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Why do soloQs tend to get close to each other ?

Jacho
Jacho Member Posts: 55
edited February 2024 in General Discussions

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because I think thats the cause of many lost games

Answers

  • mikewelk
    mikewelk Member Posts: 1,669

    So that they can sandbag you more conveniently maybe

  • edgarpoop
    edgarpoop Member Posts: 8,465

    Genuinely no idea. I think a lot of players just go through the motions and don't really think about what they're doing and how it correlates to their outcomes. Grouping up is almost never the right idea, and players keep doing it.

  • Marc_go_solo
    Marc_go_solo Member Posts: 5,347

    Sometimes, people just run to the first gen to get started. I find it's better to plan a little more and split up at the start. Having everyone effectively in a meet-and-greet session is every Killer's dream early on.

    That's a mistake that often reoccurs. Especially with Lethal Pursuer it's such a bad idea to move together, but many rush in without the due care. There's nothing wrong with taking time to survey and even to see if they can figure out the Killer early on.

    Eagerness without caution is a major reason for these gatherings.

  • Thusly_Boned
    Thusly_Boned Member Posts: 3,012

    A number of reasons:

    1. Some are new to the game and feel like safety in numbers applies in DBD.
    2. Some are new and want to watch others to know what to do
    3. Regardless of experience, people are all pretty like minded and without coordination, tend to do adopt similar tactics. For example, experienced survs in solo all may go for the central gen right off the bat, whereas a team in comms would not.
    4. Due to lack of coordination, solo survs will just run into each other more, or lead the killer right into their teammates.
  • skylerbound
    skylerbound Member Posts: 754

    Nothing tilts me more than survivors coming to my gen at the beginning of the match. There is zero need to 3-4 man a gen unless it’s the last one. And it never fails that the gen I’m working on with 2+ is immediately interrupt and the killer snowballs from there.


    it’s to the point I know within seconds how the match is gonna go depending on spawn behaviour.

  • Vorahk08
    Vorahk08 Member Posts: 267
    edited February 2024

    Likely it's because they assume there's safety in numbers. They don't understand that they can be more efficient if they split up and that staying together makes them fish in a barrel for the killer when the killer finds them.

    Sometimes it's beneficial to group up to get a gen in a dangerous area done quickly, but it is, on average, more time efficient to split up.

  • tippy2k2
    tippy2k2 Member Posts: 5,210

    I want more BP so I tend to go to gens with other people on them

    I won't go out of my way to seek them out but if they're there, I'll work on the gen too. Then if I finish the gen with you, you have become my BESTIE and I will die for you.