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PTB Player count

Swiftblade131
Swiftblade131 Member Posts: 2,051
edited June 2018 in General Discussions

Is there a way to find out how many people play in the PTB?

Just off a guess I could say not many, because I run into the same people often enough, but occasionally they are with some others I had yet to see

So why don't more players play the PTB? I get there really isn't an incentive to play it, because you don't keep anything you earn, but the more feedback the better

Or perhaps survivors want to enjoy their last few days of pallet vacuum? Or killers want to enjoy the last few days before the inevitable "Everyone playing the same killer for a month" apocalypse, which is generally followed by a survivor shortage, cause everyone wants to try the new killer

Comments

  • Runiver
    Runiver Member Posts: 2,095

    PTB has players.
    Tho so far it has been :
    A majority of tryharding killers for some reasons. Aka Nurse playing The Game.
    A small portion of players testing DLCs (I've played against several perkless Myers)
    A minor portion of clown players to play against. (sadly, I'd love to train against this guy as he sounds interesting)

    And when it comes to survivors :
    BNP users. A lot of them. (Seems like they feel the need to test if the unchanged BNP still works in the PTB)
    Flashlighters, flashlighters everywhere.
    People leaving a lot. WHich is understandable, tho at times.

    In any case, I'm unable to play killer on the PTB since I'm high ranks on Live, and there's no high ranks left on PTB due to the quitting. Waited 30min+ several times, proved impossible to get me a full lobby as killer. I can play survivor just fine tho, which I did.

    https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1404668147
    One example to illustrate the PTB now lol

  • MocaJava
    MocaJava Member Posts: 9
    Too many trolls. Too many tryhards. Zero fun for those of us who aren't either.
  • Fibijean
    Fibijean Member Posts: 8,342

    It's to be expected. The initial influx of players was only due to curiosity about the new chapter. Now that that's died down, most people prefer to play the live version. You can actually earn progress, and the PTB by nature is full of bugs that most people don't feel like dealing with. Not to mention, the less players there are, the less people want to play because the queue times are longer, and so down it spirals.

  • Swiftblade131
    Swiftblade131 Member Posts: 2,051

    I see, I have been enjoying the clown though, I like getting the practice in, he isn't to Shabby as a killer right now, we will see if this stays till live or if it changes in any sort of way

  • Cetren
    Cetren Member Posts: 985

    @Swiftblade131 said:
    I see, I have been enjoying the clown though, I like getting the practice in, he isn't to Shabby as a killer right now, we will see if this stays till live or if it changes in any sort of way

    Yeah, I would love to play against him more too. I guess people just prefer other kills more, which is a right shame. But as you mentioned there will be no trouble finding clowns in the month or so after release.