if Devs favor survivors, it may be by necessity.

Lost_in_the_Fog

I read a lot of posts saying that the devs favor survivors (I am not saying the do or don't) and I'm going to put forth the theory that if they do it is out of necessity for the health of the game. This may be a long post but I think one worth reading. I expect to be showered in salt but here I go. . .

Exhibit A - KILLER IS MORE FUN. I have only been playing for a few months but it didn't take very long for me to develop a preference for killer. There is far more variety in game play since they all have different powers and therefore require learning numerous play styles. Survivor got boring to me as I feel the play is MUCH more repetative. I think this repetitiveness is what led to the current toxicity of survivors. When the game gets boring people start to find ways to make it more exciting like bullying, exploiting swf, and generally pwning the killers.

Exhibit B - THE GAME NEEDS SURVIVORS TO BE A MAJORITY. There has to be four survivors for every killer. This is what makes killer lobby time take so long and is common sense. This is also why matchmaking is so difficult to get ready right. The devs are trying to lower that wait time and matchmaking is the only way to do it.

In closing, if there aren't enough survivors playing then the game becomes unsustainable. People are constantly saying the devs are shirking their duties because the game isn't "balanced." I would argue that their greater duty is to keep the game viable. If the game was truly balanced then more people would choose to play killer leading to much longer lobby waits. I suspect that lobby que time is probably near the top of the list concerning the health of the game.

TL;DR The devs may have to favor survivors because each match has a 4:1 player ratio.

Centrum

I have to disagree:

A) Fun is subjective: I have friends who only play Survivor because they hate playing killer. So how repetitive/fun a game is is 100% up to whoever is playing.

B) Majority does not rule: No game should be balanced by 'more people play <x> side'. That is not balance in any way, shape, or form. If the game was 100% Survivor-biased, there would be 0 Killers and thus no game, regardless of how happy the 4x Survivors are.

Sorry, neither of your reasons really hold any weight on why the game is biased. Though I don't think it is biased; there's as many Survivors who scream 'KILLER BIAS' as there are Killers who scream 'SURVIVOR BIAS!'

arslaN

If the devs were favoring survivors then they wouldn't constantly nerf them for 3 years. That's all that needs to be said really.

Tangero

Or not

harry14141414

how are devs favoring survivors and the nerfs never stopped in fact got insanely cinsistent since the clown DLC realease survivors are getting nerfs