Kill Switch update: We have temporarily Kill Switched the Forgotten Ruins Map due to an issue that causes players to become stuck in place. The Map will remain out of rotation until this is resolved.

http://dbd.game/killswitch

Really disappointed with things at the moment

Ok so, I don’t really know if this is considered taboo or if it’s even allowed to be posted but I guess I’ll go for it.

I’m really genuinely disappointed in how DBDs Community and the game itself have been treated over the last week or so by the company. This update has had a significant amount of insane bugs and I have zero clue where half of them even came from or how they showed up. If they were related to fog vials, a new map or new characters I’d understand but some of these things make zero sense! Why is The Game not working, it wasn’t touched this update! How is every staircase broken right now?? I don’t even know how that happens.

I’m just really confused and disappointed that such a major update released in this state. I’ve had matches crash multiple times in one night, been unable to create a lobby, matchmaking not working properly, I’ve gotten stuck on a black screen when trying to spectate multiple times in the last 2-3 days. Not to mention Jim, love him god bless his metal soul, but how does that get by unnoticed before release?? Are they rushing these chapters out that badly? Did QA get fired last year along with those other employees? Why are all these different things just completely busted and BHVR seemed to not even notice until the community got upset.

Speaking about the Elephant in the room, the Streetwise bug and the way it’s been handled are absolutely bonkers. I don’t get it, why is this perk in this state and why has the issue not been resolved with the minimum of a killswitch. You released a completely broken and near unplayable update and the only thing you can think to do Killswitch 1 map? That’s the only thing worthy of a killswitch this update?? I’m sorry that’s just so frustrating, because why am I giving this company my money just to have half done VA jobs (we noticed Daryl and Rick’s voices are off, you’re not slick BHVR) horrible audio mixing (so for the record all 3 new characters this update are broken in some way, shape or form, including Daryl’s screams and yells being a universal sound for some reason) and just flat out busted perks? There are like 3 perks this update that are either broken, unfair to go against or both. How does that even happen?

Maybe, and let’s think about this a little, instead of releasing another half baked mostly broken chapter that completely breaks the game and introduces bugs that make the game unplayable under more than a few circumstances, we slow releases down and work on fixing some of the major issues we’ve had for months. I don’t even know even the 3 month period exists anymore, it just puts needless crunch on a crew that clearly doesn’t even have a QA testing team anymore.

Sorry I know this has been mega negative, but this recent update has left me more than a little bit disappointed. I wish BHVR put more work into legitimate quality over chapter every 3 month quantity. At least FNAF released like 78% bug free. Not perfect but hey, after this update and the Houndmaster update (who’s still broken btw) I’ll take it. I hope in the coming month or 2 BHVR hires some QA testers and checks whether Jim is still there or not.

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  • thatonemoth1311
    thatonemoth1311 Member Posts: 7

    I believe that was a few patch’s ago, cause they upgraded to Unreal 5

  • DarKStaR350z
    DarKStaR350z Member Posts: 906

    I’m sure they must’ve expected things to break as well, and the patch shouldn’t have passed QA like this. They would’ve looked better if they delayed it to make sure it was up to standard before releasing or set aside enough time to thoroughly test and fix things before release.
    It’s insane that if they tested this at all they saw all the problems and thought it was ok to release it like this. It shows a lack of care and attention, and certainly doesn’t say Labour of Love to me.

  • thrawn3054
    thrawn3054 Member Posts: 6,357

    I'm not excusing the patch. It's indefensible that they released something this bad. I was simply offering an answer to the OP as to why seemingly unrelated things were broken.

  • Araphex
    Araphex Member Posts: 788

    They upgraded to Unreal Engine 5 over a year ago. This must have been from 5 to 6, which 6 isn't stable and would make a lot of sense.

  • not_Queef
    not_Queef Member Posts: 948

    They upgraded to 5.4 (5.4.4.0 specifically) from 5.whateveritwasbefore

  • kaoraku
    kaoraku Member Posts: 286
    edited August 2025

    Why are you surprised? They care about the money. Not the devs, but the company. So of course they rush out DLCs. And until people keep buying it nothing will change.

    Look on the roadmap.

    June - New chapter
    July - New chapter
    September - New chapter
    November - New chapter

    Yeah there is a line for the whole year for balance, and quality improvements, but we all know how offen they come…
    4 new chapters within 6 months. Of course it will be a bugfest. And of course there is no time to properly test it or fix it even if the devs would like to (and I assume they would like to). And as I said - nothing will change until people keep throwing money on them, since why would they spend money/resources on things, if it is good enough for players.