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Survivor game wait times!!!

PayneMacLeod
PayneMacLeod Member Posts: 81
in General Discussions

I truly love playing survivor. It’s crazy fun.

My biggest issue with it is waiting 10 or more minutes to get into a game. Then, when I switch to killer, I’m in a game writhing seconds.

Is the killer/survivor ratio really that bad?


BTW: this is just a bit of a rant.

Comments

  • TheEntity03
    TheEntity03 Member Posts: 117

    I love playing the waiting simulator 😒

    Being queue for about 30 mins and then to have inactive clown for the whole game. I love waiting! 😑

  • xTalon32
    xTalon32 Member Posts: 413

    Yes, a lot of people including myself have stopped playing killer. I don't have as many issues with killer as others, but I'm hoping the new changes fix some in a way. My biggest complaint about playing killer is the amount of toxicity you receive even if you didn't Camp/Tunnel/Slug. The amount of people that just want to ruin your experience - while not huge - is still enough to make it a sour experience.

    However, survivor is easy to rank up and you can play with friends.

    Killer can be fun don't get me wrong, but the amount of trash talk you receive even if you play "fair" according to "survivor standards" is stupid. Which isn't to say killers don't do the same thing because I've seen rude killers too.

  • FreakPrince
    FreakPrince Member Posts: 526
    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/1233330#Comment_1233330

    That’s why you should play the way you want and not care about it. Say gg and leave.

  • Pirscher
    Pirscher Member Posts: 611

    The killer role is not appealing, so there is lack of them..

  • PayneMacLeod
    PayneMacLeod Member Posts: 81
    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/1233343#Comment_1233343

    I actually really enjoy it. I’ve seen a lot of toxic survivors, but I already know people can be jerks.

  • andyollolloll
    andyollolloll Member Posts: 940
    edited April 2020

    If every player played killer every one in five games the wait times wouldn't be as bad as they are.

    Unfortunately the problem is that they don't and avoid what is seen by most as the unfun side of the game causing the wait times.

    BHVR are planning to bring FIFO queues where rank matchmaking means less so you could be playing with red, yellow, pink and green, purple and orange and blue ranks. This means an unbalanced game with solo survivors suffering and buffing 4 man SWFs further, but hey the matches will be slightly faster at first as one side will likely blow the other away. Solo survivors will suffer as it will be likely at least one or more of the team will not be as effective as the others.

    Another solution is to bring fun and effectiveness for the killers meaning less fun avoiding the killers powers for survivors but more killers so quicker lobby times with more balance. *BHVR is more recently addressing this thanks to stats from dedicated servers