bjorksnas

@Predated said:
https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/2052500#Comment_2052500
Let me grab a small list QoL that had massive balancing implications:
Disturbed Ward Pallet logic reduced to 2 pallets.
Badham Preschool fence loop: shortened.
Haddonfield corner fence vaults: Removed.
Bear Traps can no longer be sabotaged.
Bear Traps can be (re-)set without picking them up first.
Bear Traps go back to where they were originally set instead of where they caught the survivor.
The Killer will receive a noise notification when a Survivor starts cleansing any Hex Totem.(Thrill of the Hunt)
The Wraith no longer disturbs Crows when passing near them while cloaked.
The Wraith now starts a trial cloaked
the Wailing Bell ringing audio is capped at 24 metres instead of formerly sounding map-wide.
the *Wooosh* audio following cloaking is capped at 40 metres instead of formerly sounding map-wide.
when cloaked, The Wraith can now interact with Props, which cause him to temporarily uncloak during the interaction.
removed the Movement Speed penalty when cloaking.
The Wraith's can now immediately attack/interact after uncloaking instead of having to wait 0.3 seconds.
reduced the footstep audio.
when cancelling the cloaking interaction, The Wraith can now attack/interact immediately rather than having to wait for the bell-stowing animation to finish.
The Wraith now only uncloaks the necessary bits when interacting with Props when cloaked, instead of almost completely uncloaking.
reduced the Reload time from 5 seconds to 3 seconds.(Clown, just to show that making an addon basekit is sometimes considered QoL)
So yes, it would be QoL.

Quality of life is generally refered to as small buffs or changes for the enjoyment of gameplay, as many of the changed aspects weren't fair or enjoyable but didn't need to be completely removed only fine tuned

This change isn't a quality of life because it just completely changes an aspect of it

for example if this was a quality of life it might look something like this

Fathers glasses: Also applies a moderate hemorrhage effect for more consistent blood tracking

quality of life isn't nerfs to the base tracking abilities of killer powers

in Small QoL change for Spirit Comment by bjorksnas March 27, 2021

@FilthyQuentin said:
https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/2052301#Comment_2052301
Thats already a thing with licensed killers but whatever

Survivors are skins, killers are more complicated

in Would Passives work in DBD Comment by bjorksnas March 27, 2021

Thats not even a quality of life change thats just a regular change

in Small QoL change for Spirit Comment by bjorksnas March 27, 2021

@TumbleElf said:
https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/2050993#Comment_2050993
I think passives for specific survivors would give more of a reason to switch to a new survivor would could mix things up :)
its a good idea imo

Counterpoint, no because if specific survivors had passives that others didn't it can be considered pay to win with paid survivors having abilities regular survivors don't

in Would Passives work in DBD Comment by bjorksnas March 27, 2021

@Orion said:
https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/2051180#Comment_2051180
That's not how it works, the other user was just trying to make an anti-survivor and anti-dev comment.

I forget text doesn't convey sarcasm very well

in Reminder that Groaning Storehouse now has a literal infinite/near-infinite. Comment by bjorksnas March 27, 2021

@Dizzy1096 said:
It has been brought up multiple times. Survivors said its fine so don’t expect anything to change.
They weakened this window in early 2020 just to bring it back in late 2020. Then they added the fat shame tree as the cherry on the cake. Its an intentional choice.
Also the small window is an infinite against Deathslinger and Huntress.

Wait survivors get to decide whats fair for both sides, that doesn't sound fair at all

in Reminder that Groaning Storehouse now has a literal infinite/near-infinite. Comment by bjorksnas March 27, 2021

Id much rather see a new category of perks of really weak / niche passives with a single new slot to use them instead of them being tied to characters

in Would Passives work in DBD Comment by bjorksnas March 26, 2021

Can't wait for mmr until people realize that if you play really good as survivor you will eventually get nothing but nurses and spirits

in 8 Nurses in a row #########??!?! Comment by bjorksnas March 26, 2021

Most of my they deserved it are reactionary to what the other side does and not pre-emptive strikes because of past games

survivor working on gens dses me, go out of my way a little more to tunnel them (thankfully getting fixed)

all of my hexes get cleansed to fast and I don't think I can maintain enough pressure to keep 4 survivors juggled, get one out so I can play at a more reasonable pace in my new situation

and other stuff like that is what causes the they deserved it plays retroactively never pro actively or pre-emptive

in "Because they deserve it" Comment by bjorksnas March 26, 2021

On midwich all pallets are force spawned, that tile has always been and will always spawn, a double pallet, but frankly neither of those pallets are very good ones

Groaning storehouse just needs a layout adjustment its 3 corner tiles, with deadzones between them, a large building and shack with 2 branches, and spawns double pallets if there aren't enough pallets in other places on the map

personally I would put main building in the opposite corner of shack and move around the tiles to fill in space in between so there is more room for pallets and stuff to spawn that isn't limited by main building

in Spot the mistakes Comment by bjorksnas March 26, 2021

Deception, Head on, Quick and Quiet, Redherring locker distraction build

in Perk combo Comment by bjorksnas March 26, 2021

@Blindninja said:
https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/2049004#Comment_2049004
Should I wait on the Crow for a little bit since I am still new to him? Really really solidify my muscle memory with the current speed?

It kinda depends, if you master double speed blight, playing blight normally will feel like slow motion and you can be very consistent without any speed

in Once you go Blight... Comment by bjorksnas March 26, 2021

Nah salt exists because volcanos and the ocean exists, leave those two alone for a while and things just happen

in Salt come from ignorance Comment by bjorksnas March 26, 2021

Don't forget better hitboxes for both sides, survivor hitboxes so precise you can vault a window with just a sliver of time to spare and not get hit through it, actually able to 360 without it looking like their attack connected while they are facing the other way, as well as it feels more rewarding to play killer and actually have to hit a survivor instead of just press m1 within a city block of them and the game suddenly says you hit them

in Difference between Crossplay & PC-Only is Night & Day Comment by bjorksnas March 25, 2021

1: your feelings don't matter in this only x's feelings matter your supposed to be the bad guy"

2: you want me to be the bad guy"

1: "yes"

2: *starts pretending to be an Italian mob boss

3: (person they are trying to defend) "what"

in What are your funniest end game chat salt moments? Comment by bjorksnas March 25, 2021

@Yords said:
The problem with the Spirit is that she gives no indication as to when she is phasing. This makes it very unfun to play against her.
In Otzdarva's community-made patch notes, he talks about the spirit and the ideas people came up with. The suggestion to rework her was to make her reveal herself to the survivors every second or so during her phasing. This way, it could open up for some actual mindgames and predictions while also allowing survivors to tell when she is phasing.
This would also make it really skillful to play the spirit because you have to rely on good reads and predictions when phasing for only a short time while survivors can see you.
It would also be really cool and fix the main problem people have with her. She could probably receive a buff or two in order to compensate for this nerf, but I think this is a great idea.
Then there are her addons which also need to be looked at and changed. For some reason, the duration addons also increase recovery speed as well.
I can't think of any other changes she would need to compensate for this rn (too lazy), but maybe if there are any flaws you guys can point them out.

duration addons don't "increase" recovery speed they just designed it in a very weird but roundabout way, for example spirits power has charges = to its duration

base duration is 5 charges, and base recovery is 0.33 charges per second

but when for example you use a recovery addon you add 0.033, 0.066 or 0.100 charges per second to her recovery so the total time is 13.5, 12.5, or 11.5 seconds to fully recover

but when duration addons are included they increase total charges and change the charges per second to match so

5.5 second duration has a base .366 cps

6 has base .400

6.5 has base .433

8.5 has base .566

9 has base .600

9.5 has base .633

10 has base .666

They don't reduce recovery speed they just adjust both values to make total cooldown time the same, aka you use 50% of your power it takes 7.5 seconds to recharge regardless of duration addons

so its not exactly an increase it just takes less total power that recharges at the "same" speed

in Reworking the spirit Comment by bjorksnas March 25, 2021

I think it should work that after cumulative 10 seconds for every second a killer is within 16 meters of a hooked survivor 0.3 seconds is added to their hook timer up to a total of 15 extra seconds added on if the killer stands around the survivor, meaning the hook timer till take up to 75 seconds for each stage, as well as the survivors will see a visual effect on the bar that the killer won't be able to see to show that the survivor is being camped and their timer is being extended

that way,

1 camping is less effective and has a more visual cue to it

2 camping takes longer and can be more easily punished, 150 seconds between 3 survivors just so the killer can camp 1 survivor to death is 450 seconds for gen time which is more than enough to get everyone out

3 it doesn't apply when in a chase both indicator and time extension so people looping around friends is punished rather than rewarded in the new system

in bigger drawbacks to camping Comment by bjorksnas March 24, 2021

Blight mains viewpoint

MacMillan, At least its not lerys

Autohaven, At least its not lerys

Coldwind, At least its not cowshed, but also not lerys

Crotus Prenn, At least its not lerys

Haddonfield, Bad but it could be worse, aka lerys

Backwater swamp, Everything is coated in Vaseline but at least its not lerys

Lerys, :C

Red forest, Temple is really fun, mothers dwelling is a bit much tho and at least its not lerys tho

Springwood, the buildings are a bit much but can be managed

The game, Power pallet breaking go brrr

Yamaoka, I am one with the grass they are my people

Ormond, Covered in ice and snow very slippy

Hawkins, At least I have compound 21

Saloon, Why is this buggy slippery

Silent hill, Running in the halls go brrrr

in Your Alternative Names for Maps Comment by bjorksnas March 24, 2021

@NoOneKnowsNova said:
Possibly an unpopular change but here it is.
Iron Will now trumps Stridor. After being injured, Iron Will activates for 120 seconds. After such, it deactivates up until you enter the healthy state. This 120 second timer is paused if you are in the dying state or you are hooked/caged.

Having survivor perks completely trump the effects of killer perks sets a bad precedent and if it does id rather the effect be limited to be permanently disabled instead of being permanent / reusable such as the 120 second timer being 120 seconds total of iron wills effect but it being permanently disabled after its effect lasting its 120 second cumulative duration

in If you could make any one change to any perk... Comment by bjorksnas March 24, 2021

Devastating combos

Legion + Stridor Spirit, Nuff Said

Doctor + Nurse, Doctors tracking + Nurses ability to forget walls exist make them pretty strong together

Legion + Oni, = Blood for the Blood God

Freddy + Most instadown killers, Asleep survivors have the oblivious effect so as long as you aren't freddy or huntress they have no good indication you are coming after them and instadowns can catch them out easily

Some of my favorites

in If there was a 2v8 mode....... Comment by bjorksnas March 24, 2021

No I think killers still need the pressure that a hook timer creates even if they aren't camping

in Removing Hook Timers Comment by bjorksnas March 24, 2021

Even with dedicated servers crossplay still leads to extra latency that isn't stated in the ping, if you want a more accurate experience with hitboxes for both sides the only option is crossplay off which is an overall better experience on certain platforms (pc)

in Why is the Hit Detection Still Absolutely Terrible? Comment by bjorksnas March 24, 2021

@Yords said:
Because I do, I like running addons like bloody sash + blackened toenail or cracked sakazuki + ink lion on Oni.
The bloody sash and blackened toenail make you move at 108% movement speed when using both of them while collecting blood orbs. This makes you not lose any distance on the survivor you are chasing while you collect their blood. I myself just like the extra speed since it is nice to have. Obviously it is a very weak effect, but just nice to have and I know Oni is a good killer already without good addons or any, so I run these often.
The cracked sakazuki and ink lion together make your transition to blood fury 2 seconds instead of the usual three. The ink lion also has the weaker effect of having a smaller penalty for downing survivors while in blood fury. It is just fun for me, to be able to switch from m1 mode to blood fury quicker.
Same goes for other strong killers (P head with black tape + lead ring, huntress with oak haft + bandaged haft).
So is this something only I do, or does anyone else do the same?

I understand but usually I use the other stuff for build variety + build bp and supply of my favorite addons, for example with blight I average 3 build varieties

Ring + Speed / Vigos journal (40%)

Shredded notes + varied from either iridecent, compound 21, vigos journal, or soul chemical (40%)

Double Speed (20%)

Using the weaker addons or at least the middling to strongest addons allowed me to build up a dragons horde of rings + black wards, with about 320 rings and 180 black wards, so using weaker or addons that aren't the strongest is pretty rewarding especially if you still win or do well in those matches.

in Does anyone else like using weak addons on strong killers? Comment by bjorksnas March 24, 2021

@C3Tooth said:
I like to use Green stone & Paddle jaw combo. Trapper is just that OP

wax brick + padded jaws, thats a bold combo

in Does anyone else like using weak addons on strong killers? Comment by bjorksnas March 24, 2021

@MadLordJack said:
https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/2043479#Comment_2043479
I did read the post, "counterplay" is pure myth and based entirely off of both guesswork and the Blight in question screwing up. Same as Nurse "counterplay." if you want to be entitled to a miserable slog of a killer, go play her and let people that want to play a well-balanced killer actually play a well-balanced killer.
But of course, you're a "tough shite, I get my broken toys!" kind of person based on how you addressed the console issue. And you literally pointed out that you're using external hardware to achieve this exploit.

Its a 50/50 which can be weighted by how good the players are you just want simple and lazy counterplay with no options around bridging past it with a skill gap.

Sorry but unlike you some people like heavily skill based things to be heavily skill based and like being reward the efforts of putting in time and effort to both, develop new techniques and use proper gauging of when to use them, even if those techniques are taught by others the person still needs to be skilled enough to use them proper

And on top of that the survivors still have counterplay around it especially in its current state, counters to a J-flick that can be done for any J-flick deadhard, or don't stick to the wall and predict that the blight is going to J-flick because they already committed 90% of their turning capabilities of their attack into the J-flick and aren't able to turn enough the other direction to hit if you leave the wall.

But if you want to remove portions of a hard killers skill ceiling and potential just because you don't like them, maybe play another character or better idea don't use them, what you can't do won't hurt you and protect the players that you are going against from the horrors of gameplay with counterplay to it, and instead just use the horrors of gameplay with slightly easier counterplay to it.

Blights J-flick is only as broken as people don't play around it which is the same as killers are overpowered because they can hit you while standing still in front of the killer and not moving both have counterplay some people are just lazy or can't think of it, also since you still can't read posts before ranting without reading the rest im going to restate something at the bottom that you will glaze over before giving an angry rant about

I don't use external hardware, but I wanted you, yes you, to know that a majority of mouses come with built in dpi buttons as selling points.

in J-Flicks are definitely unintended, but they should be considered a tech Comment by bjorksnas March 23, 2021

@MadLordJack said:
Blight's 180 removes his only counterplay and really doesn't take that much to learn, not if you're already decent at Blight. I am by no means some amazing Blight, but I picked it up in 10 minutes with nothing more than a video clip. And promptly never used it after that session because it's blatantly unfair and essentially turns Blight into Nurse But With Extra Steps. Seriously, I cannot stress this enough: it removes the only counterplay Blight has.
Also, it requires you to edit external settings/hardware and isn't available for console users.

"counterplay" you didn't even read the post which in & of itself claimed that the "counterplay" of his "counterplay" has "counterplay"

It doesn't REMOVE counterplay, it adds a more skill based counterplay in which both sides have equal opportunity to outplay each other

and no you don't need to edit anything, I can press the built in DPI button on my mouse to double by sensitivity if I wanted to J flick consistently the technology already existed and even exists on like $10-$15 hardware

and also blight wasn't designed with console in mind, tough its the devs game and if they wanted to do something about bridging the control difference between pc and console they probably would have by now since its been 3.5 years

in J-Flicks are definitely unintended, but they should be considered a tech Comment by bjorksnas March 23, 2021

@Toblerone007 said:
I think people remember the times where dead hard has extended a chase more than the times it's done nothing as an exhaustion perk.
I've played killer all day today and I've went against countless dead hards and while some of them were great and extended a chase. Most of them bought them a couple more seconds. Sprint Burst is so much more powerful than dead hard but I hardly see it.
I don't find dead hard unfair but I can see where killers are coming from. I just want to reiterate that this perk is up there for most fun to use. I have baited more dead hards out today then lost to them.

That's because extending chases even a single time during the match can mean the difference between winning and losing, and having that chance on a cooldown with all survivors being able to have it isn't the best design for a perk.

in Can dead hard be considered unfair? Comment by bjorksnas March 23, 2021

Slugging ≠ Tunneling

Camping ≠ Tunneling

They are all their own things a perk shouldn't encompass more than 1 on its own, this puts ds into both anti tunnel and anti slug which is far too much for one perk.

TLDR, no

in The new DS should have its timer increased Comment by bjorksnas March 23, 2021

@Seraphor said:
Breakable vaults = Pallets that can't stun
Buildable windows = Pallets that can't stun

Ok and

Still an excuse to have a strong "pallet alternative" instead of having a permanent god window, god pallet, or nothing

in Idea: Barbed Vaults, Breakable Vaults, Buildable windows Comment by bjorksnas March 23, 2021

@Masterninja said:
Interesting I have to say, very interesting. I wonder how this new ideas would be implemented in the game.

Barbed vaults could be tied to random/powers, for example Demogorgon could place a portal on a window and instead it becomes a barbed vault, other than that I though it could just replace a few windows in the game that were considered strong but not game breaking to keep them more in line

Breakable windows can just replace some random doorways in maps until they are broken, and some of them will spawn as the buildable version

in Idea: Barbed Vaults, Breakable Vaults, Buildable windows Comment by bjorksnas March 23, 2021

@Zarr0ch said:
https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/2038637#Comment_2038637
Wouldnt be hard for them to edit that part of the map

Still takes effort

in Breakable Wall - By survivors? Comment by bjorksnas March 22, 2021

Nah because some maps breakable walls are there for a reason, saloon with its old double windows open again isn't something I would revisit anytime soon

in Breakable Wall - By survivors? Comment by bjorksnas March 22, 2021

Meh why not

Deathslinger, changes

Takes 1.5 seconds to fully ads before firing, Has 3 shots in his gun reload takes 2+0.5x seconds where x is how many shots he has to reload, range becomes 20 meters, cooldown after firing is 3 seconds

Addon changes, gold creek whisky and sheriffs badge now become add 1 additional shot, and 2 additional shots respectively

New ability, Chain pull, Hitting the environment with the harpoon of the redeemer gives a 0.75 second window to pull yourself towards where you hit in a straight line at 220% movement speed, if you get stuck on something while trying to pull to the harpoon it will break and put you into a 2.5 second cooldown, you can lunge for a normal full lunge out of chain pull, upon a unsuccessful lunge or the chain pull ends you have a 2.5 second cooldown, successful lunges end in normal wipe animation (basically makes him into adrenaline vial blight with a gun) can pull himself up onto balconies of buildings

Old ability changes, you can no longer down a survivor if they are on the end of his harpoon instead hitting them will put them into deep wounds and if they are already in deep wounds it will lower their timer by 50% of its max (can down them by running out the deep wounds timer with 3 successful hits)

This is to try and make deathslinger into a fun mobility character and less stressful for normal looping of spam ads

in Let's rebalance Killers! Comment by bjorksnas March 21, 2021

@Shenshen said:
I thought about the same thing but when you think about it, it won't help at all. BHVR doesn't have the player numbers to split the community in casual and tryhard this is why this MMR system is there in the first place. In my opinion BHVR should reward players for hitting rank one (or red rank idk) so they have a motivation to play in high ranks. The issue right now is you get nothing for being high rank. Sure in the future you'll get BPs for hitting a certain rank but lets be honest, how long does it take to grind 250.000 BPs? exactly.

(pc) Dbd already has a split community, crossplay and crossplay off, mmr singlehandedly crippled that other half of the community which before mmr had faster queue time, better hit detection, and better players on average, I remember spending 10 minutes queuing just to not get into a match on crossplay off and 2 minutes to get into a crossplay on match but after the first one queue time matched crossplay off, the only thing this mmr is good for right now is adding more wait time for the same match making

in The right way and wrong way to do DBD MMR Comment by bjorksnas March 20, 2021

@Kilmeran said:
https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/2034027#Comment_2034027
You know, off topic, I haven't played Overwatch as a solo in over two years. Oh, I've played since its beta, don't get me wrong, but since early 2018 or so, I only login with the Friends & Family team. We only play QP, QPC, and Mystery Heroes. I walked away from Comp in 2017.
I bring that up because, as much as I hate SWFs over here, I do understand why it exists the way it does. I won't play Survivor here because it would have to be solo (none of my RL people care one bit about DbD).
Just a random thought.
Anyway, with BHVR admitting that their player numbers are too low to allow them to add new game modes to DbD because of what it would do to queue times, them adding extra queue options would suffer the same problem. DbD has a serious core issue. They claim it's sold over 5 million copies. Yet, the player base is so low they can't do new game modes (or your queue options). DbD has a serious player retention issue. But I'm fairly convinced BHVR cares more about short term profits over long-term gain, so that retention problem is unlikely to ever change.

The beta and first days after release was some of the most fun I ever had in overwatch just behind lucio ball, everything else paled in comparison after as they started to remove the things that were appealing to the game into nothing but a side gamemode and an afterthought and most problems in the game stem from it, once games such as overwatch stop following the fun they just aren't themselves anymore. They didn't make trickster to be good they made them to be fun. Soon I don't think that will be the case with design.

I just don't want to see dbd follow the same trend however I know that mmr isn't enough to kill dbd I do know it will worsen already bad queue times and make gameplay stale at high levels, you can only loop shack so many times against a good player before it loses its luster but seeing a rank 8 meg click a flashlight and instantly waste god pallet are some of the only reasons I can think of to keep going.

in The right way and wrong way to do DBD MMR Comment by bjorksnas March 20, 2021

@Kilmeran said:
https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/2033970#Comment_2033970
Correct. But my point is, even back at Overwatch's launch before they got competitive put in because they had to redesign aspects of it and it wasn't ready, Quick Play at launch still used a hidden MMR system for matchmaking.
Now, you say competitive drained the soul out of OW, which I agree with. But what you're proposing, in essence, is a separate competitive and casual mode. Meaning, you're asking to take DbD down the precise path that OW suffered.

This is true but its more along the lines of might was well leave some shell of its former self behind then no shell at all, some people still played overwatch because it at least has gamemodes where you don't get yelled at for playing what you want instead of goats or something

in The right way and wrong way to do DBD MMR Comment by bjorksnas March 20, 2021

@Kilmeran said:
https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/2033868#Comment_2033868
Why do you equate MMR with a hyper-competitive mode? I'm curious because in some of the other games I play, Overwatch and Paladins for example, their Quick Play casual modes use a hidden MMR system, whereas their competitive modes create matches based on player rank.

because they always find a way to drain fun from games, what happed to overwatch due to competitive play, everyone starts yelling and pointing fingers even in casual, hero stacking removed from casual and competitive, role lock in casual in a casual gamemode you can't have 6 people allowed to do what they want. Sure their quickplay modes have hidden mmr but if you played overwatch at release vs is current state, the game slowly lost what soul it had to it, and the turning point was competitive, if you think dbd is toxic now, just you wait and see what a ranked mode can do. Games with competitive usually stop being follow the fun and start being boring

in The right way and wrong way to do DBD MMR Comment by bjorksnas March 20, 2021

@[Deleted User] said:
like it's the same issue with "crossplay is an option, why do you have a problem with it?" thing. when you have no options at the beginning and then add in options later you are fundamentally changing the playerbase's population across the board. no change like that comes without downsides, and having 2 modes in DbD would have its own.
why not just leave well enough alone and keep making small improvements on what we already have instead of ######### around with new and unnecessary systems? would save a lot of development time and player frustration.

I play with crossplay off because it offers, better hitboxes, better players, better queue times

What mmr would bring, better players, the costs queue times, and the day it takes longer to queue into a match as either side than it does to play one is the day I drop this game

in The right way and wrong way to do DBD MMR Comment by bjorksnas March 20, 2021

@Orion said:
https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/2033865#Comment_2033865
They're not creating any problem. You'll still be able to change your crossplay settings when MMR is released.
https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/2033868#Comment_2033868
The fact that most people play to win tells me that the majority does not, in fact, want to play casually.

if they make a mmr system and it takes longer to get into matches that is by definition making a artificial problem, I don't really care about toggling crossplay but I do care if it takes longer to get into a match