Why genrush?

Whether I play survivor or killer I have a clock in my head sort of. As a surv I can sense we are in a match too long, or the gens are going too slow and I feel it. The need to get them done and get out increases.

Likewise as killer I feel each gen popping or steps taken in a chase like ticks on the clock as well, knowing my window to kill them all is narrowing.

Usually the longer the match goes on it favors the killer, but not always.

The only "genrush" that really exists in any quantity is simply the current state of the repair to door time. The time imbalance between survivor objectives and killer objectives. It's been dbd's biggest problem since inception (well, maybe except the original infinites).

Killer can only commit to chase 1 survivor at a time, and can only threaten multiples for as long as they stay together. Survivors not being chased have literally no other game win objective to do EXCEPT hold m1 on a Gen.

There's an occasional edge case of Survivors bringing in speed perks and toolboxes, but that's not that common, and of course, the original bnp shenanigans are much diminished.

So really "genrush" is just an easy shorthand to refer to the fact that in an ideal gamestate, objectives are done in under 3 minutes + travel time, vs killer objectives being far more variable and potentially far longer to accomplish. A single survivor left on the hook = 1.5 gens done per remaining survivor (obviously assuming killer somehow has no pressure). Add in chase time, and in a worst case scenario, all gens could be done by the time 1 single survivor is chased, downed, and sacrificed on first hook (assuming a 40s chase time + whatever travel time from first three gens to second 2).

Obviously, nothing ever works out that cleanly in a legitimate match, but the disparity in the basic math lends itself to suspecting the problem lies mostly in that equation.

This will almost never be an issue when sub optimal Survivors are involved, but instantly becomes far more pronounced with Survivors who do play close to optimally.

Which is also part of why crappy matchmaking has such brutal effects on lower tier players. Good killers will struggle with the time crunch vs good Survivors, killers who are still learning will never be able to keep up with serious Survivors.

Potentially adding some new prerequisite objectives either before gens or in between gens could help with the time game, as well as having some actual consequences to being injured, as there are currently no mechanical penalties to it. But then you have the issue of new/still learning Survivors. Everything about the game is a massive wedge between low tier players and vets, and another wedge between those and swfs who are familiar with each other or are on comms. The game does very little to actually separate these, so any changes made will grossly over impact the lower echelon compared to the upper echelon.

Because it's not up to the survivor to slow down the game. That's your job.

I mean, I get your point about the match being done too soon, as a killer, but if you chase one survivor, what are the others supposed to do with their time? You are doing your objective, chase and hook survivors and they are doing theirs, fixing gens. They can destroy a totem or open a chest, but that takes a few seconds. After that, the only thing to do is fix the gens. Also, as much as you want to kill the survivors, they want to leave. The more time they spend in the match without fixing, the less chances they have of escaping.

This is a game where 1 sec makes a difference from the gen being fixed or being interrupted by the killer, chased, downed, the gen regressing and having to do it again. Believe me, as survivors, fixing gens is boring. Almost being done with one and then having to come back to it later, now only half done is not great fun either...

Well thats how i feel when tunnelled out of the game. Why do it? i barely get to play, yet it happens anyways there are matches where you'll get gen rushed or tunnelled out of game. Its happening because it helps people to win, as survivor its far more likely you can escape if you can get the gens done quickly. As a killer if you manage to get one survivor out of game its way more likely the remaining survivors wont manage to complete gens with one man down.

There are many problems with this. I will give you my take on this without being an asshat like some people tend to be. So, if your chasing a survivor for a while and you are struggling to get a hit or you get a hit but it takes too long then immediately break the chase and go to other gens. This is helped greatly by perks which I find absolutely ridiculous that a problem a lot of killers face is only partly solved by a bandaid solution which is just bad game design. That and not everyone has those perks seeing as they're locked behind a paywall and a massive grind.

In F13 game to complete your objectives you have to search the map for parts and I quite like that idea and perhaps it could be implemented to DBD in some way. Maybe there's certain chests that spawn that contain a generator part that once it's put in, will allow you to repair the generator. Honestly I think gens could do with a rework because it's lame for both sides. For killers they can go too fast without the right perks and for survivors it's just a boring loading bar minigame.

For the same reason you hook rush.

As people have said, if you focus only on one survivor for too long you're going to see that gen counter drop fast. I've been in matches where a killer has chased someone for the entire match and all 5 gens were done, only to be accused of gen rushing afterwards. If you refuse to move to another survivor, of course gens will be done. You can't expect them to just pop one gen and go have a cup of tea while you get your first hook.

Please learn to apply pressure to survivors. It becomes easier to deal with over time.