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Have all the Rank 1 Killers quit after Ruin changes?
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So I'm a Rank 10 Killer, but I have noticed that I am playing A LOT of Rank 1 groups lately. This seems to have been happening since Ruin was changed. Im asking the Survivors I meet and almost all of them say a lot Rank 1 Killers have started playing Survivor because it's way easier. Im happy about the many more games as Killer, but Rank 1 Survivors are really annoyingly good at times. Anyway, I just wanted to ask if anyone can confirm these claims?
- Have a lot of Killers quit killing since Ruin changes?
- Have other Rank 10-ish and other ranks noticed these vs full Rank 1 Survivors games?
Can we do something? Im happy about the Perk changes, but this has become pretty insufferable as well.
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I haven't stopped playing the killer yet. Because in version 3.6.0, the dimensions of the map will be resized, pallet amount will change, safe places will be reduced and there will be frangible walls. Seriously, you're making the situation very big. Go use mori, use toxic advantages, so this is not difficult. The developers will not do anything for you. Understand that now.
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Yes a lot of r1 killers have switched sides or went on to other games. It wasn't just the ruin nerf but I think that was the straw that broke the camel's back. You can run into a full group of red survivors at rank 18 killer. There's a few posts on these forums about it.
Sadly, ruining ruin ruined the MM. Ruin kept newbie survivors in their place. Without it survivors are ranking up easier. Red ranks are saturated with survivors causing long que times. Ruin didn't do anything against good survivors so there really was no reason to get rid of it.
A lot of killers lack early game pressure and ruin was a semi solution. Even if it bought 30 seconds M1 killers needed it. Now that it's gone killer can afford zero mistakes. Along with the long survivor que times, killer is being thrown at any survivor group who has been waiting a long time. Regardless of rank. Before if you deranked or took a long break you could get matched against lower ranked survivors if you didn't want to use the meta killers/builds. Now you can get paired against red ranks no matter what rank you are. It's really a coin toss at this point. Either the survivors are try hards or newbies that got boosted. Killer just isn't a fun experience anymore and until the devs address the core issue, killers won't come back. The deathslinger isn't bringing them back, that's for sure.
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Don't misunderstand me @Raven9 I may sounds like I want the devs to do something for me, I'm just wanting to confirm the situation.
Oh, didn't know about Maps being resized? Thats sounds excellent.
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I understand what you mean. I stopped playing too many murderers, know that ruin will not come back anymore. Yes, the map dimensions will be resized and etc.
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The devs have talked about adjusting the map sizes. Which will greatly help. Breakable walls may help but we will have to wait until they get here. The biggest issue is not all killers are equal. Some not even close.
If you enjoy playing killer and you dont mind going against red ranks, now is the time to play. It's like when the economy crashes and it's the best time to buy houses :P
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rank one is pointless. its only more difficult and you will face more SWF bully squads. When I hit rank one and immediately depip. Not challenging at rank 1, just annoying and sometimes impossible.
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If you quit killer cause ruin nerf then 🤡
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Nope, I still play... But I never used ruin, so I am probably not your target audience
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Well, i didin't quit. At rank 1 Killer queunes are instant. And i like it. I remember when you hit rank 1 as a killer and had to wait 20 mins for the game.
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If someone really lefts the game just because of the ruin nerf... That would be pretty meh... I mean, at the end of the day it is just a perk, imo.
But I can everyone understand for which that was one nerf to much in a long chain of nerfs and/or changes (reworks).
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The devs haven't confirmed any maps are being resized yet. They have said, however, that they want to rework a few maps, but that we shouldn't expect it anytime soon. I believe that user is spreading misinformation.
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I think many have... because i see the same killer at least 3 times in a day. The only ones that are still here in red is the tryhard ones. The ones with 1k or more hours that tunnel, camp, use moris, noed, and blackwards lol.
Im not blaming the killers to play like this anyway... its the devs fault that they pushed them to play as tryhard and toxic as possible. But if you ask me... nothing of this if good for the sake of the game.
Changes need to be made, maybe not revert back ruin but do something with SWF. Because the only broken thing here is SWF. Solos aren't as half as strong. And i know it because i play alone only with randoms, and around 80% of the matchs is 3 or 4 kills for the killer in rank 1.
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I still play killer. Personally, I still have more fun as killer than survivor. I actually like new ruin. I don't have to pay attention to kicking gens with it. And I always preferred devour hope anyway.
But yeah, I noticed a huge drop off of killers with the ruin rework.
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Hi there
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You go play clown.
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😥
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Yes , they all did. Kinda sad. I queue as survivor for 2 hours on rank 1 and still no game found. I am very sad.
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I think not I never played ruin because I like more anti loop perks spirit fury, enduring, maybe pop goes, and I, m still Rang 1 it, s only hard against SWFs no more
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I didn't stop playing killer after the Ruin changes, but recently I just stopped trying at red ranks because it's unbearable without old Ruin. Now I'm slowly regressing to my 'true rank' survivor mains would say. It's not fun to go into each match knowing you'll have to sweat your ass off just to stand a chance against the power role survivors.
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I barely play now but mostly due to an overwhelming amount of bugs, dedicated servers and console performance (don't really want dbd to fry my ps4)
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I never used ruin in killers i was good at so no im still a rank 1 and get games in seconds.
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On the flip side of this, not disagreeing with your survivor analysis; many killers who did not belong in red ranks, but got there in some part due to the effect of ruin, have deranked to purple and green ranks.
Old Ruin was weird. It heavily punished unskilled survivors (those who struggled to hit great checks or had bad connections) while rewarding killers who relied too heavily on Ruin. Those killers struggled already vs red rank survivors, but got hammered when the change happened.
Personally, I prefer the new ruin and run it more often. But I push for gen pressure and keeping as many survivors off of gens as possible. Ruin is a perfect fit for that now.....when it lasts more than 30 seconds.
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I think a lot of killers have realized the devs are inept, so that may be why you have noticed a killer decline.
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I'm still playing. I just dont play as much as I use to. I know a lot of killers who went from playing almost everyday to a couple of times a week.
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i stayed.
EU servers are blessed with my presence x)
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If the base is the same but still a huge discrepancy in roles it's because killers switched to the easier side.
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Killer cluster at mid-ranks, survivor cluster at high ranks.
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I didn't, I just don't try to reach red ranks anymore.
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