Why I believe the Solo Q changes will be huge for balance

Yes, maybe I'll manage then to escape more than 2 out of 20 matches. :p

But as you can already see from another thread, there are already killer mains (and I deliberately say mains because I think these people only play one role) who are crying because solo will no longer be an super easy stomp.

I just said what my survivor statistics look like. If I play Killer (and I am far from very good, I am a casual player) I could win almost every match at the moment. But it bores me. So I only go for 8 hooks (and I get 8 hooks without problem) and then let everyone go.

But of course, it's apparently a disaster that solo survivors are getting a little help now, and maybe surviving in the end every now and then.

If you purposely let everyone go every match, your MMR doesn't increase, so of course all your matches will stay boring and against worse survivors. Not arguing for or against anything you have said, just kinda pointing out that your anecdote is kinda flawed, kinda like how people who only play at 3am their time are likely going to go against nonstop sweats regardless of side or MMR. Its always important to consider other people's experiences can be wildly different than your own.

I personally don't think these changes will make a huge difference. I've played with good solo players who even with lack of communication were still able to make good macro plays.

The information won't give players the ability to make good macro plays and survivors who can't survivor chase very long will still be a hinderance to the team's overall survivability. This mostly just helps already good survivors to be less reliant on perks like kindred which will help, but we'll still see "solo q is frustrating" posts, because you can't solve the player issue.

I am all for balance in the game. It seems to me that in giving solo players more information that it will hinder killers a bit more.

What I mean by this is, swf has an advantage with communication and coordination. We know that killers are givin no compensation for swf.

Killers are expected to deal with swf. What do you all think they could do to compensate the killer for this buff to solo and the level of coordination of swf? If anything. We need to balance the game. One side with swf has an advantage over the other.

I would like to hear opinions without attacking each side. We are all gamers, no matter what side we play we should stick together to make this game better.

Please, let's discuss some options.

See you in the fog.

The changes are an obvious improvement, but minimally impactful. They don't tell you if someone is getting camped, if the other survivors are going for the save or simply being useless crouching in a bush, nor if there have to be a 2-man rescue because the killer is facecamping playing the grab stupidity.

Some people are freaking out over those icons, but the novelty will wear out quickly. Welcome change, but underwhelming nonetheless.

OH AND DO WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW SOLOQ STILL HAVE TO BRING A PERK TO KNOW HOW MANY TOTEMS ARE STILL UP? (Psst no, the icons won't solve this. You won't know if your teammate finished that cleansing nor you will be able to pay attention in chase).