what i think behavior has to change in dbd

here's a list of what i think bhvr has to change and an in-depth explanation below:

1. close the gap between nurse/blight and the rest of killers

2. do sth about face camping/tunneling

3. do sth about swfs using the strongest items/perks

4. listen to the community in terms of cosmetics

5. make chases more attractive

6. implement bots to replace dcing players

7. do sth about losing pips

8. make bad perks more attractive instead of only nerfing good ones

to 1. nurse and blight are way stronger than the rest and that has got a reason. instead of nerfing nurse/blight bhvr should buff every single other killer. they don't have to be op, but some minor tweaks would make totally bad killers mediocre or mediocre killers good killers. they don't have to be like nurse or blight, but they should be stronger by themselves. there is a reason why nobody plays trapper. the only thing trapper is good at is face camping in basement. there's a reason why ppl don't like playing onyro. she can't generate pressure except with a condemn build. her teleport cd is way too big. dredge always ports to the locked locker and survivors will just leave the loop when you try to place your shadow. pig has a similar problem and her reverse bear traps get removed way too quickly leaving her as a m1 killer most of the time. legion is only good at injuring survivors, but if they spread legion isn't even good at that. myers has one of the most annoying addon combinations with tombstone being able to instantly kill you entirely without having done much in the trial except stalking. the problems with such weak killers are there and have to be addressed in order to make survivors not only see nurses or blights in their lobbies making all other killers more attractive.

to 2. face camping and tunneling is extremely annoying. there is not much you can do against it except for being forced to run certain perks, but just like with being forced to run spine chill because you are deaf or hard of hearing you shouldn't be forced to run certain perks just to prevent toxic killer gameplay. proxy camping or securing a 2nd hook stage is not a problem, but you having to watch a face camping standing (insidious) bubba for 3 whole minutes is no fun for me. i want to be chased, i want to loop, i want to trick the killer and win 50/50s. i don't want to hang their on the hook for 3 minutes straight without the ability to do anything at all the entire match! that's not fun at all! there are several things that could be done to prevent camping/tunneling.

to 3. it doesn't matter if you are a beginner killer or a professional killer player. a 4 man swfs with the most annoying medkits, toolboxes or flashlights is always annoying. the only difference is how good you can handle the situation with experience, but especially beginner players have a hard time dealing with that. then they get frustrated and stop playing or turn into toxic killers. the same with survivors. if i constantly have to face a double range nurse, a blight that can instantly rush again through addons after hitting me with a rush attack or a tombstone myers who can instantly mori me without the need of kicking generators, chasing survivors or any other interaction in the match is just annoying. so items and addons should be removed entirely or let there be only base versions of existing items/addons and instead implementing certain addons or items into their respective killers/survivors. therefore balancing killers, items and addons is way easier.

to 4. so many ppl have asked for certain cosmetics and many cosmetics still haven't been added to the store. you have named haddie and i have seen many ppl asking for outfits for haddie. i personally would like it when bhvr finally added past rift outfits to the store. in the past they have said they would add past rift outfits anywhere in the near future after approximately 6 months have past, but certain perks like nea's system smasher outfit from tome 5 unleashed collection still hasn't been added after more than 2.5 years past its rift and there are many other past rift outfits that haven't been added yet. what's taking bhvr so long? these outfits are already in the game and don't have to be designed from ground up new. it's good that they constantly add new outfits for killers and survivors, but outfits from the past shouldn't be forgotten either!

to 5. make chases more attractive. i guess nobody who plays dbd just wants to press one button on a generator the whole game never seeing the killer. there might be survivors who are insecure with being chased and that's alright, but i'd assume that even those survivors would prefer being able to do something else than just pressing a single button all game long. this game has turned into a gen kicking meta especially because certain other perks like ruin got nerfed and some perks are stronger than others.

to 6. as you have already stated bots should be implemented into the live game asap! it's not only frustrating, but also totally annoying having a teammate dc mid game or having a killer dc ending the match entirely. sometimes these dcs have a valid reason, but most of the time ppl are just frustrated or want to annoy other ppl. the moment two survivors dc for example the two remaining survivors are pretty much death sentenced especially at five generators remaining and the killer can either instantly kill the two remaining survivors risking to lose a pip due to the lack of interaction in that match or let the remaining two survivors farm some points while the killer can also farm some points. i prefer the 2nd option, but most killers will just try to end the match as quickly as possible which is especially annoying for me considering the 7th point. so bots should replace left players and maybe even an option should be implemented that completely new survivors have the opportunity to join a match already in progress. that could add fresh wind into the match and also give the remaining survivors an actual fair chance to win still. maybe there can be a certain time frame on which the previous survivor could rejoin the match because they maybe didn't want to dc and rather had a power/internet outage, but after this time - maybe one or two minutes have past in which a bot has replaced those players either the bot will remain in the match entirely or a completely new player could have the opportunity to join the match in progress.

to 7. that leads me to point 7. bhvr should finally do something about losing pips in dbd. yes, you can't lose pips past the main rank like bronze 3, silver 4, gold 1, iridesent 2 or whatever, but you can lose pips on the way which still makes reaching higher grades hella annoying! i can't even count the numerous matches i had in which i was face camped for 3 minutes straight or got tunneled out of the match early on to then be faced with a lost pip. that's extremely annoying because it wasn't even my fault. if i had played bad and would have lost a pip due to that then that would have been totally understandable, but being punished for something you can't control is totally dumb! being punished for dcs you can't control is annoying thing. if my internet dies or i have a power outage and dc due to that not only my team is punished by that, but also i'm punished by that because i will lose all the progress i have made in that match entirely or didn't even have the opportunity to gain any points whatsoever from the beginning. both situations suck extremely! gaining bloodpoints is the most important thing in dbd after having fun due to the ability of prestiging your character 100 times each requiring around 1 to 1.5 million bloodpoints per prestige level. so reaching a high grade at the time of rank reset at the 13th of each month is even more important.

to 8. there is a huge amount of perks in this game, but maybe only 5 to 10 % of them are actively used because the rest of them are way too bad or can only be used with certain playstyles or in certain situations. there is a reason why dead hard was the most used exhaustion perk. you could use dead hard in all kinds of situations without the need for a window/pallet, without having to 99 your exhaustion perk, without a chance to drop from a height, without facing an instant down killer, without having to set up and wait in a locker or without having to pallet stun a killer beforehand. previously you could even dead hard for distance or dead hard through traps from the trapper and shocks from the doctor. this has been changed and that was a good change, but all of these restrictions were the reason why ppl were mostly using dead hard as their exhaustion perk. there was a reason why ppl have been using iron will so long. you could lower the volume of your coughing juking killers at loops and even bamboozle killers like spirit in chase. that was changed and it was a good change though the restriction of not being able to use it while exhausted was a bit overkill in my opinion just like the recent nerf to dead hard and pain resonance. self-care used to be one of the most used perks because u didn't have to rely on your teammates to heal yourself at 100 % healing speed. that was first nerfed and then nerfed again. the recent changes to gearhead for example were good, but they aren't good enough in order to be a most used perk. there are perks that have more usage just like dead hard used to have compared to other exhaustion perks. the old ruin could literally be cleansed 5 times a match or sth and even had the extremely annoying skill checks paired with it. that was changed and it was good, but that led to other regression perks that were better. now some of these other regression perks like overcharge or call of brine were nerfed quite significantly leading to other regression perks or a different approach in a match. i have seen more killers run sloppy butcher or other chase perks now instead of generator regression because healing or rather medkits were nerfed. that was a good change in my opinion because this led to more chase oriented playstyles and i think this is much more fun that sitting on a generator the entire match. some killers could abuse perks like overcharge and call of brine as the knight or the skull merchant for example leading to frustrating matches, but again if certain killers were buffed generally and instead had their addons changed would lead to much more pleasant matches i'd say.

i hope that bhvr will change these things and also listen to opinions of other ppl because diversity is what makes a game playable. toxic situations like face camping and tunneling etc. should definitely be addressed though no matter the opinions of other ppl. i only had bad luck with the old match making btw and i'm glad the new sbmm was at least a step in the right direction.