Solo, not as bad as I hear

Depends what rank you're playing at. I bounce between purple/red rank solos, and while my teammates usually aren't suicidally stupid, the killer nearly always stomps just because we're not playing efficiently and there's little coordination. There's also a lot of ragequitters that kill any chance of getting out through the exit gates when they decide getting downed at 5 gens was too much of an insult to bear.

Different ranks have different issues. Grey ranks, everyone's clueless and it's great fun, though you also get a lot of survivor mains trying out killer for the first time and they don't actually want to attack anyone, just meme. Yellow ranks have tons of survivors killing themselves on their first hook for no reason and afk killers using macros to farm iri shards, but the matches themselves are fun and pretty balanced - same with green ranks, but less AFK killers. Purple is when things start to get wildly killer-sided for solos, at least in my experience. The killers are getting good at what they do and the room for survivor error drops, but between random teammates and just not knowing what's going on across the map, plenty of error is still happening. If at least two of the four players can run a killer well, you're in a good spot, otherwise you're probably dead. Red... isn't that much different? Rank 1s will usually know what they're doing, but you can get to rank 4 just by not being a potato and doing objectives. Teammates aren't urban evading to your hook from across the map anymore, but they still go down ten seconds into a chase. And you also get teammates that have learned how to maximize their emblems off the blood of their allies, and will race past your more conscientious teammates to unhook you in the killer's face and then run the hell away, or run the killer into you so they can do your gen and unhook you later. They'll cleanse dull totems when all four of the killer's perks are accounted for and they will absolutely let you die for bloodpoints.

Solo queue is pretty fun until you get a killer that camps, slugs, or tunnels. Not that I'm saying these strats are OP or can't be dealt with but solo queue teammates don't do gens and don't have the coordination (or game knowledge/skill) to help out their team so it ends up feeling pretty bad.

Getting a good killer that goes for 12 hooks against solos has created some of my favorite matches though, win or lose. Unfortunately they don't know if they're getting a bunch of solos or a sweaty SWF so most killers probably just assume the latter.

From what you've described...

Players like what I'm assuming you are like are why solos are so bad, survivors so totally afraid of the killer that they are insanely slow at doing anything actually helpful for the team.

It really isn't... but at the same time it is lol

I always play solo and I have to say it does suck and definitely needs a tune up, but for the most part it is definitely playable.

Super simple things like a totem counter would go a long way.

Using No Mither and Mettle of Man together is the most alpha male perk combo I can think of.

I'd be honored to have you on my team.

Solo que is the best way to experience Survivor

Sometimes it's good and sometimes it's very bad. I've started using bond more in solo queue and it has been my most useful perk with the lack of actual communication. Although as someone else said actually seeing how my teammates are messing up is funny and frustrating on its own.

I play only solo and its not bad. There are just some matches where you just want to quit and i think people remember them the most.

There are also many matches where you cant win and that can be frustrating.

I've absolutely hated doing SWF with others. It distracts me from the game and takes away any real horror or suspense, because the comms just completely breaks the immersion. For me it just becomes vapid and souless. Also, I became less focused on my skill because I could just rely on my team.

As a solo player, I've found I've become a far better player at solo ranks. It's more immersive and atmospheric. It's also fun coming across other survivors who act in unique ways and each trial is so unpredictable. Also, I never expect to "win" every time, but instead set my own individual goal, using my own randomized setups, rather than have comms try to influence me.

It depends on the individual, but for me SWF feels like easy mode and loses pretty much all of its charm. The unpredictability of solo makes me feel I've earned my stripes.

Its the same for me. And its not that you are with complete idiots every match, i usually escape or die with the most bloodpoints in solo queue. The only thing you can't avoid is if the killer is that guy that just wants his one kill at all cost and hard tunnel you.

It's probably a 75-25 split. In 75% of solo queue matches, there's at least one moment of "######### are they doing??" frustration. Then, of that 75%, I'd estimate it's about 15% of matches where you leave the match wanting to scream because of what the other survivors spent the match doing (or not doing, as the case may be).

Basically, the more you play survivor, over time, the number of "#########?!?!" matches start to outnumber the enjoyable matches.

its fun but difficult in the matter of teammates being good or not and not having communications with teammates.

As long as your expectations are low, its pretty fun. I always assume potatoes, so im never disappointed in my teammates. Any good survivor is a plus. Then you dont mind dying as well, its all about the immersion and fun for me now