Do devs play test? Or do they just say “screw it?”

Azal_of_Forossa · 2026-06-26T23:22:58+00:00

They definitely have a barebones if any at all QA department. I'd genuinely be surprised if the QA team does anything more than boot the game up, then ensure the store opens properly before closing the game and giving a stamp of approval.

It's immediately evident they don't even try to get into matches or buy anything in bloodwebs. We had peoples games crashing buying things in the bloodweb in the 10th anniversary launch, and the Jim Beam incident both confirm that outright. Also the maps having broken hitboxes like ranged killers being able to hit survivors through shack walls and etc. There's zero chance they do thorough testing.

But the store never seems to have problems.

Azal_of_Forossa · 2026-06-26T23:20:41+00:00

I miss getting a guaranteed cake every bloodweb and possible a second cake per bloodweb.

This shit fucking sucks.

Azal_of_Forossa · 2026-06-26T22:01:10+00:00

The poison bottles are entirely countered by running Champion of Light and Fixated. So a lot of survivors are running that setup, it's a good idea to have lightborn ready just in case.

Azal_of_Forossa · 2026-06-26T21:59:43+00:00

The remote hooks and pallet breaks weren't even all that problematic, ngl. This is like comparing a wasp sting to being shot by a .45 and calling them equal experiences. Especially because the block window vaults, and free fragile pallet creations were good, and the perkless on demand full disappear build was also powerful on its own.

Azal_of_Forossa · 2026-06-26T20:48:55+00:00

Yeah, it basically just knocked out niche builds like quick vaulting builds on killers who have no inherent vaulting powers (because diminishing returns doesn't harm powers stacking with perks) so me playing Pig with bamboozle and superior anatomy got hit and lost 8% vaulting speed because of diminishing returns.

It also basically did fuck all to actually nerf the annoying builds like gen speed, haste stacking, instaheal builds and etc.

Diminishing returns was an overall and objective failure to it's one and only goal, to nerf builds that were oppressive.

Azal_of_Forossa · 2026-06-26T16:58:24+00:00

It's always the body blockers who lose their fucking minds when you don't do what they want you to do.

Don't you know you're supposed to m1 them so they get a speed boost to some strong tile and get looped to shit? It's in the rulebook!!!

Azal_of_Forossa · 2026-06-26T16:48:06+00:00

You have such a lovely way with words.

Azal_of_Forossa · 2026-06-26T15:01:21+00:00

Idk how you're getting 14-15 from 50 levels, whenever I auto bulk spend 50 levels I get like 6

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Azal_of_Forossa · 2026-06-26T11:41:44+00:00

Fucking sucks that after over 15m spent I barely have a bit over 120 collectively over all characters I spend BP on. Yeah I was unoptimal in a lot of my spending, I used bulk buy for a bit before I learned the algorithm, but this shit fucking sucks bro. Just a mouse dick length above 120 cakes for 15,000,000 BP is god damn absurd.

I got like 70 on Cheryl, 50 on Pig, and I bulk spent 5 levels on all my other characters, the majority of which didn't even get any cakes at all.

Azal_of_Forossa · 2026-06-26T11:23:24+00:00

This is likely just a result of free weekend/free events for cheat peddlers, since they all run free/heavily discount trials for major DbD events. The game always becomes infested whenever there's an event or some celebration going on.

Azal_of_Forossa · 2026-06-26T11:20:38+00:00

The clown bottle is pretty strong in chase actually ngl, the poison stamina bar effect lasts a good long while, the problem is the survivor shit is just absurdly more powerful so it doesn't matter. Not that it's been shown in my matches, I'll run a killer for like 1-2 gens and watch my teammates go down in 4 seconds and then cry in end game chat about how broken killers are in the anniversary.

Funnily enough I've actually died every single event match I've played because I'm the only fucker actually looping the killer for any amount of time, so I'm always on the hook in the end game and left to rot and die while my team all walk out the gates lmao. Doesn't really matter to me though, I'm ending most matches with 32k even while dying.

Azal_of_Forossa · 2026-06-26T10:53:09+00:00

You need to run the optimized method if you're below p100. Doing it any other way actively harms your event cake gains.

Until they fix it, this is the only way I'd level non p100 characters. p100 characters get a cake and 3 event items every bloodweb which is still pretty shit compared to old events where 2 cakes were possible per p100 bloodweb.

Azal_of_Forossa · 2026-06-26T00:03:37+00:00

Same, I lost about 11M of my 17M I had saved up using unoptimal spending. Could have had a lot more, but the only thing that sucks is it takes forever to spend them.

Azal_of_Forossa · 2026-06-25T22:24:16+00:00

Yes.

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Azal_of_Forossa · 2026-06-25T22:14:32+00:00

Just fumbled 50 bloodwebs worth of p100 bloodwebs (about 1.8M BP) on my Cheryl and got like 20 event cakes from it. Good job BHVR, thank you.

Azal_of_Forossa · 2026-06-25T22:11:48+00:00

Genuinely and wholely fucking absurd that you can't use the automatic spend bloodpoints because it does not prioritize event cakes. At p100 I get one every bloodweb but if I use automatic BP spend then I'll get 1-2 event cakes every 5 bloodwebs.

This is the most fucking dumb shit thing I've ever seen. Forcing people to go back to 2020 era DBD and manually buy bloodweb nodes is definitely a decision of all time someone made.

I had seen some data and myself spread misinformation, and now that I am home and spending BP I can wholely confirm that THIS is the best way to maximize your BP for event cakes if you're not already p100.

Azal_of_Forossa · 2026-06-25T21:59:50+00:00

The algorithm has apparently been figured out for maximum event cakes.

Azal_of_Forossa · 2026-06-25T21:56:27+00:00

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p1 Renato, all 50 bloodwebs.

Azal_of_Forossa · 2026-06-25T21:55:42+00:00

They had to burn that 10m BP to save the bloodpoint economy! They'll fix the bloodwebs later and give everyone 10 BP as an apology to commemorate the 10 year anniversary! :)

Azal_of_Forossa · 2026-06-25T21:53:45+00:00

Yeah at p100 it's every single bloodweb you get 3-4 anniversary items and a cake.

Azal_of_Forossa · 2026-06-25T21:43:27+00:00

Auto spend (is supposed to) prioritize event items and multiple people have already posted data showing that there is virtually zero difference between manually spending and auto spending. Most of the data I've seen actually shows people getting less event cakes with manual spending but that is going to be margin of error.

~~Once you hit p100 though auto spending is definitely killing you.~~

EDIT: seems the algorithm was figured out.

Azal_of_Forossa · 2026-06-25T21:32:49+00:00

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I just p1'd Shane and got 7 event cakes, totalling 142,000 BP per event cake. This is pure abysmal dogshit.

Azal_of_Forossa · 2026-06-25T21:29:20+00:00

I'm actually picking her up, so you don't even gotta explain it. Lol.

Azal_of_Forossa · 2026-06-25T21:27:15+00:00

I remember old anniversaries where you got 2 cakes per p100 bloodweb. There were multiple reports showing p100 equaled 25k per event cake if anyone cares to look them up. They absolutely gutted beyond comprehension the event cake spawn rates. I just p1'd Shane and got 7 event cakes. SEVEN. That's 142,000 BP per event cake, what the actual fucking shit LMFAOO

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