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Rant:This game is all about how miserable can your opponent make you
Yeah its time for a rant i have had some pretty boring games where i either dont get chases at all or i do and the team just collapses in solo que. Ok well… this game however was vs a skull merchant which i already wanted out but i was gonna play through it. She sent us to lerys. She had third seal which hmm ok. I went down because i just had nothing to work with. Ok that happens. She goes to hook me and then she drops me and then just leaves me there. No one was around btw so it wasnt like she did it because someone was trying to sabo. She had already left claudette slugged across the map earlier. They got her up before i went down. Then she managed to slug everyone and i couldnt find any of my teammates to pick me up because of hex third seal.
I finally got picked up after almost my entire bleed out timer was gone but it didnt matter as the jill was being chased by her and as i got picked up the skull merchant just went right back for me to force the bleed out.
The skull merchant wasnt some baby killer they were prestige 32 and clearly they were just there to ruin our game.
This isnt the first time i have played vs this, however the past times i have i was in a swf so we managed to counter it but in solo que? Yeah there is really nothing you can do
so tell me what was I supposed to do? And why are players just allowed to just make the games miserable as possible for the other side
And a little side note. Bhvr, no one likes this killer. People dc or hook suicide vs her. Shes got one of the most uninspiring, boring designs that the community dislikes yet you sat there and doubled downed on her and gave her a tome instead of giving it to an older killer that people actually like such as oni. Thats disgraceful
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That's how BHVR is changing this game atm.
They are releasing new survivor perks which will work better with SWF.
They are nerfing self-heal and not touching altruistic heal which will work better with SWF.
They are creating 3-gen holder type killers and their counter is coordinated teams. And surprise, you need SWF for it.
They are not touching camp & tunnel strategies because SWF teams can beat this with coordinate. Solo survivors? Who cares them.
It is like play SWF or leave atm, so i am not happy with how is DbD after latest patches.
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they put her and the survivors in tome because I'm sure the chapter didn't sale well tho I skip tho challenges where I have to use tho characters.
tho you still buy with shards but I'm not wasting my shards.
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I bought the perks with shards but not the characters. Maybe that still counts as supporting the chapter or not but I not gonna sit there and buy trash characters and support a terrible chapter
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I didn't even buy the perks I just don't care
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This is one of those very, very few moments whereby -as SoloQ - the odds are unfairly stacked. Sure, some will say "Bring Unbreakable", yet that's not helpful when you don't know how the match will pan out. These I can imagine are frustrating, yet I think this has only ever happened once to me.
However, if this became more widespread I can see BHVR return to the idea of basekit unbreakable, which isn't a great idea but would be needed if slugging gets worse. Players need to be aware of their actions as that ends up normally directing the game's flow in future shake-ups.
In this case, I can only empathise with you and say that I hope your future trials do not end in this type of clusterfudge.
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I dont blame you the perks suck too
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I joined a swf after and its better now. Also i dont think we need unbreakable baskit just gives a give up option when slugged or something
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I don't think we do neither. It's more what I'm fearful of of giving too many perks as basekit.
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unbreakable should never be basekit. Its such a bad idea. But again the problem was my teammates couldnt find me and I couldn’t find them. I understand third seal blocking auras but Not sure why the person that is down cant see their teammates auras that should never be a thing. Its such bad design all it does widen the gap between solo and swf
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I can empathize with your frustration here. As a friendly reminder of our forum rules: we cannot encourage any negative gameplay behaviors, including DCs. Thanks for keeping the discussion on track and in alignment with our rules.
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Cool so what can you do so that your not just there doing nothing on the ground with 0 communication?
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Golden words.
And the most problem not that they are balance around SWF. The problem is that they timidly quiet that playing Solo is require you to be top-tier warrior. If there was some "underdog" bonuses or at least warnings "Beware! You are going solo! It is four times hard and 10 times frustrating. Are you shure about that? Yours truly, Entity.", like in many other games, it would be ok.
But it's served like "solo is ok, don't fret".
I don't say that SWF is easy. Probably easy when you have built-up team with 2K+ hours experience and packed up with gear. Average SWF dies like flies. But people play solo and getting constantly wiped out. And if there is a small chance to win, killer turn on camping/tunneling card (if he didn't do it at the start, then match is like 3-5 boring minutes)
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Solo queue is not always the best experience and it definitely can get frustrating but it's nowhere near as bad as you seem to believe. I recommend you reflect on your own gameplay as well instead of blaming solo queue for everything that doesn't go according to plan. Sometimes you make a mistake and lose. That's how the game works. Even for SWFs (at least in theory).
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I can tell you what I do personally, although I don't think that would make you feel much better since I empathize. On the gameplay side of things, I do not enjoy being slugged. It being allowed per the Game Rules doesn't change that, especially if I'm in the solo queue. Adjusting my build helps sometimes, playing with a friend can help, but none of these things will ultimately convince other players in the solo queue to pick me up.
The feedback received on the forums is always read and reviewed to see what we can address and implement. Obviously, the team cannot act or respond to all of it, but we do read everything and make sure things are passed onto the appropriate people.
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I couldn't have said it better. Whoever is in charge does seem like they enjoy people being miserable. I wonder if there have been some changes at the top of Behaviour. For the last year or so, updates, perk reworks and new killers have been either completely ######### or extremely questionable.
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It does seem that people are getting worse and worse about making the game as miserable as possible.
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One of the best pieces of advice I got that kept me in the game, and one of the worst things I can say about DbD, is it helps to have something else prepared for games like this. Have some youtube videos ready to watch, podcast, music, etc. Lots of games (especially in soloQ) are going to be garbage and the best course of action is to mentally check out so you don't become angry.
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Well thank your for being understanding and not ignoring what i have to say. I do appreciate it. I get when the killer slugs to create pressure or when teams are going for flashlight and sabo plays. But this killer took us to that map and when she downed me she picked me up and just dropped me by a hook in the corner of the map. Thats when I realized what her plan was. Rely ans hope on the fact that we have 0 communication and just make sure we cant find eachother on the floor it was truly a big waste of time.
yes i did play with friends after and it went better but if playing in swf is what your saying then whats the point of playing solo que then.
Again i do appreciate your response and hope something improves soon😭
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I made a mistake readying up for that match
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I just dont get why people get so much enjoyment out of making people have an awful time
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I'm sorry, I didn't expect that one day those words would come out if my mouth...
Your problem is skill issue, the more I play solo queue, the more I realize how easy this game actually is.
Unless Third Seal isn't a Hex, in that case rework this bullcrap.
But yeah, roaming the map isn't dangerous and it will reward with the cleansing of Third Seal.
All intel you need are Audio and Visual, and you can see them on the left side of the screen.
And for slug suicide, it's a no unless they remove hatch, else Survivors get free hatch every game and no games will ever end with a 4k anymore.
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And thank you for taking the time to share your experience! I am a solo queue main when it comes to survivor, I run into these games sometimes too. No one wants to log in to the game and not have a good time.
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Yep, swf pretty much dominates this game and is the reason it's as unhealthy as it is right now
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"Your problem is skill issue, the more I play solo queue, the more I realize how easy this game actually is"
Come on now, that's a little bit silly. Not everything is a "skill issue"
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All I want is an option to go next when I am being slugged for the 4K. Let me give up or bleed out faster. I shouldn't have to waste 4 minutes or potentially more because the killer just can't stand the thought of someone getting the hatch in a game that was never close to begin with.
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Honestly the best thing you can do imo is just walk away for 4 minutes. Grab something to eat or drink,use the restroom. It's still frustrating but I feel it helps if youe not sitting there watching it happen the whole time.
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It's disheartening for sure. Facecamping/slug bleedouts mean the killer is also trapped in the game (the survivor variation is the two players hiding for 60 minutes). I don't understand why a person would even want to play this game if that's the way they feel they need to play.
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This time it is, the hospital is the best map in the game, destroying Third Seal shouldn't have been hard.
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Are you high? Indoor maps are the hardest ones to find totems on.
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I have to disagree, unless it's RPD or Jigsaw map, I hate those two.
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Hatch does not guarantee escape
Also killers can't get 4 kill is nothing problem
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There should be a surrender button for everyone on the opposing sides. If a killer surrender then the game immediately end giving survivors their points etc.
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Nice joke bud
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Yeah and I definitely need to find it when im slugged on the ground lmao
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Agree 100% on the surrender option. Said it before. Don't care how it's implemented, it could be a collective 5 votes for all I care. People understand when they are in an unwinnable game like OP's example above. Quit wasting our time and let us move on to the next game.
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The only people that wont understand are the people that are making the game’s miserable on both sides
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I disagree on the survivors getting free hatch from what I noticed killers find it a lot more often the survivors. I mean it makes sense killers are faster and don't have to hide from survivors when they search for it.
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This kind of behavior happens a lot and idk if the player enjoy to make others feel miserable, if he got a bully squad before or had a bad day... i really don't know what comes to his mind. But I wish we could report this kind of gameplay, so he would get a temporary ban to think about if it is right to treat other players like that.
I understand slugging to make a gameplay but I can't understand slugging to make others feel miserable...
I am the last one under the hook and needed to bleed out... why??? The game was over!
Yeah... I needed to bleed out again.... and this is not because there were no hooks near and btw he had Agitation, so no... he was just happy to make me feel miserable.
Yay... this match I was not alone... I had 2 slugged teammates to make me company.... see the crows? Well... we didn't move or anything, Blight could hook us anytime but he was having his fun looking at 3 slugged survivors waiting until bleedout.
Those kind of matches happen more often than not.... and makes me really sad. Everytime this happens I just turn off the game and go play Fall Guys or any other game.
And before someone asks if I was toxic, t-bag or click-click to annoy the killer... the answer is NO... I am not that kind of survivor t-bagging at the exit gates and I never used a flashlight.
My favorite quote is "Don’t do to others what you don’t want them to do to you".
If u are a killer main, pls take a look at my images and tell me if i did something wrong to deserve this... I need to know, so I can correct myself.
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ugh, i hate the slug and bleed out playstyle. and to think they buffed knock out like a year ago and never went back on that decision... it's like they WANT to encourage this kind of playstyle by making these aura hiding perks 'better'. while i don't hardly see the slug and bleed out playstyle enough, when it happens it's such a ######### drag. like, get off dbd for the rest of the day kind of drag. it sucks it's so easy to ruin other people's experience like this and all survivor players can do is hope and pray killers don't do this. this playstyle needs to be FURTHER decentivised by adding a give up button or changing these slug out perks completely.
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Generally I find solo survivor the least painful role to play but situations like this really sour the experience.
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The slug suicide is a big no, but I like the idea that the remaining survivors can vote to all die instantly to reward the strong Killer the BP he deserves.
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Then destroy the drone? I doubt SM would drop chase for someone far away.
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Even though I main merchant I agree giving her a tome now was stupid and only served to make people hate her more. Give her 3-6 months for changes and then you can soft re release her with her new archive and improved power
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Don't get me wrong, I definetely don't blame teammates, and completely don't say that SWF are OP. All only from my experience, where fraction of fun games as survivor are roughly equal of unfun games for killer. Like 10%.
Now more unfun ones for killer, though, because I lately put more into unfun part because survivors feel kinda "depressed", they don't play, they feel "moraly exhausted", give up very fast, DC, like a true end in Entity's realm, but for real. Can't blame them, though. But I like to see how happy they are if I let go one two, or even give some achievements, like kids in candy store. That's what makes unfun games a little bit fun.
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Why no? Why do I have to spend 4 minutes just watching bleed out?
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The last survivor doesn't deserve an escape, so your only way out is by bringing him diwn with you.
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Why do I care? If you don't care about my fun levels why do I care about your precious 4k? If you can't catch that last guy before he gets to hatch then guess you didn't deserve the 4k.
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I wonder why you hate and despise the survivors so much in your comments? :D
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That's the neat part, you don't have to care about my fun, not that any of you ever did give a f about my fun anyway.
But, I still have the high ground Anakin.
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