Question from leapofdeath

Currently, survivors are able to see killers perks, items, etc. once they are sacrificed. This means they are able to tell the rest of their team what the killer is using, effectively giving a huge advantage over end game perks. Would you consider changing this, so that all perks/add-ons/etc are only visible to players once the match has ended?

Answer

Design team answer
This is something we've wanted to do for a long time. It's in the task list but we don't know when we are going to be able to get to it.

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Over the past six months, we have allocated strike teams with the mission of improving the overall health of the game. As announced last December, we have developers working on a new matchmaking algorithm which we are actively testing and are almost ready to deploy. We are also targeting to migrate the game to dedicated servers by the end of summer 2019.

This blog post is meant to update you on the efforts put on optimization, which aim to enhance the overall game’s performance.

When we first released Dead by Daylight back in 2016, we targeted 30 FPS on our minimum spec. Up until recently, we optimized the game in bursts; for the console launch and before releasing a new Killer. We are now ready to set a new performance target: Dead by daylight will run at 60 FPS on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and minimum spec PCs.

Reaching 60 FPS on Dead by Daylight is not an easy task. It is a multifaceted iterative process that started six months ago and will be ongoing for months. Our strike team...

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Question from SundoWave

Are you planning to bring back the old dailies with larger BP rewards? If not, then why?

Answer

Design team answer
We have no plans to bring back the old rewards to the daily rituals. Since the progression has been changed, the high rewards for daily rituals were too high and this is why they got lowered.

Questions from the Dead by Daylight Community answered by members of the Dead by Daylight team.

Hosts

not_Queen - Community Manager
Louis McLean - Gameplay Programmer
Stefan Horvath - Gameplay Designer

Questions

1:01 : Wraith quality of life adjustments - Discussion
8:46 : When will the huge perk rework come out?
15:56 : Any plans on reworking Hex perks and Totem mechanics in general?
20:38 : Will it ever be possible to get rid of items / addons?
22:49 : What are the plans to improve lobby functionality?
24:08 : There is a lot of matchmaking issues right now. What's up with that?
24:50 : Will the Emblem system be adjusted further and if so, will it be included in the Anniversary update in June?
28:32 : Do you have any plans on new game modes?
31:09 : Dedicated servers when?
32:24 : With the new shop system, we can unlock things with playtime? Do we start with shop release at zero or does it count my current in-game time?

Next livestream will be on Thursday May 24th at 2PM EST on...

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Question from ms_claymore

In the Emblems PTB # 2 Patch Notes, you listed a large amount of bug fixes and QoL improvements. Do we have to wait for them until the Emblems are ready to be released or is there a chance you'll release a small bug fix & QoL patch prior to that?

Answer

Production team answer
The changes listed in the PTB are coming with the Emblem patch. Some of them are interdependent with the Emblem system and we think it is best to have one patch that has been thoroughly tested than two separated smaller patches.

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Question from thatmugshot

Would you ever consider changing the 'press to struggle' button which seems to punish players who experience a dip in connection with their death. A possible change could be 'hold to give up'. That would also avoid the people who spam the button before finding out about the change.

Answer

There is different opinions about this in the Design team. It's not planned to be changed soon.

People of the Fog,

The Dead by Daylight team is pleased to present its newest release, Demise of the Faithful, which includes a new map, a new Killer and a new Survivor.

NEW KILLER: The Plague

We are very proud to introduce our “oldest” Killer in the game: The Plague. This High Priestess of Babylon was well known for her wealth, beauty, and devotion. In a time when a dark sickness had resurfaced, she was driven by her blind faith to save her followers… and herself. But nothing could save her. Not even faith.

The Plague’s power: Vile Purge

The Killer launches a stream of vomit a short distance in front of her, which can hit multiple Survivors and environmental objects, causing them to become infected. The Survivor’s infection will grow as they perform certain actions.

The vomit itself, when spread by the Killer on environmental objects, can infect Survivors. An infected Survivor’s only respite can be found in the Pools of Devotion, which becom...

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Question from Arcieth

With more cosmetics coming to the game soon, and cosmetics for licensed characters not being confirmed, is it safe to assume that it's a bad idea to ''main'' a certain licensed character? Because you'll most likely enjoy an original character far more due to more customization options for them.

Answer

No licensed cosmetics are planned for now. We are in contact with licensors but cannot promise anything on the outcome of the discussions.

Question from AELGamer

What changes are being considered for Freddy?

Answer

Design team answer
Those are ideas we want to try out: Improving the base power, modifiying the dream world vision, preventing actions while transitionning in the dream world (generator repair, totem breaking, healing), missed Self Care skill checks do not wake the survivor up anymore.

Question from Belial91

Are there any plans on giving us a type of minimap or birds-eye view of the match at the end screen where we can see the paths each survivor and the killer took in that match?

It would be really cool to see how close you were to the survivors as the killer without realizing and in general it would be a fun feature.

Answer

Design team answer
This is a cool idea!

Question from Mr-Hands

Console patch the same day of the pc release?

Answer

Because this patch bring a lot of new content and changes to game, the process is slower. For this patch, it is very unlikely that will happen.

Question from Reindin

Almost two years ago on a dev stream you guys agreed that being forced to take a flashlight while being locked in an animation was unfair and unfun.
You told us you were making a change so that killers can move their cameras during pallet breaks and pickup animations.
How close are you to finishing this feature?

Answer

Design team answer

Still something we want to do. But we need a lot of animation resources that we do not have right now to do the job properly. We want to put it on this year's roadmap but as of right now it is in the backlog. We would also like to change the blindness effect because we had a lot of feedback on the white screen effect.

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Question from mrsmile151

Will we ever get a buff to We're gonna live forever? Killer's BBQ give extra BP and ability too see survivors, and they gain this by doing what they are suppose to do. Survivors have to go out of their way just to get 1 token, and even that's not a guarantee, since another survivor get's the unhook before you even get there. The best way is to take a hit while simply while they are in the dying state or on the shoulder for just 1 token and 99% of cases, that won't help them. Taking a hit while they are being chases is super wonky and you have to pretty much right next to them. I've been in multi-pal cases where I got 4 tokens and still didn't even get double BP at the end of the match.

TL:DR We are using a perk for BP, that's very situational, doesn't really help the team, and doesn't help us.
Perhaps we could get a token for fixing a generator as well?

Answer

Design team answer

WGLF isn't a perk we are currently working on. The idea with BBQ & Chili is th...

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Question from Filthybones

Nearly one year ago, Stefan Horvath talked about several rework perks ideas, especially one with Play with Your Food. What is the ETA on this perk? Besides DS, are you currently testing some perk reworks?

Answer

Absolutely, there is a lot of testing going on right now! We are aiming for a mid-chapter patch covering specific perks changes, addons adjustements, new addons and animation changes on charge time (for killers).
For instance, we are changing Tinkerer completely which led to a addon pass

Question by Ms_claymore

Suggestion/request:

Please include an ingame notification on all platforms the next time you deactivate a feature for a certain amount of time, bonus points for doing so a week before the feature is deactivated.

Players are legit confused why Shrine of Secrets is not available/doesn't update anymore. Not everyone browses reddit or the official forums, reads your blog posts or watches your Developer Streams. Changes like this are important and should be clearly communicated in the game.

Answer

This is true, the in-game communication module isn't the best at the moment. It is planned to be reworked later this year.

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Thank you for joining the first ever forum Q&A!

People of The Fog,

As some of you may have noticed, we launched the Chapter 11 Demise of the Faithful PTB with some slight changes to the Emblem System. This is the first step in an ongoing effort to improve our ranking and Emblem System. Therefore, we want to provide you with information on how these changes may affect your matches and overall rank in Dead by Daylight.

WHY CHANGE THE SYSTEM?

There have been many community concerns recently regarding the current state of ranking. We wanted to address these concerns by adjusting the system to provide an incremental difficulty scale in both achieving and maintaining higher ranks. Each rank group (color) now sets its own requirements for pipping thresholds rather than remaining a static goal no matter how high in rank you climb.

In addition to the changes to pipping and ranking, there were several changes made to Killer emblem scoring. Killers have been generally pipping at a much faster rate than Survivors since the release of the Emblem Sy...

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Thursday May 24th @ 2PM EST
twitch.tv/deadbydaylight

Earlier this month, Behaviour interactive collaborated with Dead by Daylight and Perspectives Jeunesse to host a seminar on Game Development with youths from the city.

The participants were invited to discover the many professions that contribute to the creation of a game. With a hands-on approach to storyboarding, audio conception, art, game design and programming, they were able to create their own version of Dead by Daylight: DBD Mini.

Here is a sneak peak at what they created:

We were all impressed by the curiosity and ingenuity of the group!

Thank you again to the participants and our partners for making this happen.

To learn more about Perspectives Jeunesse: https://www.perspectivesjeunesse.org/

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