The Artist Is being Left to Rot... It’s Time for an Artist Rework.
As an Artist main, it’s getting to the point where matches don’t feel skill-based anymore - they feel like I’m fighting my own power more than the survivors.
There are entire areas on some maps where her crows just won’t spawn, even with nothing blocking them - it’s frustrating.
On top of that, there are long-standing issues that make her kit feel inconsistent:
- Limited vertical aiming: Trying to hit survivors on higher or lower floors with her crows is frustratingly unreliable, since they mostly only travel straight forward.
- Crows disappearing on map objects: Invisible walls, props, pallets, and terrain often make crows vanish mid-flight, ruining precision shots.
- Hits and feedback not registering properly: Crows sometimes fly through survivors or hit them with a delay, making timing unpredictable.
- Power refusing to activate: As mentioned above, on maps, her crows simply won’t spawn in certain spots. Free escape for the survivor.
Artist ability depends entirely on consistency and precision, and right now her kit feels unreliable and janky. At this point, she needs more than small bug fixes - she needs a proper rework or a serious pass on her crow mechanics.
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I feek like Artist is one of those killers who would only need a small(ish) rework to become really popular but I'm not holding my breath. We never get anything nice.
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Demogorgon needs help as well, his teleportation cooldown is was too long to be considered reliable anymore compared to many others and his split second delay before being able to use shred immediately after fully charging the abyss ruins perfect moments for demo to get a shred in, but I do agree, artist needs adjustments and possibly a rework as well as demo
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I agree about Artist for sure. Sadako too…At least Houndmaster just need bug fixes but even then…like dang….why do I have to wait so many months.
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I only want QOL for Carmina.
I don't trust BHVR to rework her well. Plus, she is pretty much perfect.
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This 💯
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I'd hugely prefer QOL - especially bugfixes. She's exceptionally well-designed and the only real change change i'd want for her would be to reduce the effectiveness of lockers, letting her express skill at longer ranges, but even that I would be fine with not getting if she just got a really solid chunk of her bugs fixed.
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For the love of the Entity, do NOT rework Artist. After what I've seen BHVR do with other killers they would just destroy everything fun about Artist.
The best way to address Artist is to fix the bugs and make the following change.
- Make it so that when survivors go into lockers with crows, the crows stay by the locker for 8-10ish seconds before disappearing. If a survivor leaves the locker before they disappear, then they are swarmed again by the crows.
Against good survivors there is little point in trying to get follow up shots across the map; this is due to lockers being everywhere thanks to Dredge QoL, and as a result survivors will just always hop in one and right back out to remove crows. This change above would allow Artist to actually do cross map shots again or at least give Artist some slowdown and make survivors weigh the risk between being in a locker or having crows.
Post edited by Skitten56 on-4 -
Here are my frustrating issue in today’s game: https://x.com/giannijezebel/status/1994625470852468769?s=46&t=Ys22ZfEajz7Ez2gJMAWBPQ
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This "Operation Health" needed to be about bugfixing, and because it wasn't here everyone is suffering the consequences. Hopefully Artist gets bugfixed soon but honestly? The devs are making more bugs than they can fix with the timelines they're having thrust upon them, it would seem.
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Additionally, the Artist is deserving of a Blighted cosmetic in 2026
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Lack of workforce, balance conservative and risk-aversion. This game needed more personel assigned to this game years ago. It was never going to die, they just needed to invest more into this game but it's likely they held back due to risks and unpredictable future.
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This is a multi-million dollar company…There isn't much excuse for lack of workforce..Plenty of people out their need a job…Years ago sure when they were still an Indie Company. That has LONG changed.
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If I was CEO of this company, dbd wouldn't be what it is now.
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What r u waiting for!? Become the CEO😜
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