Dead by Daylight is no longer worth playing (PS5)

xanderlan90 · October 2

I have been playing DbD since 2020, almost daily, and the game is at its lowest point in 5 years, in my view. I have repeatedly complained to the devs about the unfair advantages that SWF's have against killers - body blocking, using wildly unbalanced perk combinations (Made for This paired with We're All Gonna Live Forever), and bullying. And I report bugs that NEVER get fixed. Nurse has been bugged for MONTHS. The main issue with her was blinking to one location and then re-appearing at a slightly different location a split second later, making it exceptionally difficult to get a successful hit. Now, after the most recent update, she is WORSE. You now intermittently can't even USE a second blink and she staggers when she is recovering (environment shakes/lags). And the intermittent location adjustment after blinking remains. The Krasue was briefly a fun killer until I faced a SWF that made it impossible to use her power simply because they were playing as a SWF. All they had to do was body block when she was trying to use her head-form attack on an inflicted survivor. Took away half of her abilities. And the responses I get from DbD representatives lack all substance whatsoever. It's always some form of "thanks for reaching out, we understand your concern, we can't tell you anything, have fun". Literally useless. Am I the only one experiencing these problems or is DbD just incompetent/not listening?

Rock_KBob · October 2

While I understand DBD goes through its highs and lows with bugs and changes to the overall gameplay/characters that have varied receipt from the community, I just don't understand the constant negativity that BHVR gets from the community. I have played many games over the years and not one single game I have played goes as in depth with player feedback as BHVR does.

You specifically mentioned some egregious and well-documented bugs with nurse that have dated back some months now and yes, the slow turnaround on fixing her or any long term bug absolutely sucks and needs to be better, however, that does not make them incompetent or mean they are not listening. When I have submitted reports or ever needed to send messaging through their email chain I have always received a personal, warm response and within a few weeks got resolution. I know that's not every person's experience, but again, BHVR is so much more involved with their community than any gaming company I've ever dealt with and I'm grateful for what they strive to do even if they miss the mark at times.

So far as your statement about SWFs go, that's more on you than it is anything. DBD is purposefully asymmetrical, giving about 60/40 advantage to the killer role. As of the last stats I can find, they have about hit that mark in all survivor que scenarios besides HIGH MMR SWFs and even their escape rate is STILL below 50%. While playing against these strong squads can sometimes be frustrating, I personally enjoy the additional challenge they bring to the table.

So far as what you shared about Krasue, you enjoyed playing her because she's broken and more people in the community agree on that than not. You faced a team that is adapting to her broken form best they can. If they're body blocking you, switch to body form and regurgitate and then you can switch back to head form and hit the body blocker. Because she is so broken, you could easily perform all that within 10 seconds and now you have multiple people you can down at your fingertips. You can hit over and around objects even better than Xeno and she's not even intended to be this way. She can fly and regurgitate with hardly any cooldown. Her infection is not instantly removed and is not removed upon being unhooked either. Ngl, your frustration with her against a single SWF is… intriguing to put it nicely.