Dead by Daylight Dev Tracker

Today, we are launching the first edition of the Dead by Daylight Developer Update. These articles have the objective of giving our Community a better visibility on our short and mid-term priorities and how each of them is progressing. We are looking at releasing an update like this on a regular basis.

This first edition will give you insights on some hot topics including the infinite loading screen issue and the new matchmaking algorithm. We also want to provide an update on our progress for: Dedicated Servers, Legion Update, the new End Game Collapse and the Freddy rework. 

Game Health Issues...

People of the Fog, 

As part of the 2.6.0 update, we made some changes to the emblem system to have a player's rank more accurately reflect their skill level. This was done by setting unique pipping thresholds for each rank range that gradually become more demanding as you climb up the ranks. 

While these changes did have the intended outcome, the new pipping thresholds proved to be too demanding on the Survivor side. As a result, not as many Survivors are reaching the higher ranks as we had originally anticipated, making it difficult for green-red ranked killers to find a match. 

WHAT IS CHANGING? 

In our next update, the number of points needed for Survivors to reach both the +1 and +2 pip thresholds is reduced by one. Killer pip thresholds remain unchanged for now. 

The new Survivor pipping thresholds are as follows: 

RANK 17-20 (BROWN) 

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THIS WEEKEND, DEAD BY DAYLIGHT IS PLAY FOR FREE ON ALL PLATFORMS AND UP TO 60% ON SALE.

Free Weekend start and end date per platform:

PS4

NA / Japan - Starts at 2am UTC on April 4th, Ends at 3pm UTC on April 8th

EU - Starts at 6am UTC on April 4th, Ends at 6am UTC on April 8th

STEAM

Worldwide - Starts at 5pm on April 3rd UTC, Ends at 7AM UTC on April 8th

XBOX

Worldwide - Start at 10PM UTC on April 3rd - Ends at 7AM...

DEAD BY DAYLIGHT – TWITCH CHALLENGES (BETA) 

Behaviour is excited to team up with Amazon to bring the GameOn Tournament Organizer to Dead by Daylight.  

With this Twitch Extension, streamers can organize and invite their community to join them in casual competitions easily accessed from within the game. In Dead by Daylight, GameOn will be referred to as “Twitch Challenges”. The Twitch Challenges launched on April 2nd 2019 and the creation of leaderboards will be, for now, only accessible to the Fog Whisperers - 50 broadcasters who are actively engaged in the game’s community. We hope streamers and their community will enjoy this new feature. Find below an in-depth overview of the “Twitch Challenges”. 

WHAT ARE TWITCH CHALLENGES & AMAZON GAMEON? 

Twitch Challenges is a new feature for Dead by Daylight that grants streamers the ability to create in-game leaderboard competitions amongst their viewers. This is all d...

Available on Steam, PS4 NA / EU and XBOX.

New SURVIVOR: Ashley J. Williams

During a weekend at a cabin with friends, Ashley J. Williams uncovered the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis (the Book of the Dead) and awoke something dark in the woods. Evil possessed his friends, whom he was forced to kill, and his right hand, which he sawed off.

For the next thirty years, Ash ran from his past, working at a Value Stop department store and seducing women in dive bars. But he screwed up one night while being high, when he read from the Necronomicon to impress a woman. Evil found him once more, wrecking the life ...

PATCH NOTES 2.6.3

FEATURES & CONTENT:

• Feature - Added support for Twitch Game On.
• Content - Added a new Survivor (Ashley J. Williams).

ATTENTION

The new character, Ash J. Williams is available with Auric Cells in the in-game store as soon as the update is released.

The DLC will be available later today on all platforms and will include an exclusive item.

BALANCE:

• Changed the Decisive Strike stun time to 5 seconds, with the Survivor being free to move after 1 second.
• The Enduring perk now affects Decisive Strike's stun.

With feedback from the PTB and Live, we have changed the Decisive Strike stun time to 5 seconds, with the Survivor being free to move after 1 second. This should allow for the survivor to have ~ 4 seconds at a base to try and escape the killer after the stun is successful. When Enduring is used, the stun wi...