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2v8 wait times?
Can someone please tell me why 2v8 of this month nearly a inhumanely difficult to play a match as a killer? The last 2 time I didn't have a single problem (except my boi Ghostface wasn't in 2v8 then).
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Legion and Oni.
Playing survivor is absolutely miserable because of these two, especially when combined. Far more people seem to be deciding that even 10 - 20 minute or more lobbies are worth it over enduring back to back Legion (especially).
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I just haven't really bothered to queue up as survivor much past the first day or two. The biggest reason is I don't want to play against Oni and Legion. It's just not fun at all. The incentive is also lower this time around for whatever reason. (lol behavior)
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i think the other comments have stated exactly why i dont want to play survivor 2v8… legion and oni. ruined the whole mood of the mode
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People don't get to play killer together often so people have to take advantage when they can
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they have stated that this iteration doesnt have any differences compared to the one before (except of course new Killer/map additions) but next iteration will have features with the intention to lower Killer queue times - how exactly thats implemented wasnt revealed but I think they mentioned being able to play surv matches while queuing up for killer(?)
As there is nothing new this time, the problems are the same as before plus maybe even amplified du to same-y feeling from last time with the same frustrations thus people dropping out quicker.
Imo it feels also like content creators are riling up their communities against 2v8 - but thats also a general problem with content creators, complaining and hating on new stuff especially when they have been creating content for it for a while is kinda engaging and entertaining for their following and many just follow up on these opinions
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Yep, it’s this. A lot of players are tired of mend and slug simulator and have either gone back to regular mode or have taken a break from the game altogether.
Personally I have been sticking with it, and played quite a few matches last night. Fortunately only had a couple Oni/Legion combos (one was a coordinated streamer duo who weren’t very good players but of course managed to 8K because of this busted combo). The matches that didn’t have Oni/Legion were a mixed bag. Some matches had useless teammates who hid constantly, refused to touch gens and went down 5 seconds after start of chase. Those were always losses (5+ kills). The matches with decent teammates and no Oni/Legion combo were always enjoyable and competitive, and escaped most of those.4 -
Honestly 2v8 is frustrating at the best of times if you're an experienced player, no MMR gets you some real special team mates lol. It seems you know this pain all too well…
But man, Oni and Legion really kill it for me. Especially Legion
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I mean, lets be real here - the Devs should have NEVER brought back 2v8 without the fix they are planning to do for queue times. It was a bad decision.
And while their fix MIGHT help with queues, it does not really adress the core problem which is the mode being really unappealing for Survivors. And this is not changed when you can play Survivor while queueing for Killer.
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Balance the game so that survivors have a better chance of winning. This will allow killers to find matches faster.
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I get that there is plenty of stuff for surv side in 2v8 that needs improvement but I still have very much fun in this mode and dont get all that hate?
At least the cages and number of other survs make the proxy Camping and hard tunneling not as persistent as in 1v4 which is great for the casual crowd
And lets not forget that the vast majority of players voted for another iteration without changes, so.. doesnt seem like there was a decision the devs could have made that wouldnt be called bad 🤷♂️
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Legion & Oni, all that needs to be said.
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"And lets not forget that the vast majority of players voted for another iteration without changes, so.. doesnt seem like there was a decision the devs could have made that wouldnt be called bad 🤷♂️"
Yeah, but the Devs knew that the queue times would be bad. And they should not have let the community decide, because the community does not really understand that 2v8 is really not good with the high queue times as long as a fix is not implemented.
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The community voted for it to come back before the queue time fix so they went for majority rule
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Yeah, and it was not the smart move to ask the community. Because the community has no clue.
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People NEVER cared about balance in 2v8, all they want to do is teamwork of killers, which even makes most of survivor mains to play killers
It's matchmaking has always been like that, doesn't matter what killer they add, doesn't matter how they balance the game, it's just that core concept of tag-team makes everyone to play killer
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Probably a lack of survivors maybe? There is a current 300% bonus BP for survivors on 2v8. Secondly, it could be that the killers are severely limited. So it's harder to find matches as DBD is trying to pair you up with someone that isn't the same killer as you, so it's always been like that sadly. 😕
(Btw, I'm seeing people saying it's because of Legion and Oni. So it could also be that too. Matches against the pair has always been hell sometimes... 🫠)
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This time around it's more killer sided. Last time we had 2 less gens, herbs and hooks changed locations. Next time I hope survivors get more stuff.
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Who didn't have long que times for killer in 2v8 before? Every time it's rolled out it's been 15 min ques. Everyone wants to play killer. Survivor has always been team based. Killer has not, so it's a new experience. 2v8 will never have fast ques ever. Except for survivor. It's always fast for them.
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I'm having more fun with 2v8 than before now that Killers I actually want to play are in it. Otherwise yeah the Survivor experience is hit or miss due to both Oni and Legion being here. They really should have paired Ghostface with someone else (because let's be serious here, he's the one everyone really wanted to see added). Oni is sorta overtuned, he wasn't ready.
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