Distortion opinions

[Skeleoh]

Basically this perk is being brought up again on twitter (Kid challenging everyone to 1v1 in replies) and Reddit. Mostly saying distortion makes players bad since they can hide, however if that’s the case then shouldn’t killers be happy for the short chase when they are found without aura?

Distortion seems so situational. Whenever I have used it, rng made it so my killer had no aura perks so it was useless. If the killer has no where to hide, this perk is awesome since some killers will just kick the Gen and leave since they see no aura. The players that hide all game will do so without this perk, sure it helps them do it. But if they are hiding then they won’t be contributing to the team with gens or getting chased. Hell, they may even get a teammate killed since the killer can’t see Timmy 0 hook but can see Chad 2 hook.

Honestly, I hate it more when I play survivor since those teammates never take chase, but from a killer side it kinda gives me an excuse to just chase the others and get them out faster. If I find Mr distortion then good, otherwise he’s just a scared Gen jockey.

What are y’all’s opinions and maybe nerf/rework/buff ideas?

[JustinGayme.TTV]

Originally posted by Skeleoh:

Basically this perk is being brought up again on twitter (Kid challenging everyone to 1v1 in replies) and Reddit. Mostly saying distortion makes players bad since they can hide, however if that’s the case then shouldn’t killers be happy for the short chase when they are found without aura?

Distortion seems so situational. Whenever I have used it, rng made it so my killer had no aura perks so it was useless. If the killer has no where to hide, this perk is awesome since some killers will just kick the Gen and leave since they see no aura. The players that hide all game will do so without this perk, sure it helps them do it. But if they are hiding then they won’t be contributing to the team with gens or getting chased. Hell, they may even get a teammate killed since the killer can’t see Timmy 0 hook but can see Chad 2 hook.

Honestly, I hate it more when I play survivor since those teammates never take chase, but from a killer side it kinda gives me an excuse to just chase the others and get them out faster. If I find Mr distortion then good, otherwise he’s just a scared Gen jockey.

What are y’all’s opinions and maybe nerf/rework/buff ideas?

Like most things in game it can be good and bad.

Some people say aura blocking makes you a bad player. Others say aura reading makes killers bad. There’s no right opinion. Just do you.

I 100%! Knew this was going to come up with chuckys release. One of the best ways to counter his base kit / addonsis to play more stealthily. Distortion, lockers, calm spirit, sole survivor, lightweight , urban evasion, vigil are many ways among so many more.


Even if it isn’t Chucky, Distortion also provides valuable information that you can convey to teammates if you’re on voice comms. If you can deduce that the killer has nowhere to hide, barbecue, nurses calling etc this is very helpful to know.

I just let people run what they want to run and assume they have best intentions at heart. You really can’t prove otherwise each match so I don’t n see any reason to be so involved in what others are running.

Examples=
People may get into locker for built to last, to self heal with inner strength, to block their aura from being read, etc. yet sometimes if a teammate sees you get in a locker they’ll lose their mind. It’s actually funny to me.

I just mind my own business. I’m amused that others get so involved in others’ perk choices. As long as they’re contirbutijg with either gens, or unhooks+ healing + taking hooks, that’s good enough for me.

[JustinGayme.TTV]

Also to add; Many times we choose perks it may be useless in match. I’d rather have a perk and it not be needed than to wish I had it.

Using niche stuff can also help disrupt MetA builds.if the majority consensus is that distortion is useless, it can encourage more killer to use aura reading. If everyone used distortion, can encourage killers to not use aura reading. Or the reverse, every killer using aura Read might encourage more distortion. Killers can then capitalize on this assumption and use no wasted perks on aura reading and focus on stuff that’ll be more useful, which would then become more lethal.

Perk choices as a trend tend to either shake up the Mets or keep it in place. Personally I’d rather keep shaking it up.

[★ Møndhirsch ★]

My opinion (short):
Distortion is fine. It's hilarious that there are actually people crying about it.

My opinion (long):
Killers rely way to much on Aura reading perks these days. It's always funny seeing Killers kicking a gen with 'Nowhere to Hide' and instantly walking away because they haven't seen an aura. A situation where a normal Killer would actually used their senses to maybe spot a Survivor (slightly looking around / hear for breathing).
I like running Distortion from time to time and I'm not a Stealthy Survivor at all (wearing bright Clothes, agressive Playstyle, loving chases), because I like FAIR CHASES with Mindgames on Maptiles. And Aurareading/Wallhacks ruin mindgames between the Killer and the Survivor. Good Killers predict where the Survivor will be. Sniping as Pyramid Head, Nurse, Huntress etc. just because you can see the Aura is just lazy. I mean Killers also don't have fun looping a Survivor for example Downstairs on Haddonfield when the Survivor uses a Red Key to see the Killers Aura through the wall (= no Mindgames).

As a Killer I don't mind Distortion at all. There are so many ways to find Survivors without even the need of perks -> Looking around, Footstep sounds, Breathing Sounds, Totem Sounds, Scrachmarks, Crows flying away, changed Genprogression, ...
So when they use Distortion and can't run another of the thousand S-Tier perks instead i'm totally fine with that.

[Tokogawa [GER]]

Twitter and Reddit talks a lot of ♥♥♥♥ thought

[♔Flay]

I use distortion for all my builds regardless if the killer has aura perks or not. I play dbd since it first came out, I say it s called wallhack by daylight not dead by daylight. Killers rely too much on these perks instead of searching and finding. Devs said to hide, they provided a few perks to hide, hide better is what I hear from killers so there you go: calm spirit, distortion, iron will and urban evasion. Best in the business for "hiding" just like the devs wanted it. The game has gone down easy, no jungle gyms, self care nerfed, no pallets, and yet still, killers complain. Howl..

[Metalsiren IXI]

So distortion makes me a bad player but its ok for killers to just walk right to where Im at because they see my aura despite me making attempts to avoid being seen.

[Peregrine]

I feel like at this point, the information Distortion provides is even more of a valuable factor than the stealth aspect is. There have been so many aura reading perks added to the game in recent patches, I almost feel like I need to run Distortion just so I can keep better track of what killer build I'm going up against.

That being said, I feel like gaining tokens is way too easy when it's tied to just staying in a killer's terror radius and I wouldn't mind seeing that change to where you can only get tokens by performing safe unhooks, finishing a heal on another survivor, etc. Just something that requires interaction so you can't simply be immersed in a bush farming tokens.

I will add that I find it odd how this is the most I've ever seen Distortion complained about despite it having been in its current state for quite a while now and we've even recently had a location perk added that dumps all over Distortion users.

[Snow]

Most Complaints I see against distortion are from other survivors, not from the killers.

They're tired of the type of player who will run Distortion, calm spirit, Wake up, sole survivor and just RAT all game before attempting to get hatch or exit gate.

I'm personally Indifferent. I wouldn't care if they gutted the perk, but I also don't really care If they left it alone.

[Computer Vibes]

I use distortion and I don't consider myself a bad player. I still take chase, unhooks, do gens, etc. I just use it for the information about what the killer is running. It's been super useful against the new chucky perk. It's kinda hard to try to take hits for someone when I'm soloing though. I can't find people and I don't want to fit Bond in my build because I'm running other perks I like.