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Slugging for 4K should be removed, though I prefer the slugged 3rd survivor allowed to suicide, if they have unlimited time to self pick up when there are still Gens left, its pointless to prolong the game. Beside, 3rd survivor suicide when dying would instantly spawn Hatch, instead of taking 10sec, thats already a punishing to killers.

I dont think we should punish Killers that able to down all 4 survivors because its survivors' mistake. But I would like survivors to have ability to suicide and end the game immediately instead of laying there for 4min.

1. You cant stop players who as good as Otz to join Casual mode to stomp survivors, or Ayrun squad to stomp killer. There is already competitive mode: high MMR for players who try hard to win to play against try hard to win.

Release Freddy was actually a pretty good killer once you managed to learn how his power worked properly. He was largely misunderstood due to bhvr failing to telegraph important parts of his power to the killer player, mainly the Dream Transition invisibility.

I'm awful.

That was easy!

I agree with your first point. I hate Clown but that would make me look forward to playing against him

• Knight is the most boring killer in the game and one of the worst designed. He has a 1 note playstyle which only allows survivors to hold forward. He is also super reliant on low rarity add-ons to use his power properly (dried horse meat and map of the realm)
• Gen regression and progression perks shouldn’t exist or should be heavily restricted. They handicap build variety by either being so bad they’re useless or so good they can carry killers/survivors to a skill level they don’t belong. We seen this with the CoB/Overcharge meta which was by far the worst killer meta the game has faced
• Skull merchant’s design is fine. Her weapon is cool and the mask conceptually fits her character. I understand if you don’t like her but there’s nothing conceptually wrong with how she looks and in my opinion it works well

I'm awful on Survivor and I certainly have my 4head moments as Killer

Nurse's tome did not retcon her original lore.

Ghostface's original chase music was better than his current one.

Wesker's chase music is as overrated as himself.

Skull Merchant's chase music is pretty alright.

Wesker and Legion's chase music does not fit as chase music.

Deathslinger's chase music is too long and should be reduce in length.

DBD do not need complex gameplay or mechanics, it's simplicity is one of it's strengths as it allows anyone to quickly pick it up and jump in.

Pre-rework MacMillan color tint was awful to look at.

An operation health patch wouldn't do much for this game other than maybe allow for a few extra features like replay to be supported.

Old Hillbilly was the third most unfun killer to face next to Blight and Wesker, his rework made him at least a bit more tolerable to face.

I hope old dbd stays buried and gone for good, the sooner we get rid of or rework all remaining elements from old dbd, the better.

Bhvr should never have gone for last generation consoles and instead just waited for the next one before releasing dbd on consoles altogether.

Trickster has more horror to him than half of the killer roster does.

I hope Stranger Things never returns.

Popular content creators should not have any more say over the game's balance than anyone else no matter what.

Core dbd should stay as far away from mobile dbd's cosmetics as possible.

Competitive mode and casual mode would be a waste of time and resources.

Meg's deathgarden mask should never have been given out to the public after the game died.

Rift charms should have their own place in the store.

Charms should have some minor but cool effects to them when equipped, just like the masquerade invitation Effect that floats around your character's body when collected.

Artist is way more fun to play as and against than Huntress.

Exactly, he's one of the few killers that can actually make shack somewhat dangerous, and like you said most loops with dropped pallets become dangerous even if they previously looked easy to play on.

DS still buys a lot of time if used properly(going down in the area that has any safe tiles, which is very easily achievable with the basekit BT), can be combined with OTR and DH for the ultimate anti-tunnel combo. Only times when it's not a good perk is when you go down with it in a complete deadzone and can't achieve any tile after a stun(which is usually a misplay on survivor part) and against Nurse because, well, Nurse. DH is strong by itself albeit not as strong as SB and Lithe, but it really shines in combo with Made For This which basically means you can have full value of the haste and then press DH to buy even more time. Basically these perks are good individually but are insane in combinations.

The only people still playing Dead by Daylight are those poor unfortunate souls who have a terrible addiction to masochism, toxic relationships, and are too broke, blind, and stubborn, to move onto an actually well-designed game.

Dead Hard, Decisive Strike, and COH all need to be reverted to their OG forms

OLD DBD was way more balanced because both sides had equally busted things that absolutely ######### all over the other side and it just worked.

They could adjust kill rates to 60/40, 70/30, 80/20, or whatever. Unless it's 50/50 they are shooting for then it's not truly balanced and by default is an inferior balancing mix. It can't be balanced when the dev's thumb is so heavy on the scale.

Freddy can stay nerfed

Crossplay was and always will be a poorly implemented mess that completely null and voids the idea of a fair and equal competitive playing field. Lobbies should be based on perhipherial input. Controllers should face Controllers, and m+kb against m+kb. If you are using controller on PC that's one thing, but lol @ thinking controller vs. m+kb is equal when those pesky little things like dead zones make such a difference.

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Wesker is the worst killer in the game. No, he is powerful, but his ability is just frustrating, clunky, underdeveloped. It's really is "best design, worst implementation". Grabbing and throwing survivors is nice and pretty fun, but why his ability relies so much on "f" bugs? Rebound, urobound, changing throw side... Without them Wesker is just weak killer whose ability just doesn't work on half of the spots in the game. Oh, did i told you about his interaction with highgrounds? Half of highgrounds work with his ability, other half stops it. 1cm change in ground height may stop your ability and free already grabbed survivor. It's just stupid and no killer should work like that.

Sad BHVR probably will never change him because people for some reason really like buggy and underdeveloped killer.

• The word 'Tech' has completely lost all meaning and the line between actual techs and exploits has been blurred so much that most people either assume they mean the same thing or only use the word 'tech' when they like it and the word 'exploit' when they don't like it.
• People misconstrue 'Casual player' as 'bad player' or 'player who doesn't care about winning or playing well' when the actual definition of a casual player is someone who just tries to enjoy the game for what it is without trying to minmax their experience, take the game too seriously or just plays the game how they want to.
• Calling other players "pub players" is stupid because there's no official comp mode but it's even more stupid when it's used as an insult/reference to someone's level of play. Some people do it purely to gatekeep or ego stroke
• Treating Camping/Tunnelling as a taboo thing that you shouldn't do ever is an extremely harmful mindset that new players pick up from the community and it further perpetuates the divide between the people who play the roles. Of course, the same goes for SWFing, Genrushing and the like. In a nutshell, it's completely fine to dislike a tactic or think it's xyz but don't take it out on players.
• The new flashlight save timing is too generous and takes little to no skill compared to how it used to be. The only way you mess up a flashlight save right now is by not getting an angle or blinding way too early with good ping.
• These forums are far better for people wanting to discuss the game than twitter or reddit. DBDTwitter is full of people so full of themselves just begging for attention, likes and so on whereas Reddit has that echochamber problem where having an opinion people don't like = downvoted and hidden.
• Garden of Joy is overhated by the Killer community. It is by no means the most balanced map ever, but I would rather play on Garden of Joy instead of a lot of other maps.
• The recent tide of fanservice/thirst crowd pandering is incredibly cringe and I'm sick of seeing it. From the DBDTwitter runner to the in game anniversary quotes, cosmetics and the like.

Artist is one of the most well designed killers for both sides. I think people are super wrong when they say she has no 4v1 map presence and the only thing you can do against her in a chase is holding W.

I think my issue with the artist is the boring place crow at other side of loop gameplay an artist who snipes with severed hands and the shoes add on is scary

Lucky Break should apply to self-healing.

The base regression rate should be one-third of survivor repair speed instead of one-fourth. To ensure the 3-gen meta can’t come back, CoB and OC should have their increased regression rates removed and replaced with something else. Ruin would also be fine the way it is without any further changes if this happened.

STBFL, Nowhere to Hide, Adrenaline, and Distortion are all too strong and should be nerfed:

-Distortion’s token system is not really a limiting factor at all against most killers.

-NTH is too strong on high mobility killers and should be centered around the generator instead of the killer.

-Adrenaline is better than all other endgame perks in most situations (only Hope can sometimes compete) and playing most of the game with 3 perks is not as hard as people make it out to be.

-STBFL is way too strong for camping and doesn’t have adequate counterplay against m2 killers for how strong its effect is.

NOED is mostly fine now but should be deactivated if the killer hooks a survivor within 24m of the totem to remove that uncounterable aspect of it.

PGTW was overbuffed, it should’ve either been 25% of current or 15% of total.

Trapper is one of the most boring killers to face even though he’s not strong.

Perks like Left Behind and Low Profile that encourage selfish play are unhealthy and should be changed.

Release version Circle of Healing was the strongest perk in the game at that time, even stronger than old DH.

Wraith is a decent killer. He’s not nearly as bad as people say he is.

Autodidact is underrated.

Skull Merchant isnt as bad as people say, they just aren't combating her well enough

I use Severed Hands and Festering Carrion most of the time and I’m an Artist main that loves to go for those long range shots when I can. She is so fun and rewarding when mastering that as it really unlocks Carmina’s full potential.

The 7 anniversary auto break pallet power is the best anti loop in game by a mile