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Final Solution to SWF question

Eschatologue
Eschatologue Member Posts: 47
in General Discussions

The whole neverending butthurt around swfs can be resolved by simply allowing killers to opt out of matching with them - the way you can opt out of crossplay, just untick a box in settings. As a counterincentive for killers to not do that there could be a bp/shards bonus for each swf surv in your lobby, up to double bp. Or some other bonuses, possibilities are many.

Cons: swfs will have considerably longer queue times; swfs will mostly get matches in red ranks with very condfident killers

Pros: solos will have slightly better queue times; lower rank killers will have easier ranking up and generally better life

Thoughts?

Comments

  • Deadeye
    Deadeye Member Posts: 3,627

    So that's final? I think the con is a neck breaker

  • arslaN
    arslaN Member Posts: 1,936
    edited December 2019

    I don't think anyone would choose to play against swf if that option was available. People shouldn't get punished for playing with their friends.

  • Fibijean
    Fibijean Member Posts: 8,342

    Nerfing or handicapping SWF is never the answer. For starters, it will alienate a large proportion of the playerbase and heavily discourage new players (the majority of whom pick up the game to play with their friends, and will get easily frustrated by both long queue times and being forced to play against highly skilled killers).

    It's also bypassable just by queuing solo and dodging lobbies until you get one with your friends, which is not actually as hard as it sounds and would be something I can imagine a lot of people doing in this situation because overall it would probably be quicker than waiting in a killerless matchmaking queue. The lobby dodging would increase queue times across the board, it would be boring and frustrating for the "SWF" group, and the killers would still end up playing against people using voice coms. Everybody loses.

  • hocrux
    hocrux Member Posts: 212
    edited December 2019

    All they need to do is give a heads-up when a killer is about to go into the game with swf, so they can mentally prepare for the type of game they might be up against

    Nothing major, just an icon will do that state so which are swf while in the lobby

  • Troman
    Troman Member Posts: 264
    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/934216#Comment_934216

    90% of killers who don't like like playing against SWF will "mentally prepare" by dodging the lobby, so it's basically the same what OP proposes. Other posters have already explained why it is a bad idea.

  • LetsPlayTogether
    LetsPlayTogether Member Posts: 2,117

    So all SWFs are screwed, cause killers are just scaredy cats. No thanks.