Yamaoka

@[Deleted User] said:
https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/1334140#Comment_1334140
I totally feel where you’re coming from. I recently commented on a thread about self care defending why I still regularly use it. Had a rank 2 feng fail 2 skillchecks in a row healing me and brings the killers attention back to us. How?! They’re massive. No Doc. No Unnerving. No Hex:HL. I don’t get it. Unless that player was intentionally trolling.
I also get frustrated that Kindred only serves me when OTHERS are on the hook. Yet again (I’ve lost count now) I was allowed to die on first hook even though all 3 other (red rank) survivors clearly see the killer isn’t camping.

Perhaps she failed the skillchecks on purpose. I had to deal with one of those trolls a while ago myself. He kept missing skillchecks and stopped healing me at 99%. The killer took advantage of the situation and he escaped via the hatch.

And people wonder why good players eventually play in a SWF team. Honestly I can't blame them. If I didn't prefer playing killer I would probably try and build a proper SWF team myself. Even without voice coms you would -at least- know how competent they are, what builds they run etc.

in No faith in solo survivor Comment by Yamaoka June 7, 2020

@[Deleted User] said:
https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/1334106#Comment_1334106
This happens to me too, but I also get those matches where I’m in complete, beautiful synergy with total strangers and they end in awesome group messages.

Those matches with perfect synergy are the reason I keep playing survivor. Solo survivor gameplay can be a lot of fun when everyone is pulling their weights.

However for the past 2 days I have been repeatedly getting complete loser teams consisting of "fake red ranks" as I call them now - that basically only play for the fun of the killer based on their stupid decisions and crazy bad chase performance.

They won't touch a gen, they won't distract the killer even if someone else is injured AND on death hook, they won't unhook in time OR TOO EARLY (before the killer even had a chance to leave the hook) and they consistently go down in 10-20 seconds from the healthy state.

I just can't take this stupidity anymore. Today they seriously managed to make me rage quit and switch to another game (Borderlands 3).

No DC penalty in the world can force me to play with people who are seemingly trying to play with their buttcheeks!

in No faith in solo survivor Comment by Yamaoka June 7, 2020

Honestly you have to enjoy getting ######### on to be able to enjoy solo survivor. Every solo survivor match I loop the killer for minutes without getting 1 single gen in return, every match I get into struggle on my first hook, every match people hide in a corner while I pump out at least 3 gens on my own after multiple chases, every match it's ME who has to open the gate after doing practically everything on my own. At this point solo survivor feels like going against the killer 1 vs 1. I never feel the impact of teammates (unless they sandbag me with their damn Urban Evasion while I'm looping the killer).

When I'm done with the survivor challenges I'm definitely not going to touch survivor anytime soon again unless the developers finally remove all these ######### players from red ranks.

in No faith in solo survivor Comment by Yamaoka June 7, 2020

Many red rank players are actually new to the game (on both sides).

in What's wrong with rank 1's/reds? Comment by Yamaoka June 6, 2020

@DeadByCommunity said:
Survivor isn't hard not is it hard to rank up. An thanks to the new rank reset even the scrubs can be and stay at rank 1 while most part killers have to try an work for it or at least put the effort in.

So you're saying every noob survivor gets to red ranks yet killers have to work for it? How does that make sense when most red rank survivors are easy to hook due to the fact they play like rank 20 as a result of the Ruin nerf and current rank reset?

The obvious result is a high number of bad killers on red ranks BECAUSE IT'S EASY TO HOOK MOST RED RANK SURVIVORS A MILLION TIMES.

in When did red rank survivors get so bad? Comment by Yamaoka June 6, 2020

My first discussion was about Kill Your Friends. I was basically asking for improvements such as a 2 player offline/splitscreen or even a solo mode in Kill Your Friends allowing you to:

- test builds as killer/survivor

- practice killer powers before going into "real" matches

- explore (new) maps and practice gameplay on (new) maps

- somewhat play the game when queue times are too long

etc.

in What was your first discussion ever made on these forums? Comment by Yamaoka June 6, 2020

@Dead_by_Gadfly said:
https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/1332898#Comment_1332898
Read my response to him and youll see why it matters. Its not a viable strategy

Many red rank killers facecamp on a regular basis to blow off steam since they can get pips back easily in another match as most red rank survivors play like yellow rank survivors these days.

in Facecamping bubba with noed. Comment by Yamaoka June 6, 2020

@Dead_by_Gadfly said:
What rank survivor are you and what rank killer is he?

How does that matter?

in Facecamping bubba with noed. Comment by Yamaoka June 6, 2020

The Silent Hill chapter is literally the reason I'm going to stay active in DBD. The devs did a great job overall even though the perks seem kinda meh for the most part.

I'm actually listening to Silent Hill soundtracks while posting this comment.

in Silent Hill DLC isn't worth buying. Comment by Yamaoka June 6, 2020

@Orion said:
https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/1332654#Comment_1332654
Tons of people live by those words, but pobody's nerfect.

Not sure why this made me laugh thanks anyways haha

in How to calm down from an annoying 4Man? Comment by Yamaoka June 6, 2020

@Orion said:
https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/1332524#Comment_1332524
You can break the cycle by simply choosing not to engage in that behavior.

Reminds me of "be the change you wish to see". Unfortunately no one in this world seems to actually live by these words especially not people playing a PVP game.

in How to calm down from an annoying 4Man? Comment by Yamaoka June 6, 2020

@Sluzzy said:
If you don't self-care, you are giving the killer free NOED

If you do run self-care, you are giving the killer enough time to find and down another survivor, regress generators and you give the killer a chance to find you using Nurse's Calling.

Also many killers run Sloppy Butcher so you're basically self-caring for 50% of a complete generator just for 1 health state which is useless as most survivors only last a few seconds in a chase anyways so might as well repair while injured.

in Please stop using self-care Comment by Yamaoka June 6, 2020

A friend of mine played killer on grey ranks and told me people were repairing gens while injured and even popped gens in his face even going down to finish them.

Think about this for a second next time you equip Self Care or Urban Evasion on red ranks.

in Please stop using self-care Comment by Yamaoka June 6, 2020

Even if you do that against every Spirit you're still playing better than 99% of red rank survivors so it should be fine.

in Is it bannable for me to throw every match I play against Spirit? Comment by Yamaoka June 6, 2020

Oh boy now I'm missing the days of Perfect Dark (N64). Faces were kinda square shaped but the gameplay was flawless.

in are face models going to be updated some of them have N64 graphics quality Comment by Yamaoka June 6, 2020

Why is this in general discussions? The media lounge exists for a reason.

https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/categories/media-lounge

in Adventures of T-Bag-Face OFFICIAL TRAILER Comment by Yamaoka June 6, 2020

@BabyCameron10 said:
https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/1331897#Comment_1331897
Never said it was “OP”, I basically said it takes away the horror aspect of the game and guts stealth killers powers.

You literally said it shouldn't work against stealth killers which would nerf the perk into the ground for absolutely no reason since good stealth killers (or good killers in general) study the survivors. If you notice they disappear all the time they obviously got Spine Chill which means you have to approach the gen sideways like any good stealth killer. You can literally counter the perk by looking slightly away. As for the atmosphere. The game never felt like a horror game in the first place.

in Spine Chill Comment by Yamaoka June 6, 2020

Dead Hard doesn't have a cooldown. It has exhaustion which can -potentially- last forever unlike a cooldown.

in any means necessary is in desperate need of a buff Comment by Yamaoka June 6, 2020

@BabyCameron10 said:
https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/1331842#Comment_1331842
Agreed, it shouldn’t work on a killers who have the undetectable status on them, this perk basically makes them powerless.

Spine Chill op pls nerf 😂

in Spine Chill Comment by Yamaoka June 6, 2020

Not sure if people really call it straight up bad but if it's the case the reason is probably the restriction it's got.

"When you have healed other Survivors for the equivalent of one Health State Second Wind activates"

So basically you have to waste your and 1 other survivor's time healing thus playing in the killer's hands (especially since many killers run Sloppy Butcher) just to get one health state back passively after getting unhooked - IF you don't get caught within the passive-heal-time-window that is.

On top of that there's some survivors who don't even want to get healed. Whenever I play survivor I usually just play the entire match injured to get the most out of my favourite survivor perk (Resilience). I wouldn't let you heal me for 1 health state as it disables my perk.

That being said I think there are many perks outside the meta that can be good but are often ignored by most high level players due to weird restrictions.

Fixated to name a sample. A decent perk for stealthy players concept-wise yet it gets disabled when you're injured so any killer that easily gets the first hit (stealth killers, Legion etc) or easily injures survivors in any other way (Plague) makes the perk useless all game even though the perk's impact is rarely on the same level as a meta perk.

in Why do people say second wind is bad? Comment by Yamaoka June 5, 2020

If you want to learn how to dominate as Pig/Amanda I think you should watch "Scorpionz". He's a specialized Pig main who 4ks most of the time without camping, without tunneling, without slugging, without Ruin or other slow down perks etc.

Granted he has 8500 hours so obviously he has an easier time dealing with experienced survivors than you but perhaps you can learn a thing or two by watching his clips or streams. I only know him as a streamer but apparently he uploads some YouTube videos every onxe in a while, too. Here's the latest one:

https://youtu.be/pwFG3W0FMuM

Also keep in mind the developers are planning to do something about the early game in the future. Hopefully it will allow for a more chill experience for both sides. The game really shouldn't feel like a race from the very first second.

in How do I deal with a genrush as a new killer Comment by Yamaoka June 4, 2020

Survivors: Urban Evasion

Killer: NOED

in In your opinion, which are the noob perks? Comment by Yamaoka June 4, 2020

@Customapple0 said:
You don’t even have to be a good survivor to get to rank 1. Just by playing the game you’ll eventually get there unless you really, really suck.
I wouldn’t exactly consider myself a pro survivor and I made it to Rank 1 by just sinking time into the game.

Same can be said about killers. Due to the number of boosted red rank survivors who can easily get hooked 3 times before 1 gen pops just about anyone manages to get to red ranks as killer.

Yesterday I played against a Spirit that seriously tried to BLOODLUST SAVE PALLETS WITHOUT USING HER POWER IN A CHASE.

I thought it was a rank 20. After the 4th gen popped the Spirit still had 0 hooks and rage quit. Turns out the Spirit was a Rank3 killer with the classic noob-build (Ruin/Noed). I guess it's fairly obvious how that guy made it to red ranks.

in "Ranks Don't Matter" Mentality Needs to Stop Comment by Yamaoka June 4, 2020

You mean entity blockers? These were added to force survivors to combine different structures in a chase. If it wasn't for entity blockers everyone would run to a strong window every chase and vault it infinitely everytime. Wouldn't that be kinda boring in your opinion?

in "Window abuse" - What is wrong with this game Comment by Yamaoka June 3, 2020

Don't forget the "random" skillcheck that pops up exactly when the killer hooks someone.

in Skillchecks when stop healing and genrepairing Comment by Yamaoka June 3, 2020

Let me start off by saying both sides have a relatively big learning curve at this point.

As a survivor you have to:

- memorize map layouts and dead zones

- work on your reaction times

- optimize your decision making (which is the main difference between strong and weak survivors)

- learn how to loop and combine pallets, windows and other structures with optimal movements without getting stuck on things all while keeping an eye on the killer (so basically you separately need perfect body AND camera movement to run loops efficiently)

- you need to learn how to mindgame the killer allowing you to gain distance or completely lose the killer

- think about your teammates and THEIR decisions and memorize what pallets they used to avoid running to dead zones

etc. etc. etc.

The killer has to:

- master the killer's power

- learn how to find survivors

- learn how to mindgame survivors if the killer's power itself can't effectively down a survivor (Bubba's chainsaw is useless in a chase against optimal survivors unless you manage to mindgame them big time)

- optimize decision making

- memorize map layouts as well

- learn when and for how long to commit to chases

- learn how to pressure gens

- learn what pallets are save and which ones are not (bad killers will often try to bloodlust strong pallets for instance and lose way too much time in the process)

etc. etc. etc.

Long story short: Both sides require skills.

in Is playing survivor Harder than killer? Comment by Yamaoka June 3, 2020

@Perelie said:
https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/1324596#Comment_1324596
Hey that's how the devs treat us. Constant killer nerfs and only ever responding to complains from survivors.

Both sides have been receiving like a million buffs and nerfs over the course of the years and the latest patches were mostly survivor nerfs including nerfs literally no one asked for (survivors can no longer interact with windows for a few seconds after falling).

As for Lery's it was mostly a map update rather than a balance rework. It's still a killer-sided map but with updated graphics. You make it sound like they turned it into a survivor sided map...

And Haddonfield isn't even too problematic anymore since Balanced Landing got nerfed. Granted there's some strong loops like the double-stairs but other than that it's an ok map now. It was people that infinitely hopped down the balcony using the passive bonus of original Balanced Landing what made this map a pain to deal with.

in You still need to fix Haddonfield Comment by Yamaoka June 3, 2020

Smacking a survivor on hook is just rude and I honestly think you are intelligent enough to understand that yourself.

Survivors typically wait for minutes to get into a lobby and they expect to have a fun match just like you so imagine being the first one to get caught and the killer happens to be a bad sport who thinks other players are just pinatas.

Being someone's pinata is not exactly the most fun way to spend your spare time and not particularly satisfying when you had to wait for that experience for minutes.

in Why do some people take personal offense to getting hit while dying on the hook? Comment by Yamaoka June 3, 2020

That's why there will be crossplay. People that are willing to crossplay will have second-lobbies.

in These wait times have got to change Comment by Yamaoka June 3, 2020

@Ihateyou said:
https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/1322431#Comment_1322431
You're 100% wrong, that's griefing. The game is over and the killer is just being an ass. Love how you killer mains try to justify this behavior.

I said the survivor was not holding the game hostage. Read the thread and my comment again.

Secondly I'm not ANY main. I play both sides since 2017 and I'm not siding with any side as I enjoy playing both sides.

in What is holding the game hostage? Comment by Yamaoka June 2, 2020

@Gomolazoli said:
https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/1323453#Comment_1323453
No survivors are that good. You can’t afford being injured all the time. Gens are often in unsafe areas too. You can be a 10k hours survivor main, you‘ll still go down instantly when you’re outpositioned after failing that cringy 360.

I play exactly as I described it as survivor. I never heal and use Resilience to get a reward for injured gameplay. If you combine it with Spine Chill and any exhaustion perk of your choice you have a high chance of getting a headstart when/if the killer is coming and the exhaustion perk usually does the rest.

On top of that I'm getting the vault speed benefits of the perk combination making it even more difficult to down me.

I've been refusing to heal and hide for around a year now and honestly noticed I've consistently been the most useful survivor in most games. I usually fix multiple gens on my own (often while injured), distract the killer for multiple minutes and most of the time I also open the gate while others are crouching in a corner healing themselves (and getting downed in the process because of Nurse's Calling).

in I believe I know why many assume Legion sucks Comment by Yamaoka June 2, 2020

@ad19970 said:
https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/1320807#Comment_1320807
Hmm ok. Thanks for the info.
Theoretically changing the early game to have killer be less stressful sounds fantastic. However, a change like this will also need a change that at least benefits solo survivors. If this would be just another buff for killers to gain more time, than top tier killers would become too strong.
So I'm hopeful solo survivors get some nice changes as well in the same patch in which an early game change would release.

The devs definitely have to keep numerous things in mind. If they just straight up give killers more time by implementing an early game mechanic that slows down gen progression then they will also have to do something about camping otherwise all killers will 4k if they just facecamp first hook which is obviously not tolerable when there's no counterplay. Right now there's the "just rush gens" argument which obviously can't be said when there's an early game mechanic preventing you from fixing gens.

I'm fairly sure the devs will come up with a smart solution, though and I'm curious as to what the result will look like.

in Dead by Daylight needs to be balanced around SWF Comment by Yamaoka June 2, 2020

Personally I think Legion is just overall weak even if he was even faster in Frenzy than now because:

Their power is designed to beat BAD survivors in the first place by quickly injuring them without the opportunity to end chases quickly with said power.

Good survivors never heal. In fact some of them will thank you for injuring them as good survivors often use Resilience turning an injury into a slight action speed buff. On top of that they will still manage to not go down immediately if you come back to down them. As a result gens will fly like nothing and your power can do nothing about it.

Now bad survivors on the other hand will run like headless chickens when you frenzy them, mend in a corner, never touch a gen while injured, self care in a corner etc. all while you're on the other side of the map chasing/downing another survivor.

As a result you feel like you're "becoming stronger" as you describe it when in reality it's the result of bad survivor decisions.

However due to the current rank reset and easy pipping/ranking pretty much everyone gets to red ranks (on both sides) at this point resulting in numerous weak players that will often "play in your hands" allowing you to dominate with just about any killer even with suboptimal builds.

That's why I temporarily thought Bubba was actually a decent killer. I kept getting 4ks in 2 minutes on red ranks. But it wasn't because of Bubba's potential. It was because I played him for 4k hours and thus managed to use his chainsaw perfectly while red ranks is flooded with mediocre players.

Weak killer + player that uses 100% of the weak killer's potential VS mediocre survivors = easy 4k.

in I believe I know why many assume Legion sucks Comment by Yamaoka June 2, 2020

@MojoTheFabulous said:
I get the complaint but i'm not sure why you single out SWF when solo players can do this too. Bit odd.

This.

Virtually every single decent solo survivor does that. It's not a SWF thing. Some killers seem to think only SWF teams can come up with smart moves haha...

in Stop the healing pick up block Comment by Yamaoka June 2, 2020

That's not a hostage situation. If 2 survivors die on hook and the 3rd survivor bleeds out on the ground the hatch will spawn no matter what allowing the killer to start the endgame collapse by closing it.

in What is holding the game hostage? Comment by Yamaoka June 2, 2020

The only "hate" message I remember was actually kinda funny. He said as much as:

"Fine... you ruined no-nut-november for me. You happy now?"

It was just so random and -compared to typical hate messages- creative it actually made me laugh.

in The best of survivor hate mail Comment by Yamaoka June 2, 2020

https://youtu.be/CegfrXCZOAY

in I tunnel Claudettes Comment by Yamaoka June 1, 2020

@ad19970 said:
https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/1319622#Comment_1319622
Wait, have the devs talked about a change to the early game or what? In their latest stream?

They mentioned it briefly. Quote (Fibijean):

"Similarly to last year’s introduction of the End Game Collapse, they will be releasing a new feature along the same lines which will affect the start of the match instead. This is a topic that has been discussed widely within the community, and which the developers themselves also feel strongly about – the beginning of the match can be quite busy and stressful for both roles, so they will be looking into “cleaning up” the start-of-match experience and making it as fun as possible for all parties involved."