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If you could know your facing a SWF, would you play differently?

psionic
psionic Member Posts: 670
in General Discussions

Before the match begins, the game will tell you if you'are being paired with 2-4 survivors playing with friends and their raking levels.

Would you skip the lobby?

Would you change your gameplay in match?

Would you change your perks?

Tell us.

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  • wxnickxw
    wxnickxw Member Posts: 740

    Now but I wouldn't mind knowing the level of the players so if I get stuck with a bunch of browns I can bring more mess around builds and still play to win

  • Yords
    Yords Member Posts: 5,800

    Well yeah I would play more competitively, but allowing people to see a SWF would increase their queue times by a huge amount.

  • Warcrafter4
    Warcrafter4 Member Posts: 2,917

    Mainly if the SWF has items or not as an itemless SWF is infinitely less frustrating then one with any combinations of these two green toolboxes with a BNP, a key and,/or one or two medkit(s) which I have been seeing a lot.

    The main combo I see is two toolboxes and a key which if its randoms I don't mind but with a SWF's is just a gen rush and 3 man hatch open game unless I play very tunnel/slug happy.

  • AVoiceOfReason
    AVoiceOfReason Member Posts: 2,747

    I play the same even if I go against SWFs. Most of the time, they aren't even that good but if its a good SWFs, I switch my goal to at least 3k'ing. If I get down to 2 gens and no one is dead, you bet your ass someone is being removed from the game. That usually causes a swarm to protect, which ends up with everyone injured and a new down with more leverage, overall.

  • Squirrel_Thicc
    Squirrel_Thicc Member Posts: 2,677

    I might skip high rank 4man swf teams, but I wouldn't change my in game behavior unless they're toxic.

  • C3Tooth
    C3Tooth Member Posts: 8,266

    I just play the game, I never check lobby. I used to care alot, now I just play.

    I only change play style if there is a toxic, solo or swf doesnt matter

  • Phasmamain
    Phasmamain Member Posts: 11,543

    Nope. All I care for is fun chases and getting BBQ stacks

  • Kirkylad
    Kirkylad Member Posts: 1,927

    It would just depend on my current mood with the game tbh. If I was feeling good and just came out of a good match then I'd ready up and try my best and sweat out the challenge. If I wasn't feeling great and I'd just had a bad match then I'd dodge the lobby.

  • landromat
    landromat Member Posts: 2,193

    Yeah, top add-ons and a lot of camping and tunneling from my side

  • nursewannabe
    nursewannabe Member Posts: 1,075

    No, and considering the average forum user, I'm good that you can't it

  • SunderMun
    SunderMun Member Posts: 2,789

    Change gameplay. That's about it, really.

    I need to take into account that they have comms and probably have one person nearby while I chase another at all times, so slugging isn't as viable, etc.


    A lot of others would just dodge or put on the most frustrating add-ons and perks to deal with, but it's really not necessary.

  • Aven_Fallen
    Aven_Fallen Member Posts: 18,096
    edited May 2021

    I would not change much. I decide mid-game if I want to change my gameplay, but thats it. And this is completely independent if I play against SWFs or not, if I feel the need that I need to slug to get some pressure (as an example), I will do this. But I wont start just when knowing that I play against SWFs.

    I would also not change anything on my Loadout. I would do however if I would run Perks or Add Ons which might become less useful against SWFs. But not doing that, so my build always stays the same.

    (I used to change my Loadout a lot a few years ago when I played against 4 man SWFs, I even switched the Killer to a strong Killer - just to find out that it was not needed and I stomped some really chill players with Spirit + strong Add Ons..)

  • Gay_Police_Dept
    Gay_Police_Dept Member Posts: 743

    Would you skip the lobby? No


    Would you change your perks? No


    Would you change your gameplay in match?

    Not every swf group plays in the same way, so i would still wait for the match to start to see how they play and change my gameplay accordingly.

  • MrBuffalo
    MrBuffalo Member Posts: 349
    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/2178910#Comment_2178910

    My kind of player I respect you.

  • RaSavage42
    RaSavage42 Member Posts: 5,738

    Good question

    Probably won't change the way I play until the end

    All I want is 4stacks of BBQ... LOL

  • Deathslinger_Main
    Deathslinger_Main Member Posts: 75

    If I saw a swf of rank 1s, I'd bring some addons and maybe a good map offering. Wouldn't do too much else tho

  • Moundshroud
    Moundshroud Member Posts: 4,458
    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/248992/if-you-could-know-your-facing-a-swf-would-you-play-differently

    No, I wouldn't skip the lobby. The value in knowing if you face a SWF or not is being able to make the effort out the gate appropriate to the opponents. For better or for worst, a SWF does have substantial competitive edge over Solo. While not every SWF is a hardcore menace, Killers have to come out swinging at 110% with no quarter or mercy to make sure they have a chance just in case it is a hardcore SWF. This means by the time we know otherwise, some poor Solo team has taken the brunt of something they would not have faced otherwise. It is Solo that suffer the most because of SWF.

    So, no I would not play any different against a SWF because I know it is a SWF, but yes knowing it isn't a SWF would do Solo players a huge solid. Killers would be able to take a breath and not have to assume they are SWF.

  • Vyne456
    Vyne456 Member Posts: 848

    If I see two claudettes with flashlights I bring a ebony memento mori with nurse and then they get toxic! Caution: Choking Hazard.

  • Mandy
    Mandy Administrator, Dev, Community Manager Posts: 24,929

    I don't change my game or my loadout in the slightest regardless of whether or not I think the players are SWF - I mostly don't even pay any attention to the lobby. I don't have an issue playing against SWF though, there's very very few teams that are super co-ordinated and most of the SWF that I play against are just regular survivors, just more altruistic which is great because then there's more chases for me.

  • Boss
    Boss Member Posts: 13,618

    No, i wouldn't.

    And i'm not really for having that information, but i'm not against it either.

    When i look up Steam profiles in the lobby, it's really only out of curiousity and to not sit in the lobby for 60 seconds or more doing nothing.

  • Steel_Eyed
    Steel_Eyed Member Posts: 4,033

    I change my playstyle based on how the trial progresses. If it’s a SWF, I have five hooks and five gens left, I ease up. Let them reset.

  • Starshadw
    Starshadw Member Posts: 266

    Nope. I play Killer to have fun and earn bloodpoints. Those are my win conditions. I'd rather run around and make a ton of bloodpoints and have everyone escape at the end, then worry about whether it's a SWF or being sweaty or getting stressed out.

  • Wiggles_Diggles
    Wiggles_Diggles Member Posts: 188

    I'd just like to see who is together in the post game lobby.

  • Mew
    Mew Member Posts: 1,837

    i might change my perks a bit depending on how many hours they have, but thats about it

  • TAG
    TAG Member Posts: 12,874

    Not really?

    I definitely wouldn't skip the lobby, at the very least.