The State of killer right now is Abysmal......
TheSaltySaloon
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Between Busted loops, Insane Number of pallets, Meta survivor perks, Boon totems, Skill based Matchmaking, Pallet Validation and now Deadhard validation Killer is absolutely a void where fun just goes to die. Unless your ready to bust out the most boring meta killer builds and sweat your ass off, Killer is just BEYOND unfun right now. You can't even really just play a "chill" game of dbd where you don't care if you win or lose cause you'll probably get matched with a Tryhard SWF group whose soul purpose is to make the next 10 minutes of your life as miserable as possible.
honestly I don't know why killers face a penalty for DC'ing when Survivors are playing to MAKE Killers DC. Killers have to bite the bullet and put up with toxic games or face time outs. MEANWHILE when something doesn't go a survivors way they can easily just kill themselves on hook and get into the next lobby without hassle.
the final nail in the coffin for me is this deadhard "FIX" im happy for all the survivors that a once broken perk now functions "properly" now but from the killers POV its the biggest crock of bull imaginable. re-read everything I wrote from my first paragraph about how many advantages halfway decent survivors have, but imagine putting up with all that when chasing a survivor only for you to land a successful hit and then watch them eat it and power on. There's no more mind games anymore where the killer could try and bait out the dead hard. Instead the survivor just saves it for when the killer swings and tanks a free hit.
I can't take it anymore with this game.
I really think I'm at my wits end.
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I really must be playing a different game
Sounds like you need a break. I just started playing again yesterday from stopping early this year (I think idk it was before boons were a thing. After the twins dropped.)
Sure I ran into a few try hard teams but I didn't let them kill my good time. Maybe some time away now will let you have fun later.
And they also made an event just to screw over one side lol
Pretty bad drought for fun as killer ever since Mikaela commandeered totems.
Hit validation isn’t one sided. It may seem annoying but it was good for the game.
I like thinking the Devs are getting the results of all killer games, so if you don't do a good job in a killer match, they'll see and notice if killers are underperforming.
killers just completely exaggerate I swear like 😂
Hope you enjoy long survivor Quees cause this type of "Everything's totally fine" attitude is why a lot of killers are leaving.
why don't you go play killer longer than a couple hours, and you will see
What killers do you play?
I mean you kinda go overboard with it but you are kind of right. Dead hard is not anymore a "press E before the swing" its now a "wait for the animation to swing then press E" which is absolutely retardet. Killer is STILL stressfull these days but dont pretend it wasnt like that before, it got even less stressfull with our fancy new anti gen perks.
Yes hit validation is anti killer atm and Killer isnt really the mode of having fun, its more like a stress test for your brain but we got over time more and more changes that helped the Killers. I'd say go take a break and come back a few months or so. Thats even better that way cuz then survivors have even longer que times :) Thats how you get your revenge, they are already complaining, if more killers stop playing then you can show BHVR that way that Killer still is not fine atm.
Is it really that bad? Honestly I’m having tons of fun playing clown atm and getting pretty consistent 2-3k’s without camping or tunnelling.
to be fair so do survivors its just people who cant admit they arent as good as they think they are
I love how it's always Killer mains bringing up those supposedly long queues but never the Survivor mains themselves lmao.
Insta queues during the day and never longer than 5 minutes during the evening/night.
Now I play without meta perks, don't control gens, don't camp, don't tunnel, just play for 4 BBQ stacks, doing the challenge, giving max 2 hooks per surv, and then let everyone escape. This is the only way I'm not stressed anymore. And still survs are toxic as hell even when I had a chance to kill them a few times but let them live.
Civ?
Welcome to the true way to play killer.
Just don't care about the trial anymore and ignore survivor feedback completely and you might find fun again.
It is a mind game. If you dc your mind broke and all the bp you earned is lost. You need to be stoic as a killer or just take a break.
Ah man, I've been toying around with the both scourge hooks on clown and it's been a blast. Especially with party bottles.
Taking a break doesn't work, the core issues still remain once you return. It doesn't matter how many days pass between my sessions, I'm equally frustrated and livid after just playing a single match. The constant abuse of second chance perks and the complete removal of killer pressure by a perk like CoH truly removes any actual fun the killer could extract from the game. Games are supposed to help you relax and to make you experience fun, playing DbD meanwhile feels like an actual job. And the worst thing is: you don't get paid for it.
Yeah pain resonance is a game changer for him imo. I’ve been running surge, STBFL, BBQ and pain resonance to great effect
If you want to chill a little, try some roleplay with my obsession challenge :
The way I deal with this is to actively not play the current killer meta. Think about it. The current killer meta is all about getting a down and hook quickly then snowballing like crazy off that hook with BBQ and Pop or Ruin to shred the gen of whoever goes for the save. If that first chase takes a little too long, that entire plan falls to pieces. Also that game plan is much more stressful. Because you know if you don't kick off the snowball, you will flounder ridiculously hard. Dead Hard's buff makes that plan falling to pieces much more likely.
Let me tell you something. Having the first time Dead Hard is even usable be after you've already inflicted a decent amount of damage to the Survivors is pretty great.
as i say to everyone who says killer is unfun do what i do
play scratched mirror myers
tombstone myers
or any meme build
shack fortress trapper
gen grabber wraith
Wallhack wraith
devour hope billy
whack-a-mole billy
Bamboozle nurse
A N Y M Y E R S B U I L D
litteral Jumping scare hag
impossible skill check doctor
gen hostage doctor
iri huntress
S P E E D huntress
basement bubba
cars 4 bubba returns
Fake pallet freddy
50% pig
Anti Loop clown
everywhere at once spirit
gen grabber spirit
2000 year mend legion
no healing legion
wallhacks plague
infinite gen sickness plague
urban evasion ghostface
Stealth demo
Tracking dart oni
Endgame basement camping deathslinger
Cage only pyramid head
8 charge blight
Exit defender twins
Iridescent knife trickster
racecar zombie nemesis
Stealth pinhead
Legion v2 pinhead
no way out v2 artist
all these builds are fun to use and work most of the time, and best of all if you lose atleast you had fun
Or maybe. We can keep complaining and making our point about how ######### map balance is. That well hopefully get change in the future. So playing meme builds with the expectation of 4 out every game isn't needed.
Does it matter?
You shouldn't have to play specific killers just to have fun.
I literally don't play Killer, and haven't for years, because of how unfun and stressful it is.
Honestly they should make all maps size smaller and change completely safe pallets into weaker loops. And making breaking breakable wall animation faster like 1.3 seconds.
It's funny that all these nerfs are being called for on survivors, yet when the developers presented the most recent sets of data, it's showing killers as over-performing, not survivor. Also, it's really interesting that there was a tournament recently where all perks were allowed and killers were getting roughly 2 kills per match.
Then again, this forum can sometimes become an echo chamber.
You're assuming I don't play longer than a few hours?
I play a lot of killer, just as much as survivor.
I just don't exaggerate.
I keep thinking about surge but at the same time I don't wanna dump agitation as I've gotten some down to the second pain hooks with it. Choices choices....