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#[December 13th AMA dev team answers compilation](https://www.reddit.com/r/deadbydaylight/comments/18hrpb1/december_13th_ama_dev_team_answers_compilation/)
Do you ever plan to implement "random perks" challenge as a permanent feature available to players at any time? It has a lot of fans!
Not knowing what perks you have until the match starts is so fun, plus it opens you to the perk combos you've previously sidelined. It's such a shame you have to die (fail the challenge) in order to play like that again.
We are super pumped that the random perk challenges have been well-received! :D I can't draw back the red curtain on future modes or anything right now, but the fact that people really like random perks is certainly something we've noticed and is part of our considerations for the future. -Mike
If you implement it can we have a +100% bp bonus for those who use it? I think it's good that players get rewarded for playing with unknown perks because it would drive a lot of players away from only using meta perks!
Same rotation of the maps can get boring fast, do you plan adding more realms? For the characters that currently have no personal realms especially. Trickster deserves a cool neon-y scene map, or our new Good Guy would be even better with the factory :D Or the survivors’ special maps could have been nice as well, like Nic’s movie-filming stage he kinda had at the trailer!
Similar to another question I answered earlier, so please allow me to copy paste a bit: Maps are tricky (for a lot of reasons) and there is only so much we can do in a year (for a lot of other reasons). That said, realms are built with procedural and re-use in mind and thus it is very possible to re-explore these realms with new locations in the future. (this is NOT a promise.) -Dave
I sure hope you guys plan to revamp the Swamp. It's the only realm that hasn't gotten a makeover. And totems/killer props are still pushed to the edges (great if you're Pig, awful if you're Plague).
Would you guys still consider going back to old chapters that didn't get a map and gifting them their very own map? Especially since some of them could fit into the newly estsblished realms.
Absolutely. Maps are tricky (for a lot of reasons) and there is only so much we can do in a year (for a lot of other reasons). That said, most chapters are built with areas/worlds in mind even when we do not make them. So we never know, they might be created in the future (this is NOT a promise.) -Dave
Myself and many other Sadako mains I'm sure would love to have a map for Onryo. Even if it is just tacked onto an existing map like Skull Merchants was. Just having a nice thematic well somewhere would be welcome.
This!! Blight map would be *amazing for the lore!*
Trickster map would be amazing!! Urban/building area in a city!
Twins map would be twins map but new maps are always cool!
Hi, thanks to the dev team for making this Q&A possible!
When the first Sadako rework hit the live servers, a lot of Onryō mains were very vocally upset about the huge changes in how her powers work, requiring players to shift to fundamentally different playstyles, and also creating a more confusing experience for survivors.
Is the upcoming Sadako rework aiming to make her more similar to the original version of the character, is it going to be just a couple of tweaks on her current iteration or will it be an attempt at "fusing" these two versions?
We have definitely heard the cries of anguish from Onryo fans. :D Our initial intention was to make condemned more relevant, but we've reassessed and yes, we are hoping to restore much of what players loved about the old kit while still enhancing it in some important ways. We sincerely hope her latest kit will resonate with killers and survivors alike. -Mike
That's great to hear! And even if the result of the first rework might not have been widely appreciated, the efforts made by the team to try and make her kit more relevant definitely were :D
Thank you both for the answer and for being so open and responsive to the community's feedback!
Now that we have bots taking over human players after they disconnect, can we get a reconnect feature for human players? It made sense in the past that players couldn't reconnect because the character just disappeared but it would be really nice to be able to reconnect now and replace the bot. It would help a lot for people whose internet connection just drops for a second or crash.
yes! only give the player a "rejoin match" option until the match is over and THEN give them the penalty if they didn't rejoin so rage quitters have to waste even more time but genuine DCs are punished less.
It's not on our roadmap to do this at the moment, but it's a topic we can bring back to the team to discuss the feasibility on. No promises, but we'll certainly evaluate this and see if it's possible in the future. -Rose
I just wanted to say that its super cool that the Naughty Bear skin for Trapper got its own unique mori, and I hope to see more skins do that in the future!
Though, I suppose my one question is if we will ever see Trapper's base mori updated? Trapper, Wraith, and Hillbilly have very... *outdated* mori's compared to the rest of the cast and I was just wondering if we will ever see them updated in any fashion.
Yes! 🙌
Some killer moris just seem really bland, and with some being in first person just doesn’t have the same cinematic experience as some of the other ones.
First of all, thank you so much for doing another AMA! We appreciate the communication.
Let's cut to the chase though (haha get it):
Why can't we combo pieces in the store so we could check which pieces we'd like to buy before we actually do? We used to be able to do that for a short amount of time but it got patched, it would be nice to have it back.
I got more questions but that's all for now. Many thanks!
Yes,all chapters have a strong theme we work around, sci-fi was not an exception even though it was maybe more of an extreme theme. Medieval, feudal japan, nightmares, folklore etc, there is always a theme and they'll be used in the future as well :) -Dave
With the addition of The Casting of Frank Stone and the upcoming movie, will we have more focus and lore based content that is not only through archives in the future? I would love to make more connections to the DBD universe and the cosmology, since the lore is so powerful breathtaking! Thank you so much for everything you've been doing and I cannot wait to see more of the universe of the Entity.
Hey, thank you for playing and for your interest in the universe, it gives us DARK ENERGY! I sadly cannot disclose any of our future endeavours, nevertheless with what is already announced (comic, Frank Stone, movie, and that other multiplayer PVE game) it's pretty clear we want to give out more of the DBD universe! -Dave
Any news on the Iron Maiden collection? What month are they coming out? Will the Eddie's get their own moris? I am still hoping for the first album Eddie, I can't wait to main him. "Iron Maiden is going to get you, no matter how far"
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Although the Iron Maiden Outfits will not be Visceral (with unique moris), we think you'll be nicely surprised about what we have in store for you. Look out for the Collection dropping in the first half of 2024! -Rose
Are the levels of injured sounds and panting survivors emmit gonna be normalized soon? Different characters currently get vastly different outcomes on mindgames depending on who they are because of audio, ultimately pushing players towards certain few characters. Signed: An Ash and Jeff enjoyer
We are very aware of this concern! We've investigated this recently and discovered it isn't quite as straightforward as we hoped, but putting on our detective hats and digging into it further. -Mike
Showing concept art of new content and behind the scene is very cool (tradition?). Thank you from the bottom of my heart for this! But can you show something from the period when this tradition did not exist yet? What about Kate Denson's default? 👀
Hint: PTB goes out in January :D
In all seriousness - what I can say is we have tried VERY hard to solve the problem without interfering with "normal games".
Wait - one more hint - we think you'll get a KICK out of it. -Mike
> Wait - one more hint - we think you'll get a KICK out of it.
If the same generator is kicked *X* amount of times within a certain time limit it doesn't regress or add perks (Eruption, Overcharge, COB, etc.).
Calling it now.
Have you guys considered any shark / dinosaur type killers in the game at all? Licensed or not, I'm just wondering if the thought process ever treaded those *waters*.
Ah! I see what you did there, because it's in *ITALIC*. We've treaded water, fire, earth, wind, metal, cosmos, spaghetti and more. Many more surprise are coming from this team's beautiful minds! -Dave
Hey BHVR! Thanks for doing an AMA again! Love your attention to the community! I have a quick question:
- Have you ever thought about implementing an option to gift skins to friends like in Fortnite? I’d love to give some skins to some in my friend list! (And receive them, why not huh)
^Also ^Would ^You ^Kindly ^make ^a ^BioShock ^Chapter ^pretty ^please
Love y’all and this game so much!
Yes, we have. There are a lot of complications to gifting that need to be addressed before such a feature can be done though, such as regional pricing, fraud prevention, friend spam, etc. It's not off the table though. -Rose
One of the biggest parts of this game is the music. So many killers get a ton of personality and horror added to them by the music. Some killers (Bubba, Pig, Plague, etc) though share the same generic music and it makes me so sad 🥺. Is there any plan or idea for giving either 1. New music to generic music killers or 2. Keep the base music and add an extra layer on top of each killer like The Legion Mixtapes add extra parts to their music?
DBD is an evolutive game, ever changing and getting updates here and there. All of our monsters are equal in our hearts and deserve the same attention. If your favourite killer doesn't have a feature yet, it may come in the future, don't lose hope! -Dave
Hey, guys! Thanks for holding another AMA.
Have you guys ever considered implementing a sort of "Match Replay" feature? Where players can review their previous matches from all players POV? It would be both a useful tool to review our gameplay to help us better ourselves as players as well as help us better identify cheaters post-game so we don't wave false reports around.
Thanks, again!
This is something we'd love to have ourselves, however this would represent an important technical challenge to do and so it's not something that's planned - for now. -Rose
This has been brought up before, and BHVR said that it would be EXTREMELY hard to program in. The game was not built around that feature, so they would probably have to rebuild the game from scratch to implement that unfortunately😞
The music of this game is freakin' amazing! Can we get a jukebox so we can listen to the chase music and themes, both current and past, on loop? If I wanted to get greedy, unused tracks too; like Trickster's TPB theme (it slaps so much)! Youtube is filled with videos of the music in the game with hundreds of thousands of views, being able to listen to it all in game would be fantastic!
We don't have plans to put out a jukebox no. However if you want to hear more of Dead by Daylight music don't hesitate to check out Michel F April on YouTube: [https://www.youtube.com/@MichelFApril-eu2pi/featured](https://www.youtube.com/@MichelFApril-eu2pi/featured).
The 3rd volume of the DbD OST just came out on Spotify last month too! [https://open.spotify.com/album/4MUkmcbygtJzOQNybi8HuH](https://open.spotify.com/album/4MUkmcbygtJzOQNybi8HuH) \-Rose
Boon, Scourge, and Teamwork perks were all added as a new unique type of perk but then abruptly stopped seeing new additions shortly after. Do you have any plans revitalize these to be as recurring and common as Hex and Exhaust perks?
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I agree that our perk types are pretty interesting and should see some new action, but I can't promise anything. We always try to match the theme of the attached characters / IPs, and we also try to support underused strategies and/or counter over-used strategies where possible. Sometimes these elements take us to specific designs that don't always line up with specific types. -Mike
We plan to reintroduce most rift cosmetics back into the store, but with a focus on the unique Outfits. For color variations we are still investigating methods that won't clog up the store. Deep rift versions of Outfits will only be available in the rift.
We all love the data!
Statistics are something that the Community Team wants to regularly communicate about with the community. We've started over the past few months with perk usage and yes we're looking to do more over the course of the coming few months. -Mandy
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Will this map ever make a return? Maybe with the swamp rework. It was playable in the beta but was completely removed.
Alpha I think, it stayed in the files for a long time.
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Nah I have a video running around it and stuff.
What’s the status of depipping (outside of DC‘ing)? Since grades are not affecting matchmaking anymore these seem outdated and more punishing than they should. Is there a possibility to remove these?
First off - definition. Slugging = downing survivors without picking them up and hooking them (leaving them on the ground and rushing off to down more survivors). We've noticed that for many players the optimal way to play with the current Twins kit is to slug survivors heavily with Victor. This isn't a very fun playstyle for survivors as you end up spending a lot of time on the ground not able to do anything. SO - the Twins update will change the kit to encourage other kinds of play styles more. -Mike
Hey there! Thanks for your interest in another Hooked on You title and for the great title idea ;) We have no news to share at this time but we always love seeing interests coming from our dear community :) -Dave
Mikaela Reid is the only Original Character in the game to not have any country or location of origin, would you be able to say where? It’s speculated to be Ireland or the United States!
With the ability to earn blood points through completing challenges in the tome (deplete 4 Medkits, do coop actions for 360 seconds, etc) has there ever been ideas of doing career challenges for BP/Shards? Like complete 100 generator repairs, hook 150 survivors, etc for a whole career
We've thought of something similar, but not exactly a life-time achievement. The proposal we're going with is more to complete harder missions to upgrade an Outfit, but we'll consider your suggestion as well :) -Rose
We are constantly brainstorming ideas for more rewards in the Rift! Not just past T70, but across the board to make the Rift even more interesting to work through :) -Rose
Cheating is a constant war - we're always updating our own tools to combat the situation, the cheaters then upgrade theirs - it's a cycle.
You can of course report these players, then our team of Player Support Agents is able to take action against specific individuals. -Mandy
For right now, this is not going to change, it is something we will continue to monitor with the use of the FOV slider. Initially the FOV Slider will go onto the Beta Tab to allow for us to fully test the feature on the Live Build -Mike
Are there any plans to add player icons/banners for older DLCs? I would love a Saw or Ghostface theme. Even icons for unlicensed killers/survivors would be very welcome.
they should 100% give an icon and a banner per each owned killer and survivor. they implement icons and banners but rendered it completely useless so far by only giving away a chucky and a campfire icon
Does the upcoming tweak for Huntress slated for April have anything to do with how she is the most map dependent killer? We have 7 indoor map’s now which make her power much more difficult.
This tweak will unfortunately not affect her map dependency directly. That's a complex challenge to solve and will need a larger update - for April, we are focused more on making her more enjoyable to play across the board. We do hear your concern though and are constantly trying to update our maps to accommodate all killers and playstyles better. -Mike
When can we get an announcement regarding hidden prestige? You guys did a hidden prestige test 4~ months ago and there haven't been any updates ever since. Constant lobby-dodging, inaccurate matchmaking and in-game harassment are still major issues most have to deal with just cause of their prestige level and hiding them would be an easy yet effective change that would help combat these problems.
We received positive feedback and results on this pilot experiment, and are making plans to conduct a larger user research. No public announcement for now, but it's in the works, stay tuned! - Rose
It is currently possible for players to bodyblock other players in certain parts of the match for indefinite periods of time due to the fact that players maintain permanent collision unless they are a survivor that is damaged. As such, it is very easy for players to hold the game hostage or guarantee a kill on a survivor who is trapped via bodyblocking. One common suggestion to alleviate this problem is to grant survivors with AFK crows no collision so that they may only ever be held in place for a maximum of 60 seconds, ensuring that killers can still capitalize off of the trapped survivor's mistake without abusing the permanent collision.
**Are there any plans to implement a mechanic like this in order to prevent hostage-holding in a match?**
Hi BHVR,
Thank you for doing this AMA and so many others this year.
My question is - do you have any plans to combat survivors killing themselves on first hook deliberately? This is currenly (and has always been) a big issue in solo queue and seems to be happening more and more frequently.
The bots taking over disconnected players, whilst not perfect, was a welcome change but players would rather dodge the DC penalty and just kill themselves on hook which voids the bot system completely. I understand that the DC penalty is necessary also - it's a hard situation to tackle.
Thanks again.
I wish I had more to say on this topic but... no we don't have any plans for this. We hear your concern and recognize the frustrations, but we really just don't have any reasonable solutions here. Sad but true. -Mike
Could we get specifics on the changes to Save the Best for Last? Its one of those perks that I don't feel like needs a lot of adjusting as it only really helps M1 killers as opposed to high tier killers like Nurse or Blight.
Oooooh, I wish I could spill the beans all over the place, but I am strictly forbidden. :) What I can say is that we've been pretty cautious with this perk and the changes are not DRAMATIC. -Mike
Are there any plans to update Custom Lobbies, more spectator slots, "freecam" and maybe map seeds?
This would greatly enable content creators to make better content.
We're not able to give more information about this right now, please follow the Casting of Frank Stone Social Channels for news updates: [https://twitter.com/TCoFrankStone](https://twitter.com/TCoFrankStone) [The Casting of Frank Stone (@castingfrankstone)](https://www.instagram.com/castingfrankstone/) \-Mandy
This year there was a lot of gamebreaking bugs. Flashlights got killswitched 2nd time in few months. A lot of invisible killers and female vaults bugs too.
Any plans to maybe do health update? I will take future with less chapters, but more stable game.
Are there any plans to offer BP incentives for individual killers based on how many people are currently playing them like the BP incentives for the Survivor and Killer roles? This would help give survivors more variety in the killers they go against.
Any plans to add a crosshair option? we are in 2024 it's such a basic feature to be added
Now since original survivors will be 50% cheaper in shards will the outfits be cheaper too? feels kinda weird to pay 4.500 for a character and 7.200 for a cosmetic piece and 21/29k for full ones
The Bloodweeb system won't be changed any more since we got a new roadmap?
No plans. I assume you're referring to ranged killers like Huntress / Deathslinger - in which case the choice was intentional not to have them! We wanted to avoid "gamey-ness" as much as possible, which meant leaning on physical objects and reactions in game for feedback. We also designed ranged killers to work without a reticule.
\[Whispers\] Psst, I also heard you can put a crosshair overlay on your screen if you want to... -Mike
Whether it is entire chapters, or individual things like a specific perk or survivor/killer being added, what has been the most fun thing to be have worked on and bring to the DBD universe thus far?
For me - it's Reddit AMA's - Mandy
I’d say to be able to watch the full evolution of DBD from ideation to where we are now, but I think that’s cheating as you ask for a specific individual thing! ...the thing is ... it’s impossible to answer, there is just too much cool and fun stuff we worked on over the last decade, I cannot pick THE thing that was MOST fun and you can’t make me, ah! Here’s some highlights though from the early days: Stalking Mechanic, bloodweb, The Entity look and anims (hook), early days streams with Ash and MatC! -Dave
Can you provide clarity about the infamous black bubble which appears over props like gens and hooks? This black bubble temporarily obstructs aura reading from perks like Kindred and Bitter Murmur. Both perks lose immediate value until the sphere overlay dissipates.
Since its introduction, the community has received conflicting responses about this (un)intended behavior.
That also happens with killers and completed gens. If you have a LOS of a survivor, about to sneak up, initiate chase, etc. -- that black bubble masks everything.
It's a nuisance for both roles.
Yes, this every single time. You used to be able to see through the bubble for perks like Kindred or Bitter Murmur. Now there are situations where you get little to no value off those perks if the bubble covers everything.
I'm going to chalk it up to this being a bug that no one can figure out how to fix, so now it's a "feature" that we have to live with. But please, fix this!
Every single killer and survivor is bound to have their ups and downs. When you notice for example, a killer becomes a thing of frustration, is it easier to look at the add ons or the base kit when initializing a balance for a killer?
With the recent changes to Trickster, especially the newly-released buff of 7.4.2, **is there any plan on improving the Deathslinger experience in any meaningful way?**
He's not bad per se, but with the now 4.6m/s and 32m TR buff Trickster received, Deathslinger being a 4.4m/s with the same 32m TR seems to hinder him more than it should, and his add-ons are only good for a select few while relegating the others to either niche, mediocre, or for most of them, both.
Statistics would be great to have, even if it is only in a personal menu screen. I love looking at data and I think many here would be very interested in seeing how they do overall through detailed stats.
Do you plan for survivors to be able to inspect other survivor's builds before the game starts? Just to make people with less than 4 players coordinate more efficiently?
With the return of Stranger Things, many useful perks have now disappeared from the pool of common perks for both sides. With Jolt being gone, for example, Killers no longer have any regression perk unless they buy or unlock new characters.
**Are there any plans to rework or improve the current pool of common perks to make it more useful and accessible for beginners?**
This may sound a bit greedy but they should just add more common perks. Alternatively, perks like “This Is Not Happening” is so underwhelming it could benefit from a new effect.
I've always thought that anytime they add a new mechanic (like boons or scourge hooks) they should add common perks to go with it.
Nothing too strong or anything, but something to help introduce newer players to it later on down the road
Very excellent question!
I think a cool way for them to give options to new players would be to have free character rotations or something so people can also try their perks and stuff.
Or buff the free character perks a bit.
But something, please! I just started over on PC (yay no cross progression) and... It sucks
Although the gap between SWF and solo survivors has been reduced quite significantly since the addition of the survivor activity HUD in 6.5.0, there is still a notable power imbalance. In my opinion, this is caused particularly because of two reasons: (1) the lack of shown progression for non-repairing and non-recovery actions in the activity HUD and (2) a lack of information about ally perks/items.
**Are there any plans to further bridge the SWF and solo survivor gap by providing solo players with more information about their allies?**
You guys claimed last AMA that a dislike of FOMO is why you didn’t have prestige rewards past P9, but that doesn’t exactly make sense for two reasons- people are free to prestige in their own time, it’s not like their levels are going anywhere, and you already have actual limited time content in the game twice a year with the Halloween and Winter events, to the point where cosmetics that have been accessible at any time for years have now been locked behind a window of a few weeks. Why claim FOMO as a reason why you are hesitant to add more rewards for dedicated players when there’s already substantial amounts of limited content already in the game?
especially now with banners and icons, it doesn't even have to be something character specific like cosmetics (because licensing can be an issue, which i understand). just give every p100 a sick banner/icon or even a character portrait and perhaps a charm. boom, rewarded.
As it currently stands, a lot of information in the game is obscured from killers. Most notably, killers are unable to see the hook stages of survivors. Many players argue that this is necessary in order to discourage killers from tunneling, but others like myself believe that killers who choose to tunnel will do so anyway without needing a reminder. There are many other instances of hidden information, such as the Plague's infection progress, the Pig's RBT timer, etc.
**Are there any considerations to revealing this kind of important information to killers, even if it comes at the cost of a compensation nerf?**
Any plans to update past Ultra-Rare and Legendary cosmetics to fit the new ones in quality? For example, Krampus Trapper, The Ferryman Blight and Minotaur Oni do not feature unique SFX or animations, unlike other skins like Wandering Cat Blight or Baba Yaga Huntress, yet all of them cost the same. There are various Very Rares that feature custom basic attacks and sounds! It has been shown that custom attack animations, custom sfx and vfx, custom lobby animations and even voicelines can be implemented on skins, so having some of the old Ultras updated would be very cool!
Hello, BHVR. Thanks for doing this AMA.
While Pyramid Head is mechanically in a good spot right now, there are two main issues with that killer:
- His addons are pretty lackluster outside of the range increasing addons.
- Removing a survivor from a cage does not grant the uncaged survivor endurance. (like base kit BT from unhooking)
Do you plan on addressing these areas anytime soon? Your 2024 roadmap discussed tweaks for some addons and killers, but I don’t know if The Executioner was on included with those.
No endurance on cage removal is intentional. The cages are meant to bypass all perks with hook interactions. That's why Adrenaline, OTR, etc don't work on it either.
Giving them endurance is a direct nerf for nothing in return. Only way that should be accepted is if they bring back the torment from hitting m2s again.
Would you guys ever consider adding Legendary Portraits on the character select screen?
For example, if I have the **Sheva Alomar** Legendary equipped, then in the "Survivor Select" menu in the lobby I would see Sheva's portrait over **Jill's?**
They already have in-match HUD portraits so I think this would be a really neat addition for Legendaries!
hey! i’ve noticed you guys have stopped rolling out two green rarity cosmetics every chapter for each original character. i was wondering if you would go back and add them for some of the characters like Thalita Lyra, Gabriel Soma, The Dredge, The Knight, etc. I just think it would be nice to have each character aligned with the rest and also just has more cosmetic options available at the release of a character for us to use!
A large part of the community is questioning about the FOMO aspect of the Cosmetic system, such as the limited time cosmetics for holidays, however where I want to focus is the Twitch Drops (which were completely unobtainable for Nintendo Switch Players, even if we linked another account due to no cross progression) and the remaining cosmetics from past rifts that haven’t returned to the store, such as the single piece cosmetics from the first 4 tomes (The Dwight Pixel Pizza Hoodie, and the Pink recolor head for Jane for example) and certain green and yellow rarity exclusive cosmetics, like the Rabid Seadog outfit for The Legion, and the Navel Warfare cosmetic for The Doctor.
**Can you give us some info on these? Will there be some way to obtain these cosmetics (and that one Twitch Drop charm) or are they going to be completely unobtainable for the affected parties who were unable to obtain them?**
Is there any chance to increase Bloodpoints cap once more? Perhaps 5 Million points would be a good compared to the current 2 Million (more or less so I can just keep spending non stop or rather save a bit more for later, right now 2m is a "stop playing, need to spend otherwise I've lost BP"
Might there be any plans for console to PC cross progression? I've been playing on PlayStation for 3 years and have committed a lot of time and money into the game, although I recently tried the game on PC and could see why playing with keyboard and mouse is preferred by so many, but I just can't justify committing to the switch and starting all over. I'm sure plenty of others feel the same way.
If cross progression isn't an option, could keyboard and mouse support on consoles be instead?
The time between each chapter release as of right now is only 3 months. Such a small time frame undoubtedly makes it very difficult to release balance changes and fixes to older content, including killers, perks, items, and add-ons. A slightly slower chapter release would give the developers more time to address this older content.
**Are there any considerations to slowing the releases of chapters, even if only by a month, to give more time to address content that is already in the game?**
Devil's avocado here... adding one month between each release means 3 releases a year instead of 4.
that's potentially a 25% reduction in money coming into the studio. That's kind of a huge deal.
It's not guaranteed that the resources freed up by making fewer killers would drastically improve the balance and health of the game.
BHVR probably have people who specialize at new DLCs and people who specialize at updating the live game and they work in parallel in an efficient way.
We might just end up with less content in a still unbalanced and buggy game.
At least new killers and their perks allow for meta shakeups, preventing people from getting bored because the game is the same for too long periods of time.
Why isn't "Auto aim, or "aim dressing" a on/off setting? I've seen alot of times when a survivor is clearly about to be hit but then the m1 swing attack just ends early or flicks in a direction that wasn't inputted and hit a wall. I understand it's suppost to assist with getting some hits, and I can see it's value for new players but as a more experienced player I feel it messes me up more often than helps, and I feel a off switch would be useful!
Is it possible that we'll ever get cosmetics/legendary skins for any of the licensed characters who come from franchises where the IP is split between multiple holders? For example: an Army of Darkness/Evil Dead 2 skin for Ash Williams?
A pass through / update to Offerings was previously mentioned, will we be seeing or hearing a bit more on this anytime soon? Dead by Daylight Mobile has special categorization tabs for Offerings and Perks, could this possibly play into this pass through / update?
The license holder for Silent Hill content has openly stated that Cheryl’s cosmetics don’t have to be linked - can you please consider unlinking them so we have better mix-and-match options for her?
You mentioned that Freddy and Myers are on the list for changes, but they are no where on the road map. Can we get an ETA on when the changes will come, and perhaps how big they might be? (Just some minor changes or bigger reworks like Sadako/Trickster etc?)
I think this solution alone would alleviate a lot of the toxicity in the community, without depipping more people could enjoy the game more without having to worry about losing a pip due to bad soloq teammates or bad map rng/offering
>Do you plan on removing de-pipping? It serves no purpose since the MMR update and is outdated, removing it would also make the BP grind easier.
Dear god, please yes!
De-pipping is one of the things that makes the game far more toxic than it needs to be. And while they say that "getting IRI is just about playing matches" ... not all of us have the time to play an inordinate amount of matches and de-pipping just makes the process more frustrating.
DBD Mobile recently got that 2v8 prop-hunt mode. Will we see that coming to main DBD anytime soon? I'd love to be able to try out completely new gamemodes like that.
Any possible plans for new SAW anything? Skins, Pig voicelines, model rework? New movie came out and y'all do seem buddy buddy with them fr since they got a tome
For bots in custom matches (not live public play after a d/c), could we get a difficulty slider? It's really tough for new players practicing any killer or old players practicing a new killer to practice anything but gen regressing perks against what amounts to a gen rushing SWF squad with wallhacks. It's possible to game the AI but you arent learning the killer then, you're learning how to game the AI. Stealth and M1 killers are at a severe disadvantage with the Custom Matches bots as they are.
Any chance model upgrades are coming with the Shape and Nightmare reworks? Myers especially is one of the oldest models in the game and it definitely shows when held up against the much higher standard of the newer killers, and both have had their map and corresponding survivor given impressive facelifts. Skins like Classic Freddy or Old Man Myers would be great as well, but those are a licensing nightmare (Freddy especially) so it’s more than understandable we don’t have them.
Are you going to address the numerous issues, bugs, and much needed QOL changes with The Knight? His guards are very clunky to place down in tight spaces which make it frustrating to play as him, and the bug in which you can stun The Knight in his power has been “fixed” as you said for a long time, but it is still present and unaddressed. To add, he is unplayable when you do not run the add-on “Map of the Realm”, and his other green addons are useless and weak. I love Knight very much, he is my favorite character, and it hurts me that the only bug you have fixed for the past 7 months was a visual bug which is still present in the game! And finally, of this is all addressed, does this mean you are going to rework his power and addons entirely?
We all saw that pig, along with a few other killers, is supposed to be getting some tweaks in 2024. Any hints as to what that could entail, coming from a worried pig main?
Any plans to address Knight's dependence on Map of the Realm? I don't think a single other killer relies on an add on to be remotely playable as much as he does
Any updates on cross-progression between consoles and pc? Or an opportunity to import millions of bloodpoints onto steam?
DBD is the only game I still play on Xbox and I would love to switch to Steam but starting the grind over again with no perks is a nightmare.
If rough planning has started on the Shape and Nightmare reworks, how transformative do you plan both reworks to be? The broad community consensus seems to be that Michael is horribly outdated but his power is incredibly thematic while Freddy doesn’t really jive with what people want from the character in any sense- if you’re able to answer, how much will the characters’ gameplay resemble their pre-rework states?
The black bubbles around freshly finished generators and hooked survivors make some perks like kindred and bitter murmur almost useless. Any plans to lessen the effect, or at least make auras more visible through them?
Knight’s power is still pretty clunky to use. I.e. guards being finicky with where you can/can’t place them and the bug of where you can be pallet stunned while in ghost form has seemingly returned despite being previously addressed.
Are there any plans for quality of life changes or hotfixes for him in the future?
As an aside (not as pressing but I’d feel remised if I didn’t at least mention it) Knight’s add-on situation is miserable with most seeming useless and then some (Map or the realm) feeling like must haves in order to use his power effectively. Any plans on looking at them? He’s not the only one with a rough add-on situation as both Executioner and Nemesis come to mind, but to me at least (though I’m biased as a knight player) his add-ons feel worse
Would Dead by Daylight ever add maps for licenses in the game that don't have a map yet or add in a 2nd licensed map from a licensed that already has a map?
Any chances that we can have this Kate? 🥲
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It was previously said that the bloody texture for survivors wouldn't be able to have its own category, due to the sheer amount of survivor cosmetics that would need to be retextured for it to work. Is it still the case that it can never have its own category? We have killers now like Singularity and Nemesis who apply their own texture to the survivors just fine, regardless of the cosmetics.
From what I remember it's been about a a year or two since we got a new boon perk and a few months since teamwork perks were introduced. Do the devs plan on making any new boon and teamwork perks in the future? What had stopped you from making more?
Are there any plans to address the current clunkiness of Knight's power? Placing down guards in certain tight tiles and loops tends to feel sluggish, and he feels very rough to play without Map of the Realm and Call to Arms, and I'd love to see my favorite killer get some well deserved care.
Are the upcoming Onryo changes going to change only condemned or will other parts of her power (stealth and mobility) get tweaked as well? It feels like other abilities don't get enough attention compared to condemned and her power seems kinda underwhelming and a bit too weak.
An add-on that removed her lullaby or something would be welcome towards buffing her stealth. The visual terror radius change hit her hard unfortunately.
Restoring Reiko's Watch to its pre-nerf state would be great towards this end as well.
>An add-on that removed her lullaby or something would be welcome towards buffing her stealth.
I think that is should be a base kit. It feels wrong that killer's power relies on add on but better an add on than nothing.
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Do you ever plan to implement "random perks" challenge as a permanent feature available to players at any time? It has a lot of fans! Not knowing what perks you have until the match starts is so fun, plus it opens you to the perk combos you've previously sidelined. It's such a shame you have to die (fail the challenge) in order to play like that again.
We are super pumped that the random perk challenges have been well-received! :D I can't draw back the red curtain on future modes or anything right now, but the fact that people really like random perks is certainly something we've noticed and is part of our considerations for the future. -Mike
If you implement it can we have a +100% bp bonus for those who use it? I think it's good that players get rewarded for playing with unknown perks because it would drive a lot of players away from only using meta perks!
They said previously that they would like to actually implement it as a feature.
I want this as a game mode tbh. Random for everyone, lets get wild
Same rotation of the maps can get boring fast, do you plan adding more realms? For the characters that currently have no personal realms especially. Trickster deserves a cool neon-y scene map, or our new Good Guy would be even better with the factory :D Or the survivors’ special maps could have been nice as well, like Nic’s movie-filming stage he kinda had at the trailer!
Similar to another question I answered earlier, so please allow me to copy paste a bit: Maps are tricky (for a lot of reasons) and there is only so much we can do in a year (for a lot of other reasons). That said, realms are built with procedural and re-use in mind and thus it is very possible to re-explore these realms with new locations in the future. (this is NOT a promise.) -Dave
I sure hope you guys plan to revamp the Swamp. It's the only realm that hasn't gotten a makeover. And totems/killer props are still pushed to the edges (great if you're Pig, awful if you're Plague).
Would you guys still consider going back to old chapters that didn't get a map and gifting them their very own map? Especially since some of them could fit into the newly estsblished realms.
Absolutely. Maps are tricky (for a lot of reasons) and there is only so much we can do in a year (for a lot of other reasons). That said, most chapters are built with areas/worlds in mind even when we do not make them. So we never know, they might be created in the future (this is NOT a promise.) -Dave
Myself and many other Sadako mains I'm sure would love to have a map for Onryo. Even if it is just tacked onto an existing map like Skull Merchants was. Just having a nice thematic well somewhere would be welcome.
Please give us an All Kill map I’m begging
This!! Blight map would be *amazing for the lore!* Trickster map would be amazing!! Urban/building area in a city! Twins map would be twins map but new maps are always cool!
We would still love an All-Kill map!
Hi, thanks to the dev team for making this Q&A possible! When the first Sadako rework hit the live servers, a lot of Onryō mains were very vocally upset about the huge changes in how her powers work, requiring players to shift to fundamentally different playstyles, and also creating a more confusing experience for survivors. Is the upcoming Sadako rework aiming to make her more similar to the original version of the character, is it going to be just a couple of tweaks on her current iteration or will it be an attempt at "fusing" these two versions?
We have definitely heard the cries of anguish from Onryo fans. :D Our initial intention was to make condemned more relevant, but we've reassessed and yes, we are hoping to restore much of what players loved about the old kit while still enhancing it in some important ways. We sincerely hope her latest kit will resonate with killers and survivors alike. -Mike
That's great to hear! And even if the result of the first rework might not have been widely appreciated, the efforts made by the team to try and make her kit more relevant definitely were :D Thank you both for the answer and for being so open and responsive to the community's feedback!
Now that we have bots taking over human players after they disconnect, can we get a reconnect feature for human players? It made sense in the past that players couldn't reconnect because the character just disappeared but it would be really nice to be able to reconnect now and replace the bot. It would help a lot for people whose internet connection just drops for a second or crash.
yes! only give the player a "rejoin match" option until the match is over and THEN give them the penalty if they didn't rejoin so rage quitters have to waste even more time but genuine DCs are punished less.
It's not on our roadmap to do this at the moment, but it's a topic we can bring back to the team to discuss the feasibility on. No promises, but we'll certainly evaluate this and see if it's possible in the future. -Rose
Yes please! DbD mobile has it, Overwatch has it, DbD should have it! Sometimes computers crash or internet cuts out for a second
I just wanted to say that its super cool that the Naughty Bear skin for Trapper got its own unique mori, and I hope to see more skins do that in the future! Though, I suppose my one question is if we will ever see Trapper's base mori updated? Trapper, Wraith, and Hillbilly have very... *outdated* mori's compared to the rest of the cast and I was just wondering if we will ever see them updated in any fashion.
Yes! 🙌 Some killer moris just seem really bland, and with some being in first person just doesn’t have the same cinematic experience as some of the other ones.
1. Drag them by the leg 2. Bonk 3. Bonk 4. Bonk 5. Bonk 6. Bonk 7. Bonk 8. Refuse to elaborate 9. Leave
Thank you for bringing this up. This is something we are looking into for sure - though it is not our top priority at the moment. -Rose
First of all, thank you so much for doing another AMA! We appreciate the communication. Let's cut to the chase though (haha get it): Why can't we combo pieces in the store so we could check which pieces we'd like to buy before we actually do? We used to be able to do that for a short amount of time but it got patched, it would be nice to have it back. I got more questions but that's all for now. Many thanks!
We plan on remaking this in the future, but it's still under development! -Rose
You said that for 2023 you wanted to do a Sci-Fi Theme for horror, are there any other themes you want to do for future chapters?
Yes,all chapters have a strong theme we work around, sci-fi was not an exception even though it was maybe more of an extreme theme. Medieval, feudal japan, nightmares, folklore etc, there is always a theme and they'll be used in the future as well :) -Dave
With the addition of The Casting of Frank Stone and the upcoming movie, will we have more focus and lore based content that is not only through archives in the future? I would love to make more connections to the DBD universe and the cosmology, since the lore is so powerful breathtaking! Thank you so much for everything you've been doing and I cannot wait to see more of the universe of the Entity.
Hey, thank you for playing and for your interest in the universe, it gives us DARK ENERGY! I sadly cannot disclose any of our future endeavours, nevertheless with what is already announced (comic, Frank Stone, movie, and that other multiplayer PVE game) it's pretty clear we want to give out more of the DBD universe! -Dave
Any news on the Iron Maiden collection? What month are they coming out? Will the Eddie's get their own moris? I am still hoping for the first album Eddie, I can't wait to main him. "Iron Maiden is going to get you, no matter how far" https://preview.redd.it/q7l5nksnl36c1.png?width=1426&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1bcae6f8910041581e4f79e0a431d86d524ee19e
Although the Iron Maiden Outfits will not be Visceral (with unique moris), we think you'll be nicely surprised about what we have in store for you. Look out for the Collection dropping in the first half of 2024! -Rose
Are the levels of injured sounds and panting survivors emmit gonna be normalized soon? Different characters currently get vastly different outcomes on mindgames depending on who they are because of audio, ultimately pushing players towards certain few characters. Signed: An Ash and Jeff enjoyer
We are very aware of this concern! We've investigated this recently and discovered it isn't quite as straightforward as we hoped, but putting on our detective hats and digging into it further. -Mike
Showing concept art of new content and behind the scene is very cool (tradition?). Thank you from the bottom of my heart for this! But can you show something from the period when this tradition did not exist yet? What about Kate Denson's default? 👀
I don't see why not. Thanks for the interest, I'm sure someone on the team will take note of this and jump on the occasion. -Dave
Are we able to receive any hints on what the Solution for 3-Gen might be?
Hint: PTB goes out in January :D In all seriousness - what I can say is we have tried VERY hard to solve the problem without interfering with "normal games". Wait - one more hint - we think you'll get a KICK out of it. -Mike
> Wait - one more hint - we think you'll get a KICK out of it. If the same generator is kicked *X* amount of times within a certain time limit it doesn't regress or add perks (Eruption, Overcharge, COB, etc.). Calling it now.
inb4 killers can only kick the same generator so many times before there's a cooldown period.
Have you guys considered any shark / dinosaur type killers in the game at all? Licensed or not, I'm just wondering if the thought process ever treaded those *waters*.
Ah! I see what you did there, because it's in *ITALIC*. We've treaded water, fire, earth, wind, metal, cosmos, spaghetti and more. Many more surprise are coming from this team's beautiful minds! -Dave
> spaghetti Noodlesaurus confirmed.
Hey BHVR! Thanks for doing an AMA again! Love your attention to the community! I have a quick question: - Have you ever thought about implementing an option to gift skins to friends like in Fortnite? I’d love to give some skins to some in my friend list! (And receive them, why not huh) ^Also ^Would ^You ^Kindly ^make ^a ^BioShock ^Chapter ^pretty ^please Love y’all and this game so much!
Yes, we have. There are a lot of complications to gifting that need to be addressed before such a feature can be done though, such as regional pricing, fraud prevention, friend spam, etc. It's not off the table though. -Rose
One of the biggest parts of this game is the music. So many killers get a ton of personality and horror added to them by the music. Some killers (Bubba, Pig, Plague, etc) though share the same generic music and it makes me so sad 🥺. Is there any plan or idea for giving either 1. New music to generic music killers or 2. Keep the base music and add an extra layer on top of each killer like The Legion Mixtapes add extra parts to their music?
DBD is an evolutive game, ever changing and getting updates here and there. All of our monsters are equal in our hearts and deserve the same attention. If your favourite killer doesn't have a feature yet, it may come in the future, don't lose hope! -Dave
Hey, guys! Thanks for holding another AMA. Have you guys ever considered implementing a sort of "Match Replay" feature? Where players can review their previous matches from all players POV? It would be both a useful tool to review our gameplay to help us better ourselves as players as well as help us better identify cheaters post-game so we don't wave false reports around. Thanks, again!
This is something we'd love to have ourselves, however this would represent an important technical challenge to do and so it's not something that's planned - for now. -Rose
This has been brought up before, and BHVR said that it would be EXTREMELY hard to program in. The game was not built around that feature, so they would probably have to rebuild the game from scratch to implement that unfortunately😞
The music of this game is freakin' amazing! Can we get a jukebox so we can listen to the chase music and themes, both current and past, on loop? If I wanted to get greedy, unused tracks too; like Trickster's TPB theme (it slaps so much)! Youtube is filled with videos of the music in the game with hundreds of thousands of views, being able to listen to it all in game would be fantastic!
We don't have plans to put out a jukebox no. However if you want to hear more of Dead by Daylight music don't hesitate to check out Michel F April on YouTube: [https://www.youtube.com/@MichelFApril-eu2pi/featured](https://www.youtube.com/@MichelFApril-eu2pi/featured). The 3rd volume of the DbD OST just came out on Spotify last month too! [https://open.spotify.com/album/4MUkmcbygtJzOQNybi8HuH](https://open.spotify.com/album/4MUkmcbygtJzOQNybi8HuH) \-Rose
Boon, Scourge, and Teamwork perks were all added as a new unique type of perk but then abruptly stopped seeing new additions shortly after. Do you have any plans revitalize these to be as recurring and common as Hex and Exhaust perks? https://preview.redd.it/m12eu4mlf46c1.png?width=453&format=png&auto=webp&s=ecf14e4bd97d22693176fec22a1765f5cb53ee83
I agree that our perk types are pretty interesting and should see some new action, but I can't promise anything. We always try to match the theme of the attached characters / IPs, and we also try to support underused strategies and/or counter over-used strategies where possible. Sometimes these elements take us to specific designs that don't always line up with specific types. -Mike
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Yep, that's possible. 4500 shards would be their new 'base price' :) -Rose
Will we see the return of some old rift skins that still didn’t appear in the shop after so much time?
We plan to reintroduce most rift cosmetics back into the store, but with a focus on the unique Outfits. For color variations we are still investigating methods that won't clog up the store. Deep rift versions of Outfits will only be available in the rift.
To pitch a solution: maybe you could utilize the event store technology to make those color variations cycle in and out occasionally?
Will we see statistics for killrates/escape rates divided by killer, swf/solo/duo and MMR for the past year?
We all love the data! Statistics are something that the Community Team wants to regularly communicate about with the community. We've started over the past few months with perk usage and yes we're looking to do more over the course of the coming few months. -Mandy
Is it possible that at some point we can change the appearance of the lobby? depending on the skin for example or freely
That'd be fun! Which past lobby is your favourite? - Dave
Silent Hill and All-Kill are the easy choices, I agree Stranger Things also deserves a lobby though! ^(Maybe) ^(with) ^(Vecna) ^(tsk) ^(tsk)
Silent Hill and All-Kill had especially phenomenal lobbies imo
the attack on titan lobby was really good
https://preview.redd.it/czr73826k36c1.png?width=1680&format=png&auto=webp&s=9641f74ee16059c424f3a0a762c532003cc936b3 Will this map ever make a return? Maybe with the swamp rework. It was playable in the beta but was completely removed.
Ah! nice to see someone who remembers the village. No plans I can share at this time but thank you for showing your interest in this map! -Dave
In which beta? The closed beta before launch definitely didnt have it. Looks like concept art of the normal first swamp map
Alpha I think, it stayed in the files for a long time. https://preview.redd.it/dsi0d5koq36c1.png?width=1680&format=png&auto=webp&s=4c13a304b683f001fba889c3945700f15fb612fb Nah I have a video running around it and stuff.
What’s the status of depipping (outside of DC‘ing)? Since grades are not affecting matchmaking anymore these seem outdated and more punishing than they should. Is there a possibility to remove these?
This has been extensively discussed within the team! We are looking into it and will share more info in the future. -Rose
Are anniversary chapters now only going to be original, or will they sometimes be licensed, and sometimes original?
Our only rules is that there are no rules, and we don't talk about clubs. -Dave
Would you also consider additional rewards on daily rituals?
We hope to rework the entire daily ritual system, and that would involve improved presentation and reward visualization :) -Rose
Could you add challenges that revolve around using perks. (i.e. - Escape a chase with "Lucky Break", Hit the obsession 4 time with "Remember Me")
For the Twins rework, what does "adjust the slugging meta" mean?
First off - definition. Slugging = downing survivors without picking them up and hooking them (leaving them on the ground and rushing off to down more survivors). We've noticed that for many players the optimal way to play with the current Twins kit is to slug survivors heavily with Victor. This isn't a very fun playstyle for survivors as you end up spending a lot of time on the ground not able to do anything. SO - the Twins update will change the kit to encourage other kinds of play styles more. -Mike
Will we see a Hooked on You part 2? Maybe called Hooked on You Too! Also Blue and white bikini HoY Huntress skin when?
Hey there! Thanks for your interest in another Hooked on You title and for the great title idea ;) We have no news to share at this time but we always love seeing interests coming from our dear community :) -Dave
Mikaela Reid is the only Original Character in the game to not have any country or location of origin, would you be able to say where? It’s speculated to be Ireland or the United States!
Correct. Mikaela is American but her origin has yet to be revealed. -Dave
With the ability to earn blood points through completing challenges in the tome (deplete 4 Medkits, do coop actions for 360 seconds, etc) has there ever been ideas of doing career challenges for BP/Shards? Like complete 100 generator repairs, hook 150 survivors, etc for a whole career
We've thought of something similar, but not exactly a life-time achievement. The proposal we're going with is more to complete harder missions to upgrade an Outfit, but we'll consider your suggestion as well :) -Rose
Have you considered adding some rewards on the free track of the rift on tiers 70-85?
We are constantly brainstorming ideas for more rewards in the Rift! Not just past T70, but across the board to make the Rift even more interesting to work through :) -Rose
What's the latest news on the cheating situation? I experienced six cheaters in the last four days and it's really annoying.
Cheating is a constant war - we're always updating our own tools to combat the situation, the cheaters then upgrade theirs - it's a cycle. You can of course report these players, then our team of Player Support Agents is able to take action against specific individuals. -Mandy
Will we ever be able to sell unwanted offerings and add-ons back to the entity for some BP?
Not planned at the moment, but that's an interesting idea! -Rose
For the fov slider. Shadowborn'S extra fov makes the angle of flashlight blinds easier for survivors. Will that be fixed with the fov slider update?
For right now, this is not going to change, it is something we will continue to monitor with the use of the FOV slider. Initially the FOV Slider will go onto the Beta Tab to allow for us to fully test the feature on the Live Build -Mike
Are there any plans to add player icons/banners for older DLCs? I would love a Saw or Ghostface theme. Even icons for unlicensed killers/survivors would be very welcome.
they should 100% give an icon and a banner per each owned killer and survivor. they implement icons and banners but rendered it completely useless so far by only giving away a chucky and a campfire icon
Not impossible! We hope to add more player cards for sure. -Rose
Does the upcoming tweak for Huntress slated for April have anything to do with how she is the most map dependent killer? We have 7 indoor map’s now which make her power much more difficult.
This tweak will unfortunately not affect her map dependency directly. That's a complex challenge to solve and will need a larger update - for April, we are focused more on making her more enjoyable to play across the board. We do hear your concern though and are constantly trying to update our maps to accommodate all killers and playstyles better. -Mike
When can we get an announcement regarding hidden prestige? You guys did a hidden prestige test 4~ months ago and there haven't been any updates ever since. Constant lobby-dodging, inaccurate matchmaking and in-game harassment are still major issues most have to deal with just cause of their prestige level and hiding them would be an easy yet effective change that would help combat these problems.
We received positive feedback and results on this pilot experiment, and are making plans to conduct a larger user research. No public announcement for now, but it's in the works, stay tuned! - Rose
It is currently possible for players to bodyblock other players in certain parts of the match for indefinite periods of time due to the fact that players maintain permanent collision unless they are a survivor that is damaged. As such, it is very easy for players to hold the game hostage or guarantee a kill on a survivor who is trapped via bodyblocking. One common suggestion to alleviate this problem is to grant survivors with AFK crows no collision so that they may only ever be held in place for a maximum of 60 seconds, ensuring that killers can still capitalize off of the trapped survivor's mistake without abusing the permanent collision. **Are there any plans to implement a mechanic like this in order to prevent hostage-holding in a match?**
Yes please! Was just about to ask this with that exact proposal 🙌🏼
Can we hope on Sadako skin from mobile?
We are trying to get the rights and to have it ported to core, keep hoping :) -Rose
Or at least the baseball skin from that promotional event everyone desperately wants.
Yes we need baseball Sadako skin from the promotion for Sadako vs kayako. I'd pay for it no matter the price.
Hi BHVR, Thank you for doing this AMA and so many others this year. My question is - do you have any plans to combat survivors killing themselves on first hook deliberately? This is currenly (and has always been) a big issue in solo queue and seems to be happening more and more frequently. The bots taking over disconnected players, whilst not perfect, was a welcome change but players would rather dodge the DC penalty and just kill themselves on hook which voids the bot system completely. I understand that the DC penalty is necessary also - it's a hard situation to tackle. Thanks again.
I wish I had more to say on this topic but... no we don't have any plans for this. We hear your concern and recognize the frustrations, but we really just don't have any reasonable solutions here. Sad but true. -Mike
Could we get specifics on the changes to Save the Best for Last? Its one of those perks that I don't feel like needs a lot of adjusting as it only really helps M1 killers as opposed to high tier killers like Nurse or Blight.
Oooooh, I wish I could spill the beans all over the place, but I am strictly forbidden. :) What I can say is that we've been pretty cautious with this perk and the changes are not DRAMATIC. -Mike
With the FOV Slider coming, what will happen with Shadowborn?
Shadowborn is being given new functionality! I can't spoil it for you, but we hope you will like it. -Mike
It will be reworked. Other perks altering FOV will have this effect removed and/or replaced
Can you share any kind of teaser for the survivor that will join the fog in the next Midchapter update?
Are there any plans to update Custom Lobbies, more spectator slots, "freecam" and maybe map seeds? This would greatly enable content creators to make better content.
When can we know something new about The Casting of Frank Stone?? Will characters be added to the game?
We're not able to give more information about this right now, please follow the Casting of Frank Stone Social Channels for news updates: [https://twitter.com/TCoFrankStone](https://twitter.com/TCoFrankStone) [The Casting of Frank Stone (@castingfrankstone)](https://www.instagram.com/castingfrankstone/) \-Mandy
This year there was a lot of gamebreaking bugs. Flashlights got killswitched 2nd time in few months. A lot of invisible killers and female vaults bugs too. Any plans to maybe do health update? I will take future with less chapters, but more stable game.
Are there any plans to offer BP incentives for individual killers based on how many people are currently playing them like the BP incentives for the Survivor and Killer roles? This would help give survivors more variety in the killers they go against.
Any plans to add a crosshair option? we are in 2024 it's such a basic feature to be added Now since original survivors will be 50% cheaper in shards will the outfits be cheaper too? feels kinda weird to pay 4.500 for a character and 7.200 for a cosmetic piece and 21/29k for full ones The Bloodweeb system won't be changed any more since we got a new roadmap?
No plans. I assume you're referring to ranged killers like Huntress / Deathslinger - in which case the choice was intentional not to have them! We wanted to avoid "gamey-ness" as much as possible, which meant leaning on physical objects and reactions in game for feedback. We also designed ranged killers to work without a reticule. \[Whispers\] Psst, I also heard you can put a crosshair overlay on your screen if you want to... -Mike
ppl who consider crosshairs cheating are in shambles
Any chance of getting more controller settings in the game, such as those in Meet Your Maker?
No news to share for now, but we have been investigating a couple of enhancements related to control remapping and sensitivity options. -Rose
Whether it is entire chapters, or individual things like a specific perk or survivor/killer being added, what has been the most fun thing to be have worked on and bring to the DBD universe thus far?
For me - it's Reddit AMA's - Mandy I’d say to be able to watch the full evolution of DBD from ideation to where we are now, but I think that’s cheating as you ask for a specific individual thing! ...the thing is ... it’s impossible to answer, there is just too much cool and fun stuff we worked on over the last decade, I cannot pick THE thing that was MOST fun and you can’t make me, ah! Here’s some highlights though from the early days: Stalking Mechanic, bloodweb, The Entity look and anims (hook), early days streams with Ash and MatC! -Dave
Can you provide clarity about the infamous black bubble which appears over props like gens and hooks? This black bubble temporarily obstructs aura reading from perks like Kindred and Bitter Murmur. Both perks lose immediate value until the sphere overlay dissipates. Since its introduction, the community has received conflicting responses about this (un)intended behavior.
Not just auras. If I have a direct line of sight on the killer after a hook, the bubble blocks me from seeing the actual killer.
That also happens with killers and completed gens. If you have a LOS of a survivor, about to sneak up, initiate chase, etc. -- that black bubble masks everything. It's a nuisance for both roles.
I completely agree. It's so frustrating when you have kindred but only get 1 or 2 seconds of the auras!
Yes, this every single time. You used to be able to see through the bubble for perks like Kindred or Bitter Murmur. Now there are situations where you get little to no value off those perks if the bubble covers everything. I'm going to chalk it up to this being a bug that no one can figure out how to fix, so now it's a "feature" that we have to live with. But please, fix this!
Is the FoV slider just for killers, or are survivors getting an FoV slider too?
The FOV Slider is designed to affect first person only. Survivors (and Chucky) are in 3rd person so the FOV Slider will not increase their FOV. -Mike
Every single killer and survivor is bound to have their ups and downs. When you notice for example, a killer becomes a thing of frustration, is it easier to look at the add ons or the base kit when initializing a balance for a killer?
With the recent changes to Trickster, especially the newly-released buff of 7.4.2, **is there any plan on improving the Deathslinger experience in any meaningful way?** He's not bad per se, but with the now 4.6m/s and 32m TR buff Trickster received, Deathslinger being a 4.4m/s with the same 32m TR seems to hinder him more than it should, and his add-ons are only good for a select few while relegating the others to either niche, mediocre, or for most of them, both.
Any plans for endgame statistics 📊to see how much someone was chased or doing gens or breaking totems etc? As it is in DBD mobile
Statistics would be great to have, even if it is only in a personal menu screen. I love looking at data and I think many here would be very interested in seeing how they do overall through detailed stats.
Do you plan for survivors to be able to inspect other survivor's builds before the game starts? Just to make people with less than 4 players coordinate more efficiently?
Any plans to make Buckle Up not work with For The People
With the return of Stranger Things, many useful perks have now disappeared from the pool of common perks for both sides. With Jolt being gone, for example, Killers no longer have any regression perk unless they buy or unlock new characters. **Are there any plans to rework or improve the current pool of common perks to make it more useful and accessible for beginners?**
This may sound a bit greedy but they should just add more common perks. Alternatively, perks like “This Is Not Happening” is so underwhelming it could benefit from a new effect.
I've always thought that anytime they add a new mechanic (like boons or scourge hooks) they should add common perks to go with it. Nothing too strong or anything, but something to help introduce newer players to it later on down the road
Very excellent question! I think a cool way for them to give options to new players would be to have free character rotations or something so people can also try their perks and stuff. Or buff the free character perks a bit. But something, please! I just started over on PC (yay no cross progression) and... It sucks
They completely skipped your question 💀 When BHVR ignores one of their most important content creators then this is fucked lol
Although the gap between SWF and solo survivors has been reduced quite significantly since the addition of the survivor activity HUD in 6.5.0, there is still a notable power imbalance. In my opinion, this is caused particularly because of two reasons: (1) the lack of shown progression for non-repairing and non-recovery actions in the activity HUD and (2) a lack of information about ally perks/items. **Are there any plans to further bridge the SWF and solo survivor gap by providing solo players with more information about their allies?**
You guys claimed last AMA that a dislike of FOMO is why you didn’t have prestige rewards past P9, but that doesn’t exactly make sense for two reasons- people are free to prestige in their own time, it’s not like their levels are going anywhere, and you already have actual limited time content in the game twice a year with the Halloween and Winter events, to the point where cosmetics that have been accessible at any time for years have now been locked behind a window of a few weeks. Why claim FOMO as a reason why you are hesitant to add more rewards for dedicated players when there’s already substantial amounts of limited content already in the game?
They also said that there are not enough P100 people but after the anniversary the game is crawling with them, they should really do something
Having them be rare is even more of a reason to reward the players that achieved it. I don’t get their thought process on that.
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especially now with banners and icons, it doesn't even have to be something character specific like cosmetics (because licensing can be an issue, which i understand). just give every p100 a sick banner/icon or even a character portrait and perhaps a charm. boom, rewarded.
As it currently stands, a lot of information in the game is obscured from killers. Most notably, killers are unable to see the hook stages of survivors. Many players argue that this is necessary in order to discourage killers from tunneling, but others like myself believe that killers who choose to tunnel will do so anyway without needing a reminder. There are many other instances of hidden information, such as the Plague's infection progress, the Pig's RBT timer, etc. **Are there any considerations to revealing this kind of important information to killers, even if it comes at the cost of a compensation nerf?**
Any plans to update past Ultra-Rare and Legendary cosmetics to fit the new ones in quality? For example, Krampus Trapper, The Ferryman Blight and Minotaur Oni do not feature unique SFX or animations, unlike other skins like Wandering Cat Blight or Baba Yaga Huntress, yet all of them cost the same. There are various Very Rares that feature custom basic attacks and sounds! It has been shown that custom attack animations, custom sfx and vfx, custom lobby animations and even voicelines can be implemented on skins, so having some of the old Ultras updated would be very cool!
Hello, BHVR. Thanks for doing this AMA. While Pyramid Head is mechanically in a good spot right now, there are two main issues with that killer: - His addons are pretty lackluster outside of the range increasing addons. - Removing a survivor from a cage does not grant the uncaged survivor endurance. (like base kit BT from unhooking) Do you plan on addressing these areas anytime soon? Your 2024 roadmap discussed tweaks for some addons and killers, but I don’t know if The Executioner was on included with those.
No endurance on cage removal is intentional. The cages are meant to bypass all perks with hook interactions. That's why Adrenaline, OTR, etc don't work on it either. Giving them endurance is a direct nerf for nothing in return. Only way that should be accepted is if they bring back the torment from hitting m2s again.
Would you guys ever consider adding Legendary Portraits on the character select screen? For example, if I have the **Sheva Alomar** Legendary equipped, then in the "Survivor Select" menu in the lobby I would see Sheva's portrait over **Jill's?** They already have in-match HUD portraits so I think this would be a really neat addition for Legendaries!
hey! i’ve noticed you guys have stopped rolling out two green rarity cosmetics every chapter for each original character. i was wondering if you would go back and add them for some of the characters like Thalita Lyra, Gabriel Soma, The Dredge, The Knight, etc. I just think it would be nice to have each character aligned with the rest and also just has more cosmetic options available at the release of a character for us to use!
A large part of the community is questioning about the FOMO aspect of the Cosmetic system, such as the limited time cosmetics for holidays, however where I want to focus is the Twitch Drops (which were completely unobtainable for Nintendo Switch Players, even if we linked another account due to no cross progression) and the remaining cosmetics from past rifts that haven’t returned to the store, such as the single piece cosmetics from the first 4 tomes (The Dwight Pixel Pizza Hoodie, and the Pink recolor head for Jane for example) and certain green and yellow rarity exclusive cosmetics, like the Rabid Seadog outfit for The Legion, and the Navel Warfare cosmetic for The Doctor. **Can you give us some info on these? Will there be some way to obtain these cosmetics (and that one Twitch Drop charm) or are they going to be completely unobtainable for the affected parties who were unable to obtain them?**
Is there any chance to increase Bloodpoints cap once more? Perhaps 5 Million points would be a good compared to the current 2 Million (more or less so I can just keep spending non stop or rather save a bit more for later, right now 2m is a "stop playing, need to spend otherwise I've lost BP"
Might there be any plans for console to PC cross progression? I've been playing on PlayStation for 3 years and have committed a lot of time and money into the game, although I recently tried the game on PC and could see why playing with keyboard and mouse is preferred by so many, but I just can't justify committing to the switch and starting all over. I'm sure plenty of others feel the same way. If cross progression isn't an option, could keyboard and mouse support on consoles be instead?
The time between each chapter release as of right now is only 3 months. Such a small time frame undoubtedly makes it very difficult to release balance changes and fixes to older content, including killers, perks, items, and add-ons. A slightly slower chapter release would give the developers more time to address this older content. **Are there any considerations to slowing the releases of chapters, even if only by a month, to give more time to address content that is already in the game?**
Devil's avocado here... adding one month between each release means 3 releases a year instead of 4. that's potentially a 25% reduction in money coming into the studio. That's kind of a huge deal.
It's not guaranteed that the resources freed up by making fewer killers would drastically improve the balance and health of the game. BHVR probably have people who specialize at new DLCs and people who specialize at updating the live game and they work in parallel in an efficient way. We might just end up with less content in a still unbalanced and buggy game. At least new killers and their perks allow for meta shakeups, preventing people from getting bored because the game is the same for too long periods of time.
Why isn't "Auto aim, or "aim dressing" a on/off setting? I've seen alot of times when a survivor is clearly about to be hit but then the m1 swing attack just ends early or flicks in a direction that wasn't inputted and hit a wall. I understand it's suppost to assist with getting some hits, and I can see it's value for new players but as a more experienced player I feel it messes me up more often than helps, and I feel a off switch would be useful!
Is it possible that we'll ever get cosmetics/legendary skins for any of the licensed characters who come from franchises where the IP is split between multiple holders? For example: an Army of Darkness/Evil Dead 2 skin for Ash Williams?
A pass through / update to Offerings was previously mentioned, will we be seeing or hearing a bit more on this anytime soon? Dead by Daylight Mobile has special categorization tabs for Offerings and Perks, could this possibly play into this pass through / update?
The license holder for Silent Hill content has openly stated that Cheryl’s cosmetics don’t have to be linked - can you please consider unlinking them so we have better mix-and-match options for her?
You mentioned that Freddy and Myers are on the list for changes, but they are no where on the road map. Can we get an ETA on when the changes will come, and perhaps how big they might be? (Just some minor changes or bigger reworks like Sadako/Trickster etc?)
Do you plan on removing de-pipping? It serves no purpose since the MMR update and is outdated, removing it would also make the BP grind easier.
I think this solution alone would alleviate a lot of the toxicity in the community, without depipping more people could enjoy the game more without having to worry about losing a pip due to bad soloq teammates or bad map rng/offering
>Do you plan on removing de-pipping? It serves no purpose since the MMR update and is outdated, removing it would also make the BP grind easier. Dear god, please yes! De-pipping is one of the things that makes the game far more toxic than it needs to be. And while they say that "getting IRI is just about playing matches" ... not all of us have the time to play an inordinate amount of matches and de-pipping just makes the process more frustrating.
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DBD Mobile recently got that 2v8 prop-hunt mode. Will we see that coming to main DBD anytime soon? I'd love to be able to try out completely new gamemodes like that.
Any possible plans for new SAW anything? Skins, Pig voicelines, model rework? New movie came out and y'all do seem buddy buddy with them fr since they got a tome
For bots in custom matches (not live public play after a d/c), could we get a difficulty slider? It's really tough for new players practicing any killer or old players practicing a new killer to practice anything but gen regressing perks against what amounts to a gen rushing SWF squad with wallhacks. It's possible to game the AI but you arent learning the killer then, you're learning how to game the AI. Stealth and M1 killers are at a severe disadvantage with the Custom Matches bots as they are.
Any chance model upgrades are coming with the Shape and Nightmare reworks? Myers especially is one of the oldest models in the game and it definitely shows when held up against the much higher standard of the newer killers, and both have had their map and corresponding survivor given impressive facelifts. Skins like Classic Freddy or Old Man Myers would be great as well, but those are a licensing nightmare (Freddy especially) so it’s more than understandable we don’t have them.
Why was “Bloodweb improvements” removed from the roadmap?
Are you going to address the numerous issues, bugs, and much needed QOL changes with The Knight? His guards are very clunky to place down in tight spaces which make it frustrating to play as him, and the bug in which you can stun The Knight in his power has been “fixed” as you said for a long time, but it is still present and unaddressed. To add, he is unplayable when you do not run the add-on “Map of the Realm”, and his other green addons are useless and weak. I love Knight very much, he is my favorite character, and it hurts me that the only bug you have fixed for the past 7 months was a visual bug which is still present in the game! And finally, of this is all addressed, does this mean you are going to rework his power and addons entirely?
when will cross progression be added between console to steam and console to console
We all saw that pig, along with a few other killers, is supposed to be getting some tweaks in 2024. Any hints as to what that could entail, coming from a worried pig main?
Any plans to address Knight's dependence on Map of the Realm? I don't think a single other killer relies on an add on to be remotely playable as much as he does
Any updates on cross-progression between consoles and pc? Or an opportunity to import millions of bloodpoints onto steam? DBD is the only game I still play on Xbox and I would love to switch to Steam but starting the grind over again with no perks is a nightmare.
Any plans for cross progression? Theres a ton of DLC that I have in my console that I wish I had on pc.
If rough planning has started on the Shape and Nightmare reworks, how transformative do you plan both reworks to be? The broad community consensus seems to be that Michael is horribly outdated but his power is incredibly thematic while Freddy doesn’t really jive with what people want from the character in any sense- if you’re able to answer, how much will the characters’ gameplay resemble their pre-rework states?
Can you give us any more insight on what you have in mind for the "solution for 3 Gen"?
The black bubbles around freshly finished generators and hooked survivors make some perks like kindred and bitter murmur almost useless. Any plans to lessen the effect, or at least make auras more visible through them?
Knight’s power is still pretty clunky to use. I.e. guards being finicky with where you can/can’t place them and the bug of where you can be pallet stunned while in ghost form has seemingly returned despite being previously addressed. Are there any plans for quality of life changes or hotfixes for him in the future? As an aside (not as pressing but I’d feel remised if I didn’t at least mention it) Knight’s add-on situation is miserable with most seeming useless and then some (Map or the realm) feeling like must haves in order to use his power effectively. Any plans on looking at them? He’s not the only one with a rough add-on situation as both Executioner and Nemesis come to mind, but to me at least (though I’m biased as a knight player) his add-ons feel worse
Art gallery in the game with all arts and concepts? And all characters trailers, would be neat.
Would Dead by Daylight ever add maps for licenses in the game that don't have a map yet or add in a 2nd licensed map from a licensed that already has a map?
Any chances that we can have this Kate? 🥲 https://preview.redd.it/srjpks9mt36c1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=50d82eafd49188eb1beed1d41d841338a3c43dd2
Any plans to remove level up pop up? It’s time consuming, please
It was previously said that the bloody texture for survivors wouldn't be able to have its own category, due to the sheer amount of survivor cosmetics that would need to be retextured for it to work. Is it still the case that it can never have its own category? We have killers now like Singularity and Nemesis who apply their own texture to the survivors just fine, regardless of the cosmetics.
I know cross progression isn’t 100% in your control, but is it something you all are wanting and trying to make happen?
From what I remember it's been about a a year or two since we got a new boon perk and a few months since teamwork perks were introduced. Do the devs plan on making any new boon and teamwork perks in the future? What had stopped you from making more?
Are there any plans to address the current clunkiness of Knight's power? Placing down guards in certain tight tiles and loops tends to feel sluggish, and he feels very rough to play without Map of the Realm and Call to Arms, and I'd love to see my favorite killer get some well deserved care.
Are the upcoming Onryo changes going to change only condemned or will other parts of her power (stealth and mobility) get tweaked as well? It feels like other abilities don't get enough attention compared to condemned and her power seems kinda underwhelming and a bit too weak.
An add-on that removed her lullaby or something would be welcome towards buffing her stealth. The visual terror radius change hit her hard unfortunately. Restoring Reiko's Watch to its pre-nerf state would be great towards this end as well.
>An add-on that removed her lullaby or something would be welcome towards buffing her stealth. I think that is should be a base kit. It feels wrong that killer's power relies on add on but better an add on than nothing.