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How To Buff The Nightmare: From A "Freddy" Main

Versalord
Versalord Member Posts: 23
edited October 2023 in Feedback and Suggestions
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Context: I have been a Freddy Main since I started playing Dead By Daylight this year just before the 7th Anniversary. I bought The Nightmare On Elm Street DLC along with Dead By Daylight on my Nintendo Switch, and have "Mained" Freddy Krueger aka The Nightmare since I started playing.

Freddy Krueger is an ICONIC 80's Horror Icon (despite DBD having the 2010 Remake Freddy Kreuger) and to have him be this weak is an embarrassment. I feel that Freddy deserved so much more and I have a way I think Freddy could become a better Killer in Dead By Daylight.

The Idea: Make Dream Pallets and Red Paint Brush Basekit, boost the Hinderage from Dream Snares, and rework Red Paint Brush, Garden Rake, Prototype Claws, and Paint Thinner.

This would take the least amount of time to develop and give Freddy enough to get by.

Here are the changes I would make to this idea:

Dream Tokens: Increase the amount of Tokens from 5 (Dream Snares)/ 7 (Dream Pallets) to 13. There can be no more than 5 Dream Snares placed and no more than 7 Dream Pallets placed at any given time and placing another Dream Snare or Dream Pallet will replace the first Dream Snare or Dream Pallet that was placed.

Red Paint Brush Added To Basekit: Survivors no longer can wake up by Missing Skill Checks and all Survivors start the Trial in The Dream World.

Garden Rake Basekit: Dream Pallets can now be placed along with Dream Snares, but Survivor's Aura is not shown when Survivors drop Dream Pallets.

Dream Snares: Increased Hinderage from Dream Snares from 15% to 20%

Red Paint Brush (Rework): Survivors can only see their personal Alarm Clock from within 24 Meters

Garden Rake (Rework): Decrease the time it takes for Survivors to passively fall asleep by 5 seconds (55 Seconds)

Prototype Claws (Rework): Decrease the time it takes for Survivors to passively fall asleep by 10 seconds (50 Seconds)

Paint Thinner (Rework): Decrease the time it takes for Survivors to passively fall asleep by 20 Seconds (40 Seconds)

If this was implemented, I feel this would slightly or greatly increase Freddy Kreuger's Abilities and make The Nightmare a more fun Killer to play as and against!

P.S. I'm willing to take suggestions and constructive criticism from anyone who thinks I should change the idea.

Thanks for reading,

Sincerely,

Versalord

Comments

  • Archol123
    Archol123 Member Posts: 4,634
    https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/394220/how-to-buff-the-nightmare-from-a-freddy-main

    Sure it would make him stronger, but I don't see how he would be more fun to face... Waking up while only seeing your personal alarmclock from 24 m seems like quite some pain if you want to wake up, especially on indoor maps,you would just walk around the map aimlessly...

    As for the base kit changes, I don't see how him slowing you more with his dreams snares makes him more fun to play against? His gameplay does not really change, he just is stronger doing what he did already anyway...

  • JudithMorel
    JudithMorel Member Posts: 562

    horrible ideas LOL

  • xltechno
    xltechno Member Posts: 1,026

    Freddy just doesn't fit the current environment, but he's not weak enough to need a major buff. However, detailed numerical adjustments will be necessary.

    As it stands now, he ends up being a very unattractive character. And obviously not strong.

  • Grabn12
    Grabn12 Member Posts: 25
    https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/3564070#Comment_3564070

    Es el killer más débil del juego después de la mejora que ha obtenido trampero

  • KaTo1337
    KaTo1337 Member Posts: 555

    P100 3.500h Freddy-Main here.

    I will do a change-post soon.

    Since Freddy should be the next killer to receive updates after the Twins in January (?) I do hope my ideas are welcome by the devs.

    Unfortunately I dont have the time now but it will be done at the end of the week

  • DrDucky
    DrDucky Member Posts: 675
    https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/394220/how-to-buff-the-nightmare-from-a-freddy-main

    I think your ideas are on the right track. Quite honestly though most of his addons need some love as they are all pretty much useless except paint brush. The issue is I look at all these changes and the pallet addons are at least decent now and the base kit paint brush is nice, but Freddy is still probably not going to be a good killer. Dream pallets still suck even if used alongside snares and the extra hindered on snares probably wont do too much.

    I think poor Freddy just needs another rework since even if he returned to his former glory with enough buffs, he is fundamentally quite a boring killer (all you do is snare up the ground which has very little interaction on both sides). Again I like your changes in the sense that they are in the right direction. I think if you kept Freddy as is he would need more addons reworked and more done to him in general for him to be a good killer, but my opinion is just rework the power.