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Next DBD update will fix some big problems with one unloved killer

The Knight has never been the most popular killer in Dead by Daylight. Recently, however, a series of changes looked to make this Hungarian swordsman more viable, encouraging longer hunts for his summoned minions. Unfortunately, this all backfired somewhat, with Knight fans being increasingly unhappy with how the killer plays, especially with all minions on a shared cooldown meaning they were useless for large amounts of time.

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The Casting of Frank Stone | Features Trailer

The Casting of Frank Stone introduces a collection of new features that aim to give you more ways to play than ever before. Watch our Features Trailer to learn more about the Cutting Room Floor, Twitch Integration, Plunderer’s Instinct, and more!

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Available September 3rd, 2024.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2223840/The_Casting_of_Frank_Stone/

Developer Update | August 2024 PTB

As the next update approaches, we as always have news to share! This blogpost will cover all the gameplay changes happening between the Public Test Build (PTB) and live release of the 8.2.0 Update.

The Dark Lord

[CHANGE] Increased movement speed after casting Hellfire to 2m/s (was 1.48m/s).
[CHANGE] Decreased Hellfire charge time to 0.9 seconds (was 1 second).
[CHANGE] Adjustments to various Add-Ons.

Dev note: The Hellfire attack proved to be useful on the PTB. We’ve fine-tuned the charge time and movement speed to improve the way it feels to use. This includes adjusting the deacceleration and reacceleration after canceling the attack to be smoother and not so sudden.

[CHANGE] Increased movement speed in Wolf Form to 4.6m/s (was 4.4m/s). Haste from Scent Orbs will increase your speed to 4.8m/s.
[CHANGE] Reduced cooldown of Pounce attack to 20 seconds (was 25 seconds).
[CHANGE] Colliding with a wall or obstacle during the first Pounce will no longer end your Power.

Dev note: The Wolf form looked to need a bit more attention. For the release, we have increased the Wolf’s base movement speed to 4.6m/s – the same as the Vampire Form. We’ve also reduced the Pounce attack’s cooldown.

While the Pounce attack is meant to be more difficult to use in tight spaces, we found it to be a bit too restrictive. To make it easier to position for the second Pounce, hitting a collision during the first Pounce will no longer end your Power.

The Nemesis

[CHANGE] Increased Mutation Rate 3 Tentacle Strike range to 6.5 meters (was 6 meters).
[CHANGE] Decreased successful Tentacle Strike cooldown to 2.25 seconds (was 2.5 seconds).

Dev note: The adjustments on the PTB definitely helped The Nemesis get up and running at the start of a trial, but many felt he could use a little more. We have made additional tweaks to his Tentacle Strike to make it even more deadly when used well.

The Knight

[NEW] Each guard has a separate cooldown:

The Assassin: 30 seconds
The Jailer: 25 seconds
The Carnifex: 20 seconds

[NEW] Summoning a guard will cause any active guard to despawn.
[NEW] Hitting a patrolling guard with a basic attack will reduce their cooldown to 10 seconds.

Dev note: Spawning a different guard while another was deployed was an unintended mechanic in the previous PTB, but it turned out to be loved by many. We found having guards on separate cooldowns encouraged switching between to the right guard in the right situation, meanwhile a shared cooldown encouraged using the single strongest guard.

We have brought back separate cooldowns as a now intended feature and tuned them according to their strength and utility. This will give The Knight a boost in power and encourage swapping between guards.

Human Greed

[CHANGE] Reduced cooldown to 60/45/30 seconds (was 80/70/60 seconds).

Dev note: On the PTB, the cooldown for closing chests was quite long, so we have reduced it significantly.

Exultation

The following change will be implemented in a minor patch in the coming weeks.

[REMOVED] Removed the condition which prevented upgraded Items from being kept at the end of the trial.

Dev note: Many people wanted to keep the Items they had risked their lives to upgrade, so we’ll be removing this condition in a later update. Enjoy the spoils of your hard work.

Until next time…

The Dead by Daylight team

Dead by Daylight just got the only collab I'll ever care about

Dead by Daylight has certainly had some star-studded collabs. First there was Nicholas Cage, then the Slipknot and Iron Maiden cosmetics, followed of course by the addition of Lara Croft, played by Captain America's Hayley Atwell herself. But all of those have faded into the background in seconds, as Behavior has just revealed that it's collaborating with two of my favorite people ever. This is the only DBD crossover I ever needed - ask our site editor, Cameron who just saw me freak out live on a call, I'm sure he'll verify.

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