Dead by Daylight’s Flashlight Disable Sparks Community Debate
Dead by Daylight’s developer Behaviour Interactive has announced that it’s pulled the Kill Switch on the Flashlight and all associated Perks that can make it appear in a Trial. This means the Flashlight and perks are temporarily unavailable in-game for all players.
The developer doesn’t use the Kill Switch often, only in cases where an exploit fundamentally breaks the game. The exploit fans have discovered allows Survivors to avoid Killers entirely, which is unfair at the very least, but realistically, it’s destructive to the game’s integrity.
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Dead by Daylight Devs Pulls The Kill Switch on Flashlights, and Fans Want Them Back as Quickly as Possible
Dead by Daylight is a highly competitive game in which four Survivors try to repair generators and escape a Trial while a relentless Killer hunts them down, attempting to sacrifice them to The Entity. The stability of such an online game hinges on exploits being snuffed out as soon as they crop up, which is what’s happened in the last 24 hours with Flashlights and a few associated Perks being hit by the Kill Switch.
The Kill Switch is a feature that allows Behaviour Interactive to disable parts of Dead by Daylight at a moment’s notice. The developer has now pulled the Kill Switch on Flashlights and the Dramaturgy, Appraisal, and Residual Manifest Perks.
Flashlights are a powerful item for Survivors because they can blind a Killer, forcing them to pause in chases or drop any Survivors they carry. Without them, there will be more Med Kits and Toolboxes in rotation, which the community is already waiting to see the backlash from. “Watch everyone moan about the amount of medkits and toolboxes now.”
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