Rotten Fields (Coldwind Farm)

I believe this map is balanced, with the possibility of several loops and a killer shack in the middle, but with a reduced map size compared to older versions

Don't have much to say about Coldwind in terms of balance.

As long as the maps is kept as daytime maps, then i'm happy.

Map is balanced, but leans to killersided (in General, I dont think that Survivors who burn Coldwind in 2024 do their team a favor...).

However, the map is AWFUL. It is just a relict from the past and should get a major rework. A map with so much nothing is not really suitable anymore.

This map isn't too bad but I do think it could be shrunk a little. It's fairly big and has a lot of open space with nothing but corn, while a lot of the loops are towards the outside edges, meaning the killer often goes far away from the rest of the action when trying to chase someone since most chases gravitate towards the edges of the map (or to the shack). Could also use a few more lockers closer to generators.

Make the farms dark again!

Rotten Fields is a survivor favored map that carries problems from its realm and counts with a massive size that spreads the generators far and wide. The emphasis in having 12 corn exclusive filler tiles (where only a few weak filler loops spawn) makes the generators very easy to find (and therefore to repair efficiently) for the survivors while not giving the killer good lines of sight to not waste time patrolling generators that survivors aren't repairing. The layout has its best safety (except shack) on the edges so the corn area forces survivors to take chases around the outskirts of the map (when ending chases near the edge of the map is the tactically superior strategy by default since the killer takes longer to pressure the rest of the survivor team).

Coldwind Farm always had a very unique ruleset for its mazetiles, having both consistency and good distribution. Ever since the patch 6.6.0 (hidden mazetile RNG change that affected over 20 maps), Rotten Fields would always have 3 jungle gyms (classic pallet & window mazetile), 1 pallet gym (classic pallet only mazetile) and 1 LT (classic double window mazetile); the 2 mazetiles that go along the same edge of the map would never be 2 jungle gyms together so there was a warranty of good distribution of safety. Unfortunately, the last Coldwind Farm update ruined this ruleset and now the good distribution is not assured and there is a huge disparity in strength given that now you can have a second LT spawn, randomly removing one jungle gym so one trial can have 3 jungle gyms and another can have only 2.

The realm Coldwind Farm is known for having very strong safety yet not a very high amount of pallets, favoring skilled survivors over killers since the limited amount of safety is enough to excel but the less skilled survivors can be at a frustrating disadvantage. This unfair and unfun gameplay loop is enabled by the filler loops, their low amount yet overwhelming safety grant the survivors too few loops to play with and don't allow the killer to outplay most of them (unless their chase power does). All the haybale filler loops are safe and some even trick the killer into attempting mindgames when the survivor can see them over the loop (but the killer can't see the survivor). The plank focused fillers overall lean more towards semi safe except for one that is excessively large with a tractor on one side and a very large L shaped long side (this loop is absurdly safe). The new corn located fillers are unsafe but they dont weaken Rotten Fields at all since they aren't replacing other loops and instead add on top.

The realm Coldwind Farm should receive nerfs to the strong fillers while increasing the pallet density to compensate (and therefore make the gameplay more interactive with more loops for the survivors to use yet more room for the killer to outplay them).

The map Rotten Fields should recover its old mazetile ruleset or one similar to it, in order to increase the consistency and distribution of safety. The size of the map should be reduced to give the killer a better chance to defend the generators and the amount of mazetiles should either remain as 5 or decrease to 4, no less than that.

This is a map that's just boring for everyone. The gen spread is just too large for any killer without mobility to handle. The outer ring of the map is either too strong or too weak, but the map size definitely compensates for the weakness most of the time. It also falls into the same issue as other corn maps where the fillers, especially on the outer ring are just unplayable for killer. People want to loop stuff, being forced to drop the pallet as survivor and insta break as killer just isn't fun.

I like the map, an actual cornfield with combine harvesters towering over it which grant an overview. Only thing I don't like (apart from harvesters not offering much play potential for survivors) are LT-walls spawning in isolation. At the very least have some of the weak corn fillers spawn in adjacence to them. Map could be a tad smaller.

Wow this is the most divisive map by far. 1/3 exactly for each vote. That's wild.

Bit surprised this vote is diverse. I agree with what AMGC said. Maybe because the pallet count is slightly lower it gives the illusion of being killer sided for some, especially for newer/weaker players who might run windows and not looked behind them. No offence/no judging we all have our talents in life and you don’t have to be Uber good at this game to weigh in with an opinion.

However the map feels quite survivor sided with strong players. It’s not Garden of Joy or Badham bad but there’s a lot of extremely powerful loops that can’t be mind gamed. Chasing good survivors with m1 killers is hell here.

More on the boring side as there is no main, field area is too empty and too much corn isn’t fun.. for both sides at least imo. Loops and size may make it survivor sided but still very killer dependent.

i like the daylight setting, though would be cool to also have nighttime variants of coldwind (again) - also (and I know I am repeating myself) depth of field and lack of fog is making it too ‚open‘ and save

Coldwind Farms is far and above my least favorite realm to play on. As a R/G colourblind player I can't see a thing on these maps. Auras? Only if I'm next to a maze tile and have the wood saving my eyesight. Scratchmarks? What are those? They're the same colour as the ground so they're literally invisible. Please do something, the colourblind filters you put in after Almo embarrassed you by talking about them are awful and don't work and they make already unfun maps even worse to play on.

Rotten fields is a massive map that encourages survivors to play the edges of the map, increasing the distance a killer has to go to patrol gens. It's a map that can end up with huge deadzones if survivors play poorly making it appear killer sided for bad survivors but highlighting the strength for good survivors.

The map is leaning more towards survivor sided but this map is pretty iffy overall. The map is really large which is never a good thing, the outer area has a lot of strong loops that connect to each other way too easily, and the inner area around shack is literally nothing but corn and maybe one cone loop. I think this map needs a complete rework the way it's designed isn't really good.

same as other farm maps... seeing in corn is terrible. and worse for killer because it's first person.

we can literally delete this one... it's boring

At its best, this map is boring. At its worst, it's survivor sided because of how it's structured. The generators are structured in basically a giant ring around the only "building" on the map, which is the shack. Survivors who know how to play this map can create large areas of the map where the killer can't chase survivors without losing more gens. It's an annoying map because it's essentially a ring around a giant deadzone with shack in the center.

Overall, it's a boring map that can favor survivors.

My biggest issue with this entire realm is the fact that it has lost its horror vibe.. in the old version it was a dark, murky yellow realm with a unique darkness to it. Now after the realm beyond, its like a big old happy sunny day down on the farm.. I would hope that the old, murky yellow darkness can make a come back

Think it plays more comfy for killer but is a bit hard cause good strucktures for svr

are you guys carrying a map convenient for killers main building shack run you there against the killer with a prank where then you will run around the shack absolutely empty

If you finally would fix the corn for Myers I would be fine.

This is the one where Shack is smack dab in the middle, right? This might be a hot take, but, could you guys add that scrapped Sawmall building? It's the only map that besides old Shelter Woods that doesn't have a main building. Also, can Farm please be taken place at night again? I miss when it had that orangey-brown filter, and it was all dark and gritty, not sunny. Idc about people complaining that Dbd maps being to dark, it's a horror game. Maybe they could add a Day/Night cycle for specific maps.