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Lobbies are in dire need of reviewing

Nerex7
Nerex7 Member Posts: 52
in General Discussions

It's not a rank issue. I hear it from people in yellow, green, purple and especially red ranks. I myself experienced it on green, purple and red ranks. There are 40000 players playing this game as of this hour and yet I need about 15 minutes to even see a single Survivor in my Killer Lobby, I doubt it is working as intended.

There were times with a lot less players but a lot faster lobbies.

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  • Well_Placed_HexTotem
    Well_Placed_HexTotem Member Posts: 824
    Agreed. It’s a problem on Xbox, too. 
  • EqMonkVeeshan
    EqMonkVeeshan Member Posts: 416
    edited September 2018

    it's because more people are playing killer then survivor not enough survivors to go around. more so right now due to double blood point weekend its far faster and easier to farm bloodpoints as a killer then as survivor when you consider most killers are using BBq to get the boost.

  • Ashkiin
    Ashkiin Member Posts: 52
    @EqMonkVeeshan that could be part of it but this stated with the update, before the event. 
  • sulaiman
    sulaiman Member Posts: 3,219

    Some killers got buffed, some survivor perks got nerfed, more people playing killer now that played survivor before. A worse killer/survivor ratio, so longer waiting times for killer. The rest is basic math.

  • EqMonkVeeshan
    EqMonkVeeshan Member Posts: 416

    @Ashkiin said:
    @EqMonkVeeshan that could be part of it but this stated with the update, before the event. 

    yea lets look at that if you didn't notice a new killer was just released on Tuesday! of course lots are going to be playing the new killer the first week of its release. stack on double bloodpoints and it really jades the killer to survivor ratio tons.

  • Ashkiin
    Ashkiin Member Posts: 52
    @EqMonkVeeshan yea that's true but given I didn't play against one single spirit that whole day and there's also a new survivor... Well, I just don't think it justifies my queues going from 5m to readying to 20m to see a first survivor in my lobby. 

    I  agree the ratio is probably affected. It just feels like something more is going on to me given my anecdotal experience, specially when the update even brought more ppl back. That's my point 
  • Jed
    Jed Member Posts: 254

    So the more popular this game gets the less people get to play as a killer? I mean that's basically what I'm hearing when I see people defending how long it takes to play the game as a killer.

  • SanKa_Games
    SanKa_Games Member Posts: 201

    @EqMonkVeeshan said:

    @Ashkiin said:
    @EqMonkVeeshan that could be part of it but this stated with the update, before the event. 

    yea lets look at that if you didn't notice a new killer was just released on Tuesday! of course lots are going to be playing the new killer the first week of its release. stack on double bloodpoints and it really jades the killer to survivor ratio tons.

    Shockingly, it's not a thing with the Spirit. She's trash, unless your survivours are dumb.

  • Ashkiin
    Ashkiin Member Posts: 52
    There's something wrong. Survivor mains will be survivor mains, they might try the spirit but they won't for long. Specially a killer that hard
  • Iceman
    Iceman Member Posts: 1,457
    Ashkiin said:
    There's something wrong. Survivor mains will be survivor mains, they might try the spirit but they won't for long. Specially a killer that hard
    I mostly play survivor but I haven’t gone back since the release of the spirit. I actually found a killer that I actually enjoy other than billy,clown, and now the wraith.
  • Jack11803
    Jack11803 Member Posts: 3,918

    @Iceman said:
    Ashkiin said:

    There's something wrong. Survivor mains will be survivor mains, they might try the spirit but they won't for long. Specially a killer that hard

    I mostly play survivor but I haven’t gone back since the release of the spirit. I actually found a killer that I actually enjoy other than billy,clown, and now the wraith.

    Almost every survivor I know would play killer if it means more points. And guess what? It does

  • Iceman
    Iceman Member Posts: 1,457
    Jack11803 said:

    @Iceman said:
    Ashkiin said:

    There's something wrong. Survivor mains will be survivor mains, they might try the spirit but they won't for long. Specially a killer that hard

    I mostly play survivor but I haven’t gone back since the release of the spirit. I actually found a killer that I actually enjoy other than billy,clown, and now the wraith.

    Almost every survivor I know would play killer if it means more points. And guess what? It does

    Well personally I do not need to play killer for more points, I careless about that. 
  • Jack11803
    Jack11803 Member Posts: 3,918

    @Iceman said:
    Jack11803 said:

    @Iceman said:

    Ashkiin said:

    There's something wrong. Survivor mains will be survivor mains, they might try the spirit but they won't for long. Specially a killer that hard

    I mostly play survivor but I haven’t gone back since the release of the spirit. I actually found a killer that I actually enjoy other than billy,clown, and now the wraith.

    Almost every survivor I know would play killer if it means more points. And guess what? It does

    Well personally I do not need to play killer for more points, I careless about that. 

    You're not everyone though.

  • Iceman
    Iceman Member Posts: 1,457
    Jack11803 said:

    @Iceman said:
    Jack11803 said:

    @Iceman said:

    Ashkiin said:

    There's something wrong. Survivor mains will be survivor mains, they might try the spirit but they won't for long. Specially a killer that hard

    I mostly play survivor but I haven’t gone back since the release of the spirit. I actually found a killer that I actually enjoy other than billy,clown, and now the wraith.

    Almost every survivor I know would play killer if it means more points. And guess what? It does

    Well personally I do not need to play killer for more points, I careless about that. 

    You're not everyone though.

    That is why I said personally but I see where you are coming from especially if you have bbq to stack bloodpoints.
  • ayaawesome
    ayaawesome Member Posts: 4
    TLDR: People play killer for better points during BPW that surviors can't get. Survivors get long weeks too but not very long. Loading into games and getting lobbies is broke.

    During blood point weekends people always play more killer, you can get way more points with BBQ and chilli alone. We're gunna live forever just makes it so survivors farm each other and fight for the altruism points. And if more then two or more people are running it survivors are gunna get 50% more at most, so killer is the way to go. 
    Playing duo swf in purple and red ranks on Xbox it can still take up to 15 minutes to find a game. Killers are not alone in the wait but waiting longer then a match can take is ridiculous, and I know sometimes people have to wait up to 45 minutes or an hour depending on where they are and that's not fair but you also don't want to get into a game with ######### ping (don't get me started on how fixed servers would help all this)
    The amount of games where you end up getting ''doged" the second you get in the lobby or ending up in a game with three or less players is happening more and more since the clown update. Something needs to be done with lobbies. 
  • TheBean
    TheBean Member Posts: 2,320

    @Ashkiin said:
    There's something wrong. Survivor mains will be survivor mains, they might try the spirit but they won't for long. Specially a killer that hard

    Why take the spirit if you are farming points on double BP weekend. The Devs have even stated her points are too low and will be addressed in the next update.

    Doctor is the way to go. Maybe even Mr Bing Bong.

    Earn way more BP playing at rank 15 then you would playing survivor at 10+.

  • Usui
    Usui Member Posts: 531

    Because everyone wants to play EZ mode killer on a double point event. (not to mention they get WAYY more BP then a survivor could without SWF etc)

  • Peasant
    Peasant Member Posts: 4,104
    edited September 2018
    I play killer and survivor but recently I have been trying to stick to survivor for the shorter queue. While I don't make nearly as many points as my doc can (72k BP < 170k BP) the faster games balance it out a little. I already have all of the previous teachables and I got Spirit Fury earlier so honestly I just need Adam's perks now and I will be content.
  • Jack11803
    Jack11803 Member Posts: 3,918

    @Peasant said:
    I play killer and survivor but recently I have been trying to stick to survivor for the shorter queue. While I don't make nearly as many points as my doc can (72k BP < 170k BP) the faster games balance it out a little. I already have all of the previous teachables and I got Spirit Fury earlier so honestly I just need Adam's perks now and I will be content.

    This is the problem. Survivors need to make more, so people actually play em and balance matchmaking out

  • Peasant
    Peasant Member Posts: 4,104
    Jack11803 said:

    @Peasant said:
    I play killer and survivor but recently I have been trying to stick to survivor for the shorter queue. While I don't make nearly as many points as my doc can (72k BP < 170k BP) the faster games balance it out a little. I already have all of the previous teachables and I got Spirit Fury earlier so honestly I just need Adam's perks now and I will be content.

    This is the problem. Survivors need to make more, so people actually play em and balance matchmaking out

    Agreed.
  • sergantuss
    sergantuss Member Posts: 43

    95% of this info is just lie
    the lobby problem become like 2-3 weeks before the event started
    and there is a many NA streamers who can not get a lobby even when they are rank 10 so they derank to 15

  • Ashkiin
    Ashkiin Member Posts: 52
    edited September 2018
    sergantuss said:

    95% of this info is just lie
    the lobby problem become like 2-3 weeks before the event started
    and there is a many NA streamers who can not get a lobby even when they are rank 10 so they derank to 15

    Not a lie but misconception. It's clear something isn't working right. The game has more players playing than ever and has had this problem from before the event (not that the event would change the ratio this drastically anyway) 
  • Swiftblade131
    Swiftblade131 Member Posts: 2,051

    You say just the lobbies are in dire need of reviewing?

    I say the game is in dire need of reviewing.

    And not by the DEVs, old killers ,or old survivors. But by an outside source.

  • thesuicidefox
    thesuicidefox Member Posts: 8,223

    I can't find lobbies as killer anymore on Xbox. I'm rank 2 with 4 pips. Also a rank 1 survivor and I see PLENTY of red ranks when I play survivor.

  • DeadByFlashlight
    DeadByFlashlight Member Posts: 1,642

    @Nerex7 said:
    It's not a rank issue. I hear it from people in yellow, green, purple and especially red ranks. I myself experienced it on green, purple and red ranks. There are 40000 players playing this game as of this hour and yet I need about 15 minutes to even see a single Survivor in my Killer Lobby, I doubt it is working as intended.

    There were times with a lot less players but a lot faster lobbies.

    Rank 7 here, I get instant queues as killer

  • Nerex7
    Nerex7 Member Posts: 52

    The arguments: Spirit, Event etc. do not really count here.

    This is an issue for a long time now. I even saw McLean rocking Minesweeper in the lobbies (I love that guy)