Freddy Krueger Rework Changes! Wake Up Nerfed? Dead By Daylight Developer Update PTB to Live!



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DBD released the January Developer Update today with details about Freddy Krueger’s rework changes from the Public Test Build version to live! Let’s go over them and see what they changed from the PTB to the live mid chapter patch, most likely coming tomorrow?

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https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/kb/articles/489-developer-update-january-2025-ptb

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31 thoughts on “Freddy Krueger Rework Changes! Wake Up Nerfed? Dead By Daylight Developer Update PTB to Live!”

  1. DBD released the January Developer Update today with details about Freddy Krueger's rework changes from the Public Test Build version to live! Let's go over them and see what they changed from the PTB to the live mid chapter patch, most likely coming tomorrow?

    Here's the link if you want to read through the blog yourself:

    https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/kb/articles/489-developer-update-january-2025-ptb

    If you buy any DLC or auric cell packages on Epic Game Store, you can support my channel by entering "PAULIEESTHER" in the creator tag box when you complete your purchase. I would appreciate it! Thank you! Or use my link here:

    DbD| Download and Buy Today – Epic Games Store https://bit.ly/3dca2tW

    Thanks for watching!

    Thanks to all your support we've finally reached that elusive 100,000 YouTube subscribers milestone and I've filled out the application for the silver PLAY button from YouTube to give to my son. Thank you for all your help. Obviously none of this happens without you. My son is going to be so excited when it arrives. To infinity and beyond! If you're one of the 70% of my viewers who watch my channel content but isn't subscribed please consider subscribing. Also double check if you think you are already subscribed because sometimes YouTube randomly removes subscriptions. Thank you for your help. Remember subscribing is completely free, it simply reminds you when I put up new content.

    If you buy any DLC or auric cell packages on Epic Game Store, you can support my channel by entering "PAULIEESTHER" in the creator tag box when you complete your purchase. I would appreciate it! Thank you! Or use my link here:

    Dead by Daylight | Download and Buy Today – Epic Games Store https://bit.ly/3dca2tW

    What's that symbol in the corner? That's my "Fog Whisperer" icon. What is a Fog Whisperer? A Fog Whisperer is a person who engages the DBD community by creating compelling and absorbing content to a high standard. Here's the list of the Fog Whisperers with links to their channels in this DBD official website article:

    https://deadbydaylight.com/news/fog-whisperers-program

    If you'd like to support the channel you can click join on the page on the link below for access to the special Esther emotes:

    https://gaming.youtube.com/channel/UCZ52BHUeoAGmWzGf65ULSKw

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    My PC is a special DBD custom PC made by Xidax. You can watch these videos here about the PC and it's specs and the journey to get it made. Also if you're in the market for a new PC, visit Xidax using my link and enter code "PAULIE" at checkout to let them know that Paulie Esther sent you!

    https://xidax.com/paulieesther

    Xidax PC video part 1:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DOuLvTHPAY

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xG3NfSK30IA

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  2. Why they had to kill off wake up it felt so good on ptb and now it's going to be way worse than last minutes of our current 25% faster opening gates i thought for sure we're going to get 50% Faster opening Gates and I would make a combo with hope for safer escape and now i'm out of luck i hope they would even at least revert those changes back😢

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  3. I understand they want to balance the game around team play, and I get that they're worried about selfish playstyles like it was for a long time before they nerfed Distortion. But Wake Up will now become yet another perk that MAY (probably even not) only be used by SWFs. If someone liked Wake Up, they'll probably switch to Sole Survivor, as you mentioned.

    Good point on your part that Wake Up should be visible to others so they know why I'm annoyingly spamming the "2" interaction 😅😆
    It’s strange to me because initially, they wanted to buff Wake Up, but it ultimately ends up being a nerf 🤔However, the visibility of perks like that should be available for everyone, and the DBD community has been asking for it for a long time.
    They say they're open to player feedback – I'd like to ask, where can give them a feedback?

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  4. Wake up will be a lot less strong even when you have teamates alive as if your down to 2 so 1 runs killer while you get gate it’ll be a lot weaker and they can likely hook em and pressure you off so now you both die. Or if your last. Or hell even if all 4 because it doesn’t show you don’t get to use it at full power. They just made it to hurt any last survivors standing

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  5. The more I think about the Wake Up! rework the less and less sense it makes overall. For instance the odds are if you've got gates powered and 4 survivors are still in the trial, you won't NEED the 50% total speed since the killer can't cover 2 gates being opened and 2 other survivors. You need faster gate speed the FEWER survivors there are, because then there's more pressure from the killer on the gates. It's like the basic gameplay loop of Dead by Daylight. It's just really bad design. The devs decided an underutilized perk will see even less play because it "needed identity" or something. Throw this up there with the Calm Spirit "buff" from 2 years ago as just a all time terrible design choice that seemed to centered on making sure a perk is never picked.

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  6. Wake up! + Sole Survivor rats were a plague just like old Distortion rats. Any perk change the discourages Survivors from being an egoistic rat is a good change, even if it means a weak perk gets nerfed because of it. The other solution to those egoistic rats would be to make such behavior bannable, but we all know that's very unlikely to ever happen.

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  7. Well, Beast of Prey still sounds like a complete waste of a perk …

    Attacking Wake Up … I don't really agree with it, but meh. I still will never run a perk that only activates when 99% of the trial is done and dusted.

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