Araphex

Sadako is useless now that the Dredge is out. Just like Freddy. No reason to play either of them and they are licensed killers. Licensed killers, IMO, should at least be B tier or higher killers. I really, really, reallllly hope the devs buff their licensed killers like Sadako and Freddy. Otherwise, new players won't buy the content and nobody will play them. I know I won't and I was excited when Sadako first came out only to find she was so easy to counter. My excitement and fun lasted about a few weeks with her. It's seriously a shame especially being licensed and all.

in So what will happen to Sadako? Comment by Araphex June 9, 2022

Depends. How many followers do they have? If they have less than content creators that of TrU3Ta1ent, Dowsey, and every Fog Whisperer, then not really. Most of the community follows who's popular, and definitely follows Fog Whisperers. So stick to the number of followers when deciding if they are going to affect the community as a whole. So far, I follow several well known content creators and none of them accuse anyone of cheating. Sure, they may have suspicions during or after a match but I never see them report the player or call them out unless they have actual hard evidence of it.

So basically to answer your question... Not really.

in Do you think content creators who accuse players of cheating while live harm the community? Comment by Araphex June 9, 2022

I had it equipped every game yesterday and saw it trigger maybe 2 times. Survivors were also slow vaulting at full health while I had the remnant out to anti-loop and it was worthless. I couldn't move fast enough so I just figured it's either one or the other. It might be good with other killers, but not with the Dredge. The Dredge needs other killer perks to be good. There should be a discussion somewhere here talking about killer builds for the Dredge because none of his perks actually work well with him.

in I don't see a benefit to dissolution Comment by Araphex June 9, 2022

The devs have stated that they balance the game based on 1v1v1v1v1 mechanics. So 1 survivor should be able to win against the killer if they have the right build that works for them.

Like the OP, I'm terrible at looping. But I found a build that works for me to get away from a chase as fast as possible when I can. Haven't lost a match since, minus a few here and there where all other 3 survivors died already. And since MMR is still a thing, the more wins means the more skilled survivors you get matched with.

in How many gens can a survivor run a killer considering equal skill? Comment by Araphex June 9, 2022

Yes. If I want to play a competitive only game, I'll go play something like Fortnite.

in Do you like that they are making the game feel more like a horror game? Comment by Araphex June 8, 2022

@Xendritch said:
Base design is decent but doll dredge is a bloodborne/RE Village hybrid masterpiece.

It reminds me more of the Mannequin Monster from the Silent Hill 2 movie mixed with the Resident Evil 8 dolls.

in I'm a little disappointed in the dredge appearance, how about you? Comment by Araphex June 8, 2022

It's not the obligation of other survivors to rescue you. I learned this a while ago. Gens are number 1 priority. You looped him for 3 gens? Was he tunneling only you or were you antagonizing him, which then would be deserving. I know I don't go for the save if a survivor spends the game trolling the killer. I do gens and escape. So context is needed here because if he was tunneling you, then yeah I'd hope they'd come save me. If not, oh well. Maybe they just weren't skilled enough to take the risk. But I don't slam other players for refusing to save me from the hook especially in solo queue.

in Stop leaving immediately Comment by Araphex June 8, 2022

@RoboMojo said:
https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/2980244#Comment_2980244
They weren't very good then, huh?

The movies didn't do the games justice. They also didn't follow the lore of the town, the people, ect. I mean, they're okay on their own, but like in another universe. Dahlia was actually a good person and not a villain. Pyramid Head was just there for the likes. Same with the nurses. Could of been better IMO.

in Have you ever played any of the Silent Hill games? Comment by Araphex June 8, 2022

Neither because I don't let what they say or do bother me. Except macro clicking flashlights. K or S, that is annoying and I hate it. But that's outside of your question.

in What is your biggest problem with entitled survivors/killers. Comment by Araphex June 8, 2022

@JohnWick1654 said:
First game against new killer, and I got tunneled, wow.
This game just keeps getting more and more fun.

I got tunneled and camped for 4 gens. Bled out. It happens. Don't let one bad experience ruin it all for you.

in What a cool new killer Comment by Araphex June 8, 2022

I'm sticking with Judge Dredge. Can't change my mind. 😁

in Can we all agree on a nickname for Dredge? Comment by Araphex June 8, 2022

According to all Silent Hill sources, this is who Pyramid Head is:

PH is a manifestation of James Sunderland's guilt and desire for punishment. The town took that and fashioned it after Valtiel, God's attendant. Mary/Maria in the game was fashioned after God. So Pyramid Head serves Mary/Maria, Valtiel serves God. Same being.

But in Silent Hill 3, God was defeated by Heather Mason/Alessa Gillespie. Once again, same person, two different beings.

Now, coming back to DBD, you are correct. Pyramid Head/Valtiel is now the Entity's attendant.

I guess the idea came from how PH could kill survivors after the second hook state and cage them. But the reality is this... If you die in the Entity's realm, you are still trapped there. Any form of death is a sacrifice to the Entity. What you say is completely true. They work in a symbiotic relation. and since PH is the Entity's attendant, PH get's more power, i.e. the ability to kill at second hook state. Also, the Entity feeds of the hope of survivors, not whether they are hooked or not.

So the idea that Pyramid Head works against the Entity is completely wrong, based on both Silent Hill and DBD Lore. I do hope one day they get the rights to a Valtiel cosmetic for PH. Maybe then that can connect more dots for people.

in Where did the idea of Pyramid Head is against the Entity came from, because it isn't true lorewise Comment by Araphex June 8, 2022

@yobuddd said:
Does garden of joy even have an offering? I went through plenty of bloodwebs yesterday and never saw one.

Yes, it does. I got one yesterday after going through 4 bloodwebs.

in Map rotation Comment by Araphex June 8, 2022

I too noticed that the maps don't rotate or change up normally without an offering. It's been happening for a while now. It'd be nice if the RNG for maps was a bit more random.

in Map rotation Comment by Araphex June 8, 2022

@CrimsonMothKing said:
That would be so cool, and because of how the Dredge's power works, it would reference the teleportation ability that spiders have in real life when you look away for 1 second.

I was trying to think of how it's powers would be incorporated, but you hit the nail on the head. Reminds me of last week when I was playing the game and a spider in my apartment came down in front of my face. I went to grab a tissue to kill it and it was gone, nowhere to be found. Sadly I couldn't sit down for an hour after that with all the lights on, lol. Glad you thought of that!

in The Dredge - Spider Skin Comment by Araphex June 8, 2022

@Mushwin said:
Love the idea but I would crap my pants seeing it scuttling towards me -shudders- Mushwin and spiders do not mix well! but for the spooks and heebiee jeebies sure!

Me too! lol

in The Dredge - Spider Skin Comment by Araphex June 8, 2022

@IlliterateGenocide said:
I find his dark mode annoying, feels like a filter opposed to actually beaing night,
when im on Eyrie it REALLY feels like a filter
that saying it makes it harder to loop
could tone down the screams tho

There is a filter that they need to tone down. Part of the filter that blacks out the edges of the screen (called a vignette) needs seriously nerfed or removed because at some angles I can't even see my own survivor depending on the map and part of map I'm on. Everything else about Nightfall is perfect.

I use headphones and the screams don't sound too loud to me. In fact, when the Dredge downs someone, or another survivor screams for whatever reason during Nightfall, it sounds like the screams sound like they are underwater and muffled, really weird and I hope they fix it. But the headset I'm using, I don't hear them as loud, like for example when playing the Plague, the chants are so loud you can't hear anything and it's really loud (needs toned down on killer side especially). Also, the screams get louder as Nightfall get's closer to ending. I like that because it's a way to tell me it's almost over without having to look at the side of my screen which is already hard to see with the vignette filter I mentioned about. But yeah, definitely needs some toning down with the filter they put on.

in The Dredge is the best designed killer since the 2016 DBD release Comment by Araphex June 8, 2022

@PNgamer said:
Ok, 2 of his 3 perks are not really good to use, but that doesn't matter at the moment. ( only my opinion ) The darkness customization is much better than on the PTB and I really like his sound effects. He has everything a good killer should have. Chase, deception potential, map control and if you get it right, a jumpscare or two at the beginning. Nightfall is the perfect blend of sounds and visually very well designed. The music also fits very well. Finally something creepy (I would have liked to see music like this in Ghostface).
What do you think of it?

I feel 2 out of 3 are good actually and can be useful on other killers. The 3rd might be good with a Nurses Calling (the one with exhaustion while healing). But it is definitely a fun killer.

in The Dredge is the best designed killer since the 2016 DBD release Comment by Araphex June 8, 2022

@Leidenschaft90 said:
Apart from the million pallets on Garden of Joy and the size of the map, most of the windows in the house and especially the window at the little greenhouse are infinites and broken af. There is hardly a chance to outplay them when you're not a Nurse.
Aren't you guys testing these maps before you release them? The unbalancing of many maps and the RNG of map spawns are the biggest problem in DbD right now apart from the desync / hit validation imo.
I hope you will rework the map soon and balance the RNG in the game.
P.S.: I play survivor / killer on a 75 / 25 ratio, so I'm main survivor, and on highest MMR

I'm survivor main, probably not high MMR, have played against a high MMR TTV player on this map, and it is not broken. There's some good loops, despite not set up like older maps so they're harder to predict (still have to learn the map), plenty of lockers, same amount of windows/exits as what you'd see in Haddonfield or Coldwind, Greenhouse reminds me of another map... It's like all the other maps merged into one. It literally just came out yesterday so it will take time getting used to. But the map is fine and complaining about it this early isn't going to do anything.

in Infinites are back - Garden of Joy is actually the most broken map Comment by Araphex June 8, 2022

As a survivor main, I see killers tunnel because either they just aren't good, or mostly because someone is being toxic. Players who spam their flashlight typically get tunneled. Overall, killers need more loving. Right now, the game is so unbalanced in favor of survivors. What I mean by this is that they can gen rush without gen rushing addons or perks. Also, survivors have plenty of movement speed increase perks, it's easy to get away from the killers. Then you have pallet loops, not that many anti-loop killers, just overall unbalance in our favor against killers. AND THEN we have a community where most players are survivor, and the majority get's favored out of fear of losing customers.

I can say right now, the Dredge is the right direction when it comes to killers. It's tough to play against. Anti-loop, map control and a passive ability that obscures vision. Most survivors are good against killers, until someone brings up tunnelling, camping and slugging. The only way to resolve this is to make tougher killers so they don't have to do these things to win a match here or there. AND I think the devs are looking in this direction (at least I hope). If they aren't, then we will continue to argue about tunnelling, slugging and camping, and how this side is better than the other side.

These are just my thoughts because I keep seeing the same discussions with little to no other thoughts or ideas outside of what was said here. I guess I'm trying to think outside the box on this one. Hope it helps.

in We need a new anti-tunnel perk Comment by Araphex June 8, 2022

@TheKarn said:
I mean its dumb and absolutely nonsensical Auras stay up on nightfall. Its supposed to be a timed blindness event effect for Survs yet auras still up and can make a huge difference, extreme case scenario Window of opportunity completely negates the intended purpose of it.

As someone who uses Windows of Opportunity, I find it to be worse during Nightfall, especially on the new map since I don't know it well enough. Overall, I've literally ran into walls trying to get to a window or pallet and gotten slugged. So it doesn't really make Nightfall any easier.

in Survivors have to lose Aura Reading on The Dredge's Nightfall Comment by Araphex June 8, 2022

I heard someone say Judge Dredge before... Didn't want to take credit but wanted to share. That's what I started calling it since I heard it.

in Can we all agree on a nickname for Dredge? Comment by Araphex June 8, 2022

@RisingTron said:
I don't mind the darkness surrounding us. But that small circle around us should be a BIT brighter. Just enough so that the areas that are too dark are at least manageable. I like not being able to see, I love the atmosphere. But being trapped on the stairs in MacMillan because I can't see which direction is down sucks lol

That's called a vignette and I agree. I hate vignette filters, especially used in games because it just makes it hard to see anything nearby. But the darkness distance, the Dredge not glowing anymore, and the dimming of the lights is good enough. They need to either remove the vignette or do what you said, which I'd prefer if possible. I think this would fix the issue with some maps just being too dark during nightfall where you can't see the gen in front of you even under lighting effects.

in Don’t nerf nightfall’s obscurity. Comment by Araphex June 8, 2022

The Dredge took him.

in They took Maurice! Comment by Araphex June 8, 2022

@kaneyboy said:
Is anyone getting really glared eyes from trying to see in the dark? Usually able to play quite a substantial amount of matches with my friends but we have all had to end early tonight due to this lol.

Nope. I'm on console and it seems fine. Xbox Series X btw. Sure, the new map is dark, and some others get dark during the power but it's not hurting my eyes. It could be your TV or monitor settings. But Nightfall reminds me of playing survival horror games like Resident Evil and Silent Hill. You're not supposed to see well in the dark. Sure, they could tweak the screen filter they use but it's a minor adjustment. I don't have to strain at all.

in dredge nightfall making my eyes strain... Comment by Araphex June 7, 2022

It's abilities are similar to the spirit (phase teleport, remnant), Freddy/Onryo (teleport), and a passive darkness that builds over time (faster with hits/hooks/kills). It has both map control and anti-loop with additional disorientation ability (like clown). I guess that's the best way to explain it.

The difference with it's husk vs the Spirit is that it can interact/attack after leaving it's husk behind.

in So is the dredge another drop pallet and hold w killer? Comment by Araphex June 7, 2022

@whereismykebab said:
https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/2986928#Comment_2986928
https://clips.twitch.tv/NurturingLightChinchillaDxCat-tk5_hhcKGzvpN4Iq
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1497354281
It is fairly pitch black in some places, like you can't see the survivor at all on the stairs, maybe the black outline if it's contrasting with something brighter.
On a side note, the window seem really broken infintes unless there is some doorways I'm missing.

Thank you for clarifying. Easier to see with a video and I haven't even gotten to play the map yet, just seen streams and such so it was quick inside, but the second video I can definitely see what you mean. They just have to add more light sources is all. I get they're using the new Unreal Engine 5 and testing it out with the new maps. Always good to give feedback on this stuff. More lighting would be nice there.

in Garden of joy main building is PITCH BLACK Comment by Araphex June 7, 2022

@brokedownpalace said:
I'm pretty sure I've seen perks spawn like that before but it's extremely rare

Same. Seen it for some time now. Can't remember when I started seeing that but I'm guessing last year.

in Did they do something to the Bloodweb? Comment by Araphex June 7, 2022

Has anyone tried using a flashlight while the Dredge's nightfall? I'm asking because I wonder if it makes it easier to see when maneuvering? You should also be able to see the Dredge because it glows.

Also, is this happening on PC, console, or both? I ask these because I'm sure the devs will ask them as well.

in Dredge Darkness is far too dark on certain maps Comment by Araphex June 7, 2022

That's not really pitch black and bring a flashlight. I seen someone use one and it lit up in front of the survivor.

I'm also on Series X, so it might be your TV settings. Mine are set to default (Sony X950H) and typically the TV has really good blacks/darks. But I can still see some outlines of furniture like I see in the new Haddonfield rework map.

Just some ideas because I don't have this issue.

in Garden of joy main building is PITCH BLACK Comment by Araphex June 7, 2022

I played one game so far as the Dredge... So much fun. I lost but that's okay. It's a fun killer and first time playing it, was in a bit of a rush. Can't wait to actually relax and play later. But I'm glad they released this update.

in How do you like the new DLC so far? Comment by Araphex June 7, 2022

@Xx_Daniel_xX69 said:
https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/2986878#Comment_2986878
Lol can be hopeful but I kinda doubt compensation, but I do hope it's fixed soon. Good on ya for testing it tho 👍

Same. Yeah, it was perfect timing with my lunch break and I'm used to testing things at my job anyways so I said screw it. I'll eat my lunch as I work and test this out. It's just something I love to do anyways. But yeah, Glad you were able to get this reported as soon as you did as well. Seems your discussion is the main one they're looking at. *Fingers crossed*