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@SpyUA said:
https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/4104690#Comment_4104690
What? It's not an easy thing to fix

Actually they did fix it, then because they bend over backwards for killer mains they removed it because it was stopping killers from getting free hits and kills.

in people holding 200+ ping should not be allowed to ready up as killer. Comment by esarraf August 3, 2026

@Angy_Quentin said:
https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/4104797#Comment_4104797
As most perks are. Franklins had a purpose as a standalone perk, even if it just countered items. Now it's a dead perk slot at worst and an inconsistent aura provider at best.

Again no. If you look at peoples item's in the lobby and they are all bringing medkits then that's a lot of time wasted going back for their medkits rather then on gens.

in Bring back Franklins Comment by esarraf August 3, 2026

@TheMruczek said:
https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/4104702#Comment_4104702
Yeah becouse it's beyond useless. The only thing going for it was to drain medkits and it cannot do that

No? Franklins was a very strong perk. Being able to essentially remove the survivors power by just hitting them with an m1 was very powerful.

in Bring back Franklins Comment by esarraf August 3, 2026

@Angy_Quentin said:
https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/4104702#Comment_4104702
Sorry, my bad. Old franklins gave people an incentive to come back for their item FAST. It created a side objective you usually didn't want to ignore. Current franklins is a light inconvenience at best and you can pick up your item whenever its efficient.

Again not really? If it was a medkit it was probably dead the second you got hit, maps were never worth risking anything for, toolboxes yet again you'll lose more time than save going for it, flashlights I guess but after so many nerfs I can't imagine the point in risking anything for it. I'll give you keys though, if you are playing soloq having an escape option is good.

Either way I don't think it was a particularly healthy perk since it heavily punished soloq and was almost totally ineffective against swf after the first hit.

in Bring back Franklins Comment by esarraf August 3, 2026

@Angy_Quentin said:
I loved old franklins because people actually had an incentive to get their item back. Now it's only a support perk for some aura reading.

Huh? No new franklins actually gives people an incentive to go back for their item. Old was just it's gone and a waste of time to go for since it'll probably have at most like 20% left.

in Bring back Franklins Comment by esarraf August 3, 2026

@AliceNull said:
https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/4104323#Comment_4104323
I genuinely understand where you're coming from, but I do disagree about their effects not being strong enough. The unfortunate truth is that even as far as support perks go, boons (when actually balanced, dark theory is in need of a buff and luckily likely to see one in the midchapter) are pretty much doomed to be unpopular. Its not necessarily a strength thing - I mean, circle of healing in its current state is actually a really solid effect, especially when combined with shadow step as a safe reset point - but they're both less self reliant and less consistent overall, especially if you don't have totem spots down (and who can blame anyone for that) or don't have a map with flint to run.

I mean, even some pretty crazy powerful perks see little play for these reasons, and boons are more upper mid tier solid effects. If game winning perks like Shoulder The Burden, or otherwise very strong perks like Duty of Care see very little play outside of the highest level, boons - which aren't these really extreme top tiers like shoulder or IMO deeply underrated support effects like Duty - don't stand a chance. And because they DO apply to the entire team for one perk slot, BHVR has to be really careful in how they're balanced, otherwise you get - like you mentioned - old Circle Of Healing, which was a good chunk of the survivor half of the worst overall meta to exist since the turn of this decade.

Circle is the weakest boon except illumination because tbh illumination is a joke. Seriously the odds of it saving time are almost zero due to the fact you are spending a lot of time to set it up AND it requires two people to spend time running into the boon. Are there times where it's okay? Sure but let's not pretend it's not like bottom of C tier for perks.

Also Duty of care is an outdated concept for a perk since it does effectively nothing. Seriously nearly every killer now has some way to either ignore a person bodyblocking or just instantly catch back up to the person they are trying to tunnel out. Blight, Spirit, Jason, Billy, all catch up rapidly which is really annoying and that's not even going into the issue of insta down killers making it a null perk since you can't really take hits with it. It's a terribly designed perk since you can only get decent value out of it against killers like trapper and skullmerchant. AND that's assuming you take the hit in the tiny radius for it to activate.

in Fruits of your Labor should be reversed. Comment by esarraf August 2, 2026

@Arcturus said:
https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/4104298#Comment_4104298
Yeah, but 5% regression on a generator and .25 charges a second regression is not nearly enough when killers need a perk that on hook regresses 20% instantly 4 times in a match, and maybe another perk to increase gen kick regression after every hook to a total 20% in order to consistently do alright in normal lobbies. It could be small, like increasing basekit to 7% regression and 0.35 c/s, but it should be changed. And I'm a survivor main

Yeah pain res is too strong of a perk and should be nerfed I know.

in add more chests on the map Comment by esarraf August 2, 2026

One of the best ways to change the meta would be to release perks that actually counter the meta. Like if say steadfast protected all generators in it's range from any non kick regression events instead of the nothing it does now that would not only not be too strong but it'd also make killers have to think before slapping on four regression perks.

in How would perks changes look like so we are not stucked in same stale meta Comment by esarraf August 1, 2026

@AliceNull said:
https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/4104000#Comment_4104000
The point of boons isn't to be crazy efficient on its own merits as a singular person, they're team support perks. When I say it works well with a large number of perks, I'm not referring to stacking as much gen speed as possible, I'm talking alongside the other boon roster, Lend a Hand, Flow State, other perks that synergize without being direct increases. If you have bless speed bonuses, or other boon perks, it becomes MUCH more time efficient. Its not going to be hard meta or anything, but its easily a decent perk even just considering the parts of it that are a boon version of Prove Thyself that still boosts solo repair.

At its absolute worst (numbers wise), assuming one instance of diminishing returns on every single person working the gen, the effect is still a teamwide Deja Vu that has the downside of setting time and being temporarily removable, but the upside of only taking up one perk slot to benefit multiple people and not needing any individual person on your team there to get the benefit. I would also like to point out that Deja Vu AND Prove Thyself both see play as reasonable picks.

But none of those effects are actually strong enough to really warrant perk slots. I get what you are saying but this is why boons died out with circle getting killed. Without any actually good effects that will really help the team it's largely not worth running any boons even if it helps multiple people theoretically.

in Fruits of your Labor should be reversed. Comment by esarraf August 1, 2026

For real, I can't wait to see all the floods of people saying she's F tier while playing her like she's the same as any other killer.

in Judgement is a Sniper Comment by esarraf August 1, 2026

@Arcturus said:
https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/4104219#Comment_4104219
Yeah maybe, although I think if we wanted to see less Pain Res, Pop, Corrupt, etc., killers would probably have to also have some kind of basekit regression buff and the perks would have to be nerfed

They already got that. Generators used to not have a basekit 5% regression when you kicked them.

in add more chests on the map Comment by esarraf August 1, 2026

@Arcturus said:
https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/4104186#Comment_4104186
It could honestly be fine, I just don't want another Franklin's + Weave situation from when Vecna 1.0 first came out. That was just super annoying, and especially with the new killer being so good at capitalizing off of aura reading the idea of having something like that is scary

Trust me I get it. That crap was so broken. But at the same time I do think killers should have some good builds and encourage something other than pain res. If it becomes broken then the perk can change but ultimately chests and their related perks are in dire need of a buff.

in add more chests on the map Comment by esarraf August 1, 2026

@Arcturus said:
https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/4103958#Comment_4103958
yeah the issue is that 1. it affects you through walls and floors 2. the killer at the very least guaranteed sees you get on the chest and 3. the killer can close it again. if there are a large enough number of chests on the map, you might find yourself constantly getting aura read through walls or especially on 2 story maps through ceilings where you have no idea where the chest in question is, and even if you find it the killer could close it again. Not saying adding 1 or 2 chests would be a bad thing or make this overpowered, but once you start adding 3 or 4 it could be.
That said though I do think that there should be 1 or 2 more chests per match, and personally i think Ace in the Hole should become basekit (or maybe with just one addon, or weaker odds). I think that would make killer perks that effect chests actually worth using and actually incentivize survivors to open chests.

Sure but I don't really mind this? I don't think it'd be too strong and we should generally be encouraging more niche builds. If it gets to be too strong we can readjust the perk itself. Still I don't really mind killers having aura reading like that.

in add more chests on the map Comment by esarraf August 1, 2026

Terrible idea, Ghoul is already a blight on the game we don't need to ruin fun game modes by introducing them.

in Freddy and ghoul in 2 vs 8 Comment by esarraf July 31, 2026

@ThatRyanB said:
https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/4103403#Comment_4103403
Out of interest, what feels different for you this time around?

It's like 90% ghouls and more people are tunneling, really shows why there should be basekit anti tunnel features.

in Chaos shuffle is showing the true skill on both sides. Comment by esarraf July 31, 2026

@dangersmymidd1ename said:
https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/4103960#Comment_4103960
Yes, no flashlight, pallet saves or sabo possible - and they get Killer Instinct on survivors who are also eligible for Exile, after sending one there. And their power is increased.

Yeah which is also kinda lame, like I get it's part of their power but they are doing this with Jason too where just certain ways to play the game are totally or partially negated by basekit killer powers and it just reinforces the fact that genrushing is the only thing left for survivors.

in Why doesn't saving from exile injure? Comment by esarraf July 31, 2026

@Linkdouken said:
https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/4103797#Comment_4103797
Because it would serve more of a purpose to send them to exile instead of just hooking. Can they? Then that's even more of a reason

Except that's already a fairly good reason. It gets the killer back into the match instantly to keep applying pressure. I think people just straight up forgot how powerful remote hooking was during the anniversary event. Over the course of the match being able to save easily over a minute or even two of carrying someone to a hook is nothing to sneeze at. Sure there's the argument that you don't get access to pain res but ultimately you can just bring a different perk.

in Why doesn't saving from exile injure? Comment by esarraf July 31, 2026

@Oputeev_Stas said:
should be max 4 for me because Draculas perk will be even more stronger and I don't wanna constant wallhacks on me it's kinda cheesy and low skill

Actually you can counter that perk by just opening up the chest if I recall correctly.

in add more chests on the map Comment by esarraf July 31, 2026

@100PercentBPMain said:
my knowledge may be outdated, its hard to keep up with dbd but do chests still interfere with killer powers? I remember the meta against Xenomorph was to put up chest coins to further weaken their power.
I want more chests for survivors I just don't want it impacting killers or even ruining loops for either side

That got patched awhile ago I believe so killer props take priority in the event of a conflict.

in add more chests on the map Comment by esarraf July 31, 2026

Yeah it's objectively just a worse adrenaline now. There's no point in it if it only activates when you finish a gen. Like if the percentage was higher so you regain something like forty or fifty per token when you pop a gen during the match I could see the vision but it's just a nothing perk as it is now.

in Fruits of your Labor should be reversed. Comment by esarraf July 31, 2026

I'm still waiting for the day they make 90% of survivor add-ons not garbage. Sadly they removed most of the good ones making it 95% hot garbage.

in New killer add ons problematic not fair to older killers Comment by esarraf July 31, 2026

Tbh I'm more sad about the perks. There were interesting ideas but the devs just don't have the will to make anything interesting.

in Please Silence The Chorus of Cringe Comment by esarraf July 31, 2026

@Massquwatt said:
Apocalyptic Ingenuity is getting buffed? That's cool, I still kinda wish it's activation wasn't directly tied to chests though. I think having it on a 120 second cooldown or something while opening/rummaging chests cuts it's cooldown in half would be a way better idea. Those temporary pallets really aren't worth being tied to such a limited resource like chests considering that currently running the perk on the own can maybe net you…one pallet which is nuts.

It's turning from a F tier perk to a D tier. No one's going to use it because it's still hot garbage but it's something I guess.

in add more chests on the map Comment by esarraf July 30, 2026

@GentlemanFridge said:
https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/4103840#Comment_4103840
I have. It was a slog. I thought we agreed on that.
It's really not comparable.

Except I just did compare it because it is comparable.