Dead by Daylight developers hint at upcoming changes to the game

The developers of Dead by daylight recently announced some interesting changes that will be made to the game in the future. The game is still running well, Dead by daylightThe Year 9 roadmap shows various planned content releases throughout the year. While most are still a secret at this point, the team at Behavior Interactive has shared some insight into some upcoming small updates.

Most fans would say Dead by daylight is considered one of the best asymmetric multiplayer games. And while that may be true for some, there are still many concerns and fan requests that the team has not fully investigated or explained to date. However, the team at Behavior Interactive wants to share some of their internal discussions as well as planned updates for the coming years and have done so via a Reddit AMA.

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In an official Dead by daylight Developer AMA on Reddit, various topics were discussed by the team. One of the biggest topics was the long-awaited update for Freddie Krueger, Michael Myers, as well as internal conversations about how to address the issue. Dead by daylight‘s Skull Merchant concerns. While some comments questioned why updates to said characters would take so long, it was a welcome change that many had wanted for some time. It was also said that the Swamp was going to be updated. However, the rather general statement about when this would happen left some commenters wanting more answers.

Further updates provided by the Dead by daylight Team According to AMA

• Map changes for Garden of Joy, Badham Preschool, Midwich Elementary and the Swamp
• Additional card variants for existing cards
• Additional prestige rewards, including a special P100 reward
• Volume equalization for survivor grunting sounds
• Lobby UI updates
• New generator mechanics
• Multiple perk updates
• Advanced features for legendary characters
• Possible voice lines for older characters

While the majority of the AMA was mainly about Easter eggs, visual details, and lore questions, there were actually some interesting notes that were discussed. The remote hooking feature that was introduced during Dead by daylight‘s Twisted Masquerade event was called a killer ability that the team tried to investigate despite the negative feedback, but the backlash was massive. Other answers were vague, while others were called secrets that shouldn’t be discussed. However, it was hinted that some of the questions would be answered in future in-game updates.

Another big topic was the type of cosmetics in the game. It has long been a concern of the community that some characters get more costumes than others, and some have even mentioned why some outfits are exclusive to Dead by Daylight – Mobile Life. Unfortunately, the team confirmed that while they’ve tried to balance content releases within characters, each survivor’s popularity contributes to who gets more options for clothing and skins.

Although many questions remained unanswered, the developers who answered the AMA assured that they did not want to spoil future chapters. Some queries were directly related to upcoming content that will be released soon, and this garnered positive feedback and enthusiasm from the community. It seems Dead by daylightThe future continues to look bright and promising and the team has made it clear that they are committed to continually improving the game.

Dead by daylight

Dead by Daylight is an asymmetrical multiplayer horror game in which one player takes on the role of a killer and the others play as “survivors”. The killer must hunt the survivors while the survivors must escape.

Approved

14 June 2016

Multiplayer

Online multiplayer

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