plot twist really really REALLY needs to somehow show other survivors you're plot twisting

I mean, HUD already does this. You always see that survivor downed without being in chase and screaming. Sometimes you know where the killer and dude in dying state in completely different place, when he was up few seconds ago. There was not a single case that i didn't understand that player uses Plot Twist. It's just soloq survivors hate to use their brain and given tools, nothing new.

You can't improve bad players with QoL sadly. I got second stage on hook in soloq even with kindred and killer on another side of the map several time. You can give rocket launcher to kill killer and they will explode themselves. That's why you should never balance around low level.
I don't mind your suggestion, i'm just saying it won't do anything. People run away from hook for no reason even with WWMI icon near their perks. There is no help for them.

I’m a survivor main but this and the OP I can’t agree with. Yes having more info for solo Q like the HUD is very helpful but I don’t think asking for every single bit of info to be available to us is healthy for the game, and personally isn’t as fun. If I know everything that my teammates are doing in detail, which kinds of totems they’re breaking, them knowing I plot twisted, etc it removes a lot of the challenge of the game imo.

There definitely needed to be some closing of the info gap between set and solo Q but I think the game should still be more about the unknown and how do we deal with it in the match.

Balancing THIS game around top level also isn't good imo. I mean, it's fair, but 90% will never reach this level and simple quit this game. Something slightly higher than average (and average level is also very low in this game) is fair ground i think.

No other multiplayer game balances exclusively for high level play. Many games consider high level play in their balance decisions, but only while also looking at other skill brackets, including making the game inviting to new players

You can have a big sign with neon and still not prevent being picked up.

Tbf, There's been times when someone gets downed without much of a chase icon, either by a stealth killer or sometimes the hud doesn't always track if you're being chased. Sometimes for challenges you will have a "be chased by x amount of time" and even though you're in chase it doesn't count. DBD has lots of bugs sometimes.

However, I personally don't think some sort of indication someone is using plot twist is needed, as most of the time the context clues are there, like you mentioned. But just because they're asking for something that you or I don't need, doesn't mean they don't use their brains. No need to insult anybody.

I honestly find the pushback on this idea strange. In a SWF, this Plot Twist issue never happens, and making a minor UI change for the sake of clarity just makes survivor knowledge more consistent, and thus easier to balance the game around. Plot Twist is one of hundreds of survivor perks, so it's unlikely a new player will personally encounter it or expect to see it often. So when that new player looks on the HUD and sees someone on the floor, they'll probably think it's cause the killer downed them and they hadn't noticed, or the downed survivor was surprised by a stealth perk or killer.

The point is, it isn't a skill issue when you simply don't know what's happening, and let's be real, DBD isn't the best at making information accessible to new players. A silly little icon on the HUD makes the game more accessible to newer players, presumably without disturbing any of us who do realize when someone is Plot Twisting. So what's the issue with adding this?

I understand that players don't want the skill ceiling lowered, but this is hardly a skill, it's players misreading an unclear UI because of a niche perk and making a stupid decision because of it.