Does anyone actually like playing against new Myers?

I dont like playing or going against him now. For the longest time he was basically my main he is my most prestiged killer at p27. I know he was not good before but as a fan of Halloween he was perfectley adapted from the film and strangely enough it feels like i did better playing as him before this rework. But now with this update he just feels so off, Michael never full on charged at his victims first movie its how Laurie managed to survive against him because he walked everywhere. Now in the big 2025 where everyone is sick of dash killers Michael Myers is just Chucky if he was tall and his killer identity has stripped away to make room for a dash.

myers used to be one of my go to killers to play but they ruined him. He used go be fun to play as and against now he’s neither. It is depressing really. I dread the thought of them touching any of the other killers I still play.

Strike is slower than chucky so just camping pallets is easy strategy that is used for almost any killer except those that can hit you while you camp it like huntress,springtrap,xeno, etc. and for experienced survivors getting stun on him is easier than on bubba,billy,chucky.

From my view more better than before when you didnt met killer like half the game than he found you and chased you and killed you on spot because everyone run tombstone, without it he was worse than ghostface only better at camping thats just fact.

Nope. Predropping simulator cus if you don't you die. Another victim of death of skill expression in dbd

Maybe this is a hot take but I absolutely loathe playing against new Myers.

I'll preface this by saying that prior to the rework, Myers was the killer I enjoyed playing against the most (well, tied with Xenomorph, as I'm a diehard Alien fan). This isn't to say that I escaped against him particularly often compared to other killers—I probably died more than I escaped against pre-rework Myers.

I don't hate new Myers because he's OP or I want him nerfed, I hate him because the rework removed every single thing that made him unique as a killer, that was fundamental to his themes and identity as a character, removed everything that made him frightening or made matches against him tense. On top of that, the rework added accessibility issues that disabled survivor players have highlighted several times.

I hate the Slaughtering Strike, I hate that there's no Exposed status when it's in play, I hate the changes to the musical sting, the speed increase, and I especially hate the basekit Tombstone.

One of the things that made Myers scary was the potential threat of being tombstoned. Nothing was more terrifying than an eerily quiet beginning to a game, only for abruptly, one of your teammates to get tombstoned. The tension, the panic, the fear, it was unparalleled. And the way survivors adjusted their playstyle when they didn't know if Tombstone was in play or not? Brilliant. Now it's just an annoying inevitability. It's not special, it's not scary, it's not tense. If you get hooked for a second time, you just kind of automatically assume you're gonna get grabbed and stabbed.

And truly one of the most terrifying and excellent games of DBD I've ever played was against an infnite tier 1 wallhack Myers, shortly before the rework. Me and my three friends all died, of course, but it was incredible and horrifically scary. Truly if that Myers player is out there, you're amazing.

Additionally, a key aspect of Myers in the game has been the slow stalking approach—it's unnerving because it's unlike any other killer in the game. It's persistance hunting at it's finest. It's the same uneasiness that's provided by the creature in It Follows. Which is something fairly unique in DBD. Or it was, anyway.

After the re-work, Myers just feels…generic. Nothing about him stands out as distinct from other killers in the line up. He's boring. I'd say I like going against him more than I do Plague or Legion, but y'know, that's the bar being on the floor and managing to step over it. Not much of an accomplishment, y'know?

So yeah, I hate new Myers with my entire bitter little soul. He's spectacularly mid and very boring.

I can get the turn rate being kind of too much, especially now that he can freely use it.

But for the love of the entity, do not increase the cooldown between his strikes again.

The 6 second cooldown felt awful.

In those six seconds, you have no power, and the survivor has ample time to hold W especially if you broke a pallet.

Old Myers felt more exciting even if he was not the strongest. Is it scratch mirror or tombstone, or just a baby killer? It actually added some suspense to the match because you didn't know what you would get. New Myers doesn't feel the same and is just a dash killer with stealth, not that we haven't seen that before… chucky…

I mean, from my experience the Tombstone Myers was much more prevalent than Scratch Mirror Myers, especially with the map offering update.

I truly do not mind the new Myers, sure - he can delete pallets and everything but that's the only strong aspect of his kit if he isn't Scratch Mirrors. He is still fundamentally loopable, I mean you have to drop pallets to prevent being downed with his power. The man is literally 7 ft tall, you can see him across the map and he can be avoidable to prevent stalk. I much, much prefer him to let's say a Ghostface simply for the fact that you can stare at a Ghostface and still be exposed.

I still prefer him as he's genuinely the only killer that keeps me on my toes and gives me the jumpscare moments that other killers do not. I can still win against him and get out of the trial against him, I don't think he's unfair at all and the changes where he can mori the last hook makes the game much more dynamic. If you truly want to waste his time, just jump a locker, allow him to place you down, and then mori - he's truly not as bad as many other killers, he's balanced to me from what I've played against - then again, he's much more oppressive if you're willingly just dropping resources or you're stuck in a three Gen scenario (which can be survivor induced if you don't break the three Gen early - which should always be a priority for survivors against any killer, mind you.)

THANK YOU. I HATE THE GLOWING KNIFE THING.

Like on top of everything else in a chase you want me to be squinting to see whether or not his knife is glowing white? Especially when the 'glow' is basically invisible on certain cosmetics?

it also just looks bad too. Like bhvr when i bought these things i didn’t intend too see them coated in white.

The glowing is just thing from devs which give to every killers action just some warning and some of them are there for no valid reason (cant wait for global sound cue warning when trapper sets a trap or merchant puts down drone after their rework).

I dont like the look of it too and if I remember corretly there is sound warning when mayers starts charging his slaughtering strike I think.

Myers was one of the final remaining things about the game that actually had any kind of horror to it, and it was something I, obviously, enjoyed.

For some survivors, sure, maybe that was the case. But you can't claim "for survivors with hours" this inherently the case. Because I have friends who've been playing the game for 5+ years, have thousands and thousands of hours, who feel exactly the same way about it that I do.

I think the re-work was a thematic gutting of him as a licensed character and as a killer who's been a part of DBD for most of its lifespan.

So agree to disagree I guess.

I like it more than freddy's rework, but i wouldn't say it's fun to play against

I really want to understand how old micheal was iconic, as a player since 2016 he is probably the simplest design in the game? His power is literally achieved by other killer using perks, he doesnt need to chase? Wdym I have looped myers for literal ages. You can get any m1 killer, put coup on them and exposed perks and you have old myers, he was literally just m1 with hounted grounds, how is that uniaue?

If the uniqueness came from his addons maybe there is an argument altho getting instakilled because your teamates fed myers was a horrible experience, and scratch mirror only worked on people with <10 hours or people who had no object permanence.

Scratched mirror and stealth killers still scares people who can loop.

I hate the glowing weapon, ruins the cosmetic and should be removed. He already has a different stance that can be a visual queue.

Haters be damned, I like his rework. Being able to go undetectable at will and stay there using Stalker mode is the best part of his new kit. Being able to switch between Undetectable mode and his Pursuit mode gives all the benefits of the first two Tiers without the drawbacks.

Slaughtering Strike I don't like as much however. I preferred having him expose everyone and have an extended lunge. Eventually, SS will get the survivor without much thought, all it takes is perseverance and breaking enough palettes with his power. This is the only part I'd change because it's not great to use or play against.

I hate playing against him, and I hate playing him. One of the worst reworks BHVR has done due to how they ruined his uniqueness and drove him into being a completely different killer.

It wouldn't be as bad if it was a power for a new killer but losing the old Myers which I loved play against and occasionally played for fun, new Myers just feels like a massive punch in the gut from BHVR. The lack of thought towards existing players who liked old Myers with the rework really upset me and made me lose a lot of faith in BHVR. It reminded me of the Onryo rework us Onryo mains had to deal with in the past where BHVR just completely changed how she felt to play and it left a very bad taste in my mouth.

Overall Myer's new power is fine from a killer perspective. He is very strong in 1v1 but still lacks the mobility to be stupidly oppressive like Krasue or Ghoul. It just pisses me off they took away his old power and add-ons for it. And no, the one add-on is not enough to restore old Myers to how he was. Should have left Myers how he was and gave this new power to a new killer, or reworked Tombstone Piece add-on into this new power instead of replacing old Myers across the board.

As a survivor, when playing against someone who can use his new power well, he just feels horrible oppressive in chase. Feels like I have to just pre-drop and hold W a lot of the time. Not very engaging gameplay. It creates a fun tense chase at some tiles but most of the time there is nothing engaging you can really do.

@Straker

Tombstone and scratched mirror were the only things unique about him and ain't nobody gonna seriously say tombstone was loved

I actually loved going against Tombstone. Purple Tombstone Piece did need to be reworked since it was bs a lot of the time in soloq, but Judith's was completely fine. I had a lot of fun countering old Tombstone Myers since no other killer worked that way. I know a lot of people hated it but honestly I don't see why. Even if he only insta-downs you still get hooked, so going in a locker or staying on gen to force grab is the same result. I think survivors were just not aware or unwilling to adapt to it. Soloq Tombstone Piece though again was bs since he could get it fast and it could come out of no-where.

If BHVR made a few simple changes to Tombstone mechanics, it would have been fine. No need for BHVR to remove it.

• Remove/Rework Tomstone Piece add-on.
  • Stops Myers from removing a survivor at 5 gens due to free stalk from bad survivors.
• Make it so Myers can't use the Tombstone mori on survivors with Endurance status effect.
  • This would stop Myers from being able to mori survivors off hook, and would allow for more counterplay with perks like Deadhard.
• Make it so in order to Tombstone mori a specific survivor, Myers needs to stalk them up to at least a specific % first.
  • This would stop Myers from Tombstone moring a survivor out of the game that played well while their teammates feed him stalk.

Just don't get grabbed by going into lockers and engaging in the counterplay; if you position yourself well and play attention to HUD and surroundings getting Tombstoned should basically never happen to yourself. You do you though and keep getting killed by refusing to use the counters for various killers. As for stuff like running out of stalk, that is something BHVR could address without completely reworking his power.

I understand that you found old Myers boring, but some players finding a power boring is not grounds for just gutting them and removing it from the game. It is an insult to those who enjoy playing against or playing with those powers. For example, I find Trickster to be very boring and unfun, but I would not advocate for BHVR to completely rework his power into something else like they did for Myers, because that would be horrible unfair for those Trickster mains who enjoy him.

At any rate, BHVR should get rid of Myer's dash so he isn't just insta-down Pig that can also break pallets. Myers dashing is just so silly and not at all what Myers should be. Give him the T3 exposed status back and also infinite T3 as well with add-on or basekit.