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Been playing since release, couple months. It's good. 2 major balance patches and a new map already. If they continue to grow this game, It's going to be great!

Remember that if they are broken now, all they really have is that Dead Hard. Yes, they get it once but have to deal with exhaustion. The Dead Hard will not always time well for the Survivor or give them the same kind of distance as being hit.

Dead hard doesn't give the distance of getting hit though so, the two hit scenario is not as bad as the healthy three hit scenario. And unless the timing on a loop pallet or window is correct or even possible, many times Survivors will Dead Hard to nothing with you directly behind them for the next swing. Adding a broken…

Correct but, no more option to heal and regain a three hit scenario.

Not really the entire match, until the Killer downs you, could be the entire match if he doesnt chase you again.

He is meta if you take a little time to practice and play on PC. His mobility combined with current Meta perks is very strong.

Survivor sided in that you can't smash 4K every game? I find it hard to believe that high ranked Killers aren't winning most of their games.

I dont really see DBD as being an unfinished game. It's more evolving than unfinished. Constant new content, new bugs and balancing issues. For a small developer, I think they do rather well, even if some of the content gets rushed and takes time to settle in.

A lot of games are released as "early access". They are unfinished and the developers tell you so up front. Some titles are big enough to get people to purchase at price without being complete. If the company is honest about developing a game with ongoing customer feedback, I think this can work out quite well. I would be…

Not all SWF are OP. My friends are worse than the average solo and, we goof around. I'm sure good teams of try hards exist but, I doubt it's very much of the population.

Myers doesn't need a buff, you need to learn how to play him. He's a mid to late game slugger.

Iron Will completely counters Stridor now so, I guess that's the nerf.

The hard part about balancing is that SWF and Solo teams exist.

The Red game breaking add-ons suck. They are supposed to be rare but Killers earn so much BP you can just play a different Killer until you can dump BP into the Killer you need good add-ons for. This is why basically every match has Red / Purple addons. Nearly every time I face Trapper, he has the add-on to reset his…

That's the problem with a lot of powerful Red add-ons. The only balance is in the rarity, so you can't do this every time unless of course, you grind BP with someone else and only play that Killer when you have access to OP addons. It's like how every time I face Trapper he almost always has the addon to reset his traps…

Some of the most broken addons can carry you as Killer. Current meta builds make the game easier too for both sides.

If Killer was actually difficult, even less people would play Killer. The challenge is in solo Survivor play. Even the best Survivors in the game can't pull escape streaks like Killer streaks and they have to use keys to do it.

What I mean is a 2K should be common even at high level play. Where it's near impossible for everyone to escape but also very hard to pull 4K. Yet what we see is more like Killers that stomp through most solo teams using meta regression and, skilled SWF teams being the only real counter. The result drives a stale meta,…

Good point, seems the devs aren't helping the situation, driving futher the meta.

I understand. My honest opinion is the Devs screwed up by making dedicated Killer / Survivor ques. This leads to much of the community playing one side exclusively, becoming biased and invested in "winning". Had they made a single que where one player is chosen at random to play Killer, you would see a lot more variety and…

Yeah, you have to be injured, running and, not exhuasted. Also pro tip, use it to gain distance while you are still far enough away to not get hit, so you can make it to a pallet or window. Only use it to dodge if you absolutely have to because, it won't always work if you try to dodge a hit.

It's not about gen control or anything else. It's about the 4K mindset. Killer mains think they need to 4K every game to be good, when the balance should be a more consistent 2 and 2. The mindset has been set in and any attempt to reel Killers back in will not go over well within the Killer main community.

I love playing risky builds as Survivor. Breakout / Sabotage being my favorite combo but, more often than not, I feel like I just throw the game.

Killer role has been taken far too seriously. 4K is considered a "win". When the game really should strive for a 2 and 2 balance. Meaning that it should be difficult to pull a 4K but, with the meta makes it possible to 4k consistently and, Youtube taught them, that's a win.

The Killer is nine years old and they are trolling you.

Been on a Darkest Dungeon kick myself for over a month now. Highly recommend.

Well yes, those things play a part, if they didn't Killers would just murder all but the best SWF teams. Which is basically how the better Killers perform anyway.

It's a stale meta. I'm sure Killers feel the same about Dead Hard and Decisive Strike. I don't really know how to break the meta gaming unless a large overhaul of unused perks made them actually viable.

Agree to an extent that the Hex perks require up to a ten objective game for the Survivors. While Killers only have one unaffected objective. I thought we were supposed to see some Survivor totems at some point? Would be nice to lets say, block all reveal mechanics until its destroyed or, block all exposed mechanics until…

I take Killer role very casual, focus on the rift challenges and rituals. Getting Kills is secondary, hooks and BBQ stacks are better. If everyone plays well and escapes, good on them. If you log into Killer with the mindset of sweating the kills, you are going to get upset over getting outplayed.

Haven't had much fun for a while, maybe got burnt out. Been playing Darkest Dungeon a lot.

I think it's dumb to negotiate a contract in which we can lose a map. Many people paid for that DLC and we shouldn't lose content we paid for. I think BHVR should take this experience as a lesson. If we negotiate for licensed content, we should be able to keep the content we paid for. I understand losing or not renewing…

Hatch should favor Survivors, that's the whole point of hatch, to escape.

My friends can't look backwards or loop either... OP SWF! 🤣

No No Yes No Reasons - If we removed hatch Kill rates would go through the roof, already sitting at 50% - 70%+. Exit gates should already be balanced that way but, whatever. Keys should have a short unlock timer, very short but, enough to give the Killer a chance. Still this would likely increase already high kill rates.

Mettle of Man - When the cosmos align on a summer solstice and you manage to take three hits next to another survivor you might live long enough to take an extra hit. Breakout - If you happen to be in the right place at the right time (not doing gens) you can follow the Killer who, hopefully isn't using a "carry perk" to…

Nurse requires a time investment and skill, she can be horribly punished for missing. She is crazy deadly for someone who knows how to use her.

You have to force them out, take your free swings and make them leave, GG.

Welcome to the internet bro.

The Twins in general, most hated Killer. Getting burnt out and not having fun in sweaty matches.

Too much RNG and loadout variations for any "balance" to be achieved. Overall I would say Killers perform pretty well. Yes, that balance can shift on a dime and, a full sweaty SWF can wreck most players but, I don't beleive that is a good example of a standard game. The desparity between Solo and SWF alone is pretty big.…

My experience with MMR was getting paired with newby killers that camped hook 1. I guess the game was trying to pair me with low skill killers and I realised that the high skilled Killers I was playing against were just better and could actually play the game.

How to enjoy playing Solo que? Pray for competent teammates or a swift death.

They did announce a colabortation with Sony Playstation and I would assume try to bring a streaming game service into Netflix. This is likely why they pulled the Stranger Things IP. I won't support them, cut my subscription over a year ago and never looked back.

Yeah, it gets messy as Licenses evolve change hands and leave behind old creators who feel entitled to money made long after they've had anything to do with the IP.

I wouldn't be too harsh on BHVR. It's very likely that Netflix pulled the plug on this.

It really depends. I would assume the issue with licensed content mostly has to do with the license holder and not BHVR. Of course BHVR would want to keep Stranger Things content in the game, it had to be Netflix that pulled the plug. Look at what happened to Friday the 13th. A whole game got stopped in it's tracks over…

I'm assuming Netflix is pursuing other game titles and, they either don't want to renew their license with DBD or it's too expensive to renew for BHVR. Grab the characters if you don't already have them and, I'm sure the Hawkins map can be reskinned or just abandoned, not much loss there. New players won't have access in…

You need to detatch yourself as Killer and play for your own enjoyment. Sometimes you will get outmatched, sometimes the survivors will try to troll you. You can't let these things get to you. It can feel just as bad on the Survivor side if you let it get to you. Played against a Nemesis earlier that completely threw the…

Trickster suffers from a couple things that results in him not being a whole lot of fun. He has poor map pressure, (which often results in a very campy play style). Not a whole lot you can do in chase, block LoS as much as possible and pray he runs out of knives, (as Sdurvivor). Even in tall wall loops, if he has enough…