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This game is not killer sided

I regret to inform you that I have been shamed and humiliated, and probably won't play this anymore.

Palewater Swamp, I was Nemesis. I did everything I could, I tried every trick to help myself here but it was all meaningless. At least three of them had Dead Hard and genrushed the absolute oblivion out of me. I was running Lethal Pursuer, BBQC, Spies from the Shadows, and NOED, because I just knew I was going to need serious help.

Not even NOED helped me. I was humiliated beyond belief, even standing in the exit gate was worthless because they all saved their Dead Hards for that precise moment. After the trial I was filled with nothing but shame, should I even be playing this game?

This game is not killer-sided, complain about NOED all you want but these Survivors are nasty. I don't even deserve to be salty, literally everything that happened was of my own incapability. I feel like I don't even deserve to play this game anymore after the stunt I just pulled.

Comments

  • scubasyd
    scubasyd Member Posts: 74

    I think everyone knows that the game is killer sided. Anyone who says otherwise doesn’t play killer and therefore should have no business in stating an opinion on the subject. or they’re trolling

    They need to encourage more players to play killer somehow.. like maybe an entire page of a rift that has to be done by playing killer. Killer sucks. Playing survivor I can relax and hold down a button and do a few skill checks while doing a Gen. killer you are constantly at work and then the rage when players tbag, flashlight click, and dm you that your garbage. I hardly ever got any hate mail as survivor… might be because I suck at killer and I’m pretty good at surv but even if I destroyed a team I would get hate mail… hardly ever as survivor


    what people forget is we need killers to have a game. Keep bugging survs and nerfing killers your not going to have a game anymore. Booms and that f up “sbmmr” which is hardly anything to do with skill and just escapes and kills .. this game is turning to s


    and I’m sad because I absolutely loved this game…so here I am b!tchin in a dbd forum

  • RainehDaze
    RainehDaze Member Posts: 2,573

    There should be a little gear wheel/settings icon. Inexplicably, that is what you need to click to see the edit option.

  • RaSavage42
    RaSavage42 Member Posts: 5,591

    Yes the maps are pretty bad as of right now

    They even had to stop people from "abusing" them so they took off the Map Offerings for them... but left the maps on (For whatever reason)

    I won't say anything about balance cause I know I have people whom disagree with what I do have to say about it

  • Omans
    Omans Member Posts: 1,081

    In the grand scheme of things, this game isn't Killer vs Survivor.

    It is top tier killer (nurse blight spirit) and SWF at the top, and average killer + solo queue survivor at the bottom.

    If good killer players want to dominate the vast majority of their games they can choose a top tier killer with meta perks and the best addons.

    If good survivor players want to dominate the majority of their games they can join their friend(s) and give themselves a huge advantage.

    Framing it as killer vs survivor does nothing to help the actual balance issue, which is that the top 2 groups (top tier killer and SWF) so greatly outperform the bottom 2 groups (average killer and solo queue survivor).

  • Labrac
    Labrac Applicant Posts: 1,285

    You have to be incredibly delusional to think this game is killer sided. Explain how this game works to anyone who doesn't play it and they will probably tell you it's survivor sided by nature. The Math favors gen efficiency. What makes killers kill are weak links and lack of coordination, which can easily be dealt with a Discord chat.

  • KerJuice
    KerJuice Member Posts: 1,958

    The game is not Survivor sided- it’s Survive with Friends sided. You killer mains need to join us Solo Que players more often & more consistently. It’ll open your eyes. A lot of the stuff that doesn’t work against SWF works well against solo Que. And the stuff that DOES help against SWF is completely BUSTED against SQ. And that’s what got Wraith’s cheap ass nerfed. Still isn’t enough in my opinion, but I know SWF runs circles around him in his current state so I’ll compromise & take what I can get.

    SWF needs to be removed from public matches. The game launched without it, and personally I believe it was by design- not a time constraint to get the game out.

  • Anniehere
    Anniehere Member Posts: 1,265

    It's sad and I'm sorry you feel that way.

    A few days ago I came across a post on Reddit written by a psychologist, it was quite interesting to read.

    They wrote about the game and added 'Killer Humiliation' vs 'Survivor Humiliation'. basically saying "This game is humiliating your adversary".

    I share this post with you if you want to read it.

    I think it's best to do what is best for your health. take a break if you need to or play in the way you are not going to take things to heart.

    Personally I also feel big shame against 4 players and I'm trying my best to avoid certain lobbies and play only 2 games as Killer before feeling this misery.


  • Seraphor
    Seraphor Member Posts: 9,429

    Hard disagree.

    I mostly play survivor solo and I escape more often than I do the times I play with friends. Ultimately it comes down to how skilled the individual survivors are, and how they work together. Solo just means you can end up with anyone, including potatoes.

    So SWF comes with benefits, you can choose your teammates, and you can make up for some mistakes with good coordination. But that coordination isn't guaranteed, your SWF could be awful at communicating even on voice.

    The game might have launched without SWF, but it was added for a reason. Take it away and people will just lobby dodge until they end up together anyway, like they used to.

    Like it or not survivor is a team game, and to make a good team you need communication.

  • chargernick85
    chargernick85 Member Posts: 3,171

    LOL.

    I spent last night finishing off my Pinhead and had a god awful time.

    First Game - Ormond...Got Mikaela to death hook at like 4 gens but instead of removing her I targeted else where (Only reason she got hooked 2nd time is unhooker dipped out). Then got a chase with meg and Pallet/Drop/run from loop, get caught out of position/DH/Pallet, process restarted. I was Ghostface (ritual) and it's not super fun being m1 right now. Got t-bagged at gate messaged by the Mikalea EZ. I responded with killers are tunneling/camping left and right and you talk ######### to one who don't.....Makes sense should have killed you at 4 gens.

    2nd game - pinhead - Red forest ....Pretty much identical to first game but killed one with 8 hooks.

    3rd game - Pinhead on RED FOREST again...6 hooks no kills

    4th game - Pinhead on Swamp.....Ok ######### this game it's on. This game I eliminated the death hooked person at 4 gens and won the game with 3 gens remaining. Got bored and switched to survivor.

    5th Game - Survivor - Tunneled....off hook twice by a Plague. Logged off.

  • Kurri
    Kurri Member Posts: 1,599

    Seeing how I am having 15min-20min que times as Survivor and nearly instant ques as Killer (sorry low mmr survivors I can't make your lobbies faster). Also 4 of the 7 games I had today the Killer left.

    I am sure they can at least see it in the stats.

  • NAERUUU
    NAERUUU Member Posts: 501

    First : don’t speak about dead hard and meta perk if you use chili BBQ and lethal pursuer.

    and dude … toxic player are everywhere … I know this is painful but … block him and go next

  • Tsulan
    Tsulan Member Posts: 15,095

    They probably see that, but who knows what they do with this data.

  • Leatherface1990
    Leatherface1990 Member Posts: 718

    Killer sucks play SWF and teabag.

  • Volcz
    Volcz Member Posts: 1,188

    I had a similar match as a survivor against Nem on Forest.

    We all gen rushed and the killer seemed to struggle in chases with some of us, he broke off a chase with me because I guess it was taking too long. Game was over in about...5-6m (at most) and I could tell he was frustrated because he opened one gate and then gestured for me to open the other one. He had very clearly given up and just wanted out of the match ASAP. Felt bad and told him to keep his head up.

    And yea, of course its not killer sided. We got SWFs with full comms and call outs, we got boon totems, were on a 4 man team versus a solo Killer, we have exhaustion perks for second chances, DS to avoid 'tunneling', BT to make sure we get a safe unhook, etc. I think most players have realized that survivors are the power players, not the killers. A person with only 100 hours can see this just like someone with thousands.

  • Munqaxus
    Munqaxus Member Posts: 2,752

    Your MMR is extremely high. Play a bit and it will go lower. I was playing Twins yesterday (haven't played her in a while) and I guess my MMR was crazy high with them because the survivors were decimating me for 3 games. However, if I play Pinhead, I usually just mess around with the survivors because they obviously just started learning the game. I assume it's because Pinhead didn't have any pre-data on him.

  • BadLooperQ
    BadLooperQ Member Posts: 277

    Yep...this game is so survivor sided that right now I had a game where I've been facecamped by a huntress aiming a hatchet at everyone and I died with 2k points. But let's pretend killers have a hard time

  • RainehDaze
    RainehDaze Member Posts: 2,573

    "I had a bad game. This proves everyone is wrong and talking about nothing."

  • RainehDaze
    RainehDaze Member Posts: 2,573

    I guess that's that, then. All balance should be directed towards this one guy's vs Huntress game.

  • Having a bad game every now and then is not the end of the world. Nor does it mean that killers are weak... it means you still have much to learn about the game and playing your killer. Not every game is winnable and not every game is lost either.

    It's all about finding a good strategy that works for you. Keep in mind though, going into a game, that you should always have more than one strategy in mind. One strategy doesnt work for every game so make sure to come up with several strategies your killer can use based on their powers, perks, etc to get the most out of them.

  • BadLooperQ
    BadLooperQ Member Posts: 277

    If you don't have any useful argument then being quiet is more intelligent. Wonder if you play solo...

  • StarLost
    StarLost Member Posts: 8,077

    Yeah, you had a bad game. It happens.

    One thing I'm learning as I play killer is that games follow one of three patterns.

    • I get a kill early. The game is mine to control, and any survivors escaping is entirely at my discretion.
    • I get a kill at around 2 gens left. The game is probably winnable.
    • I have no kills at 1-2 gens left. It's almost certainly going to be a 4out.

    Sometimes the MMR also throws you up against teams/map combinations that you have no chance of winning on the killer you are playing; I'm guessing that another killer dodged the lobby and it grabbed me. If you get an instant queue into a full lobby full of fancy skins and you aren't playing your best killer with strong addons, dodge.

  • NAERUUU
    NAERUUU Member Posts: 501

    Nope, this guy complain about survivor meta perk … so I do same with killer

  • RainehDaze
    RainehDaze Member Posts: 2,573

    Of all the meta things to complain about, the one that's particularly there for its BP and gives survivors what they want?

  • ThiccBudhha
    ThiccBudhha Member Posts: 6,987

    BBQ is broken because it gives killer mains more access to broken add ons to dominate their games against us poor innocent solo queue survivors.

  • Terramortius
    Terramortius Member Posts: 115

    Maybe the issue isn't with your skill as a killer. I suggest playing different styles. I don't know the full picture because I'm not you but here's my 2 cents worth


    People say nurse and blight are top tier but for nurse, I mostly get 1-2 kills and blight, I usually get none.

    People say wraith is the weakest killer in the game but I can somewhat do decently constantly(3 or 4 kills) even when fighting bully squads.

    I get that it's rough but survivors have issues they need to face as well. Don't let that get you down and try different styles of killer. Experience on knowing what to do and how to find survivors is important and that can only come with time and the hours you put in. Other than that it's the style of the killer's kit


    If you prefer stealth like I do, try ghostface, pig and wraith

    If you prefer a more tactical playstyle like setups etc, trapper, hag, corrupt purge

    If you prefer ranged, Huntress, trickster, deathslinger

    If you prefer 1 shot killers, billy, bubba, myers

    If you prefer basic attack runners, clown, doctor, pinface

    If you like to shutdown loops, Huntress, trickster, executioner, nurse


    Disclaimer: I speak from the viewpoints of casual players, so casual survs vs casual killers.

    Hope this helps.

  • Smuk
    Smuk Member Posts: 735

    Or just go Nemesis and stomp them all. Slap them and those predropped pallets with tenticles; crush them with fists. and sometimes in loops, pray for zombie to be useful 😂 Been body blocked (even transporting cargo to the hook) more times then getting helpful slap

  • MrsGhostface
    MrsGhostface Member Posts: 987

    I’m sorry but you probably should stay away from this video game if this is how you feel. Take some time to remember this is just a game. This isn’t about the balance of the game, this is about your fragile feelings.

  • WesCravenFan
    WesCravenFan Member Posts: 2,638

    I am a former Killer Main turned Survivor Main and I will you right now I will take SoloQ forever over going back to the misery that is playing Killer. I don't need my eyes opened. I've been there.

  • WesCravenFan
    WesCravenFan Member Posts: 2,638

    Please tell me you didn't seriously just compare a Perk that outright ignores a hit with one that lets you see Survivors MORE than 42 meters away for 4 seconds.

  • dictep
    dictep Member Posts: 1,333

    Agree. They only gave killer a 65-75% win ratio so survs can be happy

  • Tsulan
    Tsulan Member Posts: 15,095
  • Tsulan
    Tsulan Member Posts: 15,095

    You got some recent stats or just the one from waaaay before the SBMMR went live?

  • NAERUUU
    NAERUUU Member Posts: 501

    Yup, I compare 2 meta perk, where is the problem, just wait for the dead hard, I recommand to you to see good killer main and survivor can go in a locker … balanced

  • RainehDaze
    RainehDaze Member Posts: 2,573