stvnhthr

Behaviour's response has always been, "But Survivors can play SWF," so the game never needs to be adjusted to favor Survivors. There is so much which could be done to eliminate Tunneling, it just never is. It is kind of pointless to discuss.

in The Real Problem with Tunneling Comment by stvnhthr March 19, 2023

Good responses, thank you all. I've never dodged a lobby.

in How Often do you dodge games? Comment by stvnhthr March 16, 2023

Wow, that is some terrible game design. Seriously, who at Behavior comes up with this stuff? Broke keys, do nothing. Luck offerings do not increase luck. You can't make this stuff up. So much wasted potential.

in Do Luck offerings do anything? Comment by stvnhthr March 7, 2023

Switch the blood marks to streamers and confetti, give them a little goofy party hat with a "100" in gold on it.

in What would be a reasonable reward for prestige 100? Comment by stvnhthr February 28, 2023

@Predated said:
https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/3334774#Comment_3334774
Yes, and the points you got would also have been reverted. And besides, you would be an exception here, as every single other instance I have seen of DH works exactly like its supposed to.
This is a scenario of where video footage would be needed on both ends. Because these are things that could have happened:
you were going around the corner with DH, but DH input didnt reach the server untill the killer already swung(this is possible, the game predicts where you are going to run, so if you arent properly connected, the killer will be able to hit you)
you did use it too early, and the game desynced(which requires you to verify gamefiles to get it fixed)
Thats pretty much the only realistic reasons I can conclude without any video evidence

Again, you can't see when dh does not work correctly. Because when it does not work it shows nothing. It is impossible to see nothing.

To be honest lately I have not been getting as many successful dh's where it shows I blocked the hit, got the points , turned white and went down. The last week it has been mostly dh does nothing at all. It just never activates. In one game I tried three different timings. First one I timed correctly but it did not activate for a second. Next one I timed it one second early and it took 1.5 seconds to activate. So the next one I hit it 1.5 seconds early and it activated immediately. Three different timings, three different results, none of them consistent to the previous one. Half a second of dh on a game with incredibly flaky timing issues is ridiculous it is like trying to hit a moving target blindfolded. Since timing is a problem because of servers DH should be buffed so that it works correctly in most instances. I would be cool with the duration of dh not being set but like a golf handicap it changes for every game based off of ping.

in Halve exhaustion for dh Comment by stvnhthr February 25, 2023

Most killer perks are passive, that is they change the perimeters of the game to make it more challenging. They do not have to time anything, no button pushing involved. They just get more formidable stats and create a more difficult play environment for survivors. Survivor perks are mostly active perks, that is they require skill to use. All players using dh should expect with a minimal amount of skill to get some use out of the perk.

in Kill Dead Hard already! Comment by stvnhthr February 25, 2023

@DBDVulture said:
https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/3352460#Comment_3352460
Here's a video showing why you are dead wrong.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouFDP3Iz12s
We have a ~7k hour streamer who is essentially powerless against DH repeatedly throughout this match.
DH needs to have a HUGE negative to make it good but situational. It cannot keep "the third health state".
Either this means : using DH once makes you broken for the match OR DH is a once per game style perk OR it means all healing events take 100% longer for you or when directed at you.
In other words : you would heal so slowly you would waste all the time you gained in a chase using DH. You would basically play the game hurt and not worry about healing b/c you would have two health states as a result of DH.
Another clever poster suggested : DH gives an endurance effect but no sprint burst. This would also work.

So you just proved my point. You understand that right? You posted a video of a streamer with the highest level of internet bandwidth and a known close proxy to a server, which according to my argument would mean he would have success with dh in almost all his games.

in Kill Dead Hard already! Comment by stvnhthr February 25, 2023

@Sillymare said:
https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/3352859#Comment_3352859
A seasoned survivor is impossible to bait out their deadhard as they have learned to watch for animation and sound cues to activate it with perfect timing every time. Only way to catch them off guard is if you or they are lagging.

This is not true. There is no way to know when to hit dh or when it will activate based off of visual cues or animations, you get different results (if it works at all) every time. Even within a match the timing is different every time you use it. It is not dependable at all. Even when you time it right and get the points and the onscreen verification that it worked you go down about half the time.

I do not understand killer mains who complain. Killer is way easier than Survivor. I have a vision problem so first player perspective games make me motion sick. I have no perks and little experience with killer but the few times I've played as killer I get a 4k every time. Every time. Well one time I got a 2k and the other players quit.

in Kill Dead Hard already! Comment by stvnhthr February 23, 2023

@GentlemanFridge said:
With your first issue, we'd need to see some footage to tell what's happening. It sounds like latency, but I haven't hear anyone have it that bad before.
Your second issue is an input priority thing. As a tip, whatever you're looking at gets priority over 'always available' actions. With lockers/vaults, I can only say we've all been there. Try to press the button a bit later than you would. IIRC, the action you're about to do is displayed on the bottom of the screen. Get some practice in.

3000 hours in, so I have practice in. I'm talking about lately the prompts are screwed up, it has not always been this bad. The game has been super buggy as of late.

in Why have prompts been so slow Comment by stvnhthr February 23, 2023

And why are prompts so unpredictable? You run toward a window and hit the window to vault and instead you jump in a locker over a meter away. You want to self care but it will give you prompts for every other object in the room, vaults, pallets, totems, etc. Is this lag or poor programming?

in Why have prompts been so slow Comment by stvnhthr February 22, 2023

But DH gives killer more downs and hooks than the killer's own perks. DH needs fixed, but the current mindset at Behaviour is we want more killers, we want less survivors getting points or escaping. DH needs fixed, then we could actually see how it effects games.

in Kill Dead Hard already! Comment by stvnhthr February 21, 2023

Deadhard is a hail mary, if you are losing because of dh you are a weak killer. DH works as intended maybe 30% of the time? Maybe less. That means well over half the time when you play against someone using DH you get a free down and hook. In my most recent game I went down 3 times in the same game using DH. First time I used it and timed it correctly, it never activated. Next time I used it one second early, it never activated. Next time I thought, "Ahah, I will use it a second and a half early," it activated immediately. One game, three different random timings for dh, it is impossible to use in a consistent manner within a single game, let alone from one match to the next.

Everyone who complains about DH is actually saying they are getting by on bad hits and lag.

in Kill Dead Hard already! Comment by stvnhthr February 21, 2023

Was he buffed recently? He is appearing more and more and seems to be the current fav of toxic killers.

in I've giving up on Wraith Comment by stvnhthr February 21, 2023

I made a huge mistake. I thought in a game you could figure out when to hit dh based off of the lag from previous hits. YOU CANNOT, the lag is ever changing. This makes the current DH state so much worse. You really have no idea when to hit it, early, late, on time? No idea because timing changes constantly within a match.

in Halve exhaustion for dh Comment by stvnhthr February 21, 2023

@sanees said:
https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/365595/color-coded-perk-dots-for-both-killer-and-survivor-by-category
Learning the game is an important process, if you are constantly holding hands, then it is much less interesting

I do not see it as handholding. A player would still need to learn what the perks are, but this would be a guided learning process. It is the difference between going to school and instead of one class that is just "knowledge" it is subcategories for the knowledge so you get things like "math", science", and "art." It keeps the challenge of learning but gives structure to the process.

in Color Coded Perk dots for both killer and survivor by category Comment by stvnhthr February 21, 2023

@YOURFRIEND said:
No thank you. No more handholding please.
Besides, I already know what perks survivors are running. Dead hard, Windows, circle of healing and prove thyself. Don't need any indicators.

Well if you already know then it should make no difference to you. Your telekinesis helps you out, but for others it would be really helpful. Think of the community not just yourself.

in Color Coded Perk dots for both killer and survivor by category Comment by stvnhthr February 20, 2023

At this point Behaviour has enough income and data to add some new game modes. I would love to play DBD as a completely offline single player experience. All bot killers and all bot survivors. Imagine if DBD was like a single player adventure game where you have to beat every killer on every map as a survivor player and where as a killer you had to get 4k kills on every map. This would be fun when I am in an area where there is no internet and would also allow new players to learn the game.

in What would you do to make the game fun for new players? Comment by stvnhthr February 18, 2023

Okay if it is not a possibility to team survivors based off of similar skill together, is it possible to give some sort of "golf handicap" to the team? Like take the median skill score of the survivors and compare it to the skill score of the killer, and then assign a handicap based off of the size of the difference. Handicaps could be shorter heal times, shorter gen times, increased aura reading, etc.

I'm getting pretty good at being able to predict exactly how a game will turn out just from the load screen; how many gens will be done, who dies first, etc. If I can figure out how a game is going to go before one second of play there should be a way an algorithm can do the same thing and adjust the game accordingly.

in Idea for Matchmaking Comment by stvnhthr February 18, 2023

@MoNosEmpire said:
https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/364516/knights-ghosts-idea
They need to make it so jumping in a locker despawns the ghost lol

That would be too easy. You want a solution which is fair to both survivors and killers. Deadhard is not run by everyone so making it a solution to block ghost hits would not be OP. Since it is taking up a perk slot it should be a useful perk against any hit, not just the main killer. It works on Nemesis zombies, why not Knight's ghosts?

in Knight's ghosts idea Comment by stvnhthr February 17, 2023

@Blinckx said:
https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/3348696#Comment_3348696
This may happen only with the Assassin because of deep wound, other guards do not inflict deep wounds.
So basically you're running while in DW due the assassin's stab, the knight spawn another guard and yeah you can not use DH, but that's the same for Legion or Slinger
Also, the Knight is the only killer for god know why reason who has a buff to survivor built in his own power, if you pick up the banner, you have a speed boost and endurance.

I've never seen anyone pick up the banner, it is not really an option in actual gameplay.

in Knight's ghosts idea Comment by stvnhthr February 17, 2023

@Predated said:
https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/3334774#Comment_3334774
Yes, and the points you got would also have been reverted. And besides, you would be an exception here, as every single other instance I have seen of DH works exactly like its supposed to.
This is a scenario of where video footage would be needed on both ends. Because these are things that could have happened:
you were going around the corner with DH, but DH input didnt reach the server untill the killer already swung(this is possible, the game predicts where you are going to run, so if you arent properly connected, the killer will be able to hit you)
you did use it too early, and the game desynced(which requires you to verify gamefiles to get it fixed)
Thats pretty much the only realistic reasons I can conclude without any video evidence

It is impossible to tell when DH does not work from anyone's vantage point but the user. When it does not work you see nothing happen. How do you know when you are seeing nothing happen? Remember your experience with DH is all based off of how close you are to a server and how few exchanges your signal travels through. If you consistently see DH work you probably live close to a server, it is a whole different experience if you live in the boondocks. If you live in BFE you will always see poor DH performance; plus every single precision time based skill will be terrible. That is how DBD is made; you either have a great game or a horrible lag game. Those with a good experience are blessed and lucky, but they should not look down on those of us who have a poor experience. Be thankful.

in Halve exhaustion for dh Comment by stvnhthr February 17, 2023

@PowZapBamWoofMeow said:
Trial by fire is the best way to learn I think. If you have it easy the first X number of games, what are you going to learn?
Calm seas do not make a good sailor.

That is the current model, it drives new players away. Or it drowns sailors, to follow your analogy.

in What would you do to make the game fun for new players? Comment by stvnhthr February 17, 2023

@sizzlingmario4 said:
DH already does work against guards. Completely uncounterable if the survivor does it correctly.

What do you mean? If you deadhard and they hit you it counts as a blocked hit but you still go down. You get teh points but not the protection, how is that of benefit?

in Knight's ghosts idea Comment by stvnhthr February 17, 2023

@CosmicParagon said:
Knight is already the weakest Killer in the game besides MAYBE Trapper, he definitely does not need nerfs

Just wait, open maps with few loops or windows and a skilled Knight killer is torture. You are lucky if you think Knight is nearly as bad as Trapper. You have not met the new breed of Knight Killer with four Gen blocking perks.

in Knight's ghosts idea Comment by stvnhthr February 13, 2023

I think the main problem is there is not a protected core game mechanic. Just way too many perks to try to learn. There should be a base game where not everything can be changed by a perk which greatly alters gameplay. Add to that the fact lag is also a major factor in altering gameplay; it is hard to learn a game which has the tendency to screw players over frequently with bad lag problems.

So the current course DBD is on is new players will decrease, so there will probably be some attempt at giving the game away, which will result in worse games as new players play a few times and quit, and then the number of older players sticking around will decrease as frustrations trump fun.

in What would you do to make the game fun for new players? Comment by stvnhthr February 13, 2023

@Akumakaji said:
You are right, the game is very rough on new players and got quite the steep curve. Sadly I got no real solution myself, but I know that your solution would get very heavily exploited by the millions of free Epic Game store account some people got. Just start a new account to get that juicy 20 games of "know your killers perks" and feed that info to your SWF.

I think this is true, but probably not as big of a problem as it is made out to be. If you just want to play with a free Epic pass then you are not going to ever build up any characters. Let the cheats just keep making new accounts and being stuck at the shallow end of the player pool.

in What would you do to make the game fun for new players? Comment by stvnhthr February 13, 2023

@jinx3d said:
https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/3333778#Comment_3333778
another way to not go down is to play the game better and not rely on the busted third health state on command perk

The old "Get Gud" insult. Real classy. There is no way you can get good enough to compensate for a different unpredictable gaming environment every match. I guess you could say get wimpy, quit playing aggressively, avoid chases, hide in a locker, duckwalk the whole game, leave your teammates to die on hook. That is not my playing style.

I have all the characters, I have all the perks, I have 50+ of every item (common items I have over 300 of each.) I don't need bloodpoints, I don't need to level characters up. I play for the chases and interactions with the killers, that is what is fun for me. This means I am constantly in chase, constantly getting saves and taking protection hits. I play aggressively and want perks which perform at the same level I do-CONSISTANTLY. If a race car driver's car only performed well on certain days in certain races he would complain to his pit crew to fix it so it worked correctly everytime. Saying, "well in that race last week your brakes worked okay, why complain that in this race you had no brakes?" is silly. There should be consistency in the game, it is what I experience in Fortnite and COD (okay, relatively consistent.)

in Halve exhaustion for dh Comment by stvnhthr February 2, 2023

@Predated said:
https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/3333760#Comment_3333760
But... they fixed it like 1 year ago. Dead Hard is now a dedicated action. If a killer downs you if you "succesfully" used Dead Hard, then you didnt use it succesfully. Back in the day, killer ping was the main deciding factor for your Dead Hard to actually work. But now, if the killer's hit arrives at the server before your dead hard arrives at the server, then they simply hit you. If they arrive in the same order, Dead Hard even has priority.
So really, this is either a ping issue or a skill issue on your side.

No they did not fix it. I can run around a corner and hit dh before the killer even knows I am coming, I dart out in front of him, dh, turn white when he swings and hits (he is reacting, so he is hitting his button after me) and I will go down. I get the points, screen upper right says I successfully performed dh, I hit my key first, I turn white showing the hit was dh blocked, and I will go down. When you say I am not successfully using it, you mean I am not being successful at using it in a way which works in the current game environment. In other words, I did not use the perk in a way other than the perk's description describes.

in Halve exhaustion for dh Comment by stvnhthr February 2, 2023

@Blueberry said:
Yeah let’s just halve the cooldown on already the best perk in the game lol

I think there are some folks who live close to servers and other players so they have a totally different playing experience. Behaviour must only play test in house on a land network. There is no way if you experienced what real players do in the real world that deadhard would not be overhauled to work with actual gamer experiences. First game today against a doctor, I successfully dh three times one of them was dh and pallet drop. I stunned him with the pallet and blocked all three hits with dh; I went down and was hooked all three times. That is unacceptable for a game. Seriously something is really messed up with the game. I know how the perk is supposed to work, once in a blue moon all the variable are in alignment and I have a good game, but on the usual it is ridiculous how unreliable the perk is. Killers who complain are clueless, they either are poor killers and need the poor mechanics to assist them or they are not savvy enough to realize how many cheap downs they are getting. Any talk of nerfing DH is laughable, it gives killers so many unearned downs that a buff is unquestionably in order. Because of lag and latency 0.5 seconds is a high skillmark to try to reach; you aren't just timing it correctly, you are trying to read the computer's mind to figure out timing, latency, hitbox lag, and individual killer's swing times. Remember survivor's perks are almost all active skill based. Killer's rely on passive perks; that is they are not hitting a button or relying on timing, their perks are passive and change the game environment and parameters without timing or button hitting.

in Halve exhaustion for dh Comment by stvnhthr February 2, 2023

@Gandor said:
https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/3333776#Comment_3333776
he is basically complaining about lag hits (aka pokos). This is general problem with DBD that is for unknown reason much worse in this game then in any other online game (FPS games included - which makes it a little weird as those are more sensitive for this thing). It's not exclusive on DH. It includes M1 hits (especially next to windows), dropping pallet stunning killer but getting hit regardless, killers like huntress being able to hit you with hatched from behind the corner and so on.
https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/3333770#Comment_3333770
That's not how DBD works. In dbd the worse ping killer has, the better for him. When killer sees on his screen that the survivor is just in front of him, then he can push M1 and make the hit. It does not mean anything that the survivor is possibly 4m away behind some obstacle. The hit registers regardless, because killer's client sends information "I hit this survivor" instead of sending to server "I am here and hitting my M1 in this direction - server please tell me if that's a hit". This works also in the other direction - survivor when seeing killer somewhere where the killer is no longer can still stun him with that pallet. But the problem is, that most of the really important interactions are done on killer's side. This can be seen the best in chase - killer will get double benefit from this. When killer has ping and changes direction, then survivor will have that much less time to react to that change. It's only natural that survivors will complain about it.
That being said. I don't think DH should get any buff

You understand. Imagine if DBD worked like it is supposed to in all the instances you mention. It would be a funner game on both sides. I've worked in design on video games in the past and the problems with this game are bizarre, most game programmers I know are also perplexed at its poor performance in hit validation; they all can be mitigated with better code.