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How did behavior fail twice in a row

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  • TragicSolitude
    TragicSolitude Member, Alpha Surveyor Posts: 7,961
    https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/3843734#Comment_3843734

    If I'm reading this correctly, you're listing negative issues with the killer experience and trying to suggest the killer role can't be popular enough to justify the queue times?

    If that's the case, then I think you're missing the big picture.

    2v8 is the only way to play killer with a friend. This attracts people who only play killer and want to try playing in a duo, and it attracts survivor players who are no longer forced to play survivor if they want to play with a friend. Playing killer with another person is the reason to play 2v8. Now, when a survivor gives you trouble in a chase, call your friend over and boom, block off that survivor's path and put him on the ground. That's super fun for killers. Not fun for survivors, though.

    Survivors don't really get anything new. They've always been able to play with others; the difference is now there are more. Maybe some enjoy the 2v8 experience, but a large number of people are not going to like that the perks and items and offerings they poured their Bloodpoints into aren't available to use. Other than the Tome, there's nothing to earn for 2v8, nothing to unlock. Yes, you get Bloodpoints, but you can't put them towards 2v8, they go towards 1v4.

  • MrMori
    MrMori Member Posts: 1,917

    Ten days later, the killer queue times are way better. The very first iteration of 2v8 it wasn't uncommon to go 30+ minutes for a queue. This 2v8 I had about 20-30 minutes queue time at the start.

    But now that it's nearing its end in the second iteration, I'm getting about 10 minute queue times. That's still pretty long, but much more bearable than what it used to be. I guess the novelty of playing killer with friends is wearing off for people.