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My best guess is to avoid slugging and making altruistic plays a better option?

I have no clue though.

in Why Does Legion Still Lose His Power When Landing a Successful Basic Attack? Comment by Notionless April 6, 2022

Heavy buff for legion, th are you guys talking about.

That music distills unbridled rage into the legion player, increasing his sweat factor by nearly 120%, while being banger enough to remove the fun penalty to sweat, which is hilariously broken.

in Legion got a heavy nerf Comment by Notionless April 6, 2022

My fav is early dc against non meta killers. Billy Snipe bc of lethal? Dc. Clown runs good addons? Dc. Soon prob the same thing will happen if legion gets an early head start.

in Stop disconnecting you cowards Comment by Notionless April 6, 2022

Billy, not biased at all.

in Killers You Actively *Enjoy* Facing? Comment by Notionless April 6, 2022

I think the basekit of the strongest killers is fine, but nurse and blight have really stupid addons, like kavanaghs, and heavy pantung habing a charge time buff in addition to range, compound 33 making pallets near useless, and some other oddities.

But i agree that especially on killerside, nearly killers need buffs and not nerfs.

in No killer needs a nerf- most of them are balanced or need a buff. Comment by Notionless April 6, 2022

That sounds fkn hilarious, imagine old nurse with 16 blinks or whatever, while survs genuinenly cant be hooked bc of boil over completely controlling the movement, so iron grasp becomes a choice, ....

I love it.

in New Game Mode discussion Comment by Notionless April 4, 2022

I feel you, but ive found that these matches are rare and not unwinnable by any stretch of the imagination, its just the early game that is so tilting, ususally.

in 4 rank 1 survs on discord vs any rank killer is just unfair and unfun Comment by Notionless April 4, 2022

@GannTM said:
A SWF is salty they’re losing so they decide to vote for the match to end. Yeah I don’t think this is a good idea.

If it only works after 15 to 20s id like it. Hate being in that situation bc you either farm or dc or kill quickly, and none of those are satisfying to me if i want to have an actual match.

Usually i just go skybilly if that happens.

in vote system to cancel a match? Comment by Notionless April 4, 2022

Sounds fun, if you want to go down a lot with prot hits you might want MoM but thats ultra memey.

Were gonna live forever, bond, sprintburst and saboteur, with a flashlight, i enjoy sometimes, is fun and gets you a surprising amount of value.

in Most Fun, Meme-like Survivor Builds That Still Have Value? Comment by Notionless April 4, 2022

@GoshJosh said:
Is there any official announcement Nurse is being nerfed? I doubt she is, and certainly hope not.

I dont think there will be, going by the stats, but i do hope they nerf kavanaghs, torn bookmark and maybe tweak the recharge addons, those overtuned imo. The rest is... alright but in general she needs some readjustment i think.

in Once Nurse is nerfed everyone will start complaining about Blight Comment by Notionless April 4, 2022

reject buying killers, embrace billy.

in Which killer would be fun? (which killer to buy) Comment by Notionless April 3, 2022

@Altarf said:
You can't bring survivor perk diversity without nerfing some meta perks; you can't really buff any survivor perk to be stronger/more appealing than something like Dead Hard or CoH because those perks are simply busted in terms of strength, and have no downside, so why wouldn't you use them?
There's also the fact that many meta survivor perks cover up holes in the base game design. DS for tunneling, BT for camping, UB for excessive slugging, etcetera. And since the first two of these are used extensively because of how impossible playing killer "fairly" and winning can be under the right circumstances, it's no wonder why people use them so much.

I completely agree. The very top needs to be nerfed, the only way wake up can be as strong is with it having a 70+ boost to opening speeds, nobody wants to see that.

As for covering up holes, i agree that the mere possibility of bt alone is sort of preventing tunneling directly off hook, but having that hole be covered up by a weaker bt AND a better guardian&co would be more interesting.

in Survivor rework > Killer reworks Comment by Notionless April 3, 2022

@UnluckyDucky said:
Ive been sitting on the edge of my seat for about a month the second I caught wind of a Legion update. I really, REALLY thought maybe they'd finally give a real look at the killer, their lore, and make their power and perks MAKE SENSE?
I was hoping for a new ability all together, to fit in with the trailer teaser of "darkness among us", where maybe you can cloak yourself as a survivor from a distance, but as you get closer you're revealed to be the killer--this wouldn't be a big leap, because Onryo gets to be invisible within a certain distance, and once she gets too close she's revealed. Imagine you see Dwight coming towards you to help with a gen--OH MY GOD ITS LEGION.
I even saw a cool idea, what if Legion could occupy lockers? Like changing between the 4 teens by going in and out of lockers, and being able to swap between lockers based on where the other teens are--and the unused teens would REMAIN in the lockers. Oh I'm just gonna hide in this locker--OH MY GOD ITS LEGION.
All of these play in a LOT better to Legion's lore, and their whole shtick of being 4-in-1 killer. Unless ALL four of them were TRACK STARS--I dont see how "running fast" was the brilliant power that they gave them.
THAT BEING SAID....
I am a WEE bit excited for the buff, but I dont think it will raise them above a B. Legion just isn't a big threat. A big enough map is enough to handicap them. They can only get a down after successfully chaining 4 hits. Even with a .2 speed boost between hits the odds of getting to all 4 survivors is so slim, unless they all just have a drum circle near a gen.
Even if you manage to find ONE survivor, all they need is Sprint Burst to almost completely waste your power. Spring burst gives them 150%ms. Thats 20% higher than Legions, and assuming they're already at least 15-20m ahead of you when you activate Feral Frenzy, once they turn on their Sprint Burst you are NOT catching them. Even if you are RIGHT behind them when you activate FF, they move at 150%, FF only moves at 130%. Sprint Burst lasts for a full 3 seconds, and I've timed--FF and it only lasts 10. So with the Feet Per Second a survivor can get between them and you, those extra 7 seconds aren't gonna help much as 3 of them are still gonna be you playing catch up, now you only have 3 seconds to hit this survivor, and pray theres another one close enough to chain a 2nd hit.
The fatigue is FINALLY getting a buff, going from a WHOPPING 4 SECONDS, which is basically a free Decisive Strike in game, multiple times, down to 3 seconds--the length of Nurse's who gets to GO THROUGH WALLS.
With as good as survivors are at looping in this game, a killer being able to run 15% faster just isn't it.
I was really hoping for a legit just rework of this killer. I think they're really wasting what could be a really unique killer power and just did the most BORING power of "run fast". And they aren't even the best as running fast! Hillbilly can run LAPS at 230%, infinitely, until he runs into something. So can Blight! Legion isn't even the fastest runner in the game and their whole power is being able to run fast.

Well before the patch a survivor could just genuinely ignore the legions power, now you have to be careful.

Also i think they wanted to go a direction similar to what youre suggesting, but sadly from a profit perspective, its better to just design a killer from the ground up and sell him instead of fixing a killer by essentially removing him from the game.

in Legion Doesn't Need a Buff--they need a whole Rework Comment by Notionless April 3, 2022

I got very fair matches for the most part. Sometimes i went spacebilly, and let the survivors escape, and that messed with it a bit which is expected.

in Did you enjoy mmr tests? Comment by Notionless April 2, 2022

@jesterkind said:
https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/2830516#Comment_2830516
Slight correction- it just does nothing, period.
You actively have to try to get your chainsaw Overheating. I did start learning Billy properly after that change went through, and unless you're holding your chainsaw up constantly or literally missing and then readying another sprint whether it's a good idea or not, you are not going to have to worry about Overheat.
It's still not good design because it does nothing, but it seriously isn't negatively impacting him.

I've found that to be wrong. Ormond and other large maps do force you to keep an eye on it, and newer players who miss chainsaws and already get punished by surv distance are annoyed by it.

in How would you fix Billy? Comment by Notionless March 1, 2022

@JonahsTablet said:
I'm curious on what the general consensus is regarding how to fix Billy, I personally just want overheat removed, I don't really care for his add-ons, although I can see how people who ~~crutched on~~ used his add-ons before would like to see them returned to their former state.

I persoanlly think hes fine powerlevel wise, he just gets punished way too hard for mistakes. Overhaet punishes you hard for missing 2- 3 saws in a row and bumping into something because you missed a flick causes loss of a chase due to the stun, its pretty annoying.

His addons are also worth looking at, in particular his stealth addons are quite useless, because a chainsaw isnt exactly a silent killer. leafy mash, buckle, motoroil, black grease are close to useless, both iris and tuned carburator along with a few other are also all bad. i dont thinbk its as bad as pyramid heads or twins addons though, and im fine with his strengh when played perfectly.

in How would you fix Billy? Comment by Notionless March 1, 2022

@Kurri said:
https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/2828236#Comment_2828236
'the amount of prove thyself usage will undeniably lead to a nerf. The amount of coh usage will lead to a nerf.'
Ah, so you're new to this then? Well I guess in no time you'll be preaching like everyone else when you see the kind of changes that come to this game, because they never change Survivor perks based on their usage. If something becomes painstakingly broken, they fix that - like BL was, but just for a perk being used a lot they never make changes for. Heck they may even buff the perks, like they did Borrowed Time. This is for Survivor, as far as the Killer side goes. If something gets used too much it gets nerfed.

well if they cant fix perks either way then it doesnt matter. the numbers would likely become more clear, if thats not what they care about then they dont care either way. What about the rest of my argument?

in The Skill conundrum - maintaining a playerbase Comment by Notionless March 1, 2022

@Kurri said:
https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/2827255#Comment_2827255
It's impossible for an asymmetrical game to be competitive like League, or CSGO, because by design it lacks symmetry. The game will never be fair enough to be a competitive game.

A game doesnt need to be perfectly symmetrical and balanced in order to be viable for competitive play, aside from 5v5 csgo is pretty quite asymmetric in its own right, to the point that NaVi can win ct side on nuke with an avereage of 11 rounds to 4. Other games are even less fair. Defenders in r6 win about 60% of ALL rounds in competitive.

Now, some things need to be fixed, obviously. But since the devs care about numbers, the amount of prove thyself usage will undeniably lead to a nerf. The amount of coh usage will lead to a nerf. The amount of tunneling/camping will be addressed.

Killers also dont need to be perfectly balanced, in melee we have a captain falcons winning all the time, eventhough he is certainly inferior to marth or fox.

in The Skill conundrum - maintaining a playerbase Comment by Notionless February 27, 2022

@ReikoMori said:
https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/312077/the-skill-conundrum-maintaining-a-playerbase
DBD isn't a competitive game in the same sense of a CSGO or League.
Most players in this game don't want to play against stronger opponents as the game becomes less engaging the closer you get to high level competitive play. Competitive DBD is absolute the worst way to play this game as it is just the most hyper efficient and boring way to play the game for vast majority of players who don't already compete in DBD tournaments. The game isn't even balanced around proper competitive play considering how much stuff gets banned in comp play events. All the things that people would consider expressions of skill in DBD inversely aren't as effective in competitive play.
The game was always meant to Horror game with friends first, competitive a distant, very very distant second. This is a game people play to get away from the hyper competitive nature of CSGO and League. The problem is it's going to be difficult to keep older players who've been here for a six years now with the gameplay generally being quite stale. It's going to be hard to keep new players because the first time player experience is just awful. This game is quite punishing on new players as they're sort of just thrown into the deep end after a tiny tutorial and have to learn everything on the fly which is hampered by the fact they have no perks, items, or add-ons on top of potentially not even having the survivor or killer that made them interested in picking up the game in the first place.
People come in and a lot of them play a few games, get fed up with the beginner experience and never come back. Combine that older players wanting something new and yeah you're gonna shed a lot of players. Putting a special Rank reward won't do anything for that since most people leaving probably weren't going to play to that point in the first place.

Ssbm was also a party game at first. Compwas never considered, quite noticable when you see the raw amount of unbalance, comparing characters like Marth or Fox to Bowser or Pichu.

Brawl attempted to be more of a casual experience and it was such a terribly designed game for comp in particular, that it was likely the most hated out of the entire series. Even though i personally loved it when i played with my brother. They took note, and today, ssbu can be enjoyed as a competitive game just as much as a party experience,and it is succesful and long lasting bc of that.

Just because a game is at heart a casual experience, doesnt mean its not good for competitive play. You know which game always stayed casual and was never changed to consider competitiveness? Fall guys. Among us. Games like these were even more casual than dbd. They dont incentivise people to stay at all and we see the fallout of that.

Now, i disagree with the notion that most things considered skill dont come into play a lot in tournaments. Looping, using your killer power to get snipes with ph, curving as billy, sniping as huntress, being precise with nurse, going for flicks with blight, all of these things become a lot harder in comp, but are still very possible. There may be some that arent possible, but if it doesnt work against good players id call that cheese not skill.

I agree with the new player exp, and i think it supports the fact that dbd is already striving to be more competitive. You know which game also has a bad new player experience?

R6, and its one of the most successful online games. What r6 has and dbd doesnt is a measure of skill and working mm so that new players at the very least get paired up with other new players.

If the devs vision is to invest less, then they can go ahead with the casual notion. But fact is, that casual play alone doesnt keep veterans. If we want to see this game live long, then we should incentivise competitive play, not annihilate it drom existence.

in The Skill conundrum - maintaining a playerbase Comment by Notionless February 27, 2022

@Magicmaster0702 said:
I'm gonna start this off with me saying straight up I'm a nobody. I'm just your average player. I found this game back in 2016 (jesus that was 6 years ago). After all this time, all the controversy, all the game breaking bugs. I still love this game, and the devs for making it. The atmosphere is still fantastic, the sound design is amazing, the art and the amount of time put into this are just fantastic. There's so much negativity not just in the world, but in this community. I've met so many good people from playing this game. I hope it continues to grow, and as frustrated as I can get I'm glad we have it. Thank developers for all your time, dedication, and skills. Thank you community for even with all the negativity there's still huge pillars of light.

I think the huge pillars from negativity are a question of perspective. I really like this game and i care about it, thats why i love discussing potential improvements.

in Current feelings with DBD Comment by Notionless February 26, 2022

@Kurri youre right to an extent, dbd is at its core a partygame and a pretty good one at that,but i feel like it can be much more, and several elements already strive to be more. The existence of billy and nurse for example reward players taking more time to improve and to practice, while being worse for casual play than a killer like clown with his meme addon.