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News | Bloodlust Experiment

Peanits
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edited November 2020 in News Archives
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This weekend, Bloodlust will be temporarily disabled on the live version of the game.

Why?

Bloodlust was originally introduced as a means to help the Killer catch up to Survivors at strong window loops. At the time, these loops were safe enough that the Survivor would gain a significant amount of distance each time the vaulted the window, making it impossible for the Killer to catch them.

Since then, we have made great strides in identifying these loops and tweaking them to avoid those situations. As a result, Bloodlust has become a contentious mechanic, where many believe it’s no longer necessary.

In order to better understand the effect Bloodlust has on the game in 2020, we will be disabling the mechanic on PC & consoles for the course of this weekend. This will allow us to gather feedback and data on Bloodlust and see what kind of effect it has on matches in a real-world scenario.


When?

November 20, 11 a.m. EST: Bloodlust is disabled

November 23, 11 a.m. EST: Bloodlust is re-enabled


Disclaimer

This test only disables the Bloodlust mechanic. References to Bloodlust will still appear in the game, and Beast of Prey will not activate as a result.


We would like to stress that this experiment is purely to gather data: No future plans for Bloodlust are set in stone at this time.

- The Dead by Daylight team

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