campers (and there are many)
• MMR system issues: I don't want to play against superstrong groups just because I won a couple of matches as a killer - special mention goes to SWF whose current counter is a pair of good eyes in the lobby
• Tremendous number of toxicity and questionable reporting system: delays in responses and no confirmation on whether or not the individual has been punished and in what way

I stopped caring after they added slower chest opening to calm spirit.. like … why..?

The thing is Nurse is the slowest Killer in the game (base speed not TP speed) so until they buff that her "Ignoring Game Mechanics" has to stay.

Even at T3 Bloodlust she's barley faster than Survivors and Nurse probably never will reach that unless Survivors don't run away.

Now I agree God Tier Nurses are not fun to face but that's a VERY small number in the whole Nurse players. Most are more casual and can be looped if done correctly.

I agree Blight kit if fine but addons need a overhaul.

I wouldn't call End Transmission a failure, just because there's a very easy way to salvage Larry's kit. Nerfing the EMPs, if done correctly and in the right way, will fix most of the glaring issues with his kit, unlike Knight and Skull Merchant who just have glaring problems at the fundamental of their design. It isn't a failure if it can be saved, which unlike the last 2 it can be.