Calabrum

@Waffleyumboy said:
Interesting how people say you can still win but "it's not fun anymore"
I expect people will adapt within a week.

Or they will just leave quietly. People tend to forget it's only a very small portion of the community on the forums. And most killer mains will only discover the ruin change today or will at some point within the next week.

in I have never played a more boring game in my life after this change Comment by Calabrum January 22, 2020

Simple fix for people having issues with sounds as Spirit (Spirit Main btw). Just get a hit and follow the blood. I track survivors via blood now, not sound. It's very effective with sloppy, bloodhound, nurses, stridor, bbq, whispers, and others. Just take the green sword add-on, and a speed boost during phase add-on. Or take father's glasses if you have em. They work well with mother-daughter ring.

in Where did all the Spirits go? Comment by Calabrum January 21, 2020

I had already created a thread on this issue a few days ago. Some interesting ideas came out of it and Almo said she would look into them. So we might see some changes in the future. But for now the gates are staying the same.

in Adress 99%ing the exit gates. Comment by Calabrum January 21, 2020

@Splinterverse said:
Ruin is boring to play against especially when it was in 99% of matches. It had to go.

Congrats, its gone. Along with half the "good" and/or "fun" killer players and all the unviable killer characters. Slugging is the new meta and mori is soon to be a norm in every match. Thats not counting camping and tunneling. Well done. You've won the game. *golf clap...

I can't bloody wait for RE:3 and Predator. I just hope for one if not both to be successful and not fail like Last Year and F13. DBD needs competition, its sat on its throne practically uncontested for too long.

in Killers have stopped using Ruin. As a survivor, I am having a lot more fun Comment by Calabrum January 20, 2020

@HellDescent said:
Hope you enjoy it

I find your user name rather appropriate for this topic. XD

in The slugfest is coming soon to DBD, no more impossible ruin skillchecks Comment by Calabrum January 20, 2020

@AsePlayer said:
https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/1010234#Comment_1010234
Alright let's ignore his kill rates and how long those games go on for.
The "FREDDY IS COMING" right in front of my eyes doesn't matter. He just stopped a nearly completed gen while being on the other side of the entire map. And the cooldown is significantly reduced because everyone is always asleep, so that really doesn't matter much.
But nah, it must be only me right?

So you want every game to be 5 mins? The forever Freddy build is going to be more popular with ruin out of the picture. Get used to it.

in Freddy is unfun to play against Comment by Calabrum January 19, 2020

@Apple2o said:
https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/1009987#Comment_1009987
So basically just hide and do gens? Sounds like a balanced killer. You must think someone like spirit is balanced as well. What about if I put on discordance and surveillance? You can't hide from that, and he teleports straight on top of your head.

Typical, bringing in Spirit for a discussion about Freddy, but fine I'll bite. As If she hasn't been nerfed, (directly/indirectly) hard enough lately. Her lunge bugged, sounds bugged in chase forcing players to use detection perks, removed mindgame at vaults, prayer beads nerfed, other add-ons nerfed, and you even got rid of collision.

Quit complaining about Spirit and Freddy, and learn how to play against them. Not every killer needs to be gutted just because survivors want to be able to see a killer at all times and loop them for ages.

Killers are not here for your amusement survivors. They are here to kill you. A fact the devs seem to forget in this "Horror" game "balanced around 2 kills and 2 escapes." So do your simple task of holding M1 on gens and survive. Or die. Or DC; I could care less. It counts as a kill for me either way.

Considering most survivors has been taking advantage of the killer sound bugs. I see little reason why you can complain about any killer atm when they are trying to compensate for a bug that the devs claim does not exist. (Just like how match making is apparently fine) Btw, when survivor sounds were found to be bugged the devs patched them inside a week. Killers are still waiting and it's going on 2 months with no solution up and coming as far as I know. So yeah, I have no sympathy for survivor mains.

in Freddy is unfun to play against Comment by Calabrum January 19, 2020

@Carlosylu said:
So... I made a post you guys liked about your NEMESIS as survivor, but now IT'S THE KILLER'S TURN!
Do you have a specific survivor/skin you know it's gonna be trouble in paradise for you?
I'LL START: P3 Quentin, not many, but whoever dares to play Quentin and P3 him deserves respect...

Blendettes. Legacy skin users, and no it's not because I'm jealous... maybe a bit.

in Who's your NEMESIS? Killer's turn Comment by Calabrum January 17, 2020

Rank 1 killer, I'm taking a break. Popping into the forums now and again to see if I can discuss some topics and/or see which way the winds blowing. Haven't played in 4 or 5 days now. Playing god of war, infamous second son, days gone, spiderman, and others. "Devs recommended some of them for us frustrated killer mains."

Figured I'd take em up on it and see how many of my fellow killers are still around a week or so after the new ruin is made live. Then I'll run a few matches. If it turns out as poorly as I'm expecting, maybe I'll just stop playing all together for awhile. I have plenty of other games to play. There are also alot of good games coming out this year as well.

Fellow killers, if you stick around more power to you! For those who have journeyed on to civs 6 and Spider-Man wait up, I'm coming with you. Lol.

Survivors, have fun with your baby killers, "gg ez win" 5 min matches, campers, tunnelers, contant moris, and only versing the same top tier viable killers every time you actually get matched with an actually good killer.

Cheers!

*side note for devs and players - Balancing a horror game around 2 kills and 2 escapes means that it's no longer a horror game, but a survival sim. In a genuine horror game your supposed to face overwhelming odds and surviving should be difficult. Surviving should be an achievement and/or reward for beating the odds if you manage to escape.

SWF and this whole balancing idea of 2 kills and 2 escapes frankly breaks the horror aspect. If it was balanced 3 kills to 1 escape i'd get it, but thats not the case. In my opinion the horror tag should be removed if survivors continue to have the ability to be the power role on par with the killer. Your free to disagree if you wish, but I've never heard of a horror game that has "balanced" escapes vs kills equally. Sounds ridiculous to be honest. But again, it's my opinion.

in where are the killers Comment by Calabrum January 16, 2020

@konchok said:
https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/1002926#Comment_1002926
What's wrong with mentioning those killers? You just listed 3 killers that have good synergy with the perk.
In addition to the ones listed,
doctor : you can use madness to pressure off of generators.
bubba: you can slug survivors to force survivors through altruism off of generators
freddy: you can use his ability of teleporting/faking teleportation to get survivors off of generators. Thrilling tremors, ruin, surveillance, pop goes the weasel is a god tier build where you can force survivors off of generator by faking a teleport then blocking it with thrilling tremor and while it's blocked it will be regressing and if ruin is broken then you can use pop to get that pressure you need.
Legion: can apply deep wound to survivors forcing them off of generators. Let's not forget Iridescent Button which will push survivors off generators every time feral frenzy is applied to any killer.
Pig: any survivor with a head trap on cannot work gens. And it counters a common swf tactic to hold off on popping a generator to allow a survivor to get the headtrap off and working another nearby generator.
Wraith: when using the boneclapper add-on will make survivors paranoid everytime it's activated. Wraiths often spam bell to pressure survivors already. That tactic works even better now.
New Ruin's power is comparable to most perks in the game, however, it's not comparable to old Ruin a perk used in 80 percent of red rank games. But is it a surprise that the rework isn't as powerful as old ruin. If you feel that old ruin is needed for balance then stop complaining about ruin and start talking about base kit changes to killer.

In case you didn't notice. When base kit changes get discussed and occur, killers like nurse are gutted.

in New Ruin is an indirect buff for Adrenaline Comment by Calabrum January 16, 2020

@konchok said:
Don't just put in the new ruin in the same builds as old ruin. New ruin is a situational perk that you would use with synergy with other perks or the killers built in abilities.

That's not the point. Old ruin slowed gen progression. The new one arguably does not because it can be ignored and it's still a hex perk. Name a killer other than nurse, spirit, and Billy that is able to apply pressure quickly from the start of the match.

in New Ruin is an indirect buff for Adrenaline Comment by Calabrum January 16, 2020

If anything this new ruin is an indirect buff for adrenaline. Why? Because the odds of all of the gens being completed is about to rise significantly. Then once the survivors notice, they will all run adrenaline. All of them.

in Gen Speed (new Ruin) means learning new killers won't be fun Comment by Calabrum January 16, 2020

I'm just annoyed that the devs think 1 player/killer should do all the juggling of 4 survivors, gens, pallets, be able to down survivors in 15 secs or less after starting a chase, totems, hooks, hatch, and 2 gates. And you usually have to try and juggle all of them, but the gates and hatch until endgame.

Meanwhile, a survivor just has to hold M1, look for nearest pallet, and be decent at looping. They don't even have to be good at looping. They just need to run forward and waste the killers time. Then hold M1 some more... Rinse. Repeat. Escape! Lol. Survivors gonna be even more bored now that there's no skill checks and killer only has the time to get 1 good chase before all the gens pop.

in Will killers get a change for their fun? Comment by Calabrum January 16, 2020

@Nutty_Professor said:
https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/120986/slugging
I say this as a survivor main you can do anything you like as the killer, your role is to try and kill the four survivors. It's not your responsibility to provide the survivors with a fun game, it's the survivors responsibility to provide themselves with a fun game. If you believe you need to provide a fun game for the survivors, ask yourself this do the survivors care about your enjoyment?
Don't be afraid to slug it's a very good strategy to provide pressure on the survivors. How I see it is if the survivors allow themselves to get slugged then it's due to the survivors incompetence

If half the survivor mains had your mentality this game would be genuinely amazing.

in Slugging Comment by Calabrum January 16, 2020

@RipleHHH89 said:
Has ruin been nerfed because of something they plan to add in the future? Like an extra condition for opening the gates or something. Even though it seems like a crappy change right now maybe there's a bigger plan and nerfing ruin had to happen first. Just a thought.

Problem is the devs failed to address the reason ruin was used. They also have made no mention of any benefits with the ruin change for killer, only survivor. And even if they do have something planned or ideas in the works.

When will it happen and/or be implemented? Months? Yrs? It took them 2 yrs to re-work Freddy. Do you honestly think killers are that patient or that they will tolerate being gen rushed every game every time they play killer at red ranks? No, I don't think so.

"Killers are meant to apply pressure". Ok, juggle gens, 4 survivors, totems, gates, hatch, pallets, and hooks. Now juggle!

Meanwhile, survivors. Hold M1, and only hold M1 for 5 gens. Escape, then done. Which is more stressful? Which is harder to play? It's obvious, but no killers just have to get good. Lol.

in Ruin's demise Comment by Calabrum January 15, 2020

@ClickyClicky said:
https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/999904#Comment_999904
Yes there are 4 survivors but play solo and you’ll realize how few do totems.
I’ve actually had games before where I do 4 totems, assume the other 3 survivors managed to do 1 totem between them and then at the end of the game I’M the one that gets hit with NOED. It sucks.
Also hard to do totems when the games wonderful matchmaking puts you with low ranks, so you loop the killer long enough for them to get the gens done but they dont do totems so you go down to NOED and they rush out of the gates - every game ive had today.
As for tunneling/camping its just flat out not fun and not good for the health of the game. It puts a lot of people off playing.

Yeah, and? Survivors are selfish. They dont have to save you, its an option. Just like if you go back to save them and die; its on you. Just because you saved them doesn't mean they have to return the favor either.

The health of the game? Really? It couldn't be because killers are annoyed that ruin was nerfed and are taking it out on survivors since the devs only mentioned survivor fun... Nah, they wouldn't do that. Never. Gens would have to fly before... oh, wait.

in Ruin's demise Comment by Calabrum January 15, 2020

@YehBoiGoku said:
https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/999944#Comment_999944
My point lmao. No one would run it solo survivor

Yep.

in What do you all think about campers and on this idea? Comment by Calabrum January 15, 2020

@PigMainClaudette said:
https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/999935#Comment_999935
That's only for other Survivors coming near you in phase 2.

Yeah, but he never mentioned what stage and I never use that perk anyway.

in What do you all think about campers and on this idea? Comment by Calabrum January 15, 2020

@YehBoiGoku said:
Aight guys is it me or is there just so many campers all over the ranks? Just the other day I went up against an Insidious camping bubba at rank 1. This is mad how these killers with this little skill can be up in the ranks just by camping. Worst part about it is that they don't pip and neither do the players. I have an idea though and maybe you all can give me your thoughts on it. Idea: What if they made a mechanic in the game where if the killer is near 8 meters of the hooked survivor, the hooked survivors timers don't go down. In my opinion I feel like this is a great idea but really hard to put in the game or at least i think so. Idk can I please hear feedback from anybody and share your thoughts on this

There is already a perk that slows down the sacrifice timer.

in What do you all think about campers and on this idea? Comment by Calabrum January 15, 2020

@ClickyClicky said:
https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/999753#Comment_999753
Its funny because if NOED went which is arguable skewing the games stats killers would be far better off in the longrun yet their so desperate to keep the crutch they can’t see that far ahead.
DS is a necessary evil at the moment due to rampant tunneling hurting the experience for kost players.
Doing totems would be fine if the game rewarded enough points for it however you wont pip if you run around doing all 5. If you’re the guy who cleanses all 5 while others do the gens then dont expect to pip.
if also argue needing to cleanse 5 totems which is basically like an extra generator in terms of time just to avoid a super speed killer with unlimited instadowns is perhaps a little unbalanced but somehow I get the impression I’m wasting my breath here.

Why would one person do all 5 totems? There's 4 survivors. If each person took one that's what 14 seconds? 28 seconds If someone does 2. If they see them and dont take them out its on them if they get hit with noed later.

As for the whole tunneling and camping debate. It's a pointless debate. Even if a killer doesn't tunnel or camp he gets called one anyway most of the time. I find it amusing that survivors think that killers should follow a code/honor system.

Like, "respect the kobe". "Don't come back to the hook when I'm rescuing you hook camper", even though the killer can see your scratch marks headed for the hook...

Oh and my personal favorite, the survivor hook bombing in front of the killer. Then stopping and waiting for the killer to hit them so that they can get the unhook, give them borrowed time and then deadhard so that the killer is forced to hit the survivor with BT. But instead of that wonderful fantasy the killer just waits. The rescuer looks so flustered when the killer doesnt play along with their silly strategy. It makes me smile.

in Ruin's demise Comment by Calabrum January 15, 2020

@Warlock_2020 said:
No. It is a strategy to be used by survivors. I don't mind it. It is no different than leaving the survivor slugged until the gates finally open, then hook them and surprise them with Blood Warden. Should there be a regression to the timer of Blood Warden based on the time the killer left the survivor slugged, but kept within 20m of him? No, there should not.
If a survivor wants to risk 99'ing the door and then have to hit it for that last 1% while I'm chasing him, I'm ok with this. I have gotten many hooks because of this. Just two weeks ago I caught 3 survivors at a door with LF as they tried to get that last 1%. Was able to turn a 1k into a 4k.

If that's your stance then that's ok.