New Roadmap

Its just that the balance decisions that BHVR makes are perplexing to me. OP pointed out. They do things like "lets nerf billy even though nurse still exists, because our kill rates show that shes bad" even though it is obvious she is not.

Or, "lets nerf weave attunement because people are comboing it with franklin's" but "pain res + dms that can regress a gen by 18 seconds, then block it for another 50 and was BUFFED recently" is totally fine? But we need to deal with "checks notes" 12 meters of aura reading that can be "removed" by a little smart play on the survivor's part.

It really just makes no sense to me.

It’s possible they have a more concrete understanding already of what could help him/the change is much simpler/faster to implement than those other Killers in more dire straits.

Updated news system?

Wonder what that means.

Looks pretty good.

I'm assuming Dracula is getting nerfed which is fine, he is overtuned right now. Myers buffs are welcome and finally we have a date for Freddy, hopefully his update is good.

Weave Attunement is kinda in a weird spot. It's strong with Franklins, but nearly worthless if used on its own. I don't think the Weave + Franklins combo is necessarily overpowered since you can spend some time to counter it, but I can see it being annoying and I suppose that is enough of a reason to change it. I think ideally they would find a way to address the combo and make the perk more viable on its own.

I'm a little surprised to see Vigil on the roadmap, I felt like that perk was fine. Looking forward to Wake Up/Fire Up/Remember Me presumably getting buffed. 25% opening speed is a little too low for Wake Up (I'd try 35% instead and maybe let it reveal the exit gate auras to everyone?) and I really hope they make Remember Me not be able to be bypassed if the obsession opens the exit gate, it makes the perk way too inconsistent and not worth using outside of a full endgame build. The current design basically just encourages the killer to tunnel the obsession to ensure perk value and I don't really like that.

Well we also thought that about Twins when she was due for her Update and look what happened. I am hopeful though lol.

I really hope we get a bigger HUD Update that gives SoloQ a good QoL change. My biggest wish is that they show active Perks on the survivors (e.g. when someone with Unbreakable is in Dying State, the Unbreakable Perk is shown next to the survivor, or when someone has Bound that this perk is shown in the HUD for survivors that are in the range of it). This would be cool QoL change for SoloQ (Knowing some teammate perks). But it could also be a small change like showing the AFC-Meter on a hooked survivor - which is welcome.

Shape Tweak sounds okay but still hoping for a rework. This killer is so boring to play and face in every single way. But for the moment I really hope the developers will rework his instakill Addon because an Addon like this should not exist.

The only issues with Dracula are his Medusa's Hair and the Window block Addon, otherwise he is completly fine. But I am afraid he will get a basekit nerf because players like to complain. A buff to Wolf Form would be great.

Happy to see Demogorgon on the roadmap and I really hope he will get some QoL changes to his Portals because they still suck as well as many of his Portal Addons (his Undetectable Addons are redundant while other have an unnecessary drawback). Otherwise, he is a good killer to play as and face.

I hope one of the four killers is Vecna because he still needs shorter cooldowns on his spells and some Addons could get a rework. It would also be a perfect timing to review this killer after nearly six month. Thus, I hope he won't get a nerf due to his high killrate that the developers released. Deathslinger, Doctor, or Pig would be nice too since these killers only need some small buffs and not bigger changes to feel better. Artist would be nice by making her charging time slighly shorter or rework some of her Addons (e.g. both iri Addons). Unknown also needs some QoL changes, especially since the last update was a joke.

Perk Updates are always welcome and I hope there are two or three killer perks that get a good buff while I hope WA will get a fair nerf or change so it will still be useable but no longer annyoing for survivors.

Happy for the five Freddy mains - they finally get their rework.

The tweaks for the January Perks look cool. Hope Remember me gets a buff and a change on how it interacts with the Obsession because currently this perk tells the killer to tunnel the Obsession to get full value from it which is not good.

Changing the Deep Wound status effect sounds intresting, I guess. It might be either a small change or a big one that will one side hate.

May I ask you: Are there no plans for map reworks/tweaks within the next two patches or was there just not enough space to mention them? Some maps like Garden Of Joy, Eyrie, and Badham still feel so bad to play on and you said that you want give them a rework soon.

Scene Partner? Oh no…no no Nic is perfect!

They are onto us, lads! I knew that Trevor and his eye were bad news!

Please don't kill such a perfect perk I need my Scene Partner ;-;

We certainly will, my friend!

It will be amazing!

This may be cope but maybe the combine some elements of his old power with his new power

I would wait on how it turns out, but technically combining his old power and some elements of the current one would be a new power.

Well, given drac and vecna, I at least expect to be able to swap between Blood pools and Dream pallets. Maybe tossing in a new illusory something or two.

It's A Nightmare on January Street!

Seriously, I am please to see the numbers of what they are changing. November jas tweaks to more than just 2 or 3 killers and perks, whilst January almost looks like a Chapter overhaul!

I'm hoping for a Pyramid Head add-on changes in the November Killer tweaks, or if not something soon. Also, I hope Myer's Tombstones get a change. Maybe make it so that the Insta-Mori only works on the final hook stage, like Pyramid Head and his power to make it fairer, in exchange for a reduction in the Evil Within required and perhaps some extra unique powers to compensate.

i'm a wee bit concerned about demo being on the list of changes but given how his performance has improved from what ive seen since stranger things ptb, i'd assume he's not going to be touched too much.

hopefully the changes will merely just consider tweaking a few numbers rather than whole changes to his kit or add-ons. he's in a relatively good spot and suits a variety of different playstyles. at the most he might need a few numbers changed for his portals, but that's really all that needs to be done as far as he goes.

in reference to your instacancel statement, i'm assuming you're speaking of the abrupt ending of his shred when you release m2, particularly used in zoning. to me it's not really unhealthy. it's merely just another tool used to threaten the survivor similar to how other killers can threaten the position of a survivor or force them to burn a resource.

however, i wasn't speaking on the premise of him being nerfed. i'm speaking from the perspective of making changes that otherwise affect how the demogorgon plays in general. i do agree some QOL would be appreciated!

Hook counters aren't really a big deal, because we can easily track that stuff with a pen and paper next to our mouse.

I'm talking about HUD improvements, like allowing killers to see the same killer power progress that the survivors see. If a survivor sees an infection meter on their HUD, the killer should see it too.

The same goes for status effects. If a survivor is afflicted with a status effect like oblivious, then let the killer see that too.

You know, give killers additional information that they don't have access to now.

Wrap it up Freddy mains Peanits killed the hope. Even if it's buffs instead of nerfs we'll be extremely disappointed