Why can killers see our names in the lobbies?

Side question: But is it really such an issue that you meet up with the same Survivors over and over again as Killer? Because I personally have only ever met the same player once in recent weeks, I haven't been able to meet up with the same Survivors back to back. At least here in the WA Region.

Sure, some people have a "List", but they aren't really a majority. Most of your games you will still find Killers who don't know you, and probably won't remember you even if you two meet each other again.

Personally, I would prefer to go with Survivors being able to see the Killer's username since at least if you suspect someone has a "Hit" on you, you can dodge and matchmaking will fill up that lobby shortly after you leave.

I personally prefer to know who I am up against, sure I haven't been able to use that knowledge in recent weeks, but it usually leads to some funny conversations like this:

(For context, I saw a Survivor with the same username as the one I found a couple matches ago, so I decided to play with the exact same build I faced against them just for fun. It then lead to this weirdly wholesome exchange.)

(Yes I used Mother-Daughter Ring and Yakuyoke Amulet, I wanted to also guarantee I get kills that game.)

(And Yes, I will keep my promise if I see their name again.)

And that's not what I was saying, look... Toxicity will be in video games for as long as PvP is a thing. I understand what your saying, but you also have to remember that in order to be a decent survivor the first step is communication. No killer is going to be like, "Oh hey, Hillbilly... Nurse here, just found out there are two in the main building of the map." I understand your notion on toxicity but really the names don't matter... All it does is show the killer who and what they are up against, same would be said for survivors and they would remember certain killers. What if your a Billy main people REALLY don't like and want to practice Nurse one day? Next thing you know you come across a group of 4 who have you on their list? It'd be painful to deal with

Yeah but if you pay attention during the lobby to the names of the survivors and how they look and who they're playing and then check who is the obsession in the pause menu, you know who to go for.

Not saying it's optimal, just saying I've seen people doing it.

I'd much rather see actual usernames than simply "Claudette" or "Dwight". I'd rather see a username someone made up to associate with themselves than no name at all. If they made a change to hide people's usernames I would never play killer again. It would feel so soulless and empty, it's hard to describe but some of you might know what I mean.

Edit: just to clarify I've never seen the same person's username twice and thought "oh, they beat me last round time to bring iri head Huntress with a Mori just for him." I've never understood why people do that. It's just petty imo. And I can definitely put up with a little bit of petty revenge from killers, that almost never happens btw, to make the killer experience less dehumanising.

So killers can lobby dodge and survivors can't, is what you're saying?

Sorry, it came off that way.

It would lead to more lobby dodging, yes, but so does killers seeing our names in lobbies.

But how again is it a criticism?? It's just a function that has been here since release of the game and your just now complaining about it as if it broke your game lol. I'm not dismissing your point as much as I'm just asking why it matters? So what if someone recognizes you and brings a little more to play with? What if they lobby dodge you? A part of becoming better at a game is to play against people who are better than you and learning from it. If it's someone who recognizes you and wants to give you a run for your money you should be all too happy to play against them and learn ways to try and outplay them. I don't understand how this is such a big deal to you lol. I'd be far more concerned with other bugs and issues that need fixed than if a person can see your name in the lobby

Again though, your point just doesn't have enough cause behind it. What more would this accomplish for either side? Sure it would reduce the amount of "hits" that killers would do or "lobby dodges" but a killer can choose to do that at any given time regardless who the survivors are. That's like getting mad at a game like Call of Duty for having a scoreboard screen before the match starts or getting mad at For Honor for showing your enemies and teammates names while on the loading screen... It's just not that major of an issue to require change lol, maybe if people started holding grudges more and harassed each other then I could see viable reason for change. However that's not even close to the case. I understand your upset by it and want to know why it's so "one sided" as you act it to be. However it really doesn't change all that much unless you have met the person before (in which case can't you just block them and then never have to see them again or does steam not work that way?)

And no good arguement was posted to prove it lol, I understand again what your saying. But there is plenty more important work at hand that is needed long before anything like this is "brought to light"

Gameplay-wise there is no reason to show names or profiles, it can easily be removed.

It´s an outdated mechanic. People who are trying to defend this mechanic are entilted killer mains who dont want to lose the option to cherry pick their enemys.

everyone should see the other team's usernames or nobody should, killers can dodge toxic survivors but survivors don't have that luxury.

I went against a clown and right afterward ended up with him again. upset that me and my friend escaped, he facecamped him to death with bubba.

simply knowing his name would've prevented that boring game. he still lost, when I swf I don't recklessly save. I helped finish the remaining gens and the rest of us escaped, my friend on the other hand had a dull quick game just because a repeat killer got pissy.

Honestly there is no other reason for it than so people can dodge the players they don't like going up against.

I don't mind it because most of the players who hold grudges are normally doing this because they got beat. It's nice to have a challenge.

Simple, as long as there is no "Avoid-Player-Option" I put toxic people on my ignorelist. If one of them is in the lobby I'll dodge or bring a mori. I'll usually dodge, because those people are not worth my time.

I'm talking about those toxic survivors, that will do everything ingame to get under your skin or insult you during endgamechat or who will wish you cancer, not the ones who are good at flashlightsaves or looping.