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I've finally given up. The servers are trash and you get punished for playing.
I've truly now let this game go. I have ZERO problems with any other games. DayZ runs better then this. And because servers in DBD punish you for it, I'm done. Before I hear crys of "Get better internet...update harddrive....ect ect". My games work fine. I do not DC, IDC if others do. More often you have some funny matches after 2 DC's. But the fact I can't play a game that I ####### paid for? Due to them increasing penaltys, mind you, due to their terrible design team ,means we suffer? No other game crahes like this. And believe me, there are minecraft mods more intensive then this. Its become a poor cash grab with a design team of subpar coders. I could deal with crashes. But this isnt even an eSports game, reason for it. So why do so many get to suffer not playing a game they paid for due to your negligence? I've lost hope in this company, I now see why all my friends left it. Match making bans like an eSports game, but with more bugs then bethesda, and servers worse then bohemia.
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Crashes are near to non-existent these days. It has been really bad in the past. I reinstalled the game after I got kicked out of the game 3 times in a row and got a matchmaking ban of 1000 years (?). It worked, no more crashes. IDK if the servers are the problem. It could also be micro-cuts in your internet.
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It's your own negligence. I have played this on a pc built with a 1st gen i7 860, a gtx 760 and an old dying hard drive and not had any issues with crashing that were not my own fault from an unstable overclock on the cpu.
Figure out what is wrong with your pc.
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It's not always the computer though...
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Then it is their internet, and they should contact their isp to see what is going on. I am not shy to bash on bhvr for doing things wrong, and the servers are... iffy gameplay wise. But they are not the reason op is being kicked from the game.
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Could be. Sure, i'll give you that but even as a R6S player you can reconnect, albiet, you may lose that game. But even as a top company they have reasonable ban times for DC. They happen and its hard to tell the difference but this is a casual game. Why their bans can last for 3 days. And longer if something happens is mind boggling . I got up to 15m ban 2 days ago. Figured " Alright server issues, ill take a break. Gave them 48 hours since the so amazing company doest even say how it works." Got one game, a crash after then a 30 min ban. Youre punished for trying to play and they wonder why this game is dying.
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How is it my internet with no other game has an issue of crashing except this one? Tested many other games. Zero issues. It's DBD. Period.
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DBD is the reason for it since the new update. I had no issues last week before it hit. Which is my point. All other games work fine. As DBD did, but now it crashes and it counts as a DC. Which again, would be whatever. Sure sucks for teammates but things happen. Why would I DC, healing a teammate? With no hooks, or unhooked a survivor with another in chase halfway across the map? It's not my internet as you all like to presume usually. My internet works beautifully with most other games. As I said even DayZ works more reliably then this. And that's saying something. But I could deal with worse it's getting progressively punished by a dev team that doesn't even tell you how to matching making bans work. It's a #### design team. WE as the players should know how the vans work since their servers are trash. Why do they keep it a secret? Literally no one knows for sure how their matching bans go down besides them. If they have terrible servers, we should know in case of bugs to avoid literal 3 day bans and get anither DC it's another 3 day ban.
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You try using a vpn to connect to a different server?
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I've tried it all but usually it comes down to the killers ping. But even still some lag should come back. Other Triple A games can have severe lag in a "competitive" setting and come back. This is just a straight freeze
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But again, I could deal with it. Losing pips? Oh well. Guess I have to earn them back. Sucks but such is the way. But the match making bans increasing due to their poor coding and design? That's not what I paid for. I payed to play a game not get banned because they are incompetent.
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It's unfortunate, but this sounds like a problem on your end.
I'd suggest posting logs to tech support and seeing if someone can help you.
The penalties in this game for DCing are, if anything, ridiculously soft. But they have to exist, because when they don't every game is spoiled by a DCer.
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Okay for one. Have you ever dealt with their tech team? Does nothing. And they are "ridiculously" light? You serious? R6S ngl I've rage quit comp games. I do get punished with rank and time. It is a rare occasion but I've been known to lose my temper. Their punishment is well known and gets reset. Yes it can happen again after some time. But more often it's enough time I learned my lesson and have calmed down and went in with a clear head. But my internet had for the most part never failed me. When it has. I can reconnect. Albeit again, lose the game sometimes. Oh well. Here, you get a few DC you are punished again and again. No it's not my internet or my hardware as again I have said ZERO other game has this issue. I've tested multiple multi-player games. It's only DBD. So how is my issue? And even if it was. I paid for this game. People act like this is their life. It's a game. So what if others DC? I don't like it but I stay in the game and make the best of it. If it's their pips? I've still pipped due to double DC's. So how does it ruin it? Because you don't escape but got up in a rank that doesn't even matter? Your MMR is invisible anyways. So why or how can it ruin it for everyone else? Use it as an experiment to loop, or hide and rush gens, how to best combat how a killer works, etc.
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- Yes, I have. I reported a bug, bug was eventually fixed. Have you tried posting logs and asking for help in tech support? It's not like you have anything to lose by trying, and maybe someone could help.
- Yes, they are ridiculously light. You can deliberately DC multiple times in a day without much of a penalty other then 'let me go get another cup of coffee while I'm timed out'. Contrast this to other games, where you'll be put into a 'leaver' pool and have to win several games to get out of it, or can even have your account permanently banned.
- This may sound harsh, but if you can't play without DCing - you probably shouldn't play until the problem is fixed. It's not fair to the other players in these games to constantly have to 3v1. I hate it on killer, as it also denies me rank and BP for something outside of my control.
- If it's just DBD, chances are that it's either your VPN, your firewall or some problem point in your ISP's routing. Posting logs in tech support could help you to at the very least isolate the issue.
- Now, I'm not trying to be mean but - if it's 'just a game', then why are you so upset? Personally, as someone that has limited time for his hobbies, I consider it quite a big deal when I can't enjoy my hobby because someone is attempting to play the game on a Thinkpad from the Arctic circle.
- It's not just about rank. When I play, I want a good, close, thrilling game. A 3v1 is basically unwinnable for the survivors unless skill levels are grossly mismatched. These games aren't fun.
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Yes, dealing with their tech team does nothing as far as crashing until a possible new patch comes out and hopefully they fixed it.
Deliberately DC multiple times in a day? What? My game has been crashing twice normally in a day since this new patch, and IF it reset. I'd be okay. Wait 24 hours and if you DC again you go back down to 5 min, then 5 min for the second, 15 3rd, 4th 15, then 30, 30 5th, an hour etc. I could deal with that. That's WAY to many DC's for one day. I agree. But, I had in the period of two days, 4 crashes AKA DC's. So I waited 48 hours. What's "maybe speculated" is 24 hours for one let's say 'blemish'. I got the second 15 min and waited two days. Played one game, got a crash after and a 30 min ban. It's only increasing with no reset.
No other and if you have else to prove NO other even actual competitive game has bans like that. That increase with no time reset since DBD doesn't tell anyone how it works.
Again, how is it not fair? It's a game. So what if people DC? Let them be salty. Does it matter that much if someone does? I get you want a 4k as a killer but more often even if someone DC's typically your not in the group that is gonna 4k every game anyway. So more for you.
The thing is I'm not upset per say. But I'm annoyed over the fact I have out money into this game. Of my own volition, but I should still be able to play even due to their poor design. And if you think it is ruining your experience when someone has bad internet? Welcome to online gaming circa CSGO to now.
And again, a 3v1 puts allot of pressure. But it challenges them. If I see a DC, I will try to hold aggro and loop while others do gens. Not that I'm probzz by any means, but it gives me experience
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- What else do you expect? This is how it works. There's no magic 'patch wand'.
- Other competitive game? League of Legends' Leaverbuster system would probably have permabanned you by now.
- Why are you defending DCing? That is honestly a bit sus.
- It's not so much me wanting a 4k and more me wanting a good game. I've never had a good 3v1.
- Yes, it's absolutely ruining my experience, because this game is 4v1. 3v1, this game isn't fun.
- Again, you seem to want to have your cake and eat it. That's not how things work. You either need to stop DCing or accept that you are going to get timed out. If DbD truly is the only game that's having connection issues (and it's not you rage DCing) then it shouldn't be hard to isolate the problem. Go chat with tech support.
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Honestly the netcode for this game is extremely bad. Considering the game was originally built for P2P.
Also, it's kind of glaringly obvious the servers are killer sided. You can have the best Internet in the world (like I do, with a dedicated 1Gbps fiber optic line) and it doesn't matter what-so-ever. If the killer has bad Internet, they are very often given an extremely unfair advantage.
Also DC penalties are a bit too harsh, first DC should be a "slap on the wrist" in my very honest opinion. Since it's usually not your own fault.
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3 days of not being able to play at all is soft? LMAO what
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Yes.
Soft.
The amount of DCing that would require would get you permabanned several times over in LoL.
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Lol the game isn't dying
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Well no kidding, which is why I said I would wait. Seemed kind of obvious as I didn't mention a magic patch wand. Didn't know those existed.
Maybe LoL sure, don't play it but 9ther competitive games the bans are not even close to that severe. And as I said. They have a reset that is known. That way if you do have issues. You know the amount you can wait without the penalty becoming worse.
I'm not defending it, clearly you read wrong. I just said I don't care about it because I don't. Typical that you just say"thats kind of sus you must rage quit"
Maybe you haven't had any good ones but I have had a few. I know generally it can make things harder but I don't see it "ruining" the experience. Just makes it harder.
Sure, I'll take my cake. And as I have said multiple times I'm not DC'ing. It's crashing. But I can tell you won't be convinced otherwise because this game runs perfectly and no one can ever have issues. They all just rage quit.
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What the servers should do is to kick anybody with a bad ping.
It seems to affect other player's game (or only the other team, or maybe it's only when a survivor lags that the killer's game gets clunky)
Yesterday for the second time I was against someone with a ping spiking at 1080ms.
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In July 2021 there were roughly 62k players online in a day. Up from the pervious month of June with a spike of 14k players. Awesome. But since then it has been decreasing over time. Since July there are 35k players online everyday roughly. That isn't exactly a thriving game. Doesn't mean it still don't love/hate it.
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this isnt an airport. No need to announce your departure
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I agree. That can cause allot of issues for others. Even if it doesn't lag out the hit reg is God awful. I'm wondering if turning off cross play would help at all.
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I thought this was an airport. No wonder I haven't been able to find a plane to board.
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No.
Hard.
I don't play League so I could care less.
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Games fluctuate also this month some real heavy hitters came out, Elden ring especially. The game always dips but there are zero games like it. It isn't ddying anytime soon. Everyone other day fpr years someone says "this games dying" but it hasn't yet. If you wanna see what a dying/dead game looks like..Look up Last Year: The Nightmare or Last Year:Afterdark....which ever it was calling itself.
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I'm just saying it's been steadily decreasing over the months and years. July 2021 was the highest its ever been. Which is great. But it's going back down. Maybe another peak will come, but Ina nuanced sort of way(I don't want to say definition.) it's dying out.
Edit: I realize it's not dead like For Honor dead.
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I'm sure during the anniversary it will peak back up to normal numbers. I don't remember what released in July in DbD. I think the twins releasesd last July and they were hyped up but sadly a let down...this game always dips and rises due to the nature of the game, after binging it , it can get very same. Reguardless of new characters or maps.
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This game has sh@t graphics even on ultra, Lmao so yeah, this game is not optimised garbage (i7 and 2070 super)
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I have powerful PC and yes, this game still crushing! U not alone
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We also pay to play against hackers and if you DC devs think you should be banned for that. It's just a waste of time.
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It's gotten so bad too. It's not even like sly micro speed hacks. Just blatant flying across the map, insta down at the start, or teleports.
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Right, it's annoying that it happens. But I get that it happens with this game. Just sucks to he punished for it while I'm just trying to play the game.
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They have the guts to say "report me, I have another 70 free accounts". I don't understand why devs won't ban their IP, not account. You can buy or make unlimited accounts, but you can't buy a lot of computers.
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Honestly. Would help start to fix the issue but I'm sure they would just run an Ip scrambler. Though I've really no clue how BHVR's servers run. Other then bad.
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