Asterkinj

I’ve been having a lot of fun in the Chaos Shuffle lobbies and I actually wish it was sticking around longer than it is. Lights Out is okay for a few matches but the novelty wears off pretty fast.

in Chaos Shuffle is sort of a miserable experience, isn’t it? Comment by Asterkinj July 31, 2026

As someone who started playing this game in 2017, I genuinely believe that newer players, social media, and content creators are making the discourse around this game worse.

I don't remember Sprint Burst or Lithe ever being perks that people actively complained about. The fact they've existed for years without significant changes says a lot. The perk that people consistently took issue with was Dead Hard because it gave free distance, extended chases, and let survivors bypass traps. The whole Sprint Burst and Lithe discourse only really seemed to take off over the last year or so, and it honestly feels like it came out of nowhere.

I also don't think a perk being popular automatically means it's a problem. I especially dislike the "Sprint Burst gives free distance" argument because... isn't that the entire purpose of the perk? It's supposed to create distance.

Some of these newer killer players and streamers wouldn't have survived back in 2017 when exhaustion recovered while you were running, allowing Sprint Burst to activate multiple times in a single chase. That was genuinely problematic, and I'm glad they changed how exhaustion works. Since then, though, I've felt that exhaustion perks have been in a pretty healthy spot. They're stronger when paired with Vigil, but I'd hardly call that combination broken. Survivors shouldn't be getting multiple Sprint Burst activations in the same chase anymore, even with Vigil and Fixated. If they are, that's probably more down to how the chase was played than the perks themselves.

I think it's become easier for people to blame perks than to look at what they could have done differently or recognise where they misplayed a chase. I've gone against so many TTV players who immediately list every survivor perk at the end of the match as if that alone explains why they lost. It's such a backwards mindset.

I'm honestly glad I don't use exhaustion perks anymore because I already know what's going to happen if this Sprint Burst nerf goes through. More people will switch to Lithe, and then Lithe will become the next perk everyone decides is a problem.

in Killers eat good, huh? Comment by Asterkinj July 24, 2026

@cogsturning said:
https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/4101344#Comment_4101344
This is the issue. The game doesn't explain it to you at all in-game. But yeah, your build is nerfed. Things that apply percentages like healing speed, gen speed, and haste or hinderd are reduced in value with each subsequent perk added to the build.
https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/4101346#Comment_4101346
The haste in Babysitter clashes with the basekit haste off hook.

Well that seems like an oversight in regards to Babysitter. It’s a shame I won’t be able to run my full medic build anymore. It could be a godsend in solo queue when teammates were being hard slugged.

in What do you guys think of Diminishing Returns? Comment by Asterkinj July 22, 2026

@cogsturning said:
I think it was mostly a bad and lazy idea so far. They have too many perks to juggle and don't want to think about their applications and end up with accidental busted synergies so they just did this. But it didn't touch the most meta perks on either side. Survivor is still a blend of SB/Lithe, Vigil, Windows, DH, DS, and the occasional Stakeout/Hyperfocus and killer is almost all gen blockers and regress with maybe an aura thrown in. Not sure why they wanted to further narrow the meta. I also think it's stupid there's nothing in the game explaining to you your specific build is diminished. I see people running diminished builds all the time and they probably have no idea.
And the fact that it nerfed Babysitter is so dumb.

What has been nerfed with Babysitter? I use that perk quite a lot as it seems to really help a lot in solo queue when the killer decides to proxy camp / tunnel.

in What do you guys think of Diminishing Returns? Comment by Asterkinj July 22, 2026

I haven’t played the game in a few months but does this affect healing builds? For example, if I wanted to bring We’ll Make It, Botany Knowledge, Do No Harm and Empathic Connection would I no longer do a really fast heal? I’m a little lost on what diminishing returns actually does.

Edit: I re-read your main post and realised you did mention heals. So I guess my medic build is dead in the water?

in What do you guys think of Diminishing Returns? Comment by Asterkinj July 22, 2026

@Aven_Fallen said:
It is honestly ridiculous that it is possible that someone can ruin almost 6k games for the other side while only losing 3 times. And those 6k games in the most toxic and sweaty way.

Yeah, not to sound like a Debbie downer but as somebody who only plays in solo queue I really dislike when I go against a TTV player who is attempting some sort of win streak as it’s just so unnecessarily sweaty.

I remember a match that happened around January / February of this year where my entire team disconnected and the Ghoul player was constantly slugging the bots to look for me so I couldn’t attempt to get the hatch. They were a fellow PS5 player and their bio was full of stats they’ve achieved on certain killers. Each to their own, but with how busted the MMR is, I just couldn’t bring myself to brag over such things. I had a Jane in my lobby last night who had 30 hours. 3O HOURS. Keeping in mind I’ve been playing since 2017. She was killed almost instantly as the Blight player just targeted her and I felt so bad. It must be so demotivating as a newer player to be put in lobbies with people with a much higher play time than you. This also happens with killers as well, but I seem to notice it more on the survivor side.

in Momo winstreak lost at 1992 Comment by Asterkinj March 31, 2026

I could have sworn you gain the Oblivious status effect when you’re afflicted by Alien Instinct? As I always know that the killer has seen my aura after hooking my teammate and plan accordingly. In terms of aura perks, that’s one thing I love about 2V8 as you know for certain when your aura has been exposed by the killer. I’m not sure if that would be overkill in 1V4, but I wouldn’t be against them trialing it.

in Add More Status Effect Values/Revealed Effect On HUD Comment by Asterkinj February 1, 2026

@ChucksterMainin said:
I sadly did that last night as trapper took about 6 games to do 15 void hooks, felt bad slugging to bait more in here but survivors at endgame chat understood the annoying challenge T_T

I suppose that's a bit different as you are intending to hook the survivors to do the challenge. The killers I've encountered doing it didn't ever actually hook anybody lol. I had a poor Meg who ended up bleeding out in there as the killer came out to chase me and nobody else went in to pick her up. I also don't think some people fully pay attention to the HUD and because they can't see the survivors aura on the floor, they don't realise the reason they can't see them is because they're in The Void.