Do you think all the characters' sexual orientations should be revealed?

nah just make new characters, dont go back and add it.

most recent was felix and his girlfriend i think from lore

Sexuality and Sexual orientation has pretty deep historical ties to horror as a genre overall. DBD is far from the first horror video game to even vaguely broach the subject of LGBTQIA+ representation. I think BHVR's overall goal is probably to have DBD's universe feel like an actual world that isn't terribly dissimilar to our own. The game already has quite a sizable LGBTQIA+ fanbase even without a lot of representation so it is nice when we get to see characters we can relate to on that level.

Is it hurting right now to not have a full spectrum of representation? No it isn't, but adding representation won't do any harm to the game either. It's a net benefit as not only do you attract more paying customers from demographics you may be really reaching as well as you would like. You also give people already in your ecosystem something that they can relate to on a more personal level which can also drive positive community engagement.

Now, it isn't going to print money or increase engagement to grand degree, but if the goal is to generally have people develop parasocial attachments to your product without relying on nostalgia licenses and pop culture touchstones you gotta make people feel seen.

That's not what I said.

I've noticed in my own games, that whenever there is a David, they got tunneled out, always. No matter how much the rest of the team takes hits/gets downed for them and so on. Regardless that's a different topic.

Most survivors are good peeps and obviously put tue TP roll over, but not Nea and Meg, they are both build differently and can hardly resist the fogs siren song, they put the roll under. Most killers are monsters in human shape and put the TP roll under, just to add some more salt to any injury and make you flinsh when going for some alone time in the stalls, but some of them are more wholesome. Rin is probably a good girl and would put the TP roll up the right way, as would some others.

I headcanon most videogame characters as bi until stated otherwise, because I myself am.

I prefer it that way honestly.

To be honest, I think they likely won't make a big thing of it for the whole roster, instead focusing on select characters or creating new ones with that sort of thing in mind. With David, they really put the effort in to make a really long story to accompany it which is way more effort than some companies do with this topic.

Does kinda suck that David hasn't really got much in the way of cosmetics lately though, as someone who mains a character with barely any I feel the pain.

I'm mainly worried about the effect it will have on the game. Players can be extremely toxic, and I can see survivors getting tunneled out just for playing an LGBT character.

I understand David is gay, however that was revealed years after his release. Most players aren't on the forums reading posts, checking socials, etc like we all are.

I feel if they release an LGBT character and make a big announcement / posts / tome focusing on only their sexuality, it will have negative effects to the Survivors that play them.

I really like the ambiguous approach Dead By Daylight has.

You look at a character and have no clue what their sexual orientation is, AND THATS THE POINT.

All of us are unique in our own ways and don't need labels to identify who we are. If a "insert any sexual orientation" person plays Haddie and feels a bond, let them. Once you announce a sexuality, you may break the bond between the character and those who no longer seem themselves in.

I will say if they were going to release an LGBT Character, a killer would probably be the best way. Unless your a SWF, its going to be hard to "bully" a murderer.

I'm of the belief that if something like that is being said show it. Even a one of sentence in someone's lore such as "his husband" or "her date wasn't happy and she left" is much, much better than just saying "oh yea they're gay" on twitter and nothing else. I understand that's not how it works in real life, people are still themselves even if they don't outwardly show it, however the second option is such a cop out where they can easily turn around and say "lol jk" if they wish and almost feel non-cannon anyway if it's not actually in any official media.

As for if they should do it, I see no harm. If they feel like making a character cannon they should and in the case of a character like David I feel like it added to the lore with the idea of his parent's expectations and working in a field where that wouldn't of been as acepted (Rugby). I'd personally like more repersentation but like I stated earlier I would rather some effort be put in beyond a twitter post.

All of them? No

But there could be a couple more. Doesn't even need to be mayor like it was with David. Something like a cosmetic for Yui that says it's a font memory of a past girlfriend would already do the job

It isn't a bad thing to leave a couple or even the mayority ambiguous

Not against them doing any of this, as its their game. I don't see why its such a hot topic with some people. You play a game thats based around murder and horror. Yet we're focused about whether people like guys or girls. I honestly don't understand why this is a topic.

And thats fine! Maybe its not for me to understand. I just want to escape politics, race, sexual orientation, and personal expectations in my video games, and even that's getting increasingly difficult. Ah well, DbD fo lyfe!

I really doubt people would be angry if a sexual orientation was subtly hinted at.

Outside of those individuals who's default state is anger

Most would be glad the reprisentation would be there. It doesn't always need to be in the highlight, it just needs to be there

There's something super weird about wanting to know what every character does romantically and in the sheets. Idk, unless it's relevant to their character, I feel like people who take a lot of interest in it have an unhealthy relationship with sexuality in some form and are often incredibly self-indulgent.

I wouldn't be against it being explored in some other characters, but again, only if it adds something to the character and doesn't cater to the rampant self-indulgence we find online.

No. I hate it, it is pointless and not relevant to the game.

I never said asking for representation was wanting to know what they do 'in the sheets', nor is that the complete notion as I've also said 'does romantically', which encompasses a lot of one's sexuality (or absence of). I was addressing OP's question of knowing EVERY character's orientation/preferences. And to me it is very weird to give attention to EVERY character's sexuality for the sake of it. And I am at the full belief that people, including myself as I fully admit I have issues in that regard, who fixate themselves on sexuality likely don't have a very healthy relationship with it. But that is an opinion, you're free to say I'm wrong, but I don't think it's disingenuous.

That's fine. I'm fine with representation. I'm less fine with focusing on every character's sexuality, whether it's straight, gay, bi, trans or anything else. It comes off as an unsettling fixation on something that is very personal and yet not necessarily determinant of their persons.

I agree. I've been to such communities. I'd love to see an LGBT+ Russian or Arabic character, or even Chinese. It'd put BHVR a step further in fighting for progress than mega giants like Procter and Gamble that also embrace the rainbow every year. And it could resonate with people who play your game that definitely feel isolated.