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What if Survivor and Killer mains didn’t exist?

Deathslinger
Deathslinger Member Posts: 570
in General Discussions

I know this game is set in its ways and It’s too late to make any crazy huge significant game changers but, if we rewound time and took away your ability to choose a role, how different would you feel the game would be? Would you still be here?

Some Asymmetrical Gaming would have everyone Que up to play and among those who opted to play, one would be randomly chosen to become the killer. Effectively making everyone required to get a taste for both sides.

I feel, if the game had started this way, I’d still be interested in it. Also think the community would be a lil more healthy and more people would be more tolerant to the changes that were happening to both sides. I doubt I’d be as good as killer as I currently am and I suspect some people might SWF only to have a buddy become killer and they all opt to farm, which I personally dislike seeing (why not try earning something 🤷🏻)

Discuss~

Comments

  • JnnsMu
    JnnsMu Member Posts: 249

    Challenges and dailys would definitely have to be tackled differently but I guess I wouldn't mind it too much. There'd definitely be a lot less screaming and cussing in aftergame chat.

  • thrawn3054
    thrawn3054 Member Posts: 5,897

    I mean, that was basically F13. Especially early in the games life. Being chosen to be Jason was relatively rare depending on your luck, and it felt special. I kinda miss that. You still had counselor mains. But the hostility was less.

  • Deathslinger
    Deathslinger Member Posts: 570
    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/1181968#Comment_1181968

    Oh yeah, don’t get me wrong. I’m never expecting this to be implemented into DbD, but I never played F13 but I’m playing Predator beta and it’s introduced me to this concept. I went into wanting only to play the Fireteam but occasionally I’m chosen to play predator and Im experiencing that ‘special’ feeling Thrawn was talking about. When it comes to DbD, I like being a killer main but when I think of ‘what could have been’ scenario, I couldn’t help but want to talk about it.

    I think the game could have evolved a lil more quickly and cleanly if everyone was in more similar situations. Then again, with most of us putting in survivor time over killer time, I wonder how quickly killers would haven been out classed and unable to adjust. For all we know, the game could be dead by now had they implemented it this way originally~

    Still fun to think about.

  • Mister_xD
    Mister_xD Member Posts: 7,669

    i dont like survivor gameplay.

    so forcing me to play survivor in 4 out of 5 games would be miserable for me and probaply end up in me quitting the game after a while.


    i dont think removing the option to select which role you play would be good at all.