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@Profezia said:
https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/2077137#Comment_2077137
Is it my job to provide fixes for the problems that have been discovered and acknowledged for years?
Is it my job to provide tech support for the game that I AM paying for?
Stop being ridiculous please.

Alternatively, maybe fixing resolution scaling could be kinda difficult. So even though it's been acknowledged and they're attempting a fix then it's harder to actually fix than they first thought.

After all, fixing resolution scaling is significantly easier said than done.

So if you have the technical know-how to prove that it's easy and can be done quickly and BHVR are just lazy and survivor sided, then by all means please offer your vast technical abilities to BHVR and fix it.

This game is broken as #########, but it's because the base game is made with blueprints and they're the definition of spaghetti code. I complain about the bugs all the time but recognise that bugfixing in this game is hardly an easy task.

in Devs, is stretched resolution an exploit? Comment by GoodBoyKaru April 4, 2021

@Profezia said:
https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/2077133#Comment_2077133
So it's been a year since the exploit was acknowledged and 4 years since it's been discovered by players. Brilliant.

By all means offer your own skills to BHVR to fix resolution scaling and stop it.

in Devs, is stretched resolution an exploit? Comment by GoodBoyKaru April 4, 2021

@not_Queen confirmed in Tru3Tal1nt's stream a while back that it was. I cannot find the exact VOD but there's a forum post about it form that time to back up my point of it indeed existing.

@ayaya said:
What about high ping? This obviously gives tremendously higher and unfair advantage and impacts 4 survivors not just 1vs1 interaction when one survivor is using it.

Please do not go and comment on, or necro, this thread. Its simply here to back me up that it did, in fact, happen.

They said that the team "want to deal with it" but "there are more important exploits to deal with first" according to thsi Steam Forums post here:

On Truetalent's stream she made comments saying they want to deal with it but there are more imporant exploits to deal with first.

Is not_Queen a suitable dev or would you like me to get someone else?

in Devs, is stretched resolution an exploit? Comment by GoodBoyKaru April 4, 2021

@Soulslayer618 said:
https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/2076449#Comment_2076449
Claudette (The Botanist) - with blowgun think of trickster mixed with clown - the darts can add effects with addons but would otherwise be limited ammo shots to add slowdown for a decent amount of time
David (The Boxer) - Literally the FASTEST KILLER horray but he is only m1 killer addons add effects and change his lunge ability (possible to jump over gaps with slowdown orsomething?)
Nurse (Sally Smithson) - alt world nurse pre trauma so she's taken as survivor instead of killer
Hag (Lisa Sherwood) - same as nurse? perhaps something similar with their own twist on it
Plague (Adiris) - yeah her backstory as plague confuses me so idk how to fix that survivor wise
but I do love your choices

The Botanist: A hardened warrior, having fought through despair only to bring others down in the end. Using her power "Revenger's Blowgun" and her three teachable perks "Empathetic Void," Toxic Shock", and "Mind Shatter" she is able to pick up on the survivors' locations and strike.

115%, small.

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"Revenger's Blowgun", a Blowgun fashioned by The Botanist herself, she uses its deadly accuracy to hunt down her prey.

Press the "Power" button to bring up the Blowgun, slowing yourself for this time. Pressing the "Attack" button will release a Blowdart exactly where you aimed, though a short cooldown exists after firing. A survivor hit with a Blowdart will slow down by 10%, which stacks up to 5 darts. Upon changing health state, all Blowdarts are removed.

The Botanist has a second form of ammo, only able to be found at Lockers. This "Lethal Dart", when it hits a survivor, begins a 20 second cooldown, after which (if they do not change health states) they are automatically injured. A survivor cannot be put into the Dying State through a "Lethal Dart".

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"Empathetic Void"

What once was a heart brimming with selflessness is now an empty hole of cruelty.

After injuring a survivor with your Basic Attack, their aura is revealed to you for 6 seconds. This perk has a cooldown of 60/50/40 seconds.

"Toxic Shock"

You know the best ways to make them hurt.

All survivors injured with your Basic Attack are afflicted by the Hindered status effect for 30/35/40 seconds.

"Mind Shatter"

They'll lose their sanity just like you lost yours!

After placing a survivor into the Dying State, gain the Undetectable status for 10/12/14 second.

"I swear it's- it's like she can appear from nowhere! She's hunting us down, one by one!"

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The Scrapper: A rugged man, born of pure brutality, and who prefers getting the job done himself. Using his power "Bear's Knuckles" and his three teachable perks, "You All Die Together", "Brutal Dash", and "Hex: Pain Incarnate", he can quickly traverse the map and keep his prey injured.

115%, tall

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"Bear's Knuckles", a pair of brass knuckles fashioned out of the jaw of a grizzly bear, pressing the "Secondary Power Button" will cause The Scrapper to begin a charge forwards not interrupted if he runs into objects. He keeps normal turning during this time. After 4 seconds of charging, he will automatically attack in the direction he's facing, slamming both hands on the ground in front of him, causing the Entity to break any dropped pallets and block all windows that are nearby. Any survivor caught in the direct hitbox of this attack suffer one point of damage, whilst any in the surrounding shockwave suffer from 50% decreased movement speed. Whilst recovering from his charge, The Scrapper moves at a significantly slower level for a couple of seconds, and the ability begins to recharge.

It is possible to press the "Power Button" to cancel the charge early, or the "Attack Button" to attack earlier.

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"You All Die Together"

You couldn't protect any of your friends, so why should they be able to do the same?

All survivors within 4m/6m/8m of another survivor suffer from the exposed status effect. This effect lingers for another 3 seconds after leaving the range.

"Brutal Dash"

Pressing the "Active Ability" button will cause you to begin a short, 3 second dash forwards at 180% speed that breaks any pallets you come into contact with. Bumping against a wall or other survivor will cause this perk to deactivate. You cannot attack whilst Dashing.

This perk has a cooldown of 120/110/100 seconds.

"Hex: Pain Incarnate"

A Hex Perk rooting its power on pain.

Any survivor you injure will suffer from the Broken status effect. This applies to the most recent 2/3/4 survivors injured.

The hex effect persists whilst the associated hex perk remains standing, after which it gets deactivated.

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Sally Smithson, an empathetic Nurse who does her best to help her patients, and her teammates. Using her three teachable perks, "Hush, now", "Thanatophobia", and "A Nurse's True Calling", she is able to resolve herself against fear and heal her teammates more effectively.

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"Hush, now"

You need to remain quiet in this realm to survive.

Any survivor who you unhook makes 50%/60%/70% less noise whilst injured or healthy. This effect persists until the next time the survivor is placed into the Dying State.

"Thanatophobia"

You're afraid of death, but that just makes you more determined to escape!

For each injured, hooked, dying, or dead survivor, generator repair speeds are increased by 3%/3.5%/4%.

"A Nurse's True Calling"

It's always been your destiny to help those in need.

After a survivor is injured, see their auras for 15 seconds. After healing another survivor, see the auras of all survivors in the trial.

Your healing speed is increased by 20%/25%30%.

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Lisa Sherwood, a village girl who narrowly escaped cannibalism, she is now hardened to the horrors of reality. Using her three teachable perks, "Lucky Charm", "We've Got this!" and "Pocket Punch", she's able to narrowly avoid lethal situations and confront the killer easier.

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"Lucky Charm"

A little splash of magic can go a long way.

After repairing a generator for 3 seconds, you mark it with a lucky charm. The aura of the generator is now revealed to you until it is completed or damaged by the killer.

The auras of all regressing generators within 32m/40m/48m are revealed to you.

"We've Got This!"

A little moral boost can go a long way.

When running within 20m of another running survivor, both of you gain a 7% speed boost. This effect persists for 3/4/5 seconds after leaving this 20m.

"Pocket Punch"

Always a useful tool, even if it is your last resort.

This perk activates when you would be sacrificed the next time you would be hooked. Pallet stuns last 0.5s/1s/1.5s longer.

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Adiris

A devoted Preistess who saved her people, she brings the same Light into the Realm. Using her three teachable perks, "Divine Intervention" , "Infectious Courage", and "Shining Grace", she's able to take the burden of her team upon herself, whilst still boosting others around her.

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"Divine Intervention"

There is some other force in this realm, something evil, but asking nicely goes a long way.

Whilst in a chase, the Entity reveals the auras of any killer traps, chests, or totems within 10m/12m/16m.

"Infectious Courage"

You've always had an infectious smile.

After getting the "Reunited" score event for the first time with each survivor, you both gain a 5% boost to repair speeds. This effect remains until you begin and then stop repairing a generator.

"Shining Grace"

You've saved your people once, you can save them again.

When a survivor would be sacrificed the next time they're hooked, and you would not be sacrificed the next time you are hooked, that survivor re-enter the struggle stage and you lose one hook state.

If multiple people run this perk, they all lose one hook state.

"I'm not letting you die on me!"

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So yeah that's what I had in mind, lol

in role reversal Comment by GoodBoyKaru April 4, 2021

Coolest killer: I think Claudette would be pretty cool, she'd be, like, this 110% killer able to use a blowgun to inflict different status to the survivors, from damage-over-time effects to hindered to allow her to hit her next shots easier, etc. David would also be pretty cool; his entire power is that he punches people hard.

Coolest survivor: Nurse would be a, well, nurse and her perks would be pretty cool, Hag could have some great perks around her lucky symbols, and Plague would be really cool as well!

in role reversal Comment by GoodBoyKaru April 4, 2021

@Irisora said:
https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/2075688#Comment_2075688
How its an exploit if you can play the game at 12000 dpi if you really want to? Call it a bug but not an exploit since every person with a gamer mouse can use that feature. And he's not the only killer that can benefit from cycling your dpi. This whole discussion about this is really absurd. I'll would call it a pro tip not an exploit.

So I know that @ImmersedNurse already answered this but I gave a more comprehensive breakdown here explaining exactly how and why it's an exploit using as close to a dictionary definition as I could get:

@GoodBoyKaru said:
Definitions
"In video games, an exploit is the use of a bug or glitches, game system, rates, hit boxes, speed or level design etc. by a player to their advantage in a manner not intended by the game's designers."
This is direct from Wikipedia; source.
"An exploit (known as "exploitive activity" by Blizzard) is a method of playing the game in a way not intended by the game developers to gain an advantage over other players."
This is direct from the WOW Wiki; source.
Let's apply both to the J-Flick:
Wikipedia definition
The use of a bug or glitches, game system, hit boxes, speed or level design etc.
It's a bug/glitch, as confirmed here and here by McLean.
"The Blight is not supposed to be able to do 180 [degree] turns. He has a turn restriction in place for a reason." (Second clip)
by a player to their advantage
The J-flick is used by players to gain an in-game advantage.
in a manner not intended by the game's designers.
McLean is, in fact, a game developer, and iirc was the lead developer on The Blight. As confirmed by him, again in those clips, this was unintended. "He has a turn restriction in place for a reason."
wow wiki definition
An exploit...is a method of playing the game in a way not intended by the game developers
Again, the player is playing the game in a method not intended by the developers, again check the clips.
to gain an advantage over other players.
If you can try to prove to me that performing a 180 flick doesn't grant you an in-game advantage over other players, by all means go right ahead. However, considering how it does then best of luck.
Conclusion
By the dictionary (or as close as you can get to a dictionary since both Oxford English, Oxford German, and Merriam Webbster have definitions in terms of exploitative actions and labour, not video games) definition of the word, the J-flick is an exploit. Apply the criteria to stretched-res too, and you'll get the same results.
But, again, please keep pretending it isn't.

in J-Flick Discussion Comment by GoodBoyKaru April 4, 2021

@Anniehere said:
https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/2076234#Comment_2076234
https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/2076235#Comment_2076235
I'm 100% sure that i had no Borrowed Time effect.
Soul Guard was active all the time and allowed me to take a second hit.

Borrowed Time: gives the "Endurance" status effect for 10/12/15 seconds (which really annoys me, btw, flat increases please BHVR) to the unhooked survivor when theyre unhooked within the Terror Radius.

Soul Guard: gives the "Endurance" status effect for 8 seconds after being healed from the dying state.

Recently BT got a change to the timers, it used to be a flat 15 seconds of Endurance then 10/15/20 seconds of Deep Wounds, however the basic functionality hasn't changed since patch 2.4.0, when the "Deep Wounds" status was introduced to the perk.

In other words, Soul Guard has never done that.

in Soul Guard has changed? Comment by GoodBoyKaru April 4, 2021

Are you sure that was Soul Guard and not someone else's Borrowed Time?

in Soul Guard has changed? Comment by GoodBoyKaru April 4, 2021

@GoobyNugget said:
https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/2075230#Comment_2075230
you never say that to me B(

northerner has never made a discussion about hamburgers :)