To those of you with 2k+ hours (lengthy only read if you got nothin else to do)

SimpleTora

How..?

I reached 1.5k hours before I finally got tired of the game (This was 6 months ago) I wasn't having fun on the games I dominated nor the ones I got dominated on. Every meme build I could think of/got suggested was done a dozen times over. After about 700 hours I completely stopped caring about 4k's unless a tome challenge required it, didn't give a crap about escaping either unless required. Meta builds were too stale for me so I never got into them and I had a blast but around when Xeno came out I started to just play without really enjoying myself.

Towards the end of my 1.5k hours I did discover a fun way to play Hag using her addons that give her normal MS and collision on her traps but even that kinda died away.

Most of the new killers just did not interest me as they got more complex and oversatured and I couldn't be bothered to learn them (seriously the most "complex" killer I played was knight or ceno and they aren't that hard to get the hang of)

I'm not an overly competitive gamer like most DBD players so MAYBE that's an issue, i've never really let the DC's or trash talking or anything get to me as I just play for fun "winning" in a game with no win condition isn't something I strive to do.

With my experience with the game briefly talked about I recently redownloaded the game (like a few days ago recently) since I learned Lara Croft was in the game now (her perks seem mostly meh aside from the vaulting one) and aside from the annoyance of learning new maps and even old ones that seemingly got massive changes, survivor just isn't appealing to me I mean most of the games at least 1 person dc's or suicide on 1st hook but w/e Idc i'm just playing my own game yet it's still just not fun since most killers are indeed playing to win (nothing wrong with that) and fun comes 2nd. Even as killer which was my preferred choice of play before quitting isn't fulfilling. I can't just play for fun or the games over in like 3 minutes and on the games where I put in a little bit of effort and try to win it's just pure domination and I end up feeling bad and letting people go and afking till they do gens or w/e and alt tab to something else.

I really don't understand how people get like 5k+ hours in this game and don't get bored (the ones who trash talk the game nonstop are a whole other topic i'm not getting into) like what motivates you to play this game so much?

(I should also mention I typically play Solo since as mentioned before I often prefer to play killer though I did play both sides quite a bit)

Grigerbest

Well I have nearly 4k h. Haven't got bored\burnout yet, coz I'm taking breaks. If I was playing dbd for straight 4k h - I'd bored to hell ngl.

But it's the thing about PVP games, usually they take MUCH longer to get burnout of, coz playing against other players is harder and more satisfying.

The aspect of challenge\overcoming challenges is what keeps the pips going.

LapisInfernalis

7.3k hrs here (I literally started 6y ago exactly), mostly on survivor but I also play killer.

I have to say it's a love-hate-relationship. I really don't know why I still play. Probably because I have some friends playing too.

Huge_Bush

I have over 5k hours. Most of it was due to addiction. I was never a horror fan but something about Dbd just clicked and I got addicted to the adrenaline rush when I got chased or was evading the Killer right under their nose. I also switched roles when I get tired of one of them.

Covid Lockdown also helped bump up my play time. These days, I don’t play as much as I used to. Honestly, I spend more time watching anime/shows/movies and browsing Reddit and these forums than I play the game.

It’s not just burnout but the fact that games like this have no consistent end game. Like, I’d play more if every chapter brought with it a Fashionable Cosmetic(full set) and a unique hairstyle for Claudette that needs to be unlocked by playing more and doing something other than the Rift. But they don’t love Claudette enough to give her something every month.

Crowman

I have close to 4K hours. Most of my hours come from 2019-2022ish. Since then I've slowly been playing other games more.

Part of it being that the current dev balancing of the game is just frustrating and neither side of the game really feels that rewarding.

tippy2k2

Easy, I still enjoy the game (I have 3,662 hours right now according to my Xbox).

Granted a LOT of my hours were gained when I first started this game (which was February of 2020 and a bit of an even happened that year) but I still pretty regularly play the game. I don't play 3-4 hours a day like I used to but I usually get a hour or two each day pending how I'm feeling.

SimpleTora

https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/3807638#Comment_3807638

I started when Oni was new (ish) his intro movie was the one playing when I got the game whenever that was. I get 1-3 games in a day before my drive to touch this game just goes away for the day. There's lots of changes I never agreed with that the devs have done and some I think they still need to do (like nerf/rework Nurse and Blight so they can actually rework perks into being good) but i've always kinda been just like 'eh whatever" about it and have always been pretty ok with the games state for the most part yet still just can't find that drive other people do and I want to since I do like the game it's (in my opinion) one of the more fun games to watch be played (granted Otz is the only person I watch play this game)

Lost_Boy

Played on and off for around 3-4 years now. I often take extended breaks probably around twice a year at least for 2 months at a time. I play until i start getting frustrated and then I'll randomly just uninstall 1 day and not touch it again for a few months. I'm probably due a break soon tbh, can feel my patience evaporating due to playing solo queue a lot.

Ita mainly the PvP aspect that draws me back. I struggle to play single player games these days and need my fix every now and again. DBD kinda gives me what I want so I always come back.

Rulebreaker

We like the game. Not necessarily the players, but the Game is fun for us as its varied enough to not be the same exact thing each time (though people have tried it is getting better on both sides however [or Rule is getting lucky]) but similar enough to know what to expect. We like the open semi random gameplay basically.

GeneralV

I have over 2k hours and have been playing since December of 2018. When I first started playing DBD it was easily one of the best games I have ever played.

I loved everything about it: the visuals, the maps, the powers, the perks, and more than anything else, Old Freddy. I already loved the character thanks to the movies, but playing him in DBD made me love him even more.

And Freddy is the key, I suppose. The game is no longer the same game I loved, but Freddy is here. He isn't the same anymore, but I refuse to leave until I get him back. And when I do get Old Freddy back, then I will have even more of a reason to stay.