mca240

@tjt85 said:
We have bad matchmaking because we have fast matchmaking. If you play at a time when less players are likely to be playing, of course it's going to pull in players of any and all MMRs. It's the only way it can fill a lobby in a reasonable amount of time for both the Killer and Survivors. I'm willing to bet that 2 minute wait for you was probably like a 5 minute wait for the Killer.
Anyone who's played off peak knows the system will cook up the wildest lobbies. I doubt there's so many players on the PTB that it's impacting the matchmaking all that much (maybe only a tiny bit). This is just the standard off peak DBD experience.

It wasn't different yesterday at peak hours. Yes, most PC players are on the PTB right now.

in The answer to “why do we have bad matchmaking” Comment by mca240 November 9, 2023

I just don't understand, what the developers want. I am a decent survivor, not the best but definitely not the worst. Pre 6.1 my escape rate was about 50-70%. They wanted killers to be "stronger". Ok. Hence the buffs. They have progressively nerfed survivor since (mainly because of the premades, HUD was the only buff). My escape rate has dropped to around 25% over time, not because of my skills but because of increasingly worse teammates. My escape rate has been 10% since the PTB came out (I played a lot since time off). I mean, at this rate I just don't feel like playing survivor anymore. What is the point of playing a game, where you know you'll loose? I don't care waiting a couple of minutes more if I am getting decent teammates. Right now I'll only play to get the Tome done and then just abandon the game.

in The answer to “why do we have bad matchmaking” Comment by mca240 November 9, 2023

@Archol123 said:
https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/396573/your-anti-facecamp-mechanic-was-a-complete-waste-of-resources
People cannot face camp that well anymore and since that is what they wanted it is a success... People were able to proxy camp before already, therefore nothing really changed in that regard...

After removing hook grabs face camping was already less of an issue. The real problem is proxy camping. Pyramid Head waiting charged with his trail to hit you as soon as you come off hook, Deathslinger spearing you and so on. The answer is: do generators. But in SoloQ this almost never happens. It is so disheartening to see an entire group of players getting screwed over by bad teammates and cheap tactics.

The work they put into this could have been better spend elsewhere.

in Your anti-facecamp mechanic was a complete waste of resources Comment by mca240 November 9, 2023

@Anti051 said:
It can't be inevitable that all generators will get completed, that's a proverbial cakewalk.
Both concepts of 'survivors powering the gates' as well as 'killers stopping gates from being powered' need to be well within the scope of reason, otherwise we wouldn't be playing a game.
Pop Goes the Weasel was previously over-nerfed with the near negligible '20% of current progress,' but is presently fine with the '30% of current progress' alteration opposed to the original 25% of the entire progress bar with each use.

Survivors had a lot more resources pre 6.1 and were in a much better spot.

in Pop needs toning down Comment by mca240 November 9, 2023

@I_CAME said:
Pain Res pop combo is indeed too strong on high tier killers. I think as we balance the maps, buff killers, nerf survivor perks, etc it might be time to talk about stacking four gen perks being a bit much in the average match. Having some sort of hard limit on how many regression/slowdown perks someone can bring might be a good idea. There's no good reason a Nurse should be able to bring four slowdown perks. How are you even supposed to win against this if the killer is remotely competent? I think the right solution would just be to nerf Nurse and Blight but Behavior seems opposed to this at the present time for whatever reason. I do expect it will happen eventually but who knows how long that will be.

Combine this with…suboptimal (ahum) matchmaking and even non high tier killers will win matches. Example: I played a match against a Huntress who sent themselves to Midwich. My fellow players kept going down. After my 2 gens got obliterated by Pain Res, she came out with Pop. Fun, a match dragging on forever and ended by bad matchmaking.

in Pop needs toning down Comment by mca240 November 9, 2023

@Archol123 said:
https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/3580589#Comment_3580589
Both sound horrible, single blink would just make everything a guessing game, whereas the lunge results in the issue of survivors hitboxes blocking your blinking spot and essentialy making it impossible to be in hit distance if you blinked from further away... If consider addons she is most likely not the strongest killer anymore, because hers don't really add much to her kit, whereas Blight becomes a lot stronger. She is already skillfull to play as you basically need to know what objects block your blink and what is behind the wall you are blinking at.

Skilful to play? Please, 20 matches with her and you're good. Nurse is overpowered and something needs to change. I know one of both will heavily impact her, that is the idea.

in It's time we visited the nurse once again for a nerf that makes sense... Comment by mca240 November 8, 2023

You mean you cannot last more than 30 seconds in chase and he is completely overtuned? Yeah, well done…they just made him better than Blight…

in Trickster is good :D Comment by mca240 November 8, 2023

Ultimate sollution to actually make her skillful to play? Single blink or castrate her lunge (make her lunge like tier 1 Myers).

in It's time we visited the nurse once again for a nerf that makes sense... Comment by mca240 November 8, 2023

@RpTheHotrod said:
Can't pop a regressing gen, so it doesn't combo with PR unless you tapped it for the killer.
Also, pop got a significant nerf, not a buff.
Also also, PR is very manageable. Only works 4 times in a match, does damage between 1-25% depending on how much progression the most progressed gen has, AND you're supposed to get a gen that's safe from killer patrol (ie far away from 3 gen area) to 99% to eat all of the tokens. You can completely nullify PR's effect by juicing a decoy generator. PR is all about countering it properly. Be lazy or make the mistake of completing what would be a perfect decoy gen is a fault of the survivors, not of a busted perk. You have to manage certain perms just like killers do.

I don’t know what you are on about.

4x 25% regression is huge
30% of a generator’s progress is a lot, up from 20% since the last buff
Pair this with the strongest killers and not a generator gets done for minutes

Prior 6.1 survivors had a lot more means to stay longer in chase without going down and the gen time was shorter.

in Pop needs toning down Comment by mca240 November 8, 2023

I am not even going to bother to read through the messages. Fact is, Blight’s addons are way overtuned and outclass every killer in the game. His addons are in despirate need of a nerf and this hasn’t changed since release. It blows my mind that the developers simply ignore this, even though 90% of the player base agrees.

in Im just giving up immediately against Blight from now on... Comment by mca240 November 8, 2023

@jesterkind said:
https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/3579430#Comment_3579430
The reason they can't (or shouldn't) do something like that is that it's a nuclear option that'd affect many more players than the types you're trying to mitigate.
Not everyone in a SWF is even trying all that hard. The game has a thriving casual playerbase that just like to hop on with their friends and play a few matches. Start placing serious barriers they have to navigate before they can even queue, and a lot of them would just drop the game because it wouldn't be worth the hassle.
So that's the downside, right? Let's look at the upside: Some specific perks get marginally less strong, and the overall strengths of SWF remain exactly the same. Coordinating bringing multiples of any one thing really doesn't register as a benefit, and, you'd still have four Adrenalines proc at once in games against solo queue so you haven't even gained the removal of that particular annoyance.
It's not hard to see why this is a broad sweeping change meant paradoxically for very specific problems, too. Do we really care if a stacked SWF all bring four Quick & Quiets? Four Red Herrings? Four Corrective Actions? It's only even appearing like a problem because of the strongest options, and even then, barring specifically premades from using more than one doesn't even fix that entirely.
SWF really aren't the scary boogeyman they're often positioned as, but they are stronger than solo queue, by a noticeable margin. The reason for this is that they have better information gain without the need for perks, and they can trust their teammates to play... predictably, if not completely optimally. Neither of those strengths are affected by this proposed change, so it really doesn't achieve much beyond harming the game's health overall.

Thank you for actually reading the content of my post as per most of the others per above. You have valid points. What would you suggest?

in So, when are the developers finally going to do something about stacking premades? Comment by mca240 November 7, 2023

@GolbezGarlandGabrant said:
Can you blame people though for want to SWF. SoloQ is a killer stomping ground.

I don’t blame people. I play only solo myself. But these hyperefficient, meta SWFs are a curse for the game and do the opposite and stomp any non S-tier killer

in So, when are the developers finally going to do something about stacking premades? Comment by mca240 November 7, 2023

@jesterkind said:
What exactly would you propose they do, though?
They can't just disable the ability to play with your friends outright, that'd be ridiculous. They can't put serious restrictions on people for playing with their friends either, for the same reason.
Genuinely, what do you expect them to do beyond just monitoring what strong players (SWF included) are making use of and adjusting it accordingly?

My proposal would be: people in a premade are not allowed to share perks or items. So only one people can bring Adrenaline, another can bring a medkit. So not 4x adrenaline or 4x a medkit for example. This would them less overpowered.

in So, when are the developers finally going to do something about stacking premades? Comment by mca240 November 7, 2023

@Pulsar said:
You know, sometimes I can't tell if it's 2016 or 2023.
We always circle back to remove SWF

Did I say remove SWF?

in So, when are the developers finally going to do something about stacking premades? Comment by mca240 November 7, 2023

@please_explain said:
https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/3579299#Comment_3579299
Maybe Nurse is the strongest killer in the game but she is boring af to play and some ppl don't even touch her since she is so difficult to master so bringing Nurse into this discussion is not a valid point. For reference I haven't played against a Nurse in like 3-4 weeks.

Nurse isn't hard to master. But besides that, she is boring to play. This discussion is not about me winning or loosing. But it is about them being grossly overpowered and thus making 95% of the killer roster unviable. It is really sad. The gap between even a good solo team and a good premade is miles apart. The game should not be like this.

in So, when are the developers finally going to do something about stacking premades? Comment by mca240 November 7, 2023

Play who you want. I decided to play Demogorgon in the last 24 hours. I stopped simply because all I get are gen rushing SWFs. It just isn't fun because Demogorgon cannot keep up. I'll slow down when I notice it is a team of solos.

in So... Is Skull Merchant still considered a hugely hated killer or am I allowed to enjoy playing as Comment by mca240 November 7, 2023

@SimpleSage said:
People act like you can't criticize new and returning things lmao. It's the best time to complain about issues because everyone is looking at it, if you wait too long it just gets swept under the rug for months if not years.
Anyway, absolutely agree that the map should have been retouched before releasing it. I didn't play when ST was first here so this is a completely new map for me and let me tell you as survivor it's definitely something, the indoor syndrome I get from the map is crazy.
It takes all the less favorable qualities from all the other indoor maps and rolls them all into one.
The Second and Third floor have the confusing maze like layout similar to RPD, especially RPD - West Wing. Both of these floors have quite a few empty rooms and dead ends.
The First Floor is like Lery's/Midwch but worse. Its the maze of hallways that all look the same with tons of blocked doors and a few random rooms that make you stop and look at them and think, "What is going on in here?" . Unlike Lery's that has the giant signs, in different colors that you can use to orient yourself if you get lost and even find gens, I didn't see anything obvious that said "Gen this way" or "You're by (insert room with discernible feature here, like the portal room)." This meant I spent ages running up and down halls that looked exactly like each other.
And then put Gideon Pallets and Borgo/Red Forest clutter in a blender, add some Hawkins flavoring and blend until fine. Then dust the map like you're sprinkling powered sugar on a waffle to finish the map off and make it cluttered. There is so much clutter TMC could film their next episode of Hoarders on the map.
It 100% needs some love, they don't need to go crazy and do a full rework, but give it a touch up for sure.
Reduce some of the clutter, add some sort of signage that is visible to help navigation and a visual cue to gen locations, and honestly it would probably improve a lot. And maybe brighten some areas of the map just a little, I had an Onryo match yesterday, and half the tvs are so so easy to walk right by because they blend in soo well.

This is actually good feedback! I hope the developers read it. I played some survivor today and yes, I forgot how disorientating this map could be with the closed doors and everything looking the same.

in Hawkins National Laboratory has some broken loops Comment by mca240 November 7, 2023

@XshyguyX said:
https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/3578363#Comment_3578363
Seriously? Do you not remember the headache this map was?
If they rework it... sure. But as it was? No way. It was a terrible map.
Like I said game 2.0. With way less safe pallets.

The person said “killer sided” map. I would like to know, why they say that. I would like to hear their experiences.