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Is anyone else here in an endless cycle of logging into DBD to play killer just to not play killer?

no really I have not touched the killer role in over a month because I’ve been in this exact cycle for that long like I don’t know why I’m doing this, It just kind of happened. I mean upside I got my Orela prestige 30 downside being I still have not played killer.

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  • Dokta_Carter
    Dokta_Carter Member Posts: 776

    Is it due to anxiety building up?

    Or is it due to the stress around it?

    KKiller anxiety/stress has been a thing I've seen thrown around.

    Even today I had two matches and just... wanted to stop playing killer for the day

  • Tenac
    Tenac Member Posts: 78

    I know that killer can be stressful in a way but I like to see it as a no lose scenario. If I suck at the match then survivors get a decent out and lots of BP and if I do well then I made it intense. Even if I struggle with the game im always having fun, one way or another.

  • cogsturning
    cogsturning Member Posts: 2,251

    Quite the opposite for me. I log on hoping to play with friends but everyone has either walked away from this game, greatly reduced their time, or my schedule doesn't align. So I play killer almost every night now.

  • runningguy
    runningguy Member Posts: 989

    to be honest i havent really played much killer since they butchered myers. im having way more fun with survivor at the moment. i can take it easy and still win, no stress. if i need to have drink or something just pop in a locker for a little then resume my gen after i had a drink. no chance i could do that as killer. by the time i get back all gens would have popped and all 4 survivors would be tbagging at the gate followed by "bad killer" in the chat.

  • ShanoaLegendaryPlz
    ShanoaLegendaryPlz Member Posts: 1,270

    Just got skull merchant to p100, without playing her in a couple weeks lol. Its the fact that you enjoy the killers gameplay mechanics and then when it comes time to clicking killer/survivor your hit with the bp bonus, the fact that you don't expect to win as survivor but you do as killer, and that its easier to die in a group rather than being the one that has to outplay an entire group and strive to win the whole time.

  • ShanoaLegendaryPlz
    ShanoaLegendaryPlz Member Posts: 1,270
    edited November 2025

    Shes now my 7th p100 lol rebecca / xeno / dracula / trevor / lara / ghoul (cuz of rize) / now skull merchant.

    But another point that just came to mind is the challenges → quest system. When it was challenges you had dailies that required you to play random killers, you had to play killer to 1 side of the challenges and get the killer cosmetics etc, and then plau survivor to get the survivor stuff. Now with quests theyve designed it so that people who never want to play killer never have to. Every quest you get is able to be done on survivor except maybe 1. And if you compare the 2 you get stuff like kill 12 survivors or rescue 4 people from hooks lol the survivor ones are always way easier. So now theres no challenges incentive to play killer, no bloodpoint incentives to play killer, and its just more mentally taxing as appose to just turning off the brain and throwing urself in the blender with an if you lose oh well mentality where with killer you kinda feel worse cuz it was entirely you that lost lol

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  • Nazzzak
    Nazzzak Member Posts: 7,357

    I don't load up a game i don't intend to play lol

  • Leon_van_Straken
    Leon_van_Straken Member Posts: 478

    Well… I play less Killer since my 3 favorites got changed, nuked or got a really bad reputation.

    Loved to play Chucky, the quotes, the dirty laugh, but his scamper is really trash now cause of the turn rate and his dash is very slow…

    Myers was my first main and I loved him cause he was a suprise package. Insta death, Infinite T3, Mirror Myers I could play like I wanted to now he is just a dash Killer…

    Well and nobody wants to play vs The fastest clown in the universe…

    I would like to try new Killers but it is really hard. I am on the older side of players and I don´t have the time to learn every curve or wall hug tech in the game to just be decent in this game.

    So I often play Survivor since the Game loop nearly don´t change. Yeah some Meta swaps and to learn a new Killer how to dodge them. You know the drill.

  • bazarama
    bazarama Member Posts: 423

    Do daily challenges and switch off and that's it for killer.

  • fussy
    fussy Member Posts: 2,099

    I kinda mix killers and survivors usually, but I definately know what you are talking about. It's pretty often when I just logging in, look at killer pool and then just "Nahnahnah, not today, I will better chill on survivors". Literally today I planned to play some 1v4 on killers, but I played 3 hours of survivors in 2v8 with 3 matches on killers.

  • Abbzy
    Abbzy Member Posts: 2,276

    I still have some tendencies to go and play trapper but when I know what kind of survivors are put against me then every sweet memory and feeling playing him is just pure nostalgia, its hard knowing no matter you bring into the match you will start the match by loosing and have to sweat to have even chance to be then tbaged and insulted in chatt because survivors didnt have their fun and you must pay for it I mean its hard.