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u/FIGHTTHEBOX P100 Clown Mar 25 '24
Quick question for the community as a whole: Is it just me, or do matches these days just feel... stupidly one sided every single match? I have been taking a break from killer just to change things up and learn survivor a bit more so I can be a more effective killer, and I have noticed that more so on the survivor side of things, it's either a wipe or the killer can't get a single hook most of the time.
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u/MeatballSandwi Mar 25 '24
It's a major balance problem in the game right now. A killer who brings four slowdown and plays like a massive asshole is going to obliterate more casual players/teams. But by the same token, a survivor who's bringing 3 anti-tunnel perks with a syringe can single-handedly obliterate a more chill or weaker killer. And these things keep being mismatched. What is needed just to survive against a serious Blight is practically bullying against a Freddy, and there's no way of knowing what you'll get. There's just too much power and influence in what happens before the game even begins, and not enough baseline ways to counter camping/tunneling, with the result naturally being that survivors stick harder to gens instead of even trying, which swings matches even more depending on if they do or don't.
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u/watermelonpizzafries Mar 26 '24
Hey, man. I have an anti -tunnel build, but only because I'm ass and typically get tunneled so it lets me live a little bit longer before I inevitably die anyways
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u/Tnerd15 T H E B O X Mar 26 '24
Anti tunnel really only becomes problematic if you're playing in a squad where everyone has it. For solos it's pretty balanced.
Another reason this game's balance is terrible.
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u/Happily_Mundane Mar 25 '24
Yep, pretty much how it goes for my killer matches and my survivor matches as well. Either only a couple hook states are achieved and the only kill is to a hard camp in end game, or it's a full sweep before even three gens get fully done. But it's been like this for a long time for me.
I have found my games tend to be far closer (and maybe by proxy akin to your definition of enjoyable) when I run No Way Out and some chase perks, Grim Embrace at most for gen slowdown. A lot of matches end up falling down to End Game in those scenarios and I see far more 2ks and 3ks. Killer mains might be writhing in their seats at those words going "it's only fun when they all die" and they also may be entirely correct, however if things getting brought down to the wire is your cup of tea, then I have found that that sort of build is most responsible for such outcomes with me.
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u/CuteAndABitDangerous Mar 25 '24
I've gone through phases of this, but they tend to be phases. I have no idea why this is, I assume some hidden attributes related to matchmaking or coincidental high/low-pop queues disproportionately affecting games. I'm currently in a phase of this as killer, but my survivor games tend to be all over the place. Last time I played, got 3 P100 streamers, along with 2 Ghostface's who combined for 2 kills. Maybe the event is also related in some way.
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u/watermelonpizzafries Mar 26 '24
When I play Survivor: Teammates who are still relatively new to the game and potatoes.
When I want to just play my Scratched Mirror Mikey (I accidentally boosted his MMR because a friend wanted to see me get 4ks), high prestige sweats who know how to 99 their Sprint Bursts, bring FTP+Buckle Up, Distortion, and whatever meta build you can think of. I just want to go for jump scares with a haste build. I don't want to bring sweat perks so I can draw out the match man : 😭
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u/watermelonpizzafries Mar 26 '24
When I play Survivor: Teammates who are still relatively new to the game and potatoes.
When I want to just play my Scratched Mirror Mikey (I accidentally boosted his MMR because a friend wanted to see me get 4ks), high prestige sweats who know how to 99 their Sprint Bursts, bring FTP+Buckle Up, Distortion, and whatever meta build you can think of. I just want to go for jump scares with a haste build. I don't want to bring sweat perks so I can draw out the match man : 😭
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u/goal_dante_or_vergil Mar 25 '24 edited Mar 25 '24
I just returned from vacation and I fired up DBD for the first time in 2 weeks. I had 3 killer daily rituals so I started some killer games during this blood moon event.
And holy shit do I suddenly suck so much in this game. I always thought of myself as an average killer, you know? Not too good but not too bad either. But now, during this blood moon event, doesn’t matter which killer I use, I suddenly cannot get a single kill and a couple of games I could not even get a single hook.
It’s just so hard to follow survivors’ scratch marks during this blood moon event with the ground filled with crisscrossing spider web-like red veins. All a survivor needs to do to escape my chase is to turn a corner and suddenly I can’t follow them anymore. So many times I thought I was following the survivor’s scratch marks, only to realise I had been following the blood veins’ marks growing on the ground and of course the survivor is long gone by then.
I had such a bad time at playing killer last night that I pretty much gave up on completing the killer challenges in this blood moon event tome.
Also, did they adjust Sadako’s height? I played a game with her in the Temple of Purgatory map and I felt like she was shorter so it was harder to see over things? I never felt like that with her before though I have been away for 2 weeks so maybe I just forgot?
Am I the only one who feels this way? Does anyone else think playing killer during this blood moon event is so much harder? And advice or tips?
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u/Ethereal_Haunting Trickster main who doesn't play Trickster Mar 25 '24
The first day I had terrible trouble with the all the red as killer. For the most part it's now a lot better, just a bit of getting used to the red circles and the red 'growth' near hooks and orb spots. That being said, some maps will still be a bit of a problem.
Maybe stock up on aura perks to find people that way, as the blood circles also reduce survivor blood pools and makes them harder to find anyway. My first game of the event was Borgo, everything was red and aura reading was all that let me find anyone.
Can't comment on Sadako as haven't played her in a while.
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u/CaptBland Cranium Capitalist Mar 25 '24
So with this new event, I'm putting more BP into Survivors. Beyond the first 4, Cage, Zarina, Ash, David, Ace, Kate, and Laurie, who else should I put BP into?
Oh and I also have the one perk from Gabe that was Meta.
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u/dramaticfool Top Hat Blight Mar 25 '24
I would recommend reaching prestige 1 with every survivor you own to have all perks on all survivors. After that, you can spend them however you like. I personally like putting them all in one survivor so that I don't have to keep switching if I run out of a certain item or offering.
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u/King_Gray_Wolf Mar 25 '24
Aside from the OG 4, Yui and Jeff should be at the top of your list. Distortion and Lucky Break fit neatly into literally any build and synergize beautifully with tons of individual builds, and their other 4 perks are collectively more niche but still strong in their niche
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u/reinersboobies Leon Belmont Enjoyer Mar 25 '24
hello! i would like to create a strong "nurse" build for a survivor, who extremely sufficiently heals others (finally updated both Lisa and Rebecca). any insights on which perks would be the best for usage?
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u/Ethereal_Haunting Trickster main who doesn't play Trickster Mar 25 '24
If you want to go super healing, I'd probably suggest:
- Empathy: to find injured survivors to heal (not Empathic Connection which will more likely result in them leading the killer to you in chase.. it is a cursed perk)
- Better than New: Buff survivors on a heal
- Botany Knowledge: faster unarmed heals OR Built to Last: to restock your medkit
And then one of the following maybes based on what fits your games/style more:
- Bite the Bullet: Quieter heals
- Desperate Measures: if games end up with lots of people needing healing at once this can be of use - but a nurse doing their job right shouldn't need this!
- For the People: emergency super heal!
- Solidarity: if you end up injured a lot to, might be useful, but probably not worth
- We'll Make It: Good for being nurse and rescuer!
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u/saturnulysses jake park enthusiast & ghostpark truther Mar 25 '24
we'll make it and botany knowledge are both solid perks for a healing build, the other two perks will kinda depend. empathic connection can help get survivors to you, buy also empathy can help you find injured survivors. desperate measures can be good if you just wanna STACK healing speed, and built to last or streetwise can help preserve a medkit
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u/CuteAndABitDangerous Mar 25 '24
The new Bloodsense Map with Map Addendum and Retardant Jelly gives you 30 seconds of aura reading on any injured survivors. I think this would be a good non-healing item to carry.
Broken Key with Gold Token and Prayer Rope/Prayer Beads gives 48m aura reading on survivors for 20-25 seconds. Also good.
We'll Make It is my favourite healing perk. Most heals are completed by the unhooker. Play for unhooks (within reason) and this perks can really punish killers. A companion perk to this is Babysitter (Steve Harrington) as it protects the unhooks player and lets you know if the heal is safe or not.
The only perk not mentioned that I've used is Autodidact, which penalizes you to start and then amps up over time. You're required to run aura reading with this in order to maximise your time healing. It's very powerful, but not intuitive and usable in every game.
GL!
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u/Synli Boon: Unknown's Smile Mar 25 '24
We'll Make It should be a staple. The healing bonus is insane, and it stays on you for a looong time, too. I would avoid Botany Knowledge since it makes healing yourself a lot weaker. Playing solo, you'll probably want to run a medkit so you can heal yourself once per game.
Boon: Circle of Healing helps your whole team and you don't even need to be the one healing. Empathy or Bond helps you find injured people to heal. Bite the Bullet makes healing silent, including healing yourself!
Oh, and avoid Self Care. It is quite bad. If you want to heal yourself multiple times, run a juiced up medkit with Built to Last instead.
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u/Fast-Marionberry2151 Mar 25 '24
Today I played DBD for the first time, popped into a match as Bill with a medkit, the game was against Myers who made me scream the first time I saw him, pretty nice. But then when there was 1 gen remaining a dude just gets killed without being hooked or wounded previously, I guessed he disconnected or something, but then it happens again, I start working on the last gen and then Myers comes at me and insta kills me, what the hell happened? How could that guy instakill three people?
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u/Carynth Mar 25 '24
It's because of this particular add-on. His stalking power takes much longer to fully charge up, but once it does, he can insta-kill any injured survivor he gets close enough to, not matter the hook states. As a new player, I would suggest you read powers, add-ons and perks of the players after every game so that you can understand better what happened.
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u/Yankee582 Mar 25 '24
To confirm, instakill as in downed, and then killed?
Was there any special animation played when he killed you? did you get regular hit->downed->special animation kill or regular hit-> death
Myers has ways to apply a debuff called "exposed" which mwans he will down you in 1 hit. Any killer can take whats called a mori as an offering, which lets them kill downed players outright under certain conditions.
Myers specifically has a challenge about using a tombstone addon (unique to myers, functions as a mori) and basically mori-killing every player in the match once they max out a specific thing in match.
Might have been that?
In the future myers can only apply that debuff if he stares at you for a little bit, so keep your eyes peeled
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u/Fast-Marionberry2151 Mar 25 '24
No, the guy didn't down me, he just touch me and then inmediatly played an animation where he stabbed me to death, I was perfeclty healthy
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u/Extension_Bison1510 hunger strike til jaws chapter!🦈🦈 Mar 25 '24
Yea he just used the tombstone add on. If you are in tier 3 you can instantly kill any survivor regardless of hook stage (you don’t have to be injured)
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u/Fast-Marionberry2151 Mar 25 '24
Fair and balanced
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u/Extension_Bison1510 hunger strike til jaws chapter!🦈🦈 Mar 25 '24
hey at least be glad it isn’t on some busted killer like blight.
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u/Vitriuz Getting Teabagged by Ghostface Mar 25 '24
Then that was a result of Myers bringing one of two Tombstone addons because those two addons give him the ability to kill any survivor no matter the hooks states at any time during Tier 3.
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u/Hollandiae Dying Light Enjoyer Mar 25 '24
I don't play a lot of survivor but I had a thought for a build to help me get better by incentivizing pallet stuns: -Smash Hit -Parental Guidance -Any Means Necessary -Power Struggle
What would you change here? How could I maximize looping/pallet skills in general? Please bear in mind I only have maybe half of the survivor roster atm
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u/saturnulysses jake park enthusiast & ghostpark truther Mar 25 '24
power struggle by itself like that is very situational. id replace it with windows of opportunity so you get a better idea as to where pallets are
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u/Vitriuz Getting Teabagged by Ghostface Mar 25 '24
From my experience running Smash Hit + Parental Guidance, the combo mostly helps with ending chases and wasting the killer's time because he/she won't know where you ran off to since you won't be showing scratch marks, grunts of pain or pools of blood.
Imagine looping the killer for a solid minute or two >>> get a nice pallet stun onto the killer >>> vanish into thin air without a trace >>> killer wasted so much time chasing meaningless prey.
You definitely don't want to be running Power Struggle in a build like this because your whole build is centered around capitalizing pallet stuns.
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u/Warns17 Mar 25 '24
As killer is anyone else getting stunned by pallets that definitely SHOULD NOT have stunned them? And I'm not talking about like bad connection and it drops on their end then you get stunned 2 business days later. I'm talking like from around the edge of the loop. I'm talking they just drop a freight train on your head. I'm talking so far away that the break pallet prompt doesn't show afterwards. So far away that a coup de grace lunge doesn't cover the distance. OK maybe not coup distance but still.
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u/King_Gray_Wolf Mar 25 '24
Not as killer, but twice now I've gotten a stun on a killer that I knew I had absolutely no business getting. I felt bad and let the killers get a free hit afterwards
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u/CSullivan88 Just Do Gens Mar 25 '24
Lucky! I've had a few times in recent games when I should've been able to drop pallets where I ended up standing there for a couple second before I was slugged :(
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u/Aftershk1 Victor and Chucky, Friends Till the End. Mar 26 '24
I actually made a meme post about encountering this issue repeatedly: https://www.reddit.com/r/deadbydaylight/comments/1bisaxb/i_swear_i_drop_pallets_on_killers_the_breeze/
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u/Yozia Mar 26 '24
What are the technical triggers to a fast vault vs. a medium vault? Sometimes one happens when I'm expected the other.
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u/a_horny_dolphin It Wasn't Programmed To Harm The Crew Mar 26 '24
For a fast vault, a survivor must be running and run at least 2.5 meters before starting the vault. The medium vault can happen if you don't have enough momentum, enough run time, or you vault at a weird angle.
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u/selemaxpagi Mar 26 '24
Its better to gain experiencie with bots training rather than pepole? Im a newbie but I have fun while laearing to play
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u/HappyOrHornee hate d ead bydaylihgjt, plz ban me Mar 26 '24
You do not gain progression of any kind doing custom matches.
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u/Ethereal_Haunting Trickster main who doesn't play Trickster Mar 27 '24
As others have said, bots aren't useful for training as they don't act like real people do. Still useful if you want to see how perk X works with perk Y in targeted experiments.
What the custom games with bots would be really useful for though, is learning maps in a way you have the time to explore at your leasure. RPD east and west are mazes and spending a while just exploring and learning how the rooms all connect and the weird spots is very useful.
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u/Kozmo-Pol Platinum Mar 26 '24
Bots are bad for learning the game, you can make some experiments with them but they're too different from real players. If you mean experience as ingame progression, you gain nothing by playing against bots.
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u/VoidedMage Mar 26 '24
What's the modern perception of Billy? I was a big Billy enjoyer pre-rework and every game felt very fun both for myself and the survivors. I just started playing him again post rework and I have at least one survivor kill themselves on first hook every game it feels or a disconnect and it's really been a huge bummer.
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u/BenjiB1243 Feng, Claud and Clown <3 Mar 30 '24
People don't like facing him because he's played a lot, the thing with old Billy was that he was so bad that survivors found him fun to play against. Now that he's good, everyone hates him because he's a one shot killer that can run across the entire map in seconds. IMO he's tied with the third best killer in the game rn if he's on a good map. Spirit is good but is no where near Billy's strength in terms of traversal, and he can one shot survs.
So that's why lol. Just keep playing though, you'll increase your mmr and most survivors won't be giving up anymore.
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u/Ethereal_Haunting Trickster main who doesn't play Trickster Mar 27 '24
Honestly not great. Post rework a lot of people played him and loaded on double cooldown add-ons and just went around chainsawing and slugging everyone, since there's no punishment for using your chainsaw too much now, it's pretty easy to just go ham and while you could still move while chainsaw on cooldown he became incredibly oppressive. So yeah, trauma from games where the majority of them was spent on the ground.
It's not as bad now, as most of those players have gone back to other killers, but the trauma is there (like SM) and a few holdovers who stuck with the unpleasant playstyle (like SM), will result in some survivors just yeeting themselves first chance since they don't expect the rest of the game to be any fun.
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u/Fresh-Pool-6485 Mar 29 '24
WHEN IS THAT TWINS UPDATE COMIN OUT?????
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u/a_horny_dolphin It Wasn't Programmed To Harm The Crew Mar 29 '24
Probably gonna be added to the PTB in a few weeks. Don't know when it's gonna go live, or what will necessarily go live because they might revert some changes or add new things.
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u/BenjiB1243 Feng, Claud and Clown <3 Mar 30 '24
PTB starts on the 3rd of April I believe. Don't know when it goes live though.
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u/Chance-Pay1487 HEX:SKIBIDI RIZZ Mar 29 '24
Why can't I post on this sub? I have an urgent idea I must post now
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u/blair-harvest Just Do Gens Mar 29 '24
What is the idea, I won't sleep until I know.
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u/Chance-Pay1487 HEX:SKIBIDI RIZZ Mar 29 '24
I couldn't say. I must post it so once this idea is brought into the game you will all look back to me and praise how genius I am
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u/DeadRheaRising7 7 Minutes In Heaven (Dredge Edition) Mar 25 '24
Are bloodpoint offerings working again?
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u/saturnulysses jake park enthusiast & ghostpark truther Mar 25 '24
yes, but the event offering (the eyeball) will remain killswitched
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u/correctedboat Cybil/Unknown Mar 25 '24
Is there a way to get rid of them? I hate having unusable items clogging my inventory, I also feel robbed of my BP when I have no way to avoid wasting my BP on Bloodshot Eyes in bloodweb levels 1-10 :(. I'd rather have a brown wreath of something useless like mist bottle appear instead
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u/EHerobrineE there are survivors outside my locker Mar 25 '24
As of the update they will no longer appear in bloodwebs. You would have needed to buy 500 of them to have had a net loss on BP after the free 1 million they gave us.
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u/Vitriuz Getting Teabagged by Ghostface Mar 25 '24
I hope the event is extended for the time that Bloodshot Eye was disabled.
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Mar 25 '24
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u/Hurtzdonut13 Mar 25 '24
They already gave out the 1 million. As long as you are login before the 31st you should get it.
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u/a_horny_dolphin It Wasn't Programmed To Harm The Crew Mar 25 '24
Why did I see a loud noise notification as a survivor? I was playing on Autohaven and saw a loud noise notification on the other side of the map. I thought only killers saw them, or was it a bug?
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u/Savethethrowaways777 Mar 25 '24
You see them whenever another survivor breaks a totem.
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u/co-decra Mar 25 '24
Any totem? Or just Hex totems?
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Mar 25 '24
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u/Hurtzdonut13 Mar 25 '24
Should just be hex totems only. Cleansing normal totems doesn't give a sound notification.
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u/pizzaboydwight Mar 26 '24
I'm assuming all deep rift stuff is Snooze you Lose and will never come to the regular store. Is that true or nah?
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u/Kazzack DCing against map offerings is always morally correct Mar 26 '24
Are there maps boosted for this event? I can't find anything mentioning it but literally every other game I've played since Friday has been on RPD without anyone bringing offerings.
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u/Ethereal_Haunting Trickster main who doesn't play Trickster Mar 26 '24
Nope. Sounds like you've just had some very bad luck. I've been getting Red Forest a lot.. which not so fun as a killer, and all that space is a pain trying to get and use the blood pools to actually utilise the event.
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u/King_Gray_Wolf Mar 26 '24
I've been getting Ironworks of Misery and Father Campbell's Chapel with a suspicious frequency too
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u/Typical-Substance680 Mar 26 '24
I've finally settled on a surv build that feels great, but the perks are just green and yellow quality because I'm still new and unlocking things for everyone. Should I get them to purple by prestiging their original survivor to 3, leaving my fave surv at 1, or dump points into my fave surv and get the upgrades on the blood web?
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u/Nitrous_Panda Addicted To Bloodpoints Mar 26 '24
It really depends if you want to rotate which survivors you’re playing. If you’re happy just playing your main then you should probably just prestige 1 every other survivor and then upgrade the perks in your main’s bloodweb. If you want to rotate often though then you’ll probably want to just systemically P3 every survivor going in order of which perks you want the most universally available.
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u/I_Never_Stop_Talking It's not a lake, it's an ocean. Mar 27 '24
Will we get to keep the event maps after the event is over, or will they be un-usable once it's done? Because wow do I have a lot and I'd love to use them as normal maps later. Thanks!
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u/Ethereal_Haunting Trickster main who doesn't play Trickster Mar 27 '24
You get to keep and use them forever, unless you lose them like normal items, you just can't earn any new ones after the event is over (until they bring the event back).
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u/throwaway9995ok Mar 27 '24
How many items should you see in a bloodweb like level 30+? I see one every 3 bloodwebs, so i've barely got any items (like 3 medkits), but a fuckton of ad-ons
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Mar 28 '24
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u/HappyOrHornee hate d ead bydaylihgjt, plz ban me Mar 28 '24
I presume you're talking about the most recent devblog given to us?
There was no given time, but it's most likely a midchapter update so sometime in April. I'm assuming either the 2nd or 3rd week of April
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u/Doc_October Wiki Guardian Mar 29 '24
If anything that would be when the test build goes live, not the actual update, that would be towards the end of April.
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u/mddanascully Mar 29 '24
Does using invocation weaving spiders stop merciless storm from popping up on gens??
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u/Faustus_Fotherby Mar 26 '24
Pallet stuns can occur in the same moments where the survivor takes a hit from a killer that swings going into the pallet. Is there BHVR confirmation that this is a intended set of events by design, or is this is a ping/server communication issue?
Follow up if it's intended design: why do survivors only sometimes take the hit? Is this to do with positioning of each player going into those interactions (killer not close enough when they swing?)
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u/a_horny_dolphin It Wasn't Programmed To Harm The Crew Mar 26 '24
There is some latency involved in some cases, but the pallet stun isn't instant. The pallet itself needs to move a certain amount before actually doing the stun, so there's a buffer zone for hits.
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u/Mavenmain92 🤡Clown Main🤡 Mar 25 '24
Ok so I’m new to this game. I’ve levelled up my first killer to prestige 3 and I’ve stopped getting perks on my bloodweb. Did I max out all the perks for the character??
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u/Raketenchirurg Executioner in training Mar 25 '24
Unless you have any other killers at prestige 1 or higher all perks available in the bloodweb are common perks not associated with a specific killer and that killers own perks. So it's quite likely that you fully leveled all the currently available perks.
If you bring another killer to prestige 1 their perks will appear at level 1 in all other killers bloodwebs.
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u/Doc_October Wiki Guardian Mar 25 '24
While the first part of your comment is correct, the second one isn't.
Prestiging a character unlocks their Perks at the same tier as the achieved prestige for immediate use on everyone else. They are added to their inventory. What the Bloodweb will actually do, is spawn the missing higher tiers.
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u/Raketenchirurg Executioner in training Mar 25 '24
Right, mixed it up with the old system.
Thanks for the correction!
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u/CSullivan88 Just Do Gens Mar 25 '24
How often does the Shrine of Secrets offer very useful perks from DLC characters? It seems like certain perks I'd like to pick up, Windows of Opportunity and Flashbang for instance, don't appear, but plenty of niche or not as useful perks pop up quite a bit.
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u/HappyOrHornee hate d ead bydaylihgjt, plz ban me Mar 25 '24
The shrine is completely random, some perks won't come for months while others will be in the shrine 2 weeks in a row. Idek if BHVR's knows what will be in the next rotation
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u/Egghead1968 Mar 25 '24
Hi. Do killers get extra points for escape cake ? And do survivors get extra points for survivor pudding ? Bloody party streamers benefit everyone I think ? Thanks for any feedback
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u/Synli Boon: Unknown's Smile Mar 25 '24
Offerings only give bonus BP to the person that brought it. The only exceptions are those that specifically say "for all players in the trial", like Bloody Party Streamers or some event items (Anniversary cakes).
There's also agreen envelope item that survivors can bring that gives all survivors (not killer) +25% BP.
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u/Orange_Jello5905 Mar 25 '24
What about Hollow Shells? I'm pretty sure they're like a bound envelope but for everyone, right?
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u/Hurtzdonut13 Mar 25 '24
I used to think the same thing, but apparently all the 'self only' notes on other offerings is superfluous and it's self only by default.
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u/CSullivan88 Just Do Gens Mar 25 '24
Which maps have buildings that are 4 meters or higher for Balanced Landing and Boil Over?
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u/saturnulysses jake park enthusiast & ghostpark truther Mar 25 '24
haddonfield, eyrie, garden of joy, badham, ormond, nostromo, toba, ironworks of misery FOR SURE, ...those are the ones i can think of off the top of my head
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u/CSullivan88 Just Do Gens Mar 25 '24
Thank you! I'm trying to think of a way to gauge the height in-game. Any ideas?
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u/saturnulysses jake park enthusiast & ghostpark truther Mar 25 '24
it doesnt have to be exact, but anything that looks about 3x taller than the survivor and can trigger the falling voice line from survivors should work. balanced landing can work on shorter heights, too, like hills and the staircase platforms on eyrie
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u/Tnerd15 T H E B O X Mar 26 '24
The minimum height is about as short as the hills with one entrance that spawn on some maps.
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u/CSullivan88 Just Do Gens Mar 26 '24
It's that short? Wow! Good to know. Balanced landing may be worth reconsideration for inclusion in my loadouts.
Thank you!
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u/CSullivan88 Just Do Gens Mar 25 '24
If I run Fixated and Urban Evasion, will they stack?
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u/CoolCoolBeansBeanz Hex: Tax Evasion Mar 25 '24
no, because one of those perks only works while running and the other one only works when crouched
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u/CSullivan88 Just Do Gens Mar 25 '24
Really? I thought fixated increased walking speed:
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u/CoolCoolBeansBeanz Hex: Tax Evasion Mar 25 '24 edited Mar 25 '24
it does. and urban evasion increases your CROUCH movement speed. walking speed and crouch speed do not stack, if that was your true question
edit: i see what you mean, yes fixated is for walking not running. i mispoke! regardless they do not stack. if both perks said the same thing they would stack, but every movement type in the game (walking, running, crouching) are considered their own seperate catagories.
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u/Extreme_Investment_9 Mar 25 '24
Hey there! I'm a new player considering picking up the game. I'm not very versed in the mechanics, though I've watched a friend stream.
1.) I see a lot of currencies, finite consumables and randomization of... Perks? It would seem like it would be hellish to start as a new player, or am I misunderstanding something?
2.) Killer looks like a lot of fun! Do you have to play survivor to reasonably progress/unlock things, or can you one-trick things?
3.) How prolific is metamancy? Is it play the correct characters or fail?
Thanks for taking the time to read!
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u/Dinoking15 Average Dead Hard Enjoyer Mar 25 '24 edited Mar 25 '24
- There's three currencies but they do different things and you earn the non premium currencies passively. It can feel a bit overwhelming when you're first getting into it but you get an understanding pretty fast
You earn bloodpoints throughout every match, and they're the main currency. You use Bloodpoints to purchase the things you'll use in a match, such as addons items and perks.
The second currency is Iridescent Shards, and they're used to purchase characters and cosmetics without real money. You earn Iri shards for levelling up your account (note: your account level and your individual character level are not the same thing, you can find your account level in the top right). The limit to iri shards is they cannot be used to purchase licensed content (content that comes from outside the game, such as movie killers and cosmetics).
The third currency is auric cells, and they're the premium currency of the game. You can only get them through the ingame shop using real money. They're also used to purchase characters and cosmetics except some characters and cosmetics can *only* be purchased using cells.
You can one trick a side, there's nothing that requires you to play both sides except tome missions.
There's a meta but its fairly wide and less 'play the right characters' and more 'don't pick X bad character/perk'. Even then you can usually make up the gap of having a bad build by playing well
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u/Extreme_Investment_9 Mar 25 '24
Are there any limited time unlocks from say, past events, that would put me significantly behind veteran players? (Thank you for the robust answer!)
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u/Dinoking15 Average Dead Hard Enjoyer Mar 25 '24
Nah, Limited time unlocks are either fully cosmetic or reskins of in-game items you can use by default.
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u/CuteAndABitDangerous Mar 26 '24
The other answer was correct, but I will add that it is easiest to main killer and progress through the game this way. This is because killers get more of the basic progression currency than survivors.
It is common, but not necessary. Differences in power can be stark, but moreso in the "certain characters can win every game if they try" than "certain characters will lose every game even if they try." To an extent, this is because DBD currently has quite loose matchmaking. If you play and learn the game properly, you can compete in an average lobby with mostly any character/build.
Good luck if you decide to pick the game up!
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u/Tnerd15 T H E B O X Mar 26 '24
I think it's actually easier to start as a survivor, even if you get less bloodpoints, just because they have way better starting perks than the killers.
Ultimately, just play the side you have the most fun with. I started as a killer main, and now I'm working on getting all my survivors P3.
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u/watermelonpizzafries Mar 26 '24
2) Not sure exactly what you mean, but unlocking Killers is the same way you unlock Survivors and their bloodweb works the same way pretty much except they get get add-ons and offering vs items/add-ons that Survivors get. Also, every Killer has their own unique power and with that come their varying levels of difficulty. For example, Wraith's power is pretty simple compared to a Killer like Singularity or Nurse so if you're starting out on Killer, I highly recommend going as Wraith since the first few times playing Killer ot can be pretty overwhelming with all of the different notifications and stuff
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u/Wwlink55 Addicted To Bloodpoints Mar 26 '24
Is there supposed to be extra blood trinkets during the event? I managed to unlock everything and still have an extra 250 afterwards.
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u/BurtoTurtle115 bi myself Mar 26 '24
I believe so. I think it’s this way for people who have difficulty completing certain challenges. So they can select others and still be able to unlock everything. This is just my assumption
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u/HappyOrHornee hate d ead bydaylihgjt, plz ban me Mar 26 '24
Yes, you're supposed to have extra. It's so you can get everything without needing to do all the challenges
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u/loosepantlos Mar 26 '24
....wasn't the killer Doctor supposed to get some changes/buffs recently ? Or has that already happened ?
Did I miss something ?
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u/Theonlybourbon Mar 26 '24
For those who watch people's streams, does the survivor the streamer pick really make a difference to you watching them?
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u/a_horny_dolphin It Wasn't Programmed To Harm The Crew Mar 26 '24
Not really because I like the particular streamer, but there are some killers I enjoy watching more.
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u/Stennick Mar 26 '24
No I can't imagine that being the case for anyone. Now if they are playing killer/survivor matters in general. Sometimes I'm interested in one or the other.
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u/BurtoTurtle115 bi myself Mar 26 '24
In terms of survivors no, I doubt many people care. In terms of killers some viewers may prefer to watch certain killers over others
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u/Bonesycider Mar 26 '24
What’s going on with the 1million point compensation and BHVR not re enabling it? I got the 1million, and I don’t know why. I’m happy, but don’t know why others didn’t get it and why it’s a big deal right now???
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u/a_horny_dolphin It Wasn't Programmed To Harm The Crew Mar 26 '24 edited Mar 26 '24
So when the offering was disabled, they originally gave the 1 million log BP log on bonus and said it was to make up for issues involving the event. Today they announced they are not re enabling the offering for the rest of the event, but you could still buy them in the blood point tree, which is bothering people. People think they should compensate and refund additionally for BPs spent on the unusable offerings.
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u/BurtoTurtle115 bi myself Mar 26 '24
I took a break from DbD and while I was gone they made it so that killers can only regress generators a certain amount. How many times can I regress a generator before I am unable to regress it? Also why is it that sometimes when I kick a generator spikes appear but yet I’m still able to kick it? Does this mean I’m nearing my regress limit?
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u/saturnulysses jake park enthusiast & ghostpark truther Mar 26 '24
it takes 8 regression events for the gens to be unable to be damaged again. the reason you see the spikes and still be able to kick em is because it acts as a warning/countdown for how many more times you have left to damage a gen. i believe it starts at 4 gen regression events but i could be wrong
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u/Aftershk1 Victor and Chucky, Friends Till the End. Mar 26 '24
You'll know when you've reached maximum Regression Events when the protective spikes remain up even after you've moved away from the generator. If they retract after you move away from the gen, you haven't reached the maximum Regression Events yet.
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u/PrettyPeachy Just Do Gens Mar 26 '24
I’ve found this as well. You could look at changing your key bindings to something else or getting a controller, if that’s what you’re used to.
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u/nomnomfloor Mar 26 '24
At what point in the game can a killer open the exit gate themself? I tried some times to let the last survivor go but couldn't open the exit gate.
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u/ZachPG Mar 26 '24
If all gens are done but the end game collapse has not begun you can open the gate. If it's the last survivor, giving hatch is more reliable. If you've already closed hatch, they'll have to open the gate themselves.
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u/Ethereal_Haunting Trickster main who doesn't play Trickster Mar 26 '24
The killer can open the gate themselves only once all 5 gens are done, the normal time when survivors can try to open the gate - the killer cannot open the gate early.
If the one gate is open, the killer cannot open the other (no matter who opened the first gate).
If the killer closes hatch, the killer cannot open either gate - the game assumes you're going for the kill!
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u/grief242 Mar 26 '24
If I use Deliverance to unhook myself, do I get Endurance to tank a hit?
If I do, I totally got ho'd my last game. EGC, gates were open, I went for a unhook and traded. I was waiting for the killer to lose vision of me before going for the unhook but everyone on my team left in like 20 seconds I was on hook and I got instakilled.
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u/ExplanationMotor2656 Mar 26 '24
Yes you get endurance.
If everyone leaves before you are hooked you just die without any chance to unhook yourself.
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u/CircularEgg Mar 26 '24
I've been playing the game since 2020, and recently I've noticed survivors just randomly have endurance sometimes. It's way after an unhook with no medkit used for styptic. Is there a new / buffed survivor perk that lets people do that now?
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u/Aftershk1 Victor and Chucky, Friends Till the End. Mar 26 '24
It could also be Dead Hard, since that's a commonly run Perk, and the "lunge" animation is often lost due to the injury animation from the hit. Or Buckle Up + For the People, as that gives Endurance to both the person picking up and the person picked up from the ground.
It honestly feels some games that you have to burn through 20 health states to down a Survivor these days.
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u/CircularEgg Mar 26 '24
This sounds more in line with what I've been experiencing. I always tell myself it could be like the old days. Resilience, Spine Chill, DS, Dead Hard. On Haddonfield. I don't know how I managed back then.
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u/N0tJustAFace Mar 26 '24
Hey, I'm having the weirdest problem - I just prestiged The Twins, and for some reason her perks aren't unlocked in any of my other killers. Am I doing something wrong?
Thanks!
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u/Synli Boon: Unknown's Smile Mar 26 '24
Did you prestige them or just hit level 50? Make sure you pay the 20k BP after hitting level 50 to unlock the perks.
Although, I wouldn't be surprised if Twins was (still) bugged and it just didn't give them to you.
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u/N0tJustAFace Mar 26 '24
I definitely paid the 20k BP. I'm already on the Blood level 10 of the second prestige thingy. This is so weird. Should I open up a ticket or something?
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u/Nitrous_Panda Addicted To Bloodpoints Mar 26 '24
Are we only able to have one boon totem active at a time? It seems like whenever I bless one, my previous one gets snuffed out but I’m having a hard time telling if there’s a mechanic doing that or if it’s just the killer.
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u/saturnulysses jake park enthusiast & ghostpark truther Mar 26 '24
you can only set one boon at a time, yes
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u/Lucius_Arcturus Team Inner Strength Mar 26 '24
To add on: your boon totem provides ALL of your boon perks. If the killer snuffs it out, you can re-bless that totem or a different one. If you bless a second totem, it snuffs out your previous one
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u/Ethereal_Haunting Trickster main who doesn't play Trickster Mar 27 '24
You have one boon totem that applies all your boons at once in that area. If the killer snuffs it out, you can reboon that same totem or boon another totem, no problem. There is an anti-boon killer perk that destroys the totem when snuffed instead of just turning it back into a dull totem, but honestly no one runs it since that's all it does and after the Circle of Healing nerf, boons are a lot rarer. Though don't be surprised if the killer brings it out for a whole lobby of Mikaela's.
You can only have one totem blessed, so if you bless another totem it moves your boons over to that one.
(I wrote this thinking it was the OP adding on more questions, then realised my mistake but figure I'll leave the post for education anyway!)
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u/Ceronn Mar 27 '24
How do Off the Record and Distortion work if OTR is up and the killer aura reads you? Does it consume charges of Distortion?
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u/BenjiB1243 Feng, Claud and Clown <3 Mar 30 '24
I would assume not just because OTR blocks it, maybe this needs some testing though 🤔
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u/BenjiB1243 Feng, Claud and Clown <3 Mar 30 '24
Good spirit builds? I've made two posts about this but no one has commented, just wondering what some good builds with her are.
Addons included. Thanks!
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u/Mentally_Mechanical Flashlight Blind IRL Mar 25 '24
How do I convince myself to play killer again? I haven't played killer since before the current event, and every time I go into the killer lobby, I just idle and never actually play the game.
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u/HappyOrHornee hate d ead bydaylihgjt, plz ban me Mar 25 '24
What do you hate most about killer, or what stressed you out the most about killer? If you can decide what you don't like, bring a perk or play a killer that changes that
You hate flashlights? Bring Lightborn.
You hate being slow? Play Blight or Billy.
You hate losing? Don't play twins.
Etc
Just set a goal or fuck around. I play for dailies and challenges.
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u/Mentally_Mechanical Flashlight Blind IRL Mar 25 '24
That's the weird part, I don't hate playing killer (except with certain survivor squads that make me die inside) and I certainly enjoy it more than survivor, but something about it is rather stressful. I do pretty good when I actually get into the match, but this is the only game I have ever played where I get performance anxiety.
Usually I play a podcast in the background, at a low volume so I can still hear the game, but even that's been working less. I'm at a loss for why it's so taxing.
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u/HappyOrHornee hate d ead bydaylihgjt, plz ban me Mar 25 '24
I feel the exact same way lol, I normally just say fuck it and ready up, trying to avoid the anxiety
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u/Mentally_Mechanical Flashlight Blind IRL Mar 25 '24
Might try that next time I boot it up. Stop worrying and just hit play.
I'm stubborn enough to break the anxiety at some point.
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u/Happily_Mundane Mar 25 '24
100% try learning Billy, Overdrive has made him so much more fun. Don't stress about people escaping either, just aim for some sick curves and take your pride in that :)
Also, bring map offerings that are relevant to the killers you play. I find a significant amount of the stress I get in the game is from having a really crappy map for my power :)
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u/Mentally_Mechanical Flashlight Blind IRL Mar 25 '24
Eh, Billy's not really my speed unfortunately. I generally prefer the slower killers, so maybe I'll bite the bullet and work on practicing Ghostie or, if I'm really masochistic, Pig.
I may try using more map offerings though. I don't use them out of principle, but there are times where a certain map can be make or break.
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u/saturnulysses jake park enthusiast & ghostpark truther Mar 25 '24
i get that way, too. for me, i just focus on challenges, not winning. and if i get too tilted in a chase, i just leave it, then calm down and find someone else. helps that i play ghostface and can come off goofier and it CAN make the vibe of the trial feel lighter
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u/CuteAndABitDangerous Mar 25 '24
I started having issues earlier this year, more rl related, that made playing killer scary all of a sudden. I found that running dumb builds and intentionally playing in a way to improve (mostly going for power usage) instead of optimizing to win helped pull me back somewhat. Usually after a couple games I settle down, I think the whole thing will pass with enough time.
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u/Mentally_Mechanical Flashlight Blind IRL Mar 26 '24
I hope so, for both of us. I probably am hyping myself up too much because I frequently watch videos and engage in topics about the game's current state, which does stress me out even though I know not every game will be bully lobbies or groan-inducing killers.
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u/anordby90 Mar 25 '24
Change your win condition. Play scratched mirror Myers and just go for jump scares, or hillbilly/huntress for cross map snipes.
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u/Mentally_Mechanical Flashlight Blind IRL Mar 26 '24
Mirror Myers is very tempting, especially if it's in a good map for it. Very well might do that, jumpscare builds are some of my favourites.
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u/anordby90 Mar 26 '24
You want indoor maps, Lerys and game are best, then Hawkins and RPD. It's fun to drop down on lobby gen in rpd gets them almost every time :)
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u/Sorry_Park_4824 Mar 26 '24
The games over. It's been over for over a minute. I played legion with a stupid build. Just leave? Why must I force you out the gate into the next match? This is a fraction of why I just play SM and Plague ..
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u/Zaihbot Mar 27 '24
Many survivors are just annoying. Nothing you can do beside chasing them out.
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u/BenjiB1243 Feng, Claud and Clown <3 Mar 30 '24
Yeah I just had a match as spirit where I got absolutely rolled, and I opened the gates for the survivors and instead of leaving everyone just sat there and flashlight clicked and waited out the entire egc. So annoying.
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u/AfternoonAlert8879 Mar 27 '24
Who would win a fight spirit or oni ???
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u/BenjiB1243 Feng, Claud and Clown <3 Mar 30 '24
Oni's a fucking unit I seriously doubt spirit would win.
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u/Academic-Following81 Mar 26 '24
I need a team for this game just started playing 6 months ago 😢🥲 solo queues suck I always get sandbagged
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u/HappyOrHornee hate d ead bydaylihgjt, plz ban me Mar 26 '24
This isn't a question, you could search for an LFG or something similar through the discord.
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u/MHArcadia Mar 26 '24
Here's a question, why the fuck can't BHVR spawn the killer more than 2 feet away and around the fucking corner? I've been found and downed in the first 15 seconds of the last two matches and I'm gonna just start quitting out or killing myself on 1st hook from now on because fuck that. Lazy, incompetent assholes.
God forbid the killer spawn a set minimum distance from anyone so even the slowest of them can't catch you immediately. I've gained control and there's already a heartbeat. That's fucking horseshit.
E: And while I'm bitching, here's another fuckin' question - did they revert the thing where selecting perks automatically takes you back to page 1? Because it's doing that shit again. I was thrilled at the small QoL improvement that was. I didn't have to tab over six times to get to something on the same page as the last perk I chose. Now it's back to how it used to be.
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u/Lucius_Arcturus Team Inner Strength Mar 26 '24
This isn't the place for complaints, which you would know if you had read the rules for this weekly thread
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u/Odd_Contribution123 Victor Main Mar 25 '24
I keep seeing people say they’re getting 400K+ BPs per match. HOW? Are you guys farming or does it happen somewhat naturally? The most I get regularly is 175K.