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Are you gonna buy Alan Wake?

Question is on the title.


I am not gonna buy him for sure. I love Alan Wake, he is cool character but he is coming without killer. We got solo survivors before but at least they had some fun perks.

Alan Wake is coming with terrible bad perks. The only good perk he has is Champion of Light and we all know this perk will be nerfed 6 - 9 months later. So there is really no use from Alan Wake. It's shame they ignored all PTB feedback and did not change his perks.

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  • RpTheHotrod
    RpTheHotrod Member Posts: 1,981

    Depends on how they implement the 8 regression limit. I don't camp gens, so as long as it doesn't affect me, I'll buy Alan because I'm simply a fan of the series. If the 3 gen thing does affect me (again, I don't camp 3 gens), then I'm done with dbd as a whole. Killer keeps getting more and more restricted every patch where it's simply becoming frustration instead of fun.

  • Vanishlord
    Vanishlord Member Posts: 555

    I didn't play him yet as I am on console but from what I have heard not a chance cool character rubbish perks though. I don't use flashlights simply because they are heard to use on console in my opinion so Champion of light is of no use to me.

  • humanbeing1704
    humanbeing1704 Member Posts: 8,998

    Yes

    I wanna gigamax autodidact with deadline

    I will counter your sloppy butcher


  • Quizzy
    Quizzy Member Posts: 862

    Most likely will skip entirely. Only because he may have his perks in the shrine soon. How? Because he's going to be in the next tome Revision as shown in dbd official Twitter calendar post. And you know they put in a characters perk in the shrine during their tome.

  • Chocolate_Cosmos
    Chocolate_Cosmos Member Posts: 5,735

    Nope.

    I don't care about Alan Wake but mainly its because the perks are not good. If it would be like new fresh take on perks like with Nic Cage, I would probably buy it.

  • Caiman
    Caiman Member Posts: 2,960

    Yeah I'm buying it, for the character. His perks are okay-ish but I just want to play as Alan Wake. Plus he is going to be in the Tome as well and there will inevitably be challenges that require playing as him. All the more reason to enjoy a character I like.

  • Dogma_loki
    Dogma_loki Member Posts: 436

    Nope.

    The last thing this game needs is more mid perks to add to the pile of trash perks already in game.

  • o7o
    o7o Member Posts: 335

    For perks, if the 2 legendaries are cool I might p100 him.

  • Rovend
    Rovend Member Posts: 1,064

    No. I am not hyped by the character and his perks are either really bad or the flashlight one which is obviously going to get nerfed in a couple months.

    So i think i'll pass on this chapter.

  • Harbinger1985
    Harbinger1985 Member Posts: 70

    I love Alan Wake, I'm gonna buy day one and I don't rest till I get him to P9! I hope the Tome will have some AW1 skins for him. The perks kinda OK for me, except the Deadline which I don't get it how it a helping perk.

  • Firellius
    Firellius Member Posts: 4,540

    I might. Loved Control, and I've been diving into the Alan Wake universe recently. Plus, the voicework is pretty great!

    Perks are duds, but they're survivor perks, it's to be expected.

  • HerInfernalMajesty
    HerInfernalMajesty Member Posts: 1,976

    Yes!!! 100% yes! I can’t wait! I’ve never been this excited for a Survivor!

  • OrangeBear
    OrangeBear Member Posts: 2,861

    Yes. I like the games. I like his voice lines and appearance. Enough reason for me and he will be required for tome challenges i think.

    I will probably buy every chapter for as long as i am playing because i would like all characters, the game feels incomplete seeing the darkened portraits at the bottom of the list. Even if some characters are trash and i never play them. I find it easier to buy them than to not.

  • Shroompy
    Shroompy Member Posts: 6,806

    probably (im bad with money)

  • Unequalmitten86
    Unequalmitten86 Member Posts: 331

    I will eventually on a sale. His perks are not that great and if anything to complete a collection same with Chucky to complete a collection. Wake's perks are not that great and you have to be good with a flashlight which I am not. I mean Nick at least had Dramatogry and that's a fun perk and useful.

    I also don't want to invest money until there is serious improvements to the game. It's gone downhill extremely fast and no longer a fun experience.

  • Gastongard
    Gastongard Member Posts: 143

    Nope, horrible perks.

  • Shuma
    Shuma Member Posts: 55

    No, his perks are so bad. If champion of light is good, I feel like the developers will nerf it anyway, since Killer-mains flip out at survivors having different meta perks than what survivors have had for 7 years.

  • GeneralV
    GeneralV Member Posts: 11,716

    Nah, probably not.

  • flotaku
    flotaku Member Posts: 60

    I am personally a bit disappointed with the amount of licensed content we have been getting.

    I know, weird complaint.

    But I am not reaaaally into most of the franchises that we have in DBD (though I am at least familiar with almost all).

    So for me, this is just a character that won't get many skins, can't be bought with shards and has mediocre perks. Not all that much to be excited about.

    I would honestly have rather had an unlicensed character with cool and interesting perks and a neat design.

  • BubMickey07
    BubMickey07 Member Posts: 312

    NOPE!

    Boring perks and boring looking dude

  • M1_gamer
    M1_gamer Member Posts: 361

    nope

  • Science_Guy
    Science_Guy Member Posts: 2,034

    Nah, even if his perks don't end up being in the Shrine because of the next tome.

  • Marc_go_solo
    Marc_go_solo Member Posts: 5,347

    I will be, considering I'm a fan of the series. Champion of Light is a good flashlight perk and Illumination may make a difference for newer players and Solo players for planning where to go (Illumination may be a sleeper like Lightweight is still) - not a useful addition for a swf though. Deadline is still terrible though.

    The main thing is though it appears Alan Wake in DBD not only is canon to DBD, but even DBD is perhaps going to be canon in the world of Alan Wake, which is quite exciting if that's the case.

  • Verconissp
    Verconissp Member Posts: 1,589

    i'm only buying it if he has Achievements tied to him...

    Otherwise, No Achievements? Nada

  • Mooks
    Mooks Member Posts: 14,841

    There is always the Adept achievement.

    plus I think one achievement for general survivors that are tied lore- and or perk-wise to the new surv

  • Verconissp
    Verconissp Member Posts: 1,589
    edited January 25

    Tis but the only reason why i usually get new Chapters =D

    It has to be Perfect ._.

  • Depressedlegion
    Depressedlegion Member Posts: 337

    Gonna do it just cause I have some spare cells.

  • glitchboi
    glitchboi Member Posts: 6,023

    Maybe sooner or later but probably not right now. I don't play survivor as often and his perks don't seem too appealing to me except for the Boon perk (the main saving grace that attracts me) which might be helpful to teach my friends how to play this game.

  • skylerbound
    skylerbound Member Posts: 754

    i Will. Started playing Alan wake remastered. I like the voice acting and I know I’ll like at least two cosmetics. Champion of Light is a fun meme perk I plan to use after a few weeks when killers stop bring lightborn which will be inevitable

  • UndeddJester
    UndeddJester Member Posts: 3,497

    I like the idea of: -

    • Deadline with Autodidact
    • Boon: Illumination with Overzealous
    • Champion of Light, is his best perk, but I suck with flashlights...

    So yeah, I'll be grabbing it.

  • Caiman
    Caiman Member Posts: 2,960

    Survivors are going to be running flashlights a lot to use it, and killers will be bringing Lightborn a lot if they see flashlights in lobbies.

    My suggestion is to go into the match with no item and instead use Residual Manifest to scavenge a flashlight from a chest, to catch them by surprise, assuming your teammates aren't running flashlights too. Flashbang might work too, if they haven't patched that out on live servers.

  • Dinoraptus
    Dinoraptus Member Posts: 254

    Yeah, Alan is cool, gonna P100 him.

  • RpTheHotrod
    RpTheHotrod Member Posts: 1,981

    He's probably counter to replace my blendette as a main survivor. Alan is such a great and creative character lore-wise.

  • bornagain234
    bornagain234 Unconfirmed, Member Posts: 336

    Soon they'll add a consent system where you can only hit and hook a survivor if they're ok with it.

  • Volcz
    Volcz Member Posts: 1,188

    Absolutely not. Aside from the fact it looks more like Jake Gyllenhall or John Wick than it does Alan, I'm generally not a fan of the male character frames (only exception David) & his grunts of pain already irritated me on the PTB, lol. Can't see myself maining him even for a day.

  • Caiman
    Caiman Member Posts: 2,960

    I'm thinking of pairing Illumination with Circle of Healing. If my soloQ teammates have the sense to retreat to the boon to heal each other, it'll be healing and info-sharing in one. They're the two Boons that benefit best from being far away from the killer.

  • jmwjmw27
    jmwjmw27 Member Posts: 513

    Yes eventually, whenever I come back to DBD.

    Aside from playing with friends I am mostly burnt out and only play to do the next level of tome challenges and achievements. So I am sure I will buy him eventually to get his adept and prestige him to 3.

    Champion of Light seems fun to mess around with but his other two perks are sad.

  • Karth
    Karth Member Posts: 238
    edited January 25

    i was planning on it yes, but then they planned on butchering my favourite anime waifu so, nope.

    gotta speak with my wallet on this one.

  • Nun_So_Vile
    Nun_So_Vile Member Posts: 2,438
    edited January 25
  • Thusly_Boned
    Thusly_Boned Member Posts: 2,988

    Yeah, but only because I'm a slave consumer and can't stand not having something available to me in game, even if I'll never use it, lol.

  • Devil_hit11
    Devil_hit11 Member Posts: 9,115

    yes, in prospect that Deadline perk gets buffed.

  • Nazzzak
    Nazzzak Member Posts: 5,851

    No, I'm passing on this chapter

  • solarjin1
    solarjin1 Member Posts: 2,233

    I'm supporting everything behavior release. I'm dbd stand

  • Xyvielia
    Xyvielia Member Posts: 2,418

    Noperrrs

    Perks are absolute trash

    Not into Alan Wake at all

  • IamFran
    IamFran Member Posts: 1,616

    No, for several reason.


    I didn't play his games.

    He is not appealing aestetically imo.

    His perks are mid at best.

    He is a licensed character (not buyable with iridiscents).

  • biggybiggybiggens
    biggybiggybiggens Member Posts: 700

    Hell naw.. Looks whack.