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Distortion's not-too-spoken-of effect on games
Everyone knows distortion is a great perk. But is it really? Is distortion good for solo, selfish playstyles? of course! But is Distortion good for team play? absolutely not. Consider this, you have two survivors who run distortion on a regular basis, they both load into the game and a hillbilly (me) is running lethal/bbq/enduring/bamboozle. I (the killer) now only know two count'em two (2) survivor's locales. Due to the token gain of Dist, they will continue to be hidden from my aura reading capabilities throughout the match. Given this, they likely will never be targeted until they run out of tokens (unlikely) or until they are the last two survivor standing (crouching (behind a rock) lets be honest).
TLDR Distortion leads to ur teammates getting qq'd faster good job
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what are you talking about?
That’s what everybody is saying about Distortion
though everyone is forgetting the tiny little thing that too much reliance on aura reading is also taking away a major part of the game - hide&seek.Also, the game is not meant to be played as a pure team game for the survivor side as well. There are plenty of perks encouraging solo playstyles
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And the problem of that is? Perks that are not team-based are always just for personal gain. They decided that they want to get found harder by auras for themself so they use it, it's not like the other survivors couldn't use it too. It's same with anti-tunnel, if it's a big deal for you then run anti-tunnel yourself, is it not then don't run it and try to deal with it.
After that logic are people that are good at looping killing their mates because they are less likely to be chased. Same with people running otr because they are bad to tunnel, so killer will probably switch and tunnel someone else.
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Distortion needs to be strong enough to counter the best killers running full aura builds. If it's not viable against a Nurse running aura reading then what's the point in the perk?
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stop play read aura perk and distortion is useless.
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I run Distortion when I'm in a group and act as a scout, picking off the killers build as I discover it. It can be as simple as "Leathal Persurer defend yourselves!" or call out All-Seeing Wraith or if they have BBQ or Nurses or whatever.
While not a great looper, this Distortion does help me survive longer as a lot of killers do run some kind of aura reading. That's probably why it's seen more in Solo Queue as well.
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A long time ago, DBD had an idea that you would be able to hide from the killer, or if you are unlucky to be found, you could evade them using windows and pallets could buy you enough time to escape and lose the killer in chase. Maps were dark, so hiding and escaping was very possible.
Nowadays, the game is balanced around wasting the killers time and kiting for as long as possible. Hiding is difficult unless you literally don't do objectives, and the game has been balanced so that it's next to impossible to actually break a chase with a killer that wants you bad enough.
Does that mean the game is worse now? Not really, kiting is fun sure. Amd I wont deny it is extremely unfun for killers to not find anyone because hiding is too easy.
But I do miss the Adrenaline rush of feeling like you lost the killer by the skin of your teeth, it reminded me more of classic horror game chases.
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This is the craziest take I’ve ever heard. One work should not counter 4 perks, let alone killer perks. Killer perks are supposed to be stronger because they get 4 perks compared to survivors potentially having 16 and having comms. You should need bare minimum two aura read negation perks to counter a full aura build. Gearhead is the only reason full aura still works.
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Rule 1 of discussing DBD Balance, pretend Nurse does not exist
Nurse does not play DBD, she plays Nurse Simulator, Nurse Simulator is not DBD, and has absolutely zero baring on how DBD should be balanced
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Who uses Distortion doesn't want to be found, therefore chased as well
If they don't want to be chased then they consider themselves bad at chasing, therefore they will go down faster than the average player
Who uses Distortion just want to focus on the objectives and help teammates by doing so
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Killer perks are not meant to be stronger because survivors have more in total. I've never heard the devs say anything like that.
Also, that's the craziest take you've ever heard? Have you spent any time on the forums?
It's not my fault that perks don't have variations depending on the killer that's running them. Blame BHVR for the Nurse bottleneck.
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Honestly what needs to happen is lower the time for a token to recharge and only have tokens recharge in chase.
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Didn’t expect anyone to miss the point entirely this isn’t a balance discussion nor do I care cus I only play killer I just noticed that on games where survivors bring distortion the game is over pretty quickly in comparison because their teammates die sooner cus they are found. I’m not saying there is anything wrong with the playstyle nor am I saying it’s a problem.
People get so upset over discussing stuff why are you guys even on the forums lmao
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here's your point
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It’s Hyperbole lol, not literal. And yes Killer is the power role, their perks are supposed to be stronger that’s how this game works. Look at pain Rez 20% of the Gen with the most progress. Survivors don’t have a perk anywhere near that strong. Fast track could add 27% to a Gen but that requires every survivor to be dead lol. Every killer perk is stronger than its survivor counterpart.
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I agree that killers are meant to be stronger. I just think it's not great to compare survivor and killer perks, as killers also have powers, not to mention that certain perks have great synergy with killer powers.
I find the roles of killer and survivor to be so different that I can't find balance by comparing the two sides to each other directly. Huntress with Lithe would be pretty broken. Pretty funny though.
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Would you say Diversion, Dark Sense or Urban Evasion need reworking as well? Or even keys with Blood Amber?
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can’t agree with that.
I am often running distortion - for the info. I am not completely avoiding the killer, I will play risky to save others or try to take chase.
But yeah, there need to be survivors that actually do the objective. The worst teammates aren’t the ones running distortion but those that run behind the killer the whole match without contributing anything..
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People get so upset over discussing stuff why are you guys even on the forums lmao
I haven’t seen anyone that’s been upset here? 🧐
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It is possible to find survivors without aura reading. Aura reading, on the other hand, is so prevalent that it's impossible to play a stealth based build without Distortion. Distortion also helps with info and helps counter tunnelling if the Killer is using aura reading to tunnel or ping pong hook two survivors.
It's also flawed to say Distortion causes selfish game play when locker hopping exists. If somebody wants to play really selfishly they can just locker hop and avoid all aura reading and not risk the Killer seeing them.
My belief is this is coming from people who don't want counters to aura reading and don't really care about how it affects Survivors. This is borne out by every thread I've seen putting forth this argument has come from people using the Killer perspective and I haven't seen a thread yet coming from a Survivor perspective. That suggests it's a biased complaint using a disingenous argument about quality of life for Survivors when what it's really about is people upset that Distortion makes Killers actually have to look for Survivors.
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Yeah, heaven forbid I don't want to be chased first. I want some Wicked/Second Wind value.
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Unless you are playing with friends, theres no reason to use Distortion for the info if you are comfortable enough in looping the killer. Just use OoO
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Okay, then people can play for themselves, and then stop complaining about bad teammates or kill rates.
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Yes!
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I don't run Distortion but I can't say I notice Distortion using team mates getting any better outcomes than I do. I've heard for a long time that it means I'll be targeted over them but can't say that has been my experience at all. Plenty of killers know how to track survivors without relying on aura reads I think
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Distortion is fine, people are terrible.
Most things in the game could swap in for "Distortion" and this statement would remain true and correct.
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I don’t think that’s really a logical conclusion…
OoO especially outside of SWF is still pretty much asking the killer to tunnel you. And if matchmaking actually works than you will not be able to loop the killer for 5 gens.
If you have a problem with Distortion because it leads to the killer tunneling/not spreading hooks on all 4 survivors, OoO would be an even bigger offender in this regard.I am running way better with Distortion. Still like the info if killer runs Lethal, Nowhere to hide, BBQ etc and as I said, I don’t excessively hide, I will help teammates. And people that play selfish can play selfish with or without Distortion.
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why should people not be able to give feedback about their game experience just because they don’t play the playstyle you prefer?
of course it doesn’t really make sense to play selfish but still demand your teammates to help you (not that I really see that often - but we both don’t know if the person complaining really is playing for themselves or is a teamplayer..)1 -
The only problem i have with distortion is that it shouldnt be infinite aura blocking, even if you have 4 tokens you should be able to work out what perks the killers has and play around them.
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I agree that getting tokens back via terror radius wasn’t the best solution - it had been suggested by almost everyone though and was worth a try but I guess something like regaining token for x seconds in chase or something similar might be better.
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There's an argument to be made that Distortion could be a team perk, because you need to watch out for yourself before you can look after anyone else. Sometimes, using it allows a player to get into better positions to make a save.
There are other perks which can be used in selfish ways. For example, Bond could be used to see who is being chased nearby, in order to move away.
Ultimately, people who use it are using it for their own protection, but I've noted those who use it to help the team. As Dwight's quote goes: "I need you to survive so that I can survive"
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But nobody runs OoO and complain about tunneling as far as I can tell
I'm not sure what "matchmaking" are you talking about, but if you are good at looping the killer and still think if they tunnel you is gonna hurt the match, then your teammates are bad, and by using Distortion your teammates are gonna be the ones being tunneled, no?
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well… I don’t see anyone running OoO. Maybe that’s part of the reason why no one is complaining? I at least wouldn’t want my teammates that are not gods at looping to run it. Only helps really against inexperienced killers in soloq
I do not play just for the team, you know? And tunneling -if it affects me or a teammate- is imo just gonna result in a boring match no matter what. I don’t really care about escapes, kills, etc. I care about playing matches in more than just one single aspect.0 -
No it doesn’t.
If you’re relying on a full aura reading build that’s your choice as killer. You could always run other stuff. Same as how if I run a full gen rush build as survivor but the killer brings slowdowns, doesn’t mean slowdown perks need nerfed just because it negates the build that I chose to run. That was my choice and sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. One of the few aura countering perks survivors have doesn’t need to be nerfed just because killers are mad that they can’t see all survivors at all times during their match.1 -
What we should honestly have is more aura blocking perks, but they are weaker, like no aura reading on you, but only after you do something, like do a heal or do a certain amount of a gen. That way some survivors reliance is gone and there are healthier options to choose from then distortion.
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'There's this one wacky thing Distortion does that no one ever talks about!'
'What?'
'It blocks aura reading!'
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I think what more people don't know is that Distortion also hides your Scratch Marks during it's active time.
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