Cortyn is excited about the new End Game Collapse in Dead by Daylight. But other aspects of the patch have also improved.
The Mid-Chapter Patch 2.7.0 of Dead by Daylight has been live for a few days and can be extensively played. From my perspective, this patch is one of the best updates that the 4vs1 horror game has received in recent years.
I would like to explain why this is the case.
What is the End Game Collapse? The “End Game Collapse” is a new phase in Dead by Daylight that occurs in the last minutes of a match. Once the Survivors have repaired all generators and opened the gate, the phase begins.
A timer now runs, at the end of which the Survivors will be killed if they have not already left the match by then. The Killer can also trigger the End Game Collapse – he can indeed open the gate himself.
Why the End Game Collapse makes the game much more exciting
From the Survivors’ perspective, the End Game Collapse is not just a disadvantage and a nerf, as one reads in many places, but also provides additional information. Since the End Game Collapse is only triggered when one of the gates is opened, it is clear: one of the two gates is already open, I can now escape even if the Killer is chasing me.
The times when one ran away from the Killer in a panic, only to realize at the last moment that none of the teammates had managed to open one of the gates, are over. Now one always knows that a gate is already open and can act accordingly.
The advantages of the End Game Collapse from a Killer’s perspective are also not to be underestimated. You can put pressure on the Survivors and independently open a door if, as a Killer, you see no chance anymore or just spot a favorable opportunity. After all, it can be worthwhile to initiate the End Game Collapse when one or two Survivors are on the ground. The remaining Survivors are then placed under time pressure to save their friends.
In the few days since the patch, I’ve experienced many cool moments where Survivors left the map at the last second or were executed by the Entity at the last moment.
Even the typical “camping” that happens at the end of a round when a Survivor is hanging next to an opened gate becomes really intense.
The end of disconnect matches
But even apart from the pure game mechanics, there are a few seemingly small changes that, however, have a big impact and effectively combat many players’ frustrations.
No matches with less than 4 Survivors: Dead by Daylight has long been plagued by several “loading screen bugs”. It can happen that a loading screen “loads endlessly” and the game never starts for a player. Or the game completely hangs during loading and does not respond anymore.
Both errors are annoying and frustrating. The developers are aware of these errors but have explained that the problem is complex and not so easy to solve. The compromise they have currently reached is the right step: If a player does not get through the loading screen, the match is simply canceled.
No loss of offerings: This also goes hand in hand with the second frustration factor. Because anyone who left a match too early not only left their team in the lurch, but also lost their offerings, items, and addons they wanted to use. Especially with rare offerings like the “Bloody Party Streamers”, which increase all players’ bloodpoints by 100%, this was annoying. Offerings and addons are now also returned when the match is canceled.
A few bugs remain
Of course, there are also a few bugs or (in my opinion) poor decisions that have crept into the game. I do not agree with the nerfs on the Killer “The Legion”. I acknowledge that he was too strong, but now he is just a shadow of his former self and the game feel is even worse than Freddy Krueger.
There is also a new sound bug that causes already used meat hooks to continue playing the creepy noises from the Entity even though no Survivor is hanging on them anymore, which sometimes makes me sigh in frustration.
Overall, patch 2.7.0 is a massive improvement for Dead by Daylight that enhances the fun of the game and eliminates many moments of frustration. Killing and being killed hasn’t been this much fun in a long time.
How do you like the latest patch of Dead by Daylight? Are you enjoying the new endgame and the bug fixes?
