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Why do Survivors get accessibility and QoL changes but Killers can’t even get an FoV slider?

ProfessorDunwich ProfessorDunwich
in General Discussions

There was the HUD changes which are good. Now there is visual heartbeat, which is great accessibility wise and honestly I think it will be useful for most people in general.

That said, there have been numerous reports of people getting motion sickness and having to waste an entire perk slot on Shadowborn. Also it is just nice to not be looking out of a Pringles can.

For some reason there is radio silence on this issue. BHVR’s stubborness on this is really remarkable.

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  • ad19970 ad19970

    @Seraphor said:

    https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/3376956#Comment_3376956

    While this is true, it's also the sort of 'very small buff' that killers are probably due, now that solo survivor has been brought closer to SWF level via HUD action icons.

    https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/3376969#Comment_3376969

    We already have a range of FoV's due to the existence of Shadowborn. And using Shadowborn also comes with it's own downsides, as the wider FoV it gives you also comes with a wider angle to be blinded from, which is part of the reason why it doesn't really deserve to take up a perk slot.

    It's a weak perk, it doesn't actually help you out all that much as a killer, and that's why the only killers who run it are those who are more adversely affected by getting disoriented, such as Blight, Billy and Oni.

    So I see no reason why a reasonable FoV slider shouldn't be valid, say a choice between 90, 95 and 100 degrees, complete with the blinding angle trade-off.

    After all, the whole reason for making FoV an accessibility option, is that some players are sensitive to FoV's that are either too big OR too small, and get motion sickness from it.

    That's also a fair point. I would definitely love to see a field of view slider, so I don't have to use Shadowborn on killers like Wesker anymore.

  • Sonzaishinai Sonzaishinai

    @Phasmamain said:

    https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/3377454#Comment_3377454

    Flashlight blinds are based on your field of view basically. If you increase it it increase the angle which you can be blinded

    It’s probably leftover from when shadowborn used to make you more vulnerable to flashlights too

    Yeah, i found some helpfull pics on the wiki that show how much it affects it

  • ProfessorDunwich ProfessorDunwich

    Promising new update for all parties IMO. Still no FoV slider. Killers who get motion sick can kick bricks.

  • Notionless Notionless

    @Remedicist said:

    https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/3377230#Comment_3377230

    My idea for Shadowborn is to, given its name, spawn in the match with the undetectable status effect:

    Shadowborn

    • Begin the trial with the undetectable status effect
    • Effect lasts for 60/90/120 seconds
    • (Maybe make it disable upon downing a survivor, depends)

    bro dropped the hardest stealth drift billy perk and thought we wouldnt notice

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