Nerf or Rework Sprint Burst

CatManThree

It has been a decade of this stupid perk's bullshit, and it needs to come to an end. It promotes terrible gameplay on the survivor's part and can outright invalidate a large portion of the roster.

A survivor running Sprint Burst is encouraged to not engage with the killer at all. Simply sit on generators and sprint off before the killer can reach them. This feels absolutely miserable on any killer without high mobility or a ranged attack to the point of even being invalidating. Lower skill level survivors also become accustomed to drastically extending chases or avoiding them entirely by simply bolting on and off of generators, creating players who are incapable of surviving against actual confrontations otherwise. Additionally when used effectively, especially in tandem with Vigil, it can create scenarios where catching a survivor is physically impossible for some killers. It teaches bad habits and easy cheese for lower skill leveled survivors, and just outright overpowered in the hands of skilled players.

This perk has been an absolute blight on this game throughout its entire history, and after ten years it has never been truly put in line. Please for the love of god rework this perk. Same with Lithe, which has similar problems.

Domicci

@SoGo said:

https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/4084614#Comment_4084614

I'm not that much in the loop, but aren't they broken?

That should be fixed instead of making Exhaustion more damaging.

Nope according to the devs the pallets are perfectly fine the "quality of life" change is working as intended

SaltyPotatoRebel

Agreed and disagree. They nerfed everything, every fun perk every useful one that a survivor is forced to play sprint burst if they want to be competitive!! Nerf Pain rez .. nerf gen blocking!!! Of course not...the. Killers cry because they don't want to keep gen pressure. I agree, totally boring gameplay however when you cry about everything else that usually only a 4 team swf can dominate....you are left with sprint burst.

Domicci

@Defnotmeghead said:

So, if Sprintburst and Lithe need a nerf, then to compensate for the SIGNIFICANTLY reduced chase times:

Nerf ALL gen regression perks.

gen regreation has been nerfed into the ground and even if you bring 4 gen regression perks survivors can still escape in under 4 minutes

Domicci

@Memesis said:

I swear vigil is the problem. That perk needs to be split into multiple perks or just gutted. Unhealthy design that counters way too much and buffs too many already strong perks. A survivor pairing vigil with stb, sprint burst and deliverance or dramaturgy get so much value on top of just so happening to kill every mangled perk and addon, all exposed perks, clown and Freddy completely, it's just busted.

vigil should be a boon its insane that ruin got changed into a hex perk but vigil didnt get changed into a boon

kiethuls

@Aven_Fallen said:

And the goalpost gets moved further and further. Killers know that if they complain enough, they get more and more from the Devs. Now Sprint Burst is the target, once this is done, we will see people calling for Lithe-Nerfs.

You dont lose games because of Sprint Burst. You lose games because you are not as good as you think you are. Try to improve instead of getting everything nerfed.

Feel free to downvote, this is also easier than trying to become good at a game.

and as soon as lithe gets nerfed it will be OTR again, and then with the newest endurance nerf it will be BT, and then windows, and then conviction and it will never stop, all while new killers come with better perks and better powers while survivors are left with a pathetic husk of what deadhard used to be and deja vu.

BALANCE!!

Defnotmeghead

@Domicci said:

https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/4084769#Comment_4084769

gen regreation has been nerfed into the ground and even if you bring 4 gen regression perks survivors can still escape in under 4 minutes

That is, because you are bad, no offense.

People in high MMR with insane killrates, are people who at most bring 2 gen regression perks, and tbh, they dont even need it. They just rather have a 3k with 2 gens remaining than a 3k with 1 gen remaining.

In fact, bringing more than 2 actually hurts you, because your only source of pressure is genregression. Survivors are gonna heal normally, they only have to consider your ability and not worry about bamboozle, noed, devour hope or anything.

2 regression perks are stronger than 4. The only killers who could afford more than 2 because their ability generates a ton of pressure, are killers who tend to want only 1 gen regression perk and sometimes even 0.