What do YOU find fun in DbD?

Since we're talking rhetorical questions...looping. it's really the only fun I have nowadays and it's for survivor.

1. The chases, both as killer and survivor.
2. Good quality teammates coming together in solo que and playing like were all belonging to 1 hivemind (rare but so satisfying when everyone knows what to do, can loop decently, has map/situational awareness, etc).

After playing since the start of the game my idea is fun is simply running random perks and trying to escape with them or kill the survivors with them. Pretty basic but im past the try hard phase and just take the matches as they come.

I even use a roulette wheel to choose my 4 perks...... I kinda wish the devs would add such a thing to the game. 4 random perks every game.

It depends on my mood. I play both sides.

As survivor, I love playing characters I identify with. Like this aspect is so cool in itself, being able to run around in a game that feels like your in a horror film with the thick atmosphere, lighting. I've been a horror film fan since a child when they used to terrify me. I enjoy playing supportive roles in games, and in DBD I'm the one unhooking and healing. I'm terrible at looping, but I enjoy the excitement of hiding and watching, staying alert, waiting to assist teammates. I also enjoy just hopping on a gen and having to look out for the killer, or the thrill of trying to complete a gen so we can escape, and attempting to rescue someone downed during EGC.

As killer I have had such fun just chasing players around the map, the sandbox is great to play the scary boogeyman and have fun interactions, it's really fun to me teetering on that edge of "I could kill you but I won't, or will I?" I like that about DBD, you don't always know what to expect.

I like to "spread the love" and not focus the same player over and over as I know that feels bad. Yesterday I had a super fun match as Sadako in RPD and got her Adept. The setting felt perfect for this scary ghost girl. Sometimes the maps and characters just align in beautiful ways; like Wraith feeling like a predator in the cornfields, or Trickster chasing around Springwood with ricochet blades, or Doctor making players scream on Toba, or The Dredge teleporting to lockers on Backwater Swamp with survivors in them.

Considering 5 out of 7 of the things I find fun in DBD would get me banned, i'll provide you with two.

1. Saving teammates from sticky hook situations in my SWF. Even better when you get em' with the footwork for a saucy juke or two.
2. OG Ebony Mori

As a survivor, I do enjoy being part of the team and making coordinated plays with my team mates, escaping chases that last quite some time, getting hooked after a little while to see and experience some chaos.. Such stuff.

I most certainly hate being tunneled just because the killer lacks the experiences to mindgame, hide red stain, use powerful add-ons to gain some advantage, being slugged just because the killer treats the match competitively, and having survivors throwing the match just because they do happen to be in a SWF premade; I do get that it's fun for them, but they're literally ruining it to me and to the killer by removing the challenge from the match. I do also hate getting camped, but that's for another time.. Not even the killer enjoys it, although I've met some sadists who've told me about how much fun they had while they didn't move further than ~5m from the hook where I was hooked at the time..

I don't like when the match is one sided or unbalanced. The killer is too good, plays boring strategies to gain the edge (tunneling, camping, slugging, ...), or the killer is too bad and can't get anything from the match. Both are equally bad, although the competitive mindset definitely ruins it the most despite having a killer who's too new and too much of a casual player to make the match fair makes me feel bad..

When it comes to playing as a killer, I do enjoy some challenges. I do enjoy knowing that I still have a chance to make some impact by playing the game in a way to make it fun for everybody involved. I do despite of tunneling, camping, slugging, and so I do never use such tactics.. Which unfortunately ends up backfiring and having myself getting one hook after three or four whole minutes of all generators being repaired.. Only to have some survivors offering me „pity sacrifices“ or „pity points“ with the positive intention, that do only add insult to the injury. It feels as if I was being mocked and been made fun of, so don't do that.. Whoever does that.

I also don't enjoy matches being over too fast in general, or when I'm so dominating as a killer that they can't get any progress on the generators, or have to sacrifice half of the team to get two or three generators done.. As that's when one plays hide'n'seek, having both of them trying to sell each other out, so one can take the hatch.

It is a pity that most matches are decided way too often by the starting few hooks and generators, and so there are barely any comebacks.. Unless you're playing vabank with perks like Rancor or Grim Embrace, at which point the survivors can simply hide until the effects of the perk run out..

I wish, the maps would get darker.. It's not a lot of fun seeing survivors across the entire map even though they're trying to be sneaky and wear the darkest outfits possible to slip past me. There's no fun in that, I miss the old Dead by Daylight with dark fog and actually a valid stealth gameplay.

I sure dislike when I play the game well, but then killer just happens to win the chase because of a perk X or Y add-ons.. Times when it's a matter of half a second or even less that tells whether I get to vault the window or not, wacky hitboxes, and so on.

I could easily burn all my Mother-Daughter Rings and other add-ons with Rin and achieve some easy victories, but where'd be fun in having them handed on a silver plate?.. Which applies to both sides, but mainly to the SWF premades running Brand New Parts or Commodious Toolboxes. Those are plain and simply boring players with competitive mindsets trying to win the match ASAP.. Probably youngsters with so much energy that they can compete for hours with other players, but us veterans do wanna have some fun after a long day, to have an escapism from the reality, you know?..

Players with competitive mindset do ruin the game to players with casual mindset, and vice-versa.. But because the playerbase is too small, we're not getting Ranked X Unranked queues, as that'd also be abused by the competitive players trying to boost their egos by treating casual matches competitively and mocking survivors for being unable to escape them..

I love being tunneled by a Wesker and then becoming 8% slower after 15 seconds of chase, this design choice has been very fun and interactive to be on the receiving end on. After all, he hit his power once so he deserves the hindered effect, in addition to his natural secondary objective slowdown and chase power.

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Soo usually Ill jus be playing killer unless I have at least 1 friend on to play with to make survivor at least somewhat bearable although playing with one friend only still feels akin to Russian roulette but cuz of how it's like 50/50 on whether I'm going to get two random teammates that are actually going to be efficient or at least know what they're doing or I'm going to get to dog water teammates that either hide in lockers and self care in the corner or crouch walk or jus sneak in general(even though they are not being chased at that point in time and are actually wasting time jus to not leave scratch marks that fade and completely disappear in 10 seconds 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ enough about survivor my matches in killer tend to very. . Whenever I play killer I have two rules one the first survivor that shows interaction like going out of their way to try and either communicate or interact with me I generally will drop Chase immediately and just go find somebody else I know that's not efficient but it's a dumb rule LOL but it leads to some memorable matches and fun times my second rule is whether or not a survivor DC's intentionally or unintentionally I usually will troll the remaining survivors and act like I just didn't notice the DC but once the last gen is done I'll usually just open the gate and let them go.

Dodging a hatchet and then throwing a pebble at the Huntress' head is always fun. Booping da snoot is probably the best thing in the game.

Best part: Being an aggressive Killer that throws survivors off their game because I come at them quick. Knowing a survivors move before they make it and being around the corner when they run right into me after making some move they think was slick. Also holding down 3 gens (never played Skill Merch before you ask) when the games a grind and getting the 4K.

Leaving with at least a 3K and being an Apex Predator.

Worst part: Lagging in a chase, Bully Squads and falling on my face trying to be an Apex Predator because a teams just too good.

I find playing killer to be quite a rush ! I especially love when the killers power makes the game fun and different! If their power is no fun to use it’s not enjoyable. Win or lose I love using tentacles as nemesis or vomit as plague or torment as executioner.

As a survivor I love the chase and comradery amongst survivors. It’s fun playing a good killer with trustworthy teammates win or lose .

There are laughable moments and tough ones but overall it’s the love of getting better and having fun! Experimenting and improving your game, trying new killers and survivors, and having fun with killers powers!

I have a lot of fun as a solo que survivor going up against the hundreds of blights that 4k at five gens. It pushes me to play other games that are actually fun.

Playing with bots, because matches are super chill, I can do whatever I want, and don't need to endure sweatfeasts or bming from players with power trips. Please implement killer bots.

As a killer I enjoy making some cool play like corraling a survivor into a bear trap, getting a crazy snipe with Huntress or Slinger, doing some cool rush combo on Blight, or just doing some cool mind game.

As a survivor I enjoy being chased by the killer and outplaying them. Nothing in the game is as satisfying and hilarious as baiting a Wesker into vaulting a window.

Bad loops design kinda takes a bit out of it. Chasing a survivor around an insanely safe loop like the Baham preschool is frustrating and it's ridiculously boring as a survivor. Jungle gyms, maze tiles, 4 lanes, and double window tiles are all very fun to run as there's a lot of mind game potential and they're not too one-sided.

I just have fun and enjoy bumping around as blight and getting those satisfying flick hits 😊

Things I enjoy playing as Survivor:

1. Being chased! The best part of the game by far. 1v1ing the killer and trying to outsmart each other is so fun. I enjoy having a fair showdown with the killer.
2. Cosmetics. It feels good putting an outfit together like a fashionista, and getting a compliment from teammates or the killer too!
3. Maps. I love new maps and seeing you guys rework old ones after a period of time has passed. It really keeps things fresh and entertaining.
4. Being scared. I don’t get scared often on this game anymore, but a good Ghostface or Myers… LORD HAVE MERCY!
5. Playing with intelligent teammates that actually do the objectives, and do what is necessary to keep the team afloat and on track to escaping. That can mean taking hits for a tunneled teammate, even so far as going down for them to buy more time while the other two teammates split up, one gets you up while the other takes another hit. It could mean pressuring a Gen even when somebody is getting chased nearby, or sacrificing a hook state to complete a crucial chokehold Gen. Intelligent, compassionate plays. I am impressed whenever I see someone actually using their brain. I am also impressed when someone KNOWS that I have been carrying, and they risk their own hook states to save me. I appreciate them going out of their way to show their own appreciation.
6. Goofy teammates. I love them. I will sacrifice myself for them.
7. FUN perks. CHASE perks. Gen perks are mind-numbingly boring.

Things I DON’T enjoy playing as Survivor:

1. Camping.
2. Tunneling. I don’t need to explain these two. They NEED to be tackled as problems and punished. We need to get these methods as close as possible to removal from the game.
3. Unintelligent, selfish teammates who don’t play at my skill level. I play to win. It’s how I have fun. We can joke around in-game and still stay focused on winning.
4. Bitter killer mains who decide to tunnel me out of the game, hit me on hook repeatedly or camp me to death because I ran them, and now it’s a 3-man out. I’m not going to BM you; I don’t go out of my way to make the killer’s experience miserable either. But I WILL sweat if need be to survive. It’s not personal.
5. Terrible unsafe pallets or pre-existing dead-zones. I understand a dead-zone created by the fault of the Survivors. I do NOT understand a naturally existing dead-zone. There should be no reason an area of the map only has 1 or 2 pallets, and cut off from the rest of the map. Those are going to be used up fast, and we’ll need to do that Gen stuck right in the center of a dead-zone. If the killer knows about this, it’ll be the first spot they go to exploit and defend. As for the terrible unsafe pallets, a great example is Garden of Joy, where there is a pallet in the center of the road with hardly any space to loop it. Why does this pallet exist? Only an amateur killer would fall for that joke of a pallet. I get making pallets more risky, but pallets like those are just ridiculous. That’s not risky, that’s plain foolish to even ATTEMPT to use. I’d be better off just holding W.
6. PING. PING. PING. I don’t know if the dev team has noticed, but the ping has been AWFUL lately. I don’t know if it’s because individuals are abusing lag switches or VPNs, or it’s something to do with your servers, or even both. But it HAS to end. I’m tired of getting sucked back through a window that I’ve fully vaulted with feet on the ground, hit through a window when my feet are on the ground, hit when I’ve vaulted over a pallet already, hit when I’ve slammed a pallet down before the swing was supposed to connect. It is incredibly frustrating. I don’t experience lag spikes or anything except on this game. I have great internet. I know it ain’t me. Hit detection NEEDS to be made neutral and not favor any side. Please look into this.
7. Killers like SM, Knight, Blight, and Nurse are boring to go up against and need to be either nerfed, or reworked. The fact that the community knows how busted these killers can be in the right hands, and just says “Against a good ____ there’s not much you can do” is bad game design. There should ALWAYS be balanced counterplay. I should not be having to dodge a Blight bumping SEVEN times, when he can just break pallets anyways with his rush. Remove that ability! He shouldn’t have BOTH. SM should NOT be able to hold a 3-gen. She should be able to put a maximum of 2 drones on Gens. Knight should not be able to patrol hooks at all with his power. Period. There is NO reason a killer like Knight should be able to sit right by the hook, place a patrol down in front, move back and forth at the hook, rinse and repeat. This is trolling, because it is extremely unfun for the Survivors to go against.
8. Lockers next to window vaults. Why? Garden of Joy has this. Why are the lockers incredibly close to window vaults at jungle gyms? There is no logical reason for this. This needs to be removed. I was looping today and got caught trying to vault a window, and ended up jumping in a locker instead. I got downed because of this. Stop putting lockers too close next to windows please. The distance of the killer shack lockers next to the window is PERFECT. That is how it should be.

Things I enjoy playing as Killer:

1. Killers with a lot of mobility or speed. It’s fun. I like playing as Wesker. I see why Blight is fun, I don’t play him though. Bumping/rushing more than 3 times is way too much alongside being able to use one of the rushes to break pallets.
2. Successfully defeating a team fair and square, no scummy tactics used. It is very satisfying to know I outplayed 4 other humans and was honorable about it too.
3. Chasing Survivors. I love the thrill of it, where I can say “come out come out wherever you are!” Or “one way or another, I’m gonna find ya. I’m gonna getcha getcha getcha getcha!” To myself.
4. Baby Survivors. I often have cuteness overload and pity them, and let them go after hooking twice.

Things I DON’T enjoy playing as Killer:

1. T-baggers. There needs to be a cooldown on crouching, at least 3 or 4 seconds from the time you stop crouching (aka lift your finger off the button). You can crouch for AS LONG AS YOU WANT… BUT, you’ll now wait 3-4 seconds to be able to crouch again. This is fair. It also increases the risk for Survivors.
2. Feeling powerless against a thousand-hour, sweaty SWF squad because they have all of my movements monitored and countered via voice chat before I can even ACT. This is also because I play fair and don’t want to rely on scummy tactics to force a win. I want them to have fun too.
3. The lack of fun killer perks. Survivors have more fun perks to use while killers don’t really have any fun perks to use except NWO, sometimes NOED for the lolz, and Blood Warden. Again, Gen perks are boring.

Thanks for listening! ❤️

I used to play killer primarily. It was easier to not rely on other teammates or get taken out too early of a match.

But I haven't played in months. I think my last match was Dredge during the Knight chapter. Less motivation to keep playing and games weren't as fun. I watch videos on YouTube to support Spookyloopz and Negoose, but even then I get bored more easily (not because of them, but the gameplay)

I moved onto Splatoon 3 and Pokemon as my main games. S3 especially is more dynamic, faster matches, casual/ranked modes, co-op, more customization, free updates every season, etc.

I don't really have an interest of coming back, and Nicholas Cage seems more non-sensical (I get it that people find him funny) and it's not really a motivator to jump back in (even with the new exhaustion perk- risk vs. Reward idea is good though)

Im not knocking anybody or going on a soapbox, just giving my 2¢

I like playing thematically, which I can really only do as GhostFace and at lower MMR.

Traveling around the edges of the map and standing behind survivors on a gen until they finally notice me. Slowly walking around unsafe loops when a Survivor is exposed and catching them when they're otherwise safe because I'm messing with their timing instincts. Waiting by the corner of the exit gate, crouched, and grabbing them off right before it opens and activating Blood Warden as soon as another one finishes opening the gate. Waiting behind breakable walls and popping out of them when I hear breathing or gen repair on the other side (Gideon Meat Factory is great for this). If I get an insane lead (~8 hook states with 5-4 gens left), I'll disappear until there's only one gen left which lets the survivors get some points AND builds tension, which sweaty red rankers no longer feel.

As a rule, I don't ever hook survivors a third time. It serves three purposes: 1. Everyone stays in the game until the end, which is more fun for everyone and everyone gets more points; 2. It keeps me from pipping, and therefore keeps me from playing with Twitch sweats; and 3. Staying at a low MMR enables me to play the way that I do, and allows me to use my powers for good as someone who's been in red ranks a lot before.

I just wish we could kind of go back to the way the game felt back when it was new. Now that we're all used to it, it's no longer a horror game. It's hide and seek with extra steps.

Survivor: Cleansing/Blessing Totems, Chases, Deception (Red Herring, Quick and Quiet, Diversion, etc.), altruism (healing, unhooking, saving)

Killer: Chases, Harassing survivors working gens while in a chase, stealth, grabbing survivors