The_Daydreamer

I am having the same issue. Here are clips where you can clearly see the bug happening.

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in Knight's Guards No Longer Detect Loud Noise Notifications In Detection Radius Comment by The_Daydreamer October 24, 2023

A Update towards the bug: The Pathing around Pallets is actually worse than I thought. This Clip on Midwich showcases that the AI does not know what to do when two Pallets are blocking the way towards the Survivor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CN8ObEwsPs

in Knight Bug - Guard Pathing And Pallet Calculation Comment by The_Daydreamer October 24, 2023

@DEMONANCE said:
knights guards are a buggy mess at the moment and really need a new look on how their pathing should be.
i agree with your points i love this guy and really wish to see him less addon dependent and less screwed over by buggy Ai.
tho i feel knight will be very low on the priority list for bhvr since they announced plans for changing freddy, billy, myers, twins.
but even if it was just number changes and bug fixes I'd be very thankful.

Thank you so much for your input! I kinda know that Knight will have have a very low priority but it doesn't mean he will not receive changes! Lets hope for the best. ♥

in Suggestion: Changes to Knights Power and Addons Comment by The_Daydreamer October 24, 2023

@Ashen_One_Chris said:
All in all, very good changes.
I recently have been dabbling a bit in Knight gameplay, and there are indeed some clunky parts in his design.
Things in particular to comment on:
1) Map of the Realm basekit is indeed practically a necessity, since without it a running Survivor can outrun the detection zone of a Guard dropped even directly on them.
A pretty accurate video description of the issue, courtesy of Maledictator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObEDkaDFVQo
Therefore, either Map needs to be basekit, or the deployment speed of the tracking zone needs to be increased.
2) The Guards' path priority indeed needs to be updated to follow the minimum path to the survivor in pallet situations. Be it through pallets even (I'd rather keep that and choose which pallet to play or break).
3) If any upgrades to his base Power are to be considered, I'd like the ability to cancel a Guard Hunt if it has elapsed at least 50% - 75% of its duration.
Mandatory to have the Hunt last a bit before it can be cancelled of course, so that the Power isn't able to be recalled at will and constantly harass an area (on top of gen kicking) with little time investment.

Thank you so much for your input! I am glad that you like these suggestions. I've added your third idea in the post since I think that it's a really good point. I also thank you for your video that showcases why it's a necessity. 💜

in Suggestion: Changes to Knights Power and Addons Comment by The_Daydreamer October 24, 2023

@huxenjoyer92 said:
https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/3569069#Comment_3569069
I agree with this Jailer change to his basekit regarding generators. One thing I'd change for that is if you use the Jailer to damage a generator, the Entity blocker doesn't get applied, but if a Survivor is detected in that range, the Blocker applies. Onto the speed buff, we already have Lightweight Greaves; seems like a redundancy for using the addon as it where and we're already giving the Jailer so much more utility. I'm not into the 5% speed for the Hunt...that seems like an Assassin idea. But Assassin already does enough damage on his own.
Worth a thought!

I've updated the post with The Jailer blocking Generators. Let me know if I should change some more things!

in Suggestion: Changes to Knights Power and Addons Comment by The_Daydreamer October 24, 2023

@huxenjoyer92 said:
I love all of these addon changes and the Guardia Compagnia changes you've suggested! I'm unsure about Broken Hilt...maybe make it 40 seconds to balance out some of the changes. I do not necessarily agree with total range nerf to his power. Survivors can cover 32m very quickly while in use of your power. Right now his ability to "hide" his orb at loops by using the extra 22m after the first 10m is crucial to getting Guards on survivors.
One thing I wish they did was increase the Guard run speeds on Carnifex and Jailer to 103% instead of 102.5%. This can kind of make up for uses of Exhaustion perks like Sprint Burst and Lithe (even if they are direct counterplay to this power, like the Standard).
Jailer is desperately in need of a rework, in my opinion. All he does is act like a mediocre Carnifex with a longer detection range and faster patrol speed. Make him more punishing...I say whenever he detects a survivor, that survivor gets Entity blockers for the duration of the Hunt. Just do something interesting with the Jailer. The Carnifex gets instabreak speeds and longest Hunt duration, Assassin gets to move at 4.4m/s and inflicts Deep Wound. Jailer does nothing.
Good idea on the Pillaged Mead addon, making Knight more chase-oriented (you can also use this creatively to prevent survivors from nearly completinggens with the Assassin and Jailer so you can catch up to them and chase away ).

Thank you so much for your input! I've updated the Addon Broken Hilt to 40 Seconds instead of 60 Seconds. I also updated some descriptions to insure no confusion and the Idea of increasing the Movement speed of The Carnifex and The Jailer.

Now, you and @HolyDarky said that The Jailer does not feel on the same level like the other two. Before I add something new I want to discuss with you what you imagine The Jailer should add.

One Idea you had was so the Survivor get's blocked by the Entity (I imagine it like Windows blocking, right?). Something I could imagine would be that when a Survivor gets cought by The Jailer in a 12 Meter Radius of a Generator, The Jailer will block the Generator for the Duration of the Chase and 3 Seconds afterwards.

If we take a look what The Jailer did in his lore: Alejandro Santiago apprenticed with the Guardia Compagnia’s Armourer. So another Idea here would be to buff the Knight for using The Jailer. Maybe The Jailer increases The Knights Movement Speed by 5% for the duration of the Hunt. Please let me know what you guys think about this!

in Suggestion: Changes to Knights Power and Addons Comment by The_Daydreamer October 24, 2023

Haddonfield is my guilty pleasure map. It's so pretty and I like the idea of being in a town or village and getting chased by a killer like a horror movie. I also enjoy Midwich for his layout!

in What is your guilty pleasure map? Comment by The_Daydreamer October 23, 2023

@HolyDarky said:
I'm not a Knightmain but I like to play him, because he has a cool design and power. The Add-Ons Map Of The Realm and Call to Arm need to be basekit, because these Add-Ons make the Knight much smoother to play. He also needs an Add-On rework because many of his Add-Ons are either useless or bad. Your suggestions are overall pretty good and show why these Add-Ons are either useless or just bad! I really hope the devs will finally give Knight this tweak/rework as so many players suggest this since his release. Yes, the path finding of the Guards is terrible and they should hunt smarter as it is sometimes ridiculous. I also hate it that survivors don't get punished for running a bad path - the Guards will follow the same bad path, which is pathetic.
Overall, you have great suggestion and I really hope the developers will give the Knight some love!
Two things I have:
Make the powerhitbox smaller. It is sometimes really annyoing when you can't use your power and you're moving around to find a spot just to break a pallet with your guard. This happens often in Buildings and Indoormap, especially Larries. This feels so clunky, annyoing, and stupid.
Jailer should get a buff. Yes, he is good at finding survivors, but he does not Hunt long enough to either get a hit or to keep the survivor bussy. It also hurt so much to place him.

thank you so much for interacting with my suggestion! I am glad that you enjoy my Ideas. Please consider giving my Thread a Vote Up. 💜

I agree with your take on The Jailer but on the other Hand his strength is to patrole and protect a object. Buffing him would make him stronger than the other Guards and less unique too.

in Suggestion: Changes to Knights Power and Addons Comment by The_Daydreamer October 23, 2023

@D0NN1ED4RK0 said:
Awhile back I remember seeing a rework idea for the boon where it works like the perk “vigil”

U mean like it decreases the duration of status effects?

in Boon: Dark Theory Change Ideas Comment by The_Daydreamer October 23, 2023

@Archol123 said:
https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/3568363#Comment_3568363
A 4.4 m/s killer is only 20 cm/s slower... So for map traversal to be even one second slower to reach a specific point in the map it takes 22 seconds... which is a distance of around 90m ... You can walk across the entire map, basically every map and you are only one second slower to go there than a 115% killer... So if you consider 1 second more to interrupt a generator "much longer" than sure, otherwise no... So that argument doesn't count dude.

I do consider that to be reason enough. And at the end of the day we are talking about a "Sloppy Butcher" Addon which is not too strong imo.

in Deathslinger add-ons pass Comment by The_Daydreamer October 23, 2023

@Caiman said:
These are solid ideas, nothing strikes me as egregiously unbalanced. I especially like the proposal of guards cutting off a chase to break a pallet the chased survivor drops, because it allows Knight to be an effective anti-pallet Killer while giving survivors more counterplay to his power aside from holding W or looping around to grab the Standard. I would really like to see that implemented.

Thank you so much for interacting with this post, it means a lot to me! I hope this post will make a difference for us Knight Players. 💜

in Suggestion: Changes to Knights Power and Addons Comment by The_Daydreamer October 22, 2023

@Jandrews012 said:
The Knight is a really cool looking killer and I want to keep playing him, but constantly losing because I want to use my power is awful. The guards should not be gliding or floating very slowly to the survivors locations - especially when the are literally in front of the guard. They decide to glide while survivors easily make distance that the assassin cannot even close.
It gets really annoying when the guards are slow at their job but also when they stop their job for no reason. They should not de-summon because someone goes into the unhooking action? Punish the survivor that is being chased?! It is constantly disappointing.

Coming from someone who plays the Knight a lot; I disagree with this. Survivors need time to get distance before they get sandwiched by two killers.

In the matter of winning matches, I recommend learning the strenghts of each guard: Use Carnifex to instantly destroy pallets and down a survivor, Use Assassin to sandwich Survivors faster or to punish unhooks, Use Jailer for Gen Pressure and Detection. Drawing longer paths will reward your guards with faster chases by the way.

Hunt Start-up duration: 2.5 seconds. This time is progressively reduced if the Patrol Path exceeds a length of 10 metres and ranges from a reduction of -10 % to a maximum of -25 % if the length reaches 32 metres.

And they despawn if the survivor unhooks to prevent heavy camping, which is fine in my opinion.

in Additional Notes to The Knight's Need for a Rework Comment by The_Daydreamer October 22, 2023

@LatexT said:
I've been a Caleb main for more than 3 years now, and as much as I appreciate BHVR's attempts at touching his addons up, most of them are terrible. This is why I took the liberty of redesigning them to at least give them all good and purposeful effects, following the latest killers' design of having different effects instead of making the same value higher with each rarity. I'd be glad to take criticism, feedback and opinions. If these were taken into consideration for a future dev-made pass, that would be a dream come true.
https://us.v-cdn.net/6030815/uploads/VTZVQ3U1MYT2/2023-10-22-16-49-10-caleb-addons-docx-word.png
I hope this doesn't go unnoticed, thank you.

Only Change I would make is to the Honey Locust Thorn Addon: Make it so it applied Mangled and Haemorrhage since you are a 110% Killer, that need more slowdowns in these matters. You interrupting Survivors takes much longer than the typical 115% Killer.

Big Fan of your ideas!

in Deathslinger add-ons pass Comment by The_Daydreamer October 22, 2023

@Devil_hit11 said:
https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/3566350#Comment_3566350
her anti-loop has same weaknesses as clown. when you have no claw trap, you want to chain loops together to delay lock-on and prologue chase as much as possible. when you do have a claw trap, you want to go safe pallet/god pallets and pre-drop them. camp the long side of the pallet and use check-spots to slide as killer swings. isolated loops are not worth going for and will result in you acquiring a claw trap. when HUD shows that nobody is in chase, avoid working on generators as her stealth is a lot better than previously so opening hits can happen more easily. resume working on generators when someone enters the chase. crouch/stand still to avoid being detected by drones. never take any lock-on stacks outside of a chase. it makes chase harder for your teammates.
overall, she is little bit of clown, little bit of wraith/gf and little bit of hag with wiping of traps/disabling drones. she is not 5 gen chase killer that you can bully but it is not like she gives no counter-play options to extend chase provide the map is not heavily killer sided.

Thank you for your feedback. I didnt know she only gets the haste effect with claw traps. I thought she gets it with people being in her huge drone radius. My only complaint right now is how more and more maps get paletts reduced and it's basically a gg against her then. But I think I got a better understanding to play against her.

in Biggest Skull Merchant defender's opinion on the rework Comment by The_Daydreamer October 19, 2023

@Devil_hit11 said:
https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/3566094#Comment_3566094
they further empower her anti-loop if you have claw trap on. the default is decent enough to play almost every dropped pallet so I would not consider it neccassary but the add-on are not useless or bad. they empowered specific niche.
https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/3566163#Comment_3566163
lots of reasons. the first reason is that many pallet that are dropped are typically in survivor favor. with drone haste and hindered, they give opportunity for skull merchant to win at dropped pallets. a dropped pallet for skull merchant does not necessary involve killer kicking the pallet. many of killer are often forced to break pallets. the haste in particular is amazing counter to MFT. her new found undetectable allows her to get opening hits with her drones. this undetectable was previously not very good as it only last 2 seconds beyond hiding red light for mindgames but now you can use her stealth to get opening hits. lastly, she have situational tracking if survivor misplay vs drones.
lots of these positives she had her previous iteration with geo readout and strobes add-on so I am not sure why people only played her 3 gen character. sure, she was strong at 3 gens like any trapping control killer but she was always capable in chase with add-on's. I think people over-prioritized 3 gen with her without considering other more fun play-style options.

Thank you for your answer! I really respect that. Can you tell me where you see her weakness and what counterplay survivors have to do?

in Biggest Skull Merchant defender's opinion on the rework Comment by The_Daydreamer October 19, 2023

@HamsterEnjoyer said:
So, if anyone at all remembers me its probably from my rigorous defence of all things Skull Merchant and my 'I told you so' about her rework. While my original statement ended up being true, the devs have done some tweaks on her from PTB -> live release and I decided to bite my tongue as some of the changes seemed to big for me to really accurately account for most possibilities with esp with the lack of variables. So I've been on a DBD binge and exclusively playing Skull Merchant every single killer game I play and after extensively playing her re-reworked state, my conclusion is...not bad. Theres still some issues Id like addressed sooner rather than later but overall they have aided in a lot of the initial issues I had with the previous iteration of her PTB state.
Now, if you're reading this I'm sure you'd rather hear the negatives first so I'll knock those out of the way.
Too many mid or bad addons - enough said, I'll cover the add ons later
Stealth drone can sometimes hurt you in chase - I have poor vision just normally and sometimes its very hard to see which direction the stealth drone is spinning and it sort of looks like a ball of blurry lights, maybe add a beam that only skull merchant can see so she can better plan and predict it while also making stealth drones deadlier in chase?
Punish Free Drone Disable - I mean I dont know who thought this up but its probably my biggest gripe with her atm survivors can endlessly just disable drones with no punishment at all. I don't know what the punishment should be, maybe like they can be scanned on the radar for 10 seconds after or maybe they just get slowed down for 10 seconds that way doing them right in her face isn't a smart idea? Just something to make it so a good team can curbstomp her by just having one person run around making me an M1 killer in late game.
Sensitivity to her drone selection - When pulling up the radar to reverse a drones blade rotation, I feel its extremely sensitive and often times I find myself accidentally reversing another blades rotation or sometimes accidentally recalling a different drone. Maybe make it so the arrow will slightly prioritize the drone thats closer to you so that way its not as frustrating and sensitive to deal with esp since we use the feature in chase a lot more now and with the two extra drones taking up screen space it can be a challenge sometimes to really lock on which drone you're trying to mess with.
Huge speedboost from claw trap - Yeah I don't get why they get THIS huge of a speed boost because at that point whats so different as if I hit them myself? They just gain a bunch of distance and move to the next tile but thanks to this speed increase it doesn't really hinder them in any way this is a huge problem esp early-mid game where a web might not be set up enough to punish an injured claw trapped survivor. Which brings me to my next point
Injured survivors with clawtraps suffer very little - So basically unless a survivor is transitioning tiles, they don't really suffer from the clawtrap being on them and even then some maps have pallets so close it doesn't affect much.
Restricted playstyle - One thing I LOVED about old Skull Merchant is that she had so many ways you could play her. Sure they might not have been the most effective but they were there but now she just feels stuck in chase merchant mode. I would've loved for the rework to focus on expanding on the other ways to play her and make her more effective outside of gen defense, while also bringing down her gen defense instead of shoving her down the chase only path.
Now, I'll only mention the highs and lows of her add-ons to keep this brief:
Highs
Ultrasonic Speaker - Decreases Survivors' scan line immunity duration by 25% (This add ons very fun to use and play around with! Definitely has helped me in chase a bit from what I can tell esp with the ability to switch rotation so props!)
Prototype Rotor - Increases drones' rotation speed by 10% (Also pretty fun and makes drones just that much more lethal overall nice addon)
Low Power Mode - Decreases Eye In The Sky's cooldown by 25% (Just nice to have QOL wise and makes her feel a little bit smoother to play, but imo wouldn't hurt buffing it)
Phew now the lows...
Lows
Vital Targeting Predecessor - Increases strength of hindered on claw trapped survivor by 3% (Everything about this add on irks me, the fact its supposed to be like a weird counter to made for this, the fact that the value is so low for effort and effect, I could really go on. Why not bump it up to 5% or better yet, make it so anytime any survivor is hit with lock on they get 5% hindered for like 3 seconds make it like old randomized strobes so it makes her drones more lethal overall
Adaptive Lighting - Increases duration of undetectable by 25% (Okay first why not just say increases undetectable by 1.6 seconds? Also please just make the add on 2-2.5 seconds it isn't that strong of an effect either way and it has a cool down so she can't even spam it just please make this add on worth the slot its taking up...)
Powdered Glass - Hitting a claw trapped survivor inflicts mangled and hemorrage (Really? Just make it inflict mangled and hemorrage when a survivor gets a claw trap why would I take up an add on slot on a worse version of sloppy butcher?)
Loose Screw - Survivors get exhausted for 6 seconds when receiving a claw trap (This is by far the most niche situational add on she has. Why not make it so everytime a survivor is scanned with a drone they receive 3 seconds of exhaustion? its really small changes like this that would make these add ons so much better.)
Overall with all the cons I have with this rework, I enjoy it and Im glad they took it in the right direction after the PTB and brought back some skill element to her. Hopefully they release a tweak wave in the next patch to address some of these issues but overall she's in a decent albeit still slightly weak place but shes at least in a playable state.

I know I am most likely not the target here, but I sincerely want to know why you main or play Skull Merchant. I've played as and against her and I completely dislike everything about her.

When I play her I feel so dirty, since there's lowkey no skill involved imo. Your drone gives you a strong Haste Effect + Undetectable, while slowing Survivors with the Hindered Status Effect. With all these effects you get easily a free hit and if not, don't worry your drone can damage survivors too. Sure they don't scan you if you don't move, but that's not possible in a chase. Deactivating drones does basically nothing: You can't hack them in a chase and she can instantly recall then replace one. I see so many survivors dc'ing against her and I honestly can't blame her.

Now this is not meant as a whole rant about why I dislike her, more to see what you have to say about her. Why is she fun? What weakness do you see and what strengths? Because right now I think she is overtuned af.

in Biggest Skull Merchant defender's opinion on the rework Comment by The_Daydreamer October 19, 2023

@HolyDarky said:
Same here: I restarted my game twice in a row and still don't get neither my eventpoints nor my void-charme - I should have 8 points as I also unlocked all of the tome-cosmetics and -charmes.
https://us.v-cdn.net/6030815/uploads/MAMZEC1YZHQ8/bug-c3-9f.png

Why is the order now different? Your screenshot says Knights Head 21, the others say 6. @Mandy is it bugged too?

in PC - Milestone Rewards don´t work Comment by The_Daydreamer October 18, 2023

@BarnesFlam said:
https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/3562349#Comment_3562349
How having horror cosmetics only on Halloween for a horror-themed game justifiable? This is ridiculous, there is no defending it.

Because it's an event. It's the same like having christmas themed outfits only available in december. It's a pretty basic concept that we face day by day.

in DBDs exploitation of FOMO Comment by The_Daydreamer October 13, 2023

To be fair I don't really get the FOMO Issue if it comes to cosmetics. Like we are talking about dressing a character which does not give you any benefit. And like why would someone be mad just because they couldn't get a cosmetic in a game ? Like either buy it and support the devs or don't buy it and set a standard for yourself - which is totally fine.

And having Halloween Cosmetics only on Halloween in Sale is nothing crazy and nothing new. The only problem issue I see is that they argued on twitter that they don't want to create something for P100 Players as a reward because of FOMO.

in DBDs exploitation of FOMO Comment by The_Daydreamer October 13, 2023

@Raptorrotas said:
The problem is that basekit is lacking and many addons just suck compared to the stat-boosters ( see nurse with mostly meme addons and her charge/range addons). But most survivors just mean "nerf the good addons without compensation".

@Ssajbambusa said:
Do you really complain about stacking very mediocre addons... instead of Alchemist Ring for example?
I am sorry man, but I just can't treat this seriously.
It's like saying that survivors should not be able to put double battery on flashlight or double charge addons on medkits/toolboxes, because they are lasting too long...
Like... sure, we could do this... but why? Old Tinkerer is gone, there is no such thing as instasaw Billy or rapid fire Huntress anymore... I don't see the point!

Did you guys even read the thread? Like I said, there is a reason why killer feel forced to always pick the same addons. My point was, that we need to rework addons and buff the basekit of the killers. Since f.e. Blight Mains may feel forced to always feel double speed addons, so they can compete with survivors. That's why we need to buff is rush speed but reduce the impact of addons. Buff the yellow addon, delete the green one and make it to something that can help the killer. I just think, that putting the same type of addon was always a bad design in dbd since it makes it clear that the basekit is lacking.

My point was not to "Omg this killer is so OP Nerf!!!" - my point was to buff the basekit and make the addons more enjoyable for both sides.

in The Issue with double add-ons Comment by The_Daydreamer November 27, 2022

He's really unfun to face. You're getting chased by two killers all the time with the only play being holding W. We really didn't needed another W-Killer tbh.

in What's your opinion on the Knight? Comment by The_Daydreamer November 22, 2022

From what I can see right now, is that most people agree that it need changes.

I feel like a fair change would be, so Eruption does not use the Incapacitated status effect instead it just blocks the generator for 20-25 seconds. This way it stays effective against SWF but does not feel unfair for solo q.

in Does Eruption need changes? Comment by The_Daydreamer October 5, 2022

@BenOfMilam said:
https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/3113739#Comment_3113739
My point is that missing out on team play and tactical fun and instead sitting in complete silence while you repair gens is not really anyone's fault but your own. Joking around with friends during the slow parts of DbD is more fun than staring at the repair meter go up by yourself.
There so much more to the survivor side of the game than getting chased. Saying you're not having fun with the game when you're not doing the thing that you only spend 1% of the match doing, well, it probably means you don't really enjoy the game in the first place. It's an unfortunate truth of the game being 4v1. The killer can only chase one survivor at a time, so you have to wait your turn and help your team in another way.

I understand what you're saying and it is not wrong in itself but you are just ignoring the problem. It's like someone is saying that clown is not strong and you are coming around the corner with "it is your fault for playing clown. Just play Nurse."

But your part with "Saying you're not having fun with the game when you're not doing the thing that you only spend 1% of the match doing, well, it probably means you don't really enjoy the game in the first place." doesn't really makes sense to me. Generators are of course a core feature of the game - but not the only one. And I don't think many people enjoy holding M1 for over 10 minutes based of the votes up I got of my thread. At the end I guess you disagree with me here which is fine. But it doesn't bring the conversation any further.