Future of Dead by Daylight Forums
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Also really dislike this because searching for posts and information becomes less accessible due to discords account access based nature not letting posts show up in web searches or even being viewable without an account.
tinfoil hat theory: avoiding accountability might be one of their reasons to close the forums 🤷♂️
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This was really my only outlet to share bugs and possible balance issues. This feels really bad right now.
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I'm sure this decision was a financial one and that means there is no convincing the BHVR executives that made the decision to reverse it, but that doesn't mean it's not a huge shame. I think moving to Discord and Reddit is a huge downgrade, and I'm sure many of the people I see around here all the time will not be those I see all the time should I decide to peek my head into the Discord.
It's been fun - see y'all around.
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any chance you would reconsider? I don’t come often but when I have a problem I’m so thankful, I think it’s important to have an official forum, even old school RuneScape still has their forum.
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My favourite killer (Skull Merchant nuked with a rework in turbo-limbo), event (When you added this Blood Gen-slop in the Blood Moon event), survivor cosmetic (Thalitas Time out braid is still borked), the old grade system that i enjoyed far more than your current redacted and secret MMR system and now the forum that i enjoyed snooping around from time to time?
Pity.
I'll miss it.
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As many others have already said, I think this is a gigantic mistake. I truly cannot fathom worse places to gather critique or feedback for this game than the subreddit or the Steam discussions page. If you guys are shutting down the forums, thats fine, but you need to provide an alternative location that isnt hosted by a third party to provide direct feedback that other community members can see and discuss. The Discord is not a convenient place for people to share feedback, and shifting your focus there just ensures that the "vocal" community is going to be even more fractured and opionated than they already are due to a lack of pushback or critique from other users.
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😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
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Down votes are why i stopped coming here. Because it's the same problem reddit has. But what made forums even worse is that you can't delete your comments. So you'd just have to deal with a barrage of toxicity on what you thought was a reasonable, civil comment. It was very anxiety inducing. So i stopped posting entirely starting in April and i felt better for it. This isn't the news that i would have wished to feel vindicated by, but it is nonetheless. I also hated the member favouritism culture, anyway, so… Good riddance.
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All the spanish patch notes were here :(12 -
For any of the old heads who see this, regardless of how we may have gotten along over the years, your dedication is appreciated. If not by BHVR, than it should be by each other. Regardless of blatant or unintentional biases, there have been a multitude of perspectives that provided a wide range of insights, criticisms, over/under sights, and legitimately valuable feedback. Everyone knows that individual communities get swarmed with biases to the point of becoming echo chambers, but having a forum that worked in the most literal interpretation of the word for so long is something that this game sorely needed and benefited from.
For anyone who put more thought into their perspectives than emotion, more intention than reaction, more care than frustration, regardless of right or wrong, your input to the forums was a positive contribution. When you think about the fact that this post doesn't necessary address the people who wear their insights on their sleeves, keep in mind that will be the future of feedback for the game going forward. For all the "X platform is Y biased," that will be their only avenues of feedback going forward. Whether that means they'll be able to better disseminate feedback or get lost in a contradictory sea of warring factions, only time will tell. But the names that have been here for the majority of the game's lifespan, genuinely wanting the game to be a better experience irrespective of personal gain, you're all appreciated. If not by the developers, than by the people who shared the same goal. If I can't speak for everyone in that camp, I can at least speak for myself.
Thanks for the discussion, and the exchange of ideas.
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Let's place bets on how long it takes for a DBD Discord server moderator or admin's Discord account to get breached and the DBD Discord gets nuked as a result.
I'll start with the over/under: equal to or over 1 year/under 1 year
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I second all of this. I don't look forward to the game being balanced by the loudest voices on all of those other platforms, where engagement farming seems to be the primary motivation for most of the users over there. We all have our biases, but the forums still felt like the best place to come for a reasoned, nuanced debate and the place to read the most considered takes on the game. That kind of discussion just doesn't exist elsewhere on the web. Discord is a gated community and (from what this old timer understands) more like an ephemeral chat room than a public discussion forum and reddit is just 90% memes and videos, with the other 10% being players gloating/commiserating over whatever it was BHVR nerfed this week. Neither platform will be a good substitute for what the forums currently offer. I really hope they reconsider but the decision is probably final 😔
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What is with this push for people to join the discord its such a terrible idea
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dude I haven’t seen you in years!
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The downvote button is what made me leave. Post a question, a request for help or even have an unpopular opinion and getting loads of downvotes was rather disheartening. It took a lot of fun out of posting and I found myself looking more at the ratio than the comments.
Also seeing people getting permabans for two or three minor "offenses" seemed rather unfair.
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Reddit will be a terrible place for anyone that wants to discuss DBD. Despite disagreeing and being disagreed with often, I felt the DBD forums offered the most balanced takes. Reddit is just a killer main circle jerk. They downvote anything that isn't "killer good, survivor bad". They even started a subreddit called "r: killer mains" because even a few dissenting opinions was too much for them.
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Funniest announcement of all time considering the last time I gave feedback on the discord I got told to come leave it on the forums instead.
Massive L from you guys, at minimum the patch notes and PTB feedback area's should still be HERE instead of 3rd party sites. Considering discord is WAY to spammy compared to the forums where you have to click post instead of hit enter, making posts actually have thought put into them. Discord also is rolling out age verification which a lot of people are uncomfortable with, and are dropping the app/site for. As well as 3rd party moderators that might be parroted by BHVR, but aren't controlled by BHVR.
Reddit is awful and has NON-BHVR MODS. It's too overly memey to be a good place for feedback.
who uses Steam Discussions? That's 1% of the 1% of this playerbase, console can't even talk there. That's 3 other platforms just missing an area of discussion. And don't hit them with the "Use discord or reddit," they want to give feedback about DBD, not give up info to 3rd party sites.
All 3 sites aren't meant for nuanced feedback, they're meant for spam and clicks, because they're social media sites, not discussion sites. I would say this mattered, but BHVR moves to slow for a lot of feedback to matter anyway.
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I saw it, don't worry! Thanks so much! 😊
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One of the most stupid decisions ever made in BHVR's history. For real. The forums are such a nice thing, and closing them is such a bad decision imo. Especially for who wants to stay out of Reddit or Steam's toxicity. On the Official Dbd forums I've found much more experienced and appasionated players.
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Btw, on the "so that you can continue your discussions." point………………..….not that you (BHVR) ever read them even more than just a tiny bit on the surface. Not that it EVER mattered in any profound sense in the way you shaped your decisions to do some soul-searching or ever square conscience.
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Even for the way this message is written: just the typical corporate stuff, no soul whatsoever, no details whatsoever. Sad and dead. Maybe likely because whatever intellectual knowledge was expressed in this forum never truly mattered for BHVR in the end after all.
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EXACTLY THIS.
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They really are on a mission to speedrun the annihilation of their own game's identity and history ever since 2025. Kind of impressive.
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@Mandy Another thing to have you think about: Ive never seen any serious game developer nor anyone else that has managed a forum with such a big amount of threads needed, saying that giving feedback in Discord could workout better. Discord within its own structure is completely unsuited for multilevel/in-depth discussions on thousands of different topics. I want you to show me those trends indicating that Discord would be a proper place for such a kind of feedback and interaction between community members. Just because you drive people into Discord, it doesnt have anything to do with suitablitiy for discussions. The Discord right know is more than proof for this. You cannot discuss anything properly there, not even mentioning the high numbers of memers, trolls and haters you will never ever be able to manage properly, escpeically with how you handled the forums lately.
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Came back after the news. 😢
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In Sluzzy we trust
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Well this is terrible news. I've always enjoyed these forums and the people who post here. I've been here since day 1 too. I always felt comfortable posting my opinions here.
I don't like Reddit and I have no interest in joining a Discord server.
End of an era.
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Well this is certainly a shock to read.
Maybe they’ll change their mind? I mean Bungie is just came out and said they weren’t done with destiny and were gonna start un-vaulting content like the red war.
Or maybe this is just the universe staying in balance, one door opens another closes.
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My guess is they can't keep up with content they want to censor or remove so instead they decided to press big red button to end it all at once.
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it felt like a lot of the moderation was vibes based which makes it hard for consistency in regulation. you gotta hope you get the "right" mod. I got hit for literally just saying the new Zanshin was "lazy and half baked". I'm sorry but that kind of moderation guarantees there will be no longer term community. Shame because things seemed less stifling lately, as new additions like Balrog were pretty chill.
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These are heartbreaking news :/ I really like the forum not only because it is a nice place to give feedback, but also to just read different topics since some of them are interesting to read. I use Discord a lot but for me, it is not a good place for bigger discussion since it's just a short message platform, spam heavy, and discussion vanaish over time. Reddit is an awkward place while streamforum feels more like a joke to me.
Ngl, worst post I've ever seen here.
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Sorry BHVR you did this to yourself, why introduce once more the down vote button? and why also monitor such small mishaps? The discord is a laugh as I have seen, reddit I do like but don't post I seek info there. But I mean why create and cause means for your own demise? Perhaps if sought of ways and looked to the community and wishes etc, better and see what folk want, this isn't a step in the best direction and no doubt going to cause a whole load of ball ache.
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They probably don't want to have to play whack-a-mole across every community platform that they run, which I guess is fair enough. I bet the moderation team have their hands full over on Discord, even though I think we're probably the least unruly bunch.
Getting a warning or a ban seemed like bad luck most of the time, anyway. I probably deserved a couple more warnings than the one that I got.
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Alas this is also going to kill a lot of things, discord is an open page of just comments, no threads, no real input, also what about the creative peeps and designs? they said in the next 10 years but I mean if killing this forum? it's going to kill a lot. It is all gonna be a discord can of mushy peas and how does it help or warrant or be managed by DBD peeps? a lot of people, fans, know, people who made and helped this game keep alive and streamers? I mean will it kill the game? we basically are one weird ass delusional family on here and well, taking a rose full of it stem and leaving the thorns, don't be too surprised with faithful dedicated peeps turn elsewhere.
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I guess this throws out my plan of having an annual custom of making an alt on December 12 and just spamming my documentation of The Thread everywhere, huh.
Can't say I'm too surprised that the site I spent a literal THIRD of my life on (I was 16 when I made my account, I'm 24 now) is getting nuked. It's kind of just par for the course for me the year that has had it out for me specifically.
I was going to make a video about this (and honestly, I still might, but the script I have is kind of a bit ranty on personal tragedies this year and, while I think the context of why this is yet another gut punch is important, I also don't know how much anyone would want to hear about some nobody's misery), but I'll say something here for now.
I'm probably one of the last of the old guard, having been here almost since the Forum's inception. I was there to see Sluzzy. I was there for Orion getting his crown, and I was there to see him abandon DBD forever. I was there when @Fibijean lost their Trusted status. I was there when we all came together to honor @Cheers. I was there when we still had Awesomes (picture below for proof). I have seen just about everything that happened to this place. And now I'm here to watch it die. It's kind of poetic.
You claim that "user activity and engagement" has dropped substantially. Yeah, that'll happen when you ban all of the regulars and have a moderation policy that doesn't allow for strikes to decay, allowing someone to go literal years without issue, then get perma-banned because they were a troublemaker seven years ago.
I know this was a decision from the higher ups, but YOU are the ones responsible for the REASON the decision came down to begin with. Everyone was SCARED that anything they said would lead to a warning because there was never any clear idea of what was and wasn't allowed. The digital blood of this Forum is on YOUR hands. None of those other platforms will REMOTELY compare to what you had here, where you can actually sort things properly (only Steam has that, and even then… what good is that for console users).
It's disappointing, but not surprising. I miss what the Forums used to be. But I'm also pretty sure that died a long time ago.
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Not sure if you remember me, but I remember our several discussions back in the day quite fondly. You and I didn’t always see eye to eye but you always managed to take the time to explain your perspective really respectfully. Reading this message really guts a bit. Seems so silly cause it’s just a murder game but your comment just reminded me of how many hours I’ve spent here and the conversations I’ve had with so many people, including you. And so while this is a blip in existence I just wanted to say thanks for sharing your passion and thoughts. Good luck out there.
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Well put, and I'm glad you stopped by for the end. You were one of the few people that could have lengthy disagreements without stooping to anger and vitrile. It's something sadly disappearing from the internet and it's about to get just a tiny bit more rare.
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I get why this is happening. Forums are very much a communication system of the past. They want to consolidate communications and work to moderate those other ones.
It get why people are upset. It's valid but things change. Change is inevitable.
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Honestly this is the worst decision ever. I thought things could not get worse but as finnish saying goes, from the ditch into the puddle.
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Adding these forums are very much alive and very actively used so basing on that sound excuse use "decline of forums". These forums were also place that made dbd more special than other games place where you could talk with community.
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Yeah I also have said things pretty straight here got once warning. Over the years just been surpriced to see regular forum users get banned from here. I kinda missed Pulsar ban I though they were quitting.
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The moderation here is so overly strict. Why do you think the forums have been declining? Because you guys ban everyone. You pick the smallest things to punish someone for and have an excessive "three strike" policy and strikes can't be removed, nor can you appeal a forum ban. People are probably scared to post things because they're afraid they'll be punished. I rarely see a week old or older thread where someone in the comments isn't banned now. The moderation is probably a huge reason why the forums have been declining.
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It has probably already been said, but I think that behaivor ending the forums is purely a money saving decision. I'm sure they know discord is a terrible alternative to place their communication, however it is definitely a much cheaper alternative. It still sucks though
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Stop nerfing survivor perks when the game is already killer-sided. You guys have no idea what you're doing with this game and it's embarrassing.
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