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2024 Halloween event is terrible for survivors
Compared to 2023:
- Survivors lost the endurance and haste effect when depositing energy in the void (no haunts)
- Killers got an additional power to injure survivors
- The smoke bomb is utterly useless, you can't see anything yourself and doesn't make things harder for killer at all
- The killers know when survivors are in the void…
- …but survivors don't know when the killer is in the void AND the killer is undetectable (unchanged)
- Killers now can use powers in the void
To sum up: killers got buffs across the board, and survivors only got nerfs or nothing.
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as long as I get the tome challenges done idc
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Also bloodpoint gain is bad compared to last year.
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Last year the void was basically a free health state for survivors
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Yes, last year event was survivors sided. However I don't understand why we had to go from one extreme to another.
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ok
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Yeah, but that doesn't change anything. Both sides should be fun to play and as balanced as possible, not go from one extreme to another, as someone already pointed out.
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I dont understand why you get automaticly transfered into the void when you open a portal.
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the survivor not being able to see through their own smoke bomb is the biggest offender imo, its not csgo bhvr let me see pls
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This event is utterly useless overall. The amount of BPs you are rewarded with is ridicolous so traveling in the void is a waste of time (the smoke bomb is laughably lame).
I guess I will play it for challenges only and then leave it alone.3 -
I played 5 event matches as survivor and just closed the game with no plans to come back anytime soon. Unless I manage to get a full swf, I will probably play only killer for the rest of the event.
It's simply sad, I was really looking forward to this event and it's just a huge disappointment.
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this event is garbage for survivors. Just played a match where killer ended with 50K and we all got between 8-13K. There’s literally zero reason for the survivors to use the void at all. I’m just gonna finish the time to get the event items then I’m done.
I’ve been looking g forward to this event for so long and it’s such a disappointment.
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Why would you expect otherwise? They aren't even hiding who they make this game for anymore. They've made their intentions clear and even the event balancing shows it.
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I agree.
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This is such a downgrade from last year, what were they thinking
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Sad truth
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Cause DBD devs
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It's even boring to watch survivor streamers play it
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😂
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so you cry when it’s killer sided but then don’t complain when it’s survivor sided? Lol
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feels like events should be where fun and creative ideas come to life but most of the time events just feel terrible as a player and the question arises as usual - why does no one notice this as they're working on it or brainstorming ideas?
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- Who said I didn't? I probably didn't create a post about it, but I defo did complain when playing killer then
- We already had a killer sided anniversary event, both of them actually, it's a bit too much at this point for me, that's why the post
- Also the huge difference between last year's and this one contributed to my frustration enough to speak out about it
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The event is rather slightly survivorsided but more overall balanced and not terrible for survivors. Removing the endurance and haste is a good change because last year it was so stupid when another survivor came from the void to take an endurance hit for their friend. The new power is funny but not really strong and forces the killer to waste their time in the void and in many matches you don't have the time for this and in these matches where you have the time, you don't need it. The smoke bomb is a funny item and can be used quite effectivly. The killer kewn it last year too by looking at the HUD and see the survivor with the broken status effect. This year it is just a little QoL change. No big deal. Undetectable is a rather weak status effect if the survivor just look around and the void is open and there are not many oppunities to sneak up, especially when you want go to the top where you have a nice spot to look around. And survivors have pallets and windows to deal with killers. The main issue was that survivors could just jump into the void to wait out Oni's power mode, to completly shut down Nurse, Spirit, Deathslinger and to escape a chase with Victor or the Guards from Knight.
Overall, the event is more fairer for killers and no longer stupid easy for survivors. The main goal of an event should be that both sides have fun and can enjoy the event and not that one side has super strong oppotunities and options to let the other side suffer.
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I feel they struggle to hold killers in event modes other than 2v8 and part of the incentive is making a lot of these events killer sided. Along with them trying to “keep things fresh”
That doesn’t change that there’s really no incentive for the killer to go into the void, other then if all surviors are in there or if they really want their void power. And still, it’s easier to just camp the teleports for when they return. The void power is not enough for most to care. They just want their 4kEven worse, is most are slugging the last two to get that mori.
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I hand it to BHVR, because I think for once in a long time they turned ON MMR on Friday, October 18, 2024 for the event. Game matching took longer and I'M SO OK WAITING FOR 5M for a game if it means I have a chance to demonstrate and build skill in the game — matched to killers at my skill level. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE turn MMR on for these games on weekends or give us an option with button or something. It was so much fun!!! On Saturday, October 19, 2024 MMR was off, matchmaking was fast, but it was just an exceptionally awful experience and why I am not playing DBD as much anymore.
UPDATE: It seems as if BHVR is turning on and off MMR every other day. Probably as a test.
Post edited by ownoka on0 -
Such a downgrade from borderline invincibility in the void with the killers unable to use their powers boo hoo
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Yeah, the event is totally trash for survivals. Wow, I got some smoke-bomb what doing nothing and never has saved any1, but killer can now oneshot cus quess what?? This new thing doesn't have same cd with m1 so basically I'm just instadown in 1 sec (in right place pfc). Very-very cool. Also killers have 2 charge and survs only 1.
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Because the Devs idea of Balance is to remove everything deemed Survivor favored and turn it into Killer favored.
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Another event ruined by killers, nothing new
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KILLERS HUNT IN THE VOID SO SURVIVORS AVOID IT
Developers put so much time into something that is barely being used the longer the event goes on. Killers have too much power punishing survivors for going into the void by following the and snipping and dropping from the higher levels. You could change this by eliminating the visual for killers.
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