Skip to content

Why do most perks and add-ons still use "Moderately, Tremendously" rather than actual numbers?

SirCracken SirCracken
in General Discussions

And why are some actually informative?

Breakout, for example, increases your speed by 7%. Rather than "Moderately increases your speed". Same thing with Hope, NOED and PWYF.

But then we have stuff like Deathslinger's add-ons that "Slightly increases reload speed".

It's vague. And I think all perk values should actually be shown rather than alluded to with adjectives.

Tagged: Trusted

Comments

  • Warcrafter4 Warcrafter4

    Its mainly to give a placebo effect for weaker addons seeming stronger then they actually are and vice versa for the strong addons(Seem weaker then they actually are).

    A good example of the former is legion's cold dirt which despite saying it considerably reduces his FF's self stun it only gives you .6 seconds less stun which is less then 25%.

    An egregious example of the ladder Demo's rat tail which gives a "slight" portal opening speed DOUBLES THE SPEED WHICH PORTALS ARE CREATED!

  • SirCracken SirCracken

    @Warcrafter4 said:

    Its mainly to give a placebo effect for weaker addons seeming stronger then they actually are and vice versa for the strong addons(Seem weaker then they actually are).

    A good example of the former is legion's cold dirt which despite saying it considerably reduces his FF's self stun it only gives you .6 seconds less stun which is less then 25%.

    An egregious example of the ladder Demo's rat tail which gives a "slight" portal opening speed DOUBLES THE SPEED WHICH PORTALS ARE CREATED!

    I remember a similar situation with Pig's Combat Straps. Before a patch that buffed them, they doubled her crouching speed. But according to their description they only "Slightly increases crouching speed".

  • Heartbound Heartbound

    I think it's because they alter the actual % every patch. They don't even have a reason. One of the developers just has a slightly/moderate/tremendous chance of doing so. It's a secret they don't want the public to know.

  • Boss Boss

    I don't know if they would still say this in the present, but one argument they gave was to not bombard newer players with tons of information.

    Which i do find funny actually, when looking at Perks like Adrenaline.

    https://deadbydaylight.gamepedia.com/Adrenaline

    You are fuelled by unexpected energy when on the verge of escape.

    Instantly heal one Health State and sprint at 150 % of your normal running speed for 5 seconds when the Exit Gates are powered.

    Adrenaline is on hold if you are disabled when it triggers and will activate upon being freed.

    Adrenaline will wake you up if you are asleep when it triggers.

    Adrenaline ignores Exhaustion.

    Causes the Exhausted Status Effect for 60/50/40 seconds.


    Look at all that!

  • SirCracken SirCracken

    @Boss said:

    I don't know if they would still say this in the present, but one argument they gave was to not bombard newer players with tons of information.

    Which i do find funny actually, when looking at Perks like Adrenaline.

    https://deadbydaylight.gamepedia.com/Adrenaline

    You are fuelled by unexpected energy when on the verge of escape.

    Instantly heal one Health State and sprint at 150 % of your normal running speed for 5 seconds when the Exit Gates are powered.

    Adrenaline is on hold if you are disabled when it triggers and will activate upon being freed.

    Adrenaline will wake you up if you are asleep when it triggers.

    Adrenaline ignores Exhaustion.

    Causes the Exhausted Status Effect for 60/50/40 seconds.

    Look at all that!

    I've also noticed that as a trend in new killer powers.

    Take Trappers, It's literally just a few sentences.

    Then look at how long Pyramid Head's is.

Categories