If killer is the power role why there are less and less killers?

Honestly not sure, the game has only become easier for killers yet they're apparently "leaving" weird to me as all of a sudden I've gone to instant survivor lobbies and long killer lobbies, almost as if maybe matchmaking is just broken.

"and killer que times should be bad because of everyone wan to play overpowered killers and go easy mode"

So what you're saying is, if killers didn't have to rely on skill more would be playing? Got it.

There are people that left for all kinds of reasons. Didn't like some changes or whatever (nerfs,buffs,reworks etc). Some people probably don't like to go against people multiple ranks above them,get destroyed and get teabagged or whatever.

I'm rank 10 and was in a match with some ranks ones...one stood there and teabagged me instead of leaving...and the other ran around and tried to flashlight blind me instead of leaving. That gets old. Just an example to say I personally know some people that left because of toxic messages etc. Maybe the game just wasn't fun anymore or they moved to other things.

I feel like there was a time it was the power role,or at least felt more powerful. Now it's down to what killer,what perks,and/or how many thousands of hours have the survivors played. The ones that really loved the game did adapt,even if they complain from time to time. So I can't disagree with the other comments. The killer has more things to do as far as offense,but has more things to worry about. Survivor can only do gens and leave.

This game is survivor sided and anyone who doesn't see that is new or blind. No matter the amount of buffs killers receive it pales in comparison to the power the survivor hold. If the survivors want to rush the gens they will be rushed no matter what the killer does because you can't be in 4 places at once. The devs keep making it worse and that is why killers are "playing something else".

Queue times have been bad for months and before lots of the recent changes. This topic has been looked at multiple times over that period.

They first increased with the implementation of dedicated servers on pc as it changed how players were matched. This became true again when they first hit ps4 early this year and players stated queue times again increased.

The other major change was swf using the highest ranked player. This alone caused a large imbalance. Take 40 x 4 man swf with only one red rank player.

This means you need 30 more killers to fill the lobbies. At this same time lower ranked killers found queue times were also longer since it pulled more lower ranks out of that area's matchmaking.

It's a stupid term used by both sides to justify being d**ks to each other, and justify copious cries for nerfs/buffs.

It's just another way for both sides to wail "It's not fair"

I don't mind the new changes, will adapt to them as i have every other change, but the whole mentality of "This is how the game should go for me and anything less is unfair" is just astoundingly ridiculous for a game that is supposedly populated by people over 18.

“less and less killers”

Do you have an actual source for this, or is it an assumption?

Jesus. This again. How many different ways can it be said match making is messed up before people get it? Killers have never been in a better spot than they are now. Nearly everything they've complained about for years has been nerfed. Pretty much all that's left is maps and DS. The devs continue to work on the maps to balance out unfair structures. Leaving DS. Which I agree needs a nerf. Ffs killers have never had it easier and they're still bitching.

I know that for me (PC, U.S., red rank survivor and purple rank killer), survivor queue times fluctuate throughout the day. If I get a game during the day, it only takes about thirty seconds (not more than a minute at most), but survivor queue times in the evening range anywhere from a minute and a half to three minutes or more, and I rarely get matched against red rank killers. However, no matter what time of the day I play killer, I usually get into a game in twenty seconds or less (half the time it only takes about ten!), and I rarely get matched against green or purple ranks, mostly red. I think this is due to the fact that a lot of SWF groups get together and play in the evening, and since red rank for survivor is pretty easy to obtain, there are a lot of SWF groups in red rank, and not enough red rank killers to go around, so the matchmaking pulls killers from purple, then green, and so on. Sadly, if they didn't do that, then it would take ages for higher ranked survivors to get a queue in the evening....

They should make it so that you go back further on rank reset.... I only went back from 1 to 5 and that's only one rank away from red rank AGAIN. It's just way too easy to get red rank on survivor. If you're a Global Elite on CS:GO, then you probably deserve to be there, and the same goes for other competitive games. I'd love for red rank to be something to aspire to, rather than something you get in an evening by completing a gen, getting a couple unhooks and jumping out through the hatch. At least you have to try harder to get red rank on killer, although you will have killers who got there by playing scummy (camping and tunnelling, possibly moris). About half of the red rank killers I go up against play like a red rank should, and it's actually pretty terrifying!

That really is super annoying. I myself wouldn't want to be forced out of the game as survivor because (depending on how close the killer is) I generally wait on the exit line and let the killer get free hits for points (without crouching or clicking flashlight), but sadly that's not the majority. I don't know why crouching up and down is so entertaining to these people, just like some killers feel entertained by hitting people on the hook, but it's just childish and ridiculous behavior. It's not like when you outplay your EQUALLY MATCHED OPPONENT on other competitive games and give them a little crouch-spam, toxic DbD players just take advantage of the fact that there's only one player tasked with stopping an objective from being completed by four other players, or (on the flip-side) the fact that you are at the mercy of the big baddie with the weapon.

If you are playing against 4 solos killer is the power role. If you're playing against a casual SWF odds are killer is still the power role. If you're playing against a sweaty 4 man squad survivor is the power role but is arguably equal to the best killers (Nurse, Spirit, Freddy, Huntress)

"HURR DURR KILLERS ARE OPPRESSED HURRRRR"

Not even worth my time, another thread to mindlessly complain about not getting 4ks.

I am on my second break from DBD, and it has been pretty good. I highly recommend it. This game takes a mental toll on you and it is deliberate. It was designed to frustrate you. Keep that in mind and you will enjoy it best by just going with the flow win or lose, and focusing on BP score events.

The new upcoming patch looks interesting, so at some point I will dip my toes back into the horror.

It really isnt about killers leaving its just bad matchmaking i get put with green ranks as a red ranks killer

Yes, it seems people who play online games are only interested in whatever is the easiest to win with and not much else. So I would expect people to flock away from survivor and start en mass playing killer if being killer was OP.

Why? It's simple... Because most people play DBD to hang out with their friends; not to play solo. Most people playing DBD are survivors, because you cant queue 4 killers.. It's not that difficult to understand and has nothing to do with killers.