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Can't find a match on the PTB?

ShakeyGames
ShakeyGames Member Posts: 140
in General Discussions

I've readied up as Pinhead and have not found a match after 30 minutes. I'm at the Ash 1 rank. Is all I can do is wait?

Comments

  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 2,039

    Queue times are extremely long because if anyone is still on PTB, they are probably searching as killer. You don't progress when playing survivor so it's kinda pointless.

  • Mandy
    Mandy Administrator, Dev, Community Manager Posts: 23,232

    yes lobbies on the PTB often take quite a long time when playing as killer because so many people want to test the killer, also quite a lot of people stop playing after the first day or two and go back to Live to continue to earn BP etc.

  • lemonsway
    lemonsway Member Posts: 1,169
    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/2441349#Comment_2441349

    I'll suggest deactivating KYF in PTB's and just have public matches so everyone has to be in the same queue. PTB's don't matter for progress so nobody loses anything thus KYF is useless in PTB's, people can use KYF in the live version if they want to. You can do public matches as much as you want/can while the PTB is active. Giving all perks an add-ons would also be a good call, there's no need to make you grind a new killer in PTB's or just save BP for whenever a PTB is around.

  • ShakeyGames
    ShakeyGames Member Posts: 140
    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/2441359#Comment_2441359

    What if people want to play with their friends and not some randoms?

  • lemonsway
    lemonsway Member Posts: 1,169
    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/2441552#Comment_2441552

    On a PTB where nothing matters and you're just messing around with stuff? Why would you need your friends for the PTB? That's like DC'ing, Gen Rushing, Camping, Tunneling in PTB, whats the point? Just do the match while trying new stuff. Regardless you'll be able to do that when the content goes live so do it then, what's the difference? What can you test with a friend that you can't test in a match? In a real match, even if the result doesn't matter, you're trying everything at once and whatever happens is what matters. That's what BHVR wants anyway. They have no interest in you going with afriend to KYF and create an unrealistic scenario where you're the Y spot, in the X angle and you're doing the Z thing. What matters is how the the new content handles under live scenario with the safety net of the result not mattering for player progression.