Yes, this game is survivor sided

I actually believe this game is pretty balanced. At least as balanced as a game like this can be.

We don’t need every killer to be just as powerful as the other one.

Nurse is bad for beginners and Godlike for veterans who has learned her.

Wraith is good for beginners but struggles vs experienced players.

This is how the game should be.

If a survivor learned to play then most killer has no answer. It's like 2 killer viable against good survivors.

I don't believe one side is more OP than the other. It's all about context:

A P3 Nurse with 2k hours in the game with OP addons and a decent perk build will likely annihilate most survivors they go against.

On the other hand, a SWF of decent survivors will likely give most killers a miserable time because of their advantage of comms.

Finally, you can play solo queue as an average/mid-tier survivor and get matched with similar skill-level survivors/killer, but get absolutely destroyed because most of your team are self-caring in the corner of the map, or are searching chests/cleansing dull totems instead of doing gens. On the flip side, you can get a group of baby solo queue survivors who don't stand a chance against even an average level Nurse/Blight, or a group of experienced solo survivors who spend the game antagonizing and making it an all-round miserable experience for a baby killer.

I guess my ultimate point is, this game is asymmetrical and it's not as simple as "survivor or killer sided". There are far too many factors that come into play here. Also, I don't think people discuss enough how it's SBMM that's creating this divide, not one side being OP. Think of it like this: you're an average killer but SBMM keeps matching you with SWF/experienced survivors... of course, you're going to say it's survivor-sided. Alternatively, you're a solo queue player and have three matches in a row with prestige Ruin/Undying Blights... you're going to say the game is killer-sided. I'm not naïve enough to say that each side don't come without their own problems and each side has stuff that needs buffing/nerfing... but the issue here is SBMM.

Totally agree with you. Sums up a big problem this game has!

The only way to reliably findd out would be to have several large tournaments with the best players where survivors and killers can use whatever perks, items and addons they want, and see what the results indicate.

If I were to bet money on it I’d say the game is survivor sided though.

This, having 90% win rate on nurse and not going against swf often is what surprises me the most, when you would think these top swf teams would always go against 1% highest win rate killer players very often.

By your logic we should balance the game around tournaments? Smart. Balance around 1% of your player base.

Your second point is exactly my point in an earlier post. A skilled Wraith or Clown are most likely not going to win vs a team of skilled survivors. A newer Wraith or Clown can easily win vs a team of new survivors.

I agree with that and I do see the problem, but nonetheless - I believe that if you balance the game around the tier players it will be more devastating for newer players.

If the game was "bigger" you could make an argument for ranked and casual game modes.

Well, as we know - SBMM does not work as intended because it prefers short queue times over actual skillrating.

I play only solo survivor, so it isnt the social aspect for me. Yet i refrain from playing killer that much, because killer games are quite horrible, both do to gameplay mechanics as well as toxic survivors.

So it might not be the only reason, but it is a reason.