DBD Hot Takes

1. The killer shack is too survivor friendly and there should be a killer perk that does something to negate that, maybe x% hindered while within the killer shack and a few seconds after leaving but the perk gets disabled if there’s a survivor hooked in the basement below the killer shack and also for x seconds after the survivor is unhooked or something like that.
2. Chaos mode is the best mode but it would be better with random items and add-ons with only point based offerings allowed.
3. Self healing via Circle of Healing was the only thing that made boons worth taking.

• Chucky should get his manual scamper back because it was too important to his character.
• Nurse's tome objectively didn't retcon her base lore, it's just the expectation of people's own subjective intepretation of her base lore that weren't met.
  
• All techs/exploits that uses an unintentional aspect are unhealthy for the game and does not belong in it whatsoever.
  
• Wesker & Legion have the worst chase music, in the sense that it fits the least as chase tracks.
• DBD Mobile's cosmetics are worse than DBD Core's cosmetics.
• Forgotten Ruins is not nearly as bad as some people make it out to be.
• Most maps are not problematic in design.
  
• DBD isn't just purely about the chases.
  
• The Finisher Mori is perfectly fine and should not be removed, only reason Survivors blame it as the reason for killers slugging is because they need a scapegoat.
  
• Older generation consoles are holding the game back.
• The memory wipe upon sacrifice aspect in the lore is perfectly fine.
  
• Myers stun noise should be removed as it doesn't fit the character.
• Chapters would be better off without any teasers or marketing to build up hype for the chapter, because it always just leads to people being disappointed in the end.
  
• Character authenticity and accuracy both aesthetically and gameplay wise are the single most important aspects no matter what and should never be compromised or be prioritized less over other aspects such as balance. (Unless it's Remake Freddy)
• The All Things Wicked chapter is the single most overrated chapter and it's popularity is solely carried by its initial marketing only.
• DBD shouldn't get anymore Resident Evil chapters.
  
• Backpacks makes cosmetics better.
  
• Vittorio needs less medieval & modern outfits and more outfits from different time periods.
  
• The game should not be balanced around high level players the same way other games are, because DBD is not like other games and cannot be balanced like other games.
  
• The snowmen moving in the 2024 Bone Chill event was an improvement over them being completely static, all it needed was some tweaking in it's pathing.
• Houndmaster's default design is 100x better than the stereotypical hollywood pirate design that have been carved into people's minds.
  
• Content creators have made and is still making the game worse.
  
• DBD will never truly be the hall of fame of horror as certain important horror icons will most likely never make it in.
  
• Sable and Unknown are both depthless characters who's popularity only carried by their designs alone rather than any of their perks or power.
• Both the bot lobby fill-in feature for DCs during both loading and during trial are/were only good things for the game and should be a permanent features.
  
• The PTB DC Bot fill-in during loading feature should have made it to live.
• BHVR should go through with bot fill-in for 2v8.
  
• Houndmaster's live chase track is better than her ptb one.

Shanoa and Simon Belmont should've been legendaries and should still be later even with the cosplays in the game.

A large portion of the player base is neurodivergent and the developers still aren’t sure how to deal with … that.

Hot takes huh? Mm…

I actually enjoy the MMR system.

• Voip needs to happen, preferably team based to minimize toxicity
• Perks should only be one tier
• There should be no more bloodpoint cap
• There should be 100% more bloodpoints by default
• There needs to be more ways to earn iri shards
• Tunneling is just playing the game efficiently as killer, there should be no stigma attached
• Slugging needs to be mitigated
• There should be no more gen dmg limit
• The Cannibal should be removed
• The Skull merchant should be removed
• Fnaf killer shouldn't be springtrap (hopefully they're something like legion where you can pick different animatronics)
• They must revert chucky's broken ass legs
• They must get rid of the weird crumpled piece of paper thing on the weapon for Chucky's blighted skin
• Blight needs a cooldown nerf bad
• Wiggle bar thingy needs a slight increase in speed
• Mad grit basekit
• Stop removing bloodpoint rewards from perks (e.g thrill of the hunt, beast of prey)
• Wesker should not be able to power slide around tiles
• Nurse's plaid flannel should be base kit
• They should to add most of the dbd mobile cosmetics
• We need everlasting rifts, if a rift expires before you complete it you can still finish it and swap between old/current rift
• Freddy should not have dream pallets his new snares are good enough
• Knight is better as an m1 killer
• Naughty bear cosmetic is garbage
• The community is sometimes TOO horny fr
• None of the content creators for this game are super entertaining, most of them make garbage takes and utilize mob mentality in a harmful way
• They NEED to remove the sun from sunny maps. All maps should be dark
• More than 50% of offerings are useless and a waste of bp - the whole system needs to be scrapped or reworked
• We need more incentives to P100 (e.g. more cosmetic unlocks, profile pics & banners, iri shards, legacy cosmetics for reaching 100?)
• All killers and survivors should be avaliable as pfp's on the forum by now
• Profanity filter should optional in game

A hot take? ok here I go:

Demogorgon is not a fun killer to play against. (In my opinion Ofc)

forgot to mention we NEED shirtless Jeff.
This is not a request but a Requirement.

And he better not get a 6 pack, let the man he his dad bod self.

Solo queue isn't that bad

Survivors dying more often than not makes playing surv more fun and is thematically appropriate

People knowing their MMR would be a bad thing

Being "good" at DBD isn't skill based at all really, but knowledge based. Which is one of the reasons its rough for new players

Maximum efficiency/high level gameplay is boring AF, as unpredictability makes the game more fun

Chucky definitely needs the old scamper back. It's like dude, he couldn't even get you at a short pallet loop, WITH the 2% increased Haste add-on, if you just cut the loop tight and/or mindgamed well enough. And the pushback against him having that ability is basically, "He can get me at loops. That's unfair." It's the Wraith/Deathslinger nerfs all over again.

Definitely agree on the chapter buildup. If the next chapter just released all of a sudden, it's like "Whoa! What's this?!" Exciting, you know. Unfortunately, chalk it up to the devs' incompetence or spaghetti code, every time a new chapter goes live even with prior testing, the game gets massively screwed up. Reintroduced bugs, lag, perks not working, and killers not working. And the ptb for the most part is just there so that survivors can say, "Knee cap this killer!" earlier than release, so that they don't even have to deal with the killer at their strongest on live, and then still have the gall to later say, "He's still OP!" Look at Chucky or Dracula or new Freddy.

I'm not even gonna comment on the majority of all that, all i'm going to say is Chucky specifically shouldn't have had his Scamper removed, not because of any aspects of strength, but solely because of it's importance to his character.

I really don't like Houndmaster's design. She was a waste of the pirate killer slot, the hound master killer slot, and the black lady killer slot, all in one fell swoop. Her gameplay is mostly fine.

And i highly disagree with all that.

Houndmaster to me is anything but a waste of any slots, her design is much better than whatever generic, uninspired and rehashed blackbeard-esque pirate getup slop that hollywood have carved into people's brains, which has cemented itself in pop culture whenever people associate anything with pirates at this point and i firmly stand by that.

Oh, solo queue is bad because your teammates often suck, but it's not the hopeless gulag some people make it out to be.

I don't think MMR being visible would be good because it would do two things:

1. Verify that that SBMM isn't really doing anything and make people even saltier
2. Give another useless thing for players to shame each other over

As far as skill goes, it's kind of semantics, but to me "skill" means things like quick reflexes, quicker thinking, and the ability to work a controller/M&K in ways some people are just incapable of. Like technical skill. Like a gifted athlete.

Being good at DBD doesn't require that kind of skill. Yeah, there are people with tons of hours who aren't good, but I'd argue that is mostly because most players aren't really trying all that hard. I think that's the disconnect for a lot of people; really competitive people can't wrap their brain around the reality that most players are playing the game casually.

Of course the problem is that everyone of these people are all in the same matchmaking pot.

If a player is taking DBD seriously (which is a mistake, imo), game knowledge is miles more important than technical skill. DBD just isn't technically demanding. The mechanics are messy and loose. What it demands is that the player be a student of its almost endless array of idiosyncrasies. And that takes a long time, and is a task that never really ends.

And maybe you consider that skill, and that's fine. But anyone can do it.

Or just get to the skill floor with Nurse or Blight and tunnel, which is the shortest and laziest route of all to being "good".

I told my friend that's a comp player that self healing via Circle of Healing should only be applied to the user who brings it. I don't think that would have been too bad of a nerf when the previous Circle of Healing came out -- but I don't really mind the current version that it is.

I do think the whole bring Circle of Healing for ALL your team to self heal inside of it was broken though.

I can agree with Lery's because I can loop well on Lery's but you lose me on Hawkins. ☠️

@jesterkind , even with it being absolutely gutted with Sprint Burst. I actually like to use Iron Will with Lithe, Dramaturgy, and whatever else exhaustion perk I have. It's definitely came in clutch, especially on my Claire Redfield as she's super loud.

@HerInfernalMajesty , I agree. MMR gets a lot of hate and I sometimes have a mixed experience. Yesterday, I came across three Sprint Burst users walking everywhere, which was frustrating. However, I have made really great friends from the MMR system and it's been a joy to play with people with a similar skill bracket that I have. Without MMR, you'd have people with so little hours and the games can be a toss-up on what you get imo. Now games are a lot more consistent for me with the odd hit or miss now.

@Thusly_Boned , interesting that you think DBD isn't skill based. I do agree that it is knowledge related, but there is definitely skill on both survivor and killers.

Survivors for looping, learning when to stealth, 99% Sprint Burst, optimal pathing, when to go for a save, when to commit to a gen, etc.

Same for killer on the area of when to drop chase, hiding your red stain, many people who play Wesker (as he has a learning curve to him imo). There is a lot of skill baked into learning killers — the counterpart for survivors knowing how to counter specific killers too.

it’s a cardinal sin to say apparently but I’ve never enjoyed playing against hillbilly regardless of his version

lerys is the best map in the game

some people are simply genuinely bad at this game and will never admit it

That's fair, I think with quick reflexes you could argue the ability to hit a vault at a precise moment - along with timing specific hits too. But I get your argument, even if I disagree that DBD is primarily knowledge based to a certain extent — it's definitely a hot take I'd feel so thanks for sharing. 🫡

Two more:

1. Dead by Daylight isn’t pay to win but it is in a way grind to win since the strongest items and add-ons can make a big difference for both sides, and as well as that perk levels seem completely unnecessary as there’s no reason to penalise newer players with weaker versions of perks.
   
   
2. Botany is good perk but is unnecessarily complicated since I’m guessing most people don’t want to do math to work out what -20% healing efficiency means in practice (In general you can just use a Bandage or any other add-on which increases healing charges to get one full self heal and have enough left over to use a Anti-Hemorrhagic Syringe too since instead of 24 charges (A full med-kit) you need 28.8 charges).

Doctor's power is designed to exploit players with sensory problems. First he was risking the well being of players with epilepsy, and now he just makes matches miserable for players who can't handle a constant barrage of noise being spammed into their ears.

Yes I have just faced Doctor three times in a row. Why do you ask?