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Is the hatred deserved, or has it been blown out of propotion? Today’s video we cover all the topics circulating DBD’s newest killer: The Skull Merchant. This is not my opinion on her and does not reflect it, I am simply discussing the issues revolving her and the backlash she has been receiving. I hope you all enjoy!
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Music – I’ve Been Losing You – Silent Hill 3 Original Soundtrack (Extended)
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#dbd #deadbydaylight #dbdkiller
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Intro 0:00
The Negative – 1:00
Rumours & Comparisons – 3:28
Power & Perks – 6:11
Her Looks And Design – 8:37
The Positive – 10:59
End – 11:53
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Its hypocritical when people complianed and wanted a killer that isn't a chase killer , and skull merchant being more focused on tracking and gen patrol people complain!?
I have yet to play against her lol. Played about 50 matches or so?
Yes. 💯
Adriana could be BHVR's attempt at a femme fatal, which are a big part of horror (ex: tiffany valentine)
It’s not actually she is very good if you have any skill. On a 40 4k streak with her at high MMR ranks. She is very good and lots of people don’t know how to use her unless you grind her and understand every aspect of her. And then survivors complain and cry because they don’t know how to counter her 😂. And for the people saying she is too revealing… grow up not the only revealing killer/survivor. At some point you have to stop being 10 years old just sayin. ❤😂😊
My biggest complaint is the killer isn’t scary at all. Just a thirst trap. This chapter could have been SO much more but not the worst. Love the survivors.
I actually really liked playing as her, but I understand that’s pretty subjective. However, I cannot stand the hypocrisy when complaining about her attractiveness. I’m not even super involved in DBD’s social media platforms but I constantly see people asking for “shirtless insert your favourite character here”, and now people are pissed when they made a sexy killer? Bruh.
the negativity and hate were way too much. even if she were the worst killer ever, many people overreacted. a lot probably comes from people expecting a terminator/predator and feeling let down. i also saw bhvr post a lot of "behind the scenes" and "this was our inspiration" all over their social media so it seems like they wanted to make her for a while and put a lot of time and work into her. must suck for them to see the negativity.
have yet to buy her or play against her, so I can't say much about ingame stuff. she probably won't be one I play a lot but I just don't think a hate wave like that instead of constructive criticism will bring us in a better spot
I ask my friend to put a shirt on his David every time, or I won't save him off hook. So if I see a skull merchant wearing that outfit I'm DCing. I don't care about the consequences. (Plus she looks like my aunt so that makes it super weird. (It's the hairstyle and eye combo.))
Simple answer, no, it's not the worst chapter. That goes to the Twins' chapter since her power was bugged, unpolished, and unfinished as well as the perks. To this day, Twins are still bugged.
Subjectivity, I like this chapter a lot. I like the Skull Merchant, Renato, and am fine with Thalita. Objectively though, I see why this chapters release has been terrible.
Sorry I didn't see the vid immediately I was watching scream 6 again lol! My bad
honestly i started dbd a couple of weeks before this chapter and so far i do like this chapter
I could understand why people like Skull Merchant Aesthetically but it seems like alot of people who like her are kinda forcing themselves to, posting alot of on twitter playing and talking about why they love skull merchant. It doesnt seem genuine honestly.
The Skull Merchant's chapter is bad, but it's only the third worst in the game.
The second worst was the Twins because it was just a horribly buggy and unfinished chapter, and the worst was the Resident Evil chapter because that chapter, due to how unplayable it was at launch and how the RPD was unplayable, damaged the reputation of the game forever.
Yeah even thalita’s perks are lazy and already have very similar perks in the game, dbd better step up their game if they want people playing their game still
i still think the trickster is the worst chapter
I love this chapter, the new map and survivors are fun. But yeah the new killer does feel very underwhelming at times.
Some of us to Knight, Trickster & Legion after Tools of Torment: “Perhaps I treated you too harshly…”
I like to play as and against her, I like how unique her power is, and I have never minded playing "M1" killers, in fact several of my favorites are. The info she can get with her drones is unbeatable, I don't have to run any info perks. I can run regression and chase perks and leave her power to get info
ADRIANA GET BEHIND ME
Hot take but I believe that this genuinely is the worst chapter in the game, even if it isn't nearly the most buggy or unbalanced. Skull Merchant's power is just so fundamentally boring that no amount of tweaks save from a full rework could make her interesting. At least Knight and Twins had unique gimmicks, even if they are pretty poorly implemented. I do like the survivors though, very appealing designs for both! (Even if their perks are shit)
I think ppl hate this chapter cuz everyone expected the Terminator. Which by the teaser, I feel like it was obvious we weren't getting him. And ppl for some reason prefer "hot" survivors over a "hot" killer?
I really wanna comment on the "She is oversexualized" thing.
My issue isn't that she is oversexualized, it's that the game is becoming sexualized itself.
Like 5 male survivors got shirtless cosmetics, Vitorrio is a daddy, Merchant is a Mommy, at a certain stage it feels like "how am I supposed to be scared with all these adult film extras running around".
Maybe that's just me, but it just bothers me.
She’s a female presenting Trickster. She’s made to sell cosmetics. Which is fine — it’s business. My qualm is the devs lack of new ideas when it comes to killers. Killers are now just mixtures of other killers thrown together. Skull Merchant is just a Trapper or Hag with a touch of GF and Myers. There’s nothing totally original anymore — they’re all killers that are lame ripoffs of the killers that came before them, recycled and repackaged.
My other issue is the same basic issue I had with Trickster — their name has nothing to do with their power or really who they are, and on top of it all — boring lore and bad perks. All of that is why I didn’t bother buying her. First killer I haven’t bought in years.
(Beware for an accidental essay below)
I think overall Tools of Torment is mid. It's not bad in context or even good especially in context. I think something had to have gone wrong in development. The design, mori and power just feel all wrong. While yes it is ludicrous to consider it was another chapter and while that is not impossible. I feel what is possible is this is BHVR's predator. While maybe not dropped early, they were denied entirely so this is recompense, such as how Trapper is Jason and Billy is Bubba.
This is to say, I think they were hoping, didn't get it and didn't know what to do. Personally, I believe Adriana's design is a failure. While she is very pretty and yes she is very weird. Does she give off anything of what she's supposed to be? She's a woman with short hair with a business suit, a very unfitting mask and a claw. The only thing that makes me think of her name is her drones. But think about every other killer in retrospect.
They at least resemble their name as a concept. Which is my main issue with Adriana. While Trickster is another plain killer, he represents what he is more than perfectly. A K-POP star who is a serial killer. You get that from his design, but Adriana. A billionaire who takes after the legacy of her father's work and becomes a villain from a Manga. I don't believe most people could tell me in earnest you would be able to tell. All of this is to make the point that something is wrong in her design objectively. But if you like her design, obviously that's subjective and I'm not here to yuck your yum. Additionally, her lore is very unfocused and extremely poorly thought out, it gives a very quick and unusual way of entering the realm. It also focuses on characters too little and too much.
Let me also talk about her power. While it's obviously weak. I just want to really talk about how for almost the past year they keep making the same killer slightly tweaked. Artist, Dredge, Knight and now Adriana's power all rely on placing something down and then the survivors leave. Even if they do different things, the basis of the power is thus. And, it does make me believe they've run out of some sort of creativity. Because if the anniversary killer is just place down something and the survivor runs I mean how many other times can you do that?
But let me talk about the positives. I think Renato and Thalita are actually amazing, probably the best original survivors we've ever gotten. I think their story as siblings and how intertwined they are but also can stand alone are great. Their appearance is fantastic, the way we're getting more languages spoken especially by survivors is actually pure bliss. I believe in terms of survivors, BHVR is excelling and they really need to do things like this more. It makes me hope they give everyone a voice actor and good lobby music!
Finally, the perks. I agree most of the perks are just not good. Adriana's don't do much and what they do, other perks do it better. For the survivors, well, Teamwork perks… Needless to say they made a diet Blood Pact and the other Teamwork perk is not too great. The gen perk is not the worst and Thalita's vault perk can be very good. Additionally, we have Bloodrush which is not bad and Renato's unhook perk which is a wild card. All of them don't feel too good but like any chapter, some good and usually meh or bad. So they're not honestly that bad overall.
And to answer the question I definitely do not think this is the worst chapter. But it's definitely one of the weakest. I believe as time goes on for these kinds of games, content is always expected to get better and better. BHVR is a special kind of company because we all know they've improved but there's a certain threshold they've never really passed in terms of competence. I don't want to sound mean, but they sometimes show really don't know to entirely surpass themselves. Given the map reworks that are worse, changes that are always ridiculous in PTB until people beg for a change. So essentially I'm saying, in DBD especially, this is just a roadblock that came at a bad time when morale is low and people are miffed. Therefore, I believe in the future it won't be looked back as the worst and it's just the timeframe.
I can see why people would dislike her but personally I find what see lacks in chase power is made up for when it comes to the information given by drones.
Maybe it's personally preference but I like her play style.
I really love her! She is fun to play and I fully believe that behavior will continue to work to improve things. But overall she is a bada$$, and I love slashing with her. She is definitely female empowerment 😉. I am bummed that so many people put out hate on her. The community is really negative and self centered these days. It’s really quite easy…. If u don’t like her, don’t play her lol. My love for the game is huge and I would never get so angry about a character I didn’t like. Negativity also spreads so let’s all be positive ❤
I also think many people like her, but the haters are the nosiest
Honestly I love the new chapters. Having drones as a power is so cool. I get the negativity that many players have, but as always… this community just blew the whole situation WAY out of proportion
I'll say this, I personally love Skull Merchant and find her aesthetic to be awesome. I love her chase music, terror radius, her power, the sound of all her technology, her weapon, the map reworks. I do think this was a Predator license that fell through but I still love her. I think her perks are a bit weak especially considering survivors got 6 new perks and several are already meta. But regardless I'm happy with what I got. I think arguments complaining she's sexualized are shallow at best and as you mentioned there's quite a double standard. Trickster, Spirit, and even Huntress all have revealing outfits.
Idk about this whole "thirst trap" thing. I guess I just don't care for sexualizing game characters, to each their own I guess. All I know is, I prefer going against killers with different chase mechanics over camping gens.
When the skull merchant was reveal, I didn't care much about it until the hate she's been getting. I decided to get her (and Sadako since both are missing in the killers that I have) and I hated her at the start; first couple games were hideous, third game is when I tunneled because I was going for the adept achievement, and rarely played as her. But every now and then, I would go and play as her for her second achievement and that's is when it started to click with me and beginning to like her. This killer has some pros and con, but that would go for just about every killer in the game (not everything is perfect).
personally, I don’t think it’s a bad chapter. does it compare to the rest of the chapters? maybe not, but it’s got it’s own unique aspects / mechanics that’ll give BHVR ideas for any upcoming future updates 🤷🏻♂️ it could’ve been so much worse.
Yes. Yes it is.
The main problem with Adriana is her power (kinda weak in general, but also too strong in 3 gens), lore, and community expectations.
She is attractive, but her clothes are just too simple and forgettable. And since this is a horror game, they should have added more creepiness in her visual design and lore…
I mean, Haddie actually looks scarier than her, and she's just a survivor (one of my mains)…
The Artist's design is fantasticly beautiful and creepy, The Twins design is super detailed and well made, The Huntress design is awesome too… And don't forget about The Plague! She looks like a beautiful scary antique goddess! So why couldn't they do better with Adriana?
We'll never know I guess 🤷
1:24 the score when she hit the survivor said caught in 4k 😂
This is the first video of yours I've watched. Immediately clicked the sub button as soon as I heard your voice! It's so calming :))
I've only been playing the game since October last year with a little over 330 hours into the game, so as far as being the worst chapter goes, I feel I don't have any place to judge that. As far the new killer and survivors go, I don't really mind them. The worst time I had against the skull merchant was specifically in a 3 gen situation while playing a solo queue. It ended in me getting the hatch, but the person playing skull merchant was not toxic about it, they just said that that was really where she excelled, which made sense. They even apologized afterwards. But I told them not to feel bad because it was a good, fun experience and that they played well. Yeah, that may be a little biased since I was the only one that survived, but experience is experience. I haven't done much with the new survivors as I don't feel I'm good enough to utilize their perks in any fun ways just yet, but as far as how the female survivors look, I only have 2 words in response to that, rule 34. Their alternate skins are tame compared to how the thirsty horndogs on the internet have likely already portrayed them. But this is the new age. People will complain about absolutely anything they can find, even if it has nothing to do with them.
Idc what these angry survivor mains say because they got 3 gen by a skull merchant … you supposed to get the 3 gen out of the way and face her at the beginning get it over with at first instead of hiding and doing other gens then believing your entitled to a win. Literally wanting it so bad they willing to wait 2 hours for the server to shut down. And behavior definitely gave us a hot killer which is what was needed ,,, male killers out number the female killers way too much and I feel she’s the perfect ‘chill’ killer that doesn’t need to do all the guessing games other killers do and that’s why survivors are upset when they really aren’t even facing her right.
Yeah, she's probably the epitome of everything wrong with modern DBD.
Extremely poorly designed power. Can't really be buffed because buffing her power buffs her 3-gen potential.
Controversial visuals. Releasing what is, essentially, a stripper skin on her release day was NOT a good idea.
Horrid lore. This one's just inexcusable, tbh.
The biggest downside for me it's not the power. I believe it's pretty unique. Design wise tho…. They should reconsider a bit in my opinion. Besides this killer can be pretty versatile, especially after the new buffs she's getting. I also despise how the community is so impulsive about judging. Like the knight (which I'm personally loving), Skull merchant have received immediately a lot of hate.Yes everyone have it's own taste, but we need to be more patient and analyze a power or a gameplay more.
I do enjoy watching her walk while she carries me to a hook lol
When I watched gameokay on the ptb I was like " Eh she's alright " than when she came out I had a lot of fun with her, especially since she has a lot of other types of builds you can do with her like speed, stealth, anti loop and alot of others.
I do think the chapter was suppose to be predator and was saying so as soon as I saw it(too many similarities to the killer in tye movie, also would have been cool if they gave her the invisibility like wraith 😎👌)her mori IS boring and unimaginative BUT I do like both survivors and their design and have been playing them since release. I also like playing against skull merchant and she does seem to have good perks as she has caught me off guard with the one that makes you oblivious(and that's even with me running spine chill but I admit I was greeding the gen also)I do think skull merchants lore is not great and her walk is…ridiculous(often makes me laugh in chase or when I see her around the map, it's not a run but a fast sexy walk which is crazy and makes no sense when trying to kill someone? Although in silence of the lambs the dude does do that funny little dance and is killing people?)just seems like an unbalanced chapter but I don't hate it. I also think the map sort of "redesign" is cool but we really needed a new map? Who else gets the same maps over and over(gas haven comes up alot and I only get red forest every once in a while)I though they did a rework they rotated maps more? I played over 20 games yesterday and never got Ormond and red forest only once, MacMillan 3 times, gas haven 8-10 times, lery 2 times just weird 🤷♂️) thanks for this mew, I appreciate your different views on dbd and your general wonderment about the game. I often play and wonder about stuff myself, great job 👏
All of the comments being angry that she is “too sexualized” or “revealing” are so dumb. Do you realize that someone has to sexualize someone within their gaze for them to be sexualized? The community are the issue here, she was never described by the team as a femme fatale or anything like that she was described as an APEX PREDATOR. Her character design being conventionally attractive caused everyone to sexualize her. Did we have an issue with the huntress’s beach skin where she showed just as much skin?
not gonna lie i just wished she was a non human type killer since we have only had one what is now gone R.I.P demo
also from the teaser it look like it was going to be a robot killer for the chapter i was just disappointed from what i got but then i believed that it could have a cool robot skin for her on launch but.
also i think the hate more comes from us getting our hopes up for a si-fi chapter then the chapter was not so si-fi. the teasers also seemed a bit miss leading since they showed a robot powering up and a box what made some people believe that the chapter was going to be si-fi themed and the the box would do something with the killers power and not to do nothing but this happens i mean look at the darkness among us the Official Trailer it acts as if the legion has a diff power.
I hate her. She is too powerful
I love the visual style of the skull merchant, her abilities are nothing too special imo. The two survivors are not my style either, but I'm sure there are people out there that love em! and thats the thing.. just because something in a new chapter isn't for you, remember there might be someone out there who have waited for something JUST like this. The next chapter may be something YOU have waited for! I hope for a really cool new map next time, a cemetary, spaceship or camp crystal?