No news on the overhaul even though we were told there was going to be
Well, I watched the dev live stream because we were told we would get news on the overhaul "later this summer," it's already October and still nothing. Another case of BHVR just making empty promises and lies, and probably no one will remember with the forums closing.
Side note: with Terrifier PTB coming October 27th, seems like we won't have the forums long enough to give feedback either. Wonderful.
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I have the occasional friendly or farming game as well, where maybe I let one, two or even all four survivors go. This isn't the norm but does happen. In fact I probably have quite a few of those on Springtrap from when I was trying to farm his awful achievement. I also don't slug for the 4k, I often do not run meta, and I do not hard tunnel.
And yet both of us are able to easily achieve over 70% KRs, and a lot of those killers I can tell aren't even close to being your mains. It's not like you're going to be the best Judgment or Springtrap in the world with just 10 hours, but you're good enough to get 70%-80%. That means you are by far winning more than you're losing, especially considering those games where you let someone go or someone gets hatch.
There are certainly many frustrations that killer players have to deal with, just as survivors have to deal with many frustrating things on their end. But by no means do killers have it bad, and by no means are killers struggling to win games.
I can relate to this, and I actually have some really nice headphones. Not even a gaming headset with unbalanced bass, my mic is separate. I actually can track survivors on certain killers while on others the chase music feels so loud it's like I can't think. Billy is the first one that comes to mind for me, I literally just can't hear anything at all. If it weren't for survivors coughing and screaming Clown would be awful too.
I honestly think even if a music volume slider wouldn't be viable because everyone would just put it to the lowest setting to hear as much as possible (and I'm sure they want to keep the games atmosphere) BHVR could still afford to decrease the volume of chase music by 10%. Some audio balancing would do wonders, they still haven't after a decade balanced the volume of survivor audio either.
You dont need a crazy headset for audio tracking. Im not COMPLETELY sure how much mine were since my wife bought em, but id guess like 40 bucks ish. Its funny seeing these crazy headphones with 7 speakers per ear and such because… thats not how ears work. Your brain essentially figures out a sound's location based off the difference in volumes between your 2 ears, which is why if you have no clue where a speaker is, you might be confused for a second and think someone behind you is infront of you.
Yeah, I love playing Jeff sometimes, but if I do I go into the match knowing I am absolutely going to die. Like, even a deaf killer can pinpoint his loud, grunting, always-out-of-breath ass from across the map.
I hope for people that isn't the case. Have some hope, I've seen games split the community into legacy vs current-gen. So we may see the PS4, Xbox, Switch, older hardware remain on the existing version but cannot cross-play with current-gen. Unfortunately some titles, even stop updates and new DLCs. I do know of two major online titles that took this route and one decided to allow cross-play but the older hardware didn't get the engine upgrades and new visuals. I wish they were clear about this so people can prepare.
I could see them freeze updates at a certain point for the older platforms and allow players continued access to the content they already "own". But I think that's very, very unlikely. They don't even want to spend money on supporting a small community forum, so I think there's zero chance of them maintaining server access for the older platforms. From the EULA:
"From time to time, BHVR may provide you with updates or modifications to the Game. You understand that certain updates and modifications may be required in order to continue the use of the Game. You agree that BHVR may stop to support previous versions of the Game upon availability of an updated version."
So yeah, they can pull the plug at any time and there's not really anything anyone can do about it.
But they could, at the very least, give us a bit more information about what their plan for the future is. All I want from them is transparency. Considering how much money and time a lot of players on these platforms have put into the game over the years, I don't think that's asking for too much.
Good point, and I agree. They need to communicate openly and early about how it affects "legacy hardware." I see them announcing the end of support on the day a new Chapter releases, and maybe even disabling cross-play that day too. Then, some weeks later, announcing dwindling numbers, and so they are ending support entirely in 30 days. After considering their past, I don't expect much from them. And then you have the snobs who berate people on older hardware, not understanding the economics and access barriers many gamers encounter. Especially in parts of the world where consoles and PCs are extremely expensive.