What's less enjoyable/more frustrating?

I was once a killer main.

Solo que as survivor isn't all that bad. Sure you get sandbagged or body blocked - maybe a player DCs or a killer tunnels. But that happens from time to time. Regardless of it all, even on bad maps and poor matchups - I still always feel a relative sense of control. When the killer is chasing someone else, I have the power to pick the generators or what objectives to pursue. Survivors have access to powerful perks and items that often allow them to secure an advantageous position over the killer - and even with complete strangers, it is often that these are used effectively enough to make the match worth while.

As a killer, I often feel helpless. Survivors make the same power plays with meta perks - or bring the odd off-meta build that still works as they are supported by a team. While chasing and mind games are fun at times, it never fails to feel as though the deck is stacked against you. Survivors always have an out, always have second chances, always have the upper hand - it is your responsibility to play flawlessly enough to steal their momentum and arrest it for yourself. This, at its core, is not a fun mentality, and degrades one's mood after a short while - in my experiences.

You may 'win' as a survivor by escaping, or holding the killer as your team persists and survives. You may even 'lose' as the killer prevents your plays and obliterates your team. But regardless, there's always the semblance of control and power in the hands of survivors that makes the gameplay more worthwhile. The game is yours to squander.

You may 'lose' as a killer by having more than a couple of survivors make it out of the trial. You may even 'win' as a killer by attaining more than 2 sacrifices, or killing every single survivor in the match. But regardless of how well or unwell you play the part - you enter the game at a severe disadvantage, and the only power that you have in the game is what you can forcefully take from the other players. The game doesn't belong to you, and the developers are keen on reminding you of this aspect. If you are not fast enough, smart enough, careful enough, or efficient enough - you cannot hope to take the power of the trial away from the other players.

Generally, I find both enjoyable - but as a killer i always feel like its more up to me who i get matched with. I go for chill and kill, just wanna have a good time, do some chasing and hooking. nothing sweaty - and idgaf about MMR. That happens to put me exactly where I want to be: playing whatever killer with whatever perks; just do what I feel like and out of 10 matches there is one super boring one with super baby survivors and one gen-rushed or otherwise out-of-my-league match. The others are a chill kind of balanced resulting on average in 2k.

With survivor on the other hand.... if you do the same thing (not go meta and/or swf) it will not land you in some kind of sweet spot. If you don't have some kind of lucky streak with matchmaking you end up in a lobby you dont belong in more often than not. Be that because the team-killer balance is way off or because you are way above/below the teams average resulting in you being screwed one way or the other and having little to no fun in many matches in a row.

gotta add tho that I'm far from high rank and all that "sweaty" play idea. Not what i enjoy, not what I play. I play to have fun and I generally enjoy the surv gameplay more - but as killer its easier for me to actually have fun. So...tie, I guess?

I've never really liked playing survivor. There's a lot of downtime on gens and hooks and on the ground and I don't like the third person perspective as much. Plus all the survivors are the same character but with different perks, killers have way more variety. And I play the game solo and the killer is the one that's built for solo play more than the survivor side is.

One-trick Trickster main here! I'm currently in high MMR with ≈1k hours and I have a blast playing Trickster. It's fun playing and performing well with a non-meta killer such as him.

Tbh he's the reason why I now lean more as a killer main. I'm always having fun with him. Even in those few matching I'm falling way behind, it encourages me to continue trying hard to get back ahead of the game, which happens a good portion of the time :)

Solo survivor is just boring to me for the most part, or not really engaging like playing killer is. Survivor is only truly fun when I'm playing with my SWF.

Easy choice.

If I play Killer, I know the person who is responsible for messing up. It is me.

As Solo Survivor, I can have 3 people not knowing anything and I dont have any control over them. And nothing will fix it (even if the Devs will come up with additional information in the UI aka "Who is getting chased?" and "Who is working on Gens?", this does not mean that players will actually react accordingly...).

In fact, I dont play Solo Survivor anymore. I only play SWF with a Friend, if I am alone and I want to play DBD, I play Killer.

I feel like this is MY MOMENT as a 4500hr+ solo queue player. (I've SWF less than 100 trials. Of those trials, approximately half of them were played without external communication.)

Killer mains, I'll give you Dead Hard. It's busted af and is capable of hard carrying a team, especially if you don't play w/ one shot mechanics. Dealing with that in almost every single trial has to take a toll on your mental well-being.

With that being said, solo queue can be and often is absolute pandemonium. If you think Killer is "less enjoyable/more frustrating" than solo queue survivor, I fear for your sanity and your safety. Truly, I do.

We've all experienced a loss. As Killer, you typically lose due to micro plays (chase/second chance PERKS). In solo queue, it doesn't matter if they've got the meta PERKS equipped or not. These folks can throw the match regardless, and there are no gameplay mechanics that alleviate the HOPELESSNESS of a survivor player dying early, quitting, disconnecting, kilting themselves on first hook, etc. What do all of these things have in common? THEY ARE NOT PERKS. THEY ARE DECISIONS. Decisions are macro plays.

Also, if you're experiencing a dry-spell (string of back-to-back losses) on Killer, you can just bring some busted af add-ons and a black ward and fix that shtuff right way.

YOU CAN'T DO THE SAME THING IN SOLO QUEUE AS SURVIVOR. IF THE OTHER SURVIVORS WANT TO THROW, YOUR TRIAL IS GOING IN THE TRASH.

For the non-believers: Equip Bond, Kindred, and Open-Handed. Behold the less than desirable gameplay of others. Question reality. Break things. Now, return to this post.

This not an episode of "Change My Mind" either. This is the cold hard truth, and it hurts.

Try to remember this when you decide to bring some busted add-ons or camp as The Cannibal: We solo players have it infinitely worse than you do. Now, kindly leave me to my suffering.

Survivor in general is frustrating. Can be stressful even if you're playing with friends, especially when you + all your friends are casual players. And not the least bit competitive.