Is there a reason for mocking and bully killers?

The thing you have to realize is that Killers are no longer a threat like they once were. Survivors have increased exponentially in strength over the years, and SWF capabilities only solidify that.

To make matters worse, it's gotten to the point to where some survivors treat the Killer like they're their own personal plaything, something that exists for their amusement and enjoyment, and some players can be really toxic about it. I legitimately believe that it's a one of the reasons why hacking and cheating has grown so rampant with this game. The balancing for this game is all over the place, and people have grown tired of being destroyed over and over again.

SBMM and the grind in general have made dead by daylight a hard pill for new players to swallow, and the toxicity that exists can be downright unbearable sometimes. Sadly until changes are implemented for the better, you'll just have to grow thicker skin if you want to play it, because few games can be as toxic as this one. I've always said that if this game ever sees a proper bot mode where I can play against bots instead of human players like what can be had in the mobile version, I'll never go back to playing against human players ever again. LOL

Welcome!

I'm very sorry for what you're going through in the game, a lot of players deal with this behavior.

Toxic behavior has evolved over the years in the game, players have adopted this pattern of behavior. either Survivors who find it "fun" to bully or as a "revenge" (Although logically there is really no reason for revenge in the game of survival.)

How it started?

Well, to this day players go through games that can be defined as "annoying" "not fun" and such.

Either survivors annoyed them with flashlights clicks or rude gestures to mock, Killers are switching sides and sometimes copying the same behavior. Or more likely, not playing nice in their next match as killer, which result in unfun match to innocent players who have nothing to do with the recent events.

You will see a lot of disagreements between Survivors and Killers, kind of conflict of Us vs Them.

A kind of unspoken hatred has developed and this toxic behavior remains because of it.

This community is pretty tough and not so friendly. A lot of us love the game nonetheless and deal with what happens mostly by not taking anything to heart..

Yeah, so this is a prime example of what not to do - become embittered to the other side, decide that the game has held their hand and they aren't actually skilled in any way but have rather been handed every victory by coddling game developers, and to delight in causing salt to players deemed entitled and unworthy simply by dint of what side they're playing.

This is part and parcel of the spreading toxicity. Don't be that guy.

Very true. Don't ever feel like you have to adhere to some survivor rule book. It's your game just as much as it is theirs. It's the Killer's objective to kill survivors, and it's the survivors' objective to do generators. How you go about getting that done is up to you, so don't let anyone make you feel bad for playing how you want to play.

It's the mindset of the man-child knowing there is no consequence because of the anonymity the interweb gives then. It's really pathetic.

The problem remains with those in the community who either participates or endorses the behaviour. There are streamers and YouTube channels out there who make a living out of such bile, although there are others who highlight these idiots getting slammed (but I do wonder if that's toxicity promoting toxicity).

However, there are many good people too! I was speaking with 3 people after a trial today (I was the killer) and it was an epic fight where they all escaped and were all on death hook. I messaged them all to congratulate them and every one was complimentary, friendly and good-spirited. One of them said they've met far more nice people, because they reach out positively.

So, that's the key: for people to be more humble in victory and gracious in defeat. Yeah, there will be some who act like dicks back, but more will be uplifting. It won't change the man-childs at large, but it will change your experience and subjective reality of the community, which will then give you a healthier experience.

Unfortunately, yes. This is a part of why SWF (survive with friends) is so disliked - while most SWFs are playing with their friends just for fun, and a SWF isn't necessarily dangerous or even good, there's a few imbalances it creates regarding information and efficiency, and arguably the most standout part is that it allows survivors to coordinate attacks on the killer. While these actions aren't toxic in and of themselves (flashlight/pallet/sabo saving, preventing pickups, chain blinds and stuns, healing mid-chase with CoH, bodyblocking), for some of these teams, frustrating the killer is the entire point and they aren't interested in winning the game as much as they are trying to make the killer miserable. You can find streaming channels dedicated entirely to bully play. These strategies can be mitigated, but it takes skill and game knowledge to know what to do when (skilled) survivors are mobbing you, and newer killers are the easiest prey.

You will, sadly, encounter these; more often as you rise up in the ranks, but even with new player MMR, the system occasionally throws you to players with high MMR because the last killer lobby-dodged them (whereupon the system goes "lol whatever" and grabs the next killer it finds, regardless of rank.) However, you will also encounter killers that are playing the game to be as nasty as possible - slugging everyone to bleed them out for the full 4 minutes, camping the first person they find to death while nodding and hitting them on the hook. Some people are just dicks and the game currently takes no punitive action even if you get a chat confession that someone was doing things specifically to ensure you couldn't have fun, or because they wanted you to DC. Unless the rules change, this kind of crap is here to stay and unfortunately has to be weathered when it pops up. You may want to go AFK if you're getting excessively bullied and a match will not end. They'll mock you in chat for it, but they will quickly get bored of trying to harass someone standing in a corner and once you show that you can't be baited into coming back to life, they'll usually do the last gen and leave.

Edit: I should note that some squads aren't necessarily "bully squads", but will bully if they realize that the killer is weak enough that they can get away with it. I see this happen the most with baby Nurses (both playing agaisnt them, and being one...) You can have four solo survivors who unanimously decide that tormenting the Nurse is more fun than doing the last gen. The difference between opportunistic bullies and bully squads is that bully squads have a plan, they're focused on preventing the killer from accomplishing anything from the very start of the game, and they will extend the game for much longer than bullies who are farming points will. Opportunists are easier to scare off.

If they're BMing and throwing insults that's bad, but if they're just waiting to give you extra hits then let them.

Sociopathy. A lot of survivors are also told it's ok to do because of some weird arbitrary reason such as the killer daring to win instead of letting them win.