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As a Switch killer, crossplay made me miserable
Before crossplay came to DBD I loved playing killer. While yes it was harder to control the killer and performance issues were a problem, I really enjoyed killer and would win frequently enough.
Then crossplay came, and as a survivor I really liked it. There isn't that much difference between a PC or console survivor and I did enjoy going against Huntresses and Nurses more often. However, on the killer side the game became much more infuriating.
There are FPS issues on Switch and it's quite easy to miss an attack if a survivor tries to juke, but Switch survivors also share the same performance issues and controls so it's not that bothersome. However when going against PC players with 60 fps and tighter controls those missed attacks are punished more severely. Plus I feel they're able to take loops more tightly than I can which makes downing them even more difficult combined with the FPS and difficulty landing attacks. I went from winning most games to losing most of them and even when I did win I was always so stressed that I never enjoyed the victory. Then you get the teabagging survivors as a little cheery on top.
So today I turned off crossplay and for the first time in a while I enjoyed a match of killer. The survivors were good players but I never felt like I couldn't catch them due to them having better controls or performance. It finished in a 3K with 2 gens but they were close to being done. The queue was instant as well so it's not like crossplay decreased queue times. I enjoy feeling like I had a chance for the first time in a while.
I'll probably turn off crossplay when I play killer from now on, which is a shame because I would like to play against survivors from consoles. However I feel like I can't compete against PC survivors due to my platform holding me back. Of course if they do improve the console experience I might turn it on again.
Sorry for this long and ranty post but I needed to get this out of my system. Are any other Switch killers fairing better than me? Maybe PS4 and Xbox killers are handling it better due to having a higher framerate than Switch.
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My friend has dbd for the switch (he said that playing killer is almost impossible) , I have it for both ps4 and pc, ps4 fps are really bad as well a single survivor trying to 360 will drop your fps badly.
Sorry to hear that you are having a bad time playing killer.
Bhvr really needs to optimize console.
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I haven't had any problems yet on Xbox, besides the amount of sweat in games doubling, but that's to be expected.
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This is largely why I moved to PS4. There's some issues, but it's nowhere near as bad. I'm up to the purple ranks on PS4 now.
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Would you be close to 60FPS? Max on Switch is 30 but it's more like 20.
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Don't know don't care. My frames don't chug like a tradie at last call, so I don't pay attention to them. The game plays smoothly enough that I can tell what's going on.
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I have had a couple decent killer matches on the Switch with cross play enabled, but the vast majority are exactly as you described. If I want to have consistently enjoyable matches, I turn off cross play when playing killer.
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I'm in purple rank too as kill on ps4 I don't have to much trouble playing even in crossplay.
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I have REALLY noticed this - especially when playing survivor. NOED and Ruin are often enough that I actually just started running an anti-totem build.
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Yeah this is why I disable crossplay when I play killer. It’s just not worth the trouble.
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This game is awesome.
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I play on xbox and noticed some fps issues since the mid chapter patch but my main issue is how easy it is for a survivor to do a quick turn on PC and cancel my lunge. im sure some people know what im talking about as its not even a juke it just barely goes into the hit detection cone and they move out of it as you auto hit/miss them even tho you weren't moving anywhere other than forward and would have hit them and no its not them actually juking it literally cancels your lunge mid way.
edit: I'm not sure if every platform has it happen and it probably does but its mainly due to how fast a survivor can turn (and PC can do it best) and it should be looked into. having my lunged canceled and the chase lasting an extra 30 seconds is extremely annoying.
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