Mathieu Cote Interview (Some things to brought up about SoloQ)

Solo isn't nearly as bad as the memes make it out to be. Typically your team, like yourself are well intentioned and doing their best. It's no different than any other PVP title.

I'm so sorry - no offense or anything against these people, they really sound like nice ones - but to hear this statement about SoloQ from Mathieu was so disgusting that I wanna puke like Plague - and two times more because the other two seem to agree with this statement. It really feels like he only plays SWF or does not play the game at all which would be very sad because he has an inpact on this game. Deliverance, Reassurance, Plot Twist, and We'll Make It to name a few are perks that are very useful to know that my teammates have these perks or a special build like Power Struggle + Unbreakable. "Do Gens" is also such a pathetic argument when it comes to rescues because it is sometimes difficult to know if one of my teammates goes for the unhook, if they can unhook, or if they need help.

SoloQ is in a bad spot. I play mostly killer and in many matches I can tell if all four are SoloQ, two SWFs, three SWF, or a full SWF because SoloQs do stupid mistakes that SWFs won't. But I also play sometimes SoloQ and can feel how pathetic this is sometimes. For example I had a match where I did a generator far away from the hooked survivor, the third survivor was in a chase and then where was a Feng Min. Instead of going for the unhook, this healthy Feng Min was doing a totem because she had Inner Strength and Calm Spirit. It was so awful to see that my teammate was dying and Feng Min was chilling with a totem. Other examples are that one random gives up, dces, does a stupid tome archive (cleanse 500000 totems, open 4000 chests), plays for hatch at the beginning of the match by hiding ect. Of cause, sometimes you have a SoloQ that plays better than any SWF (every one knows what they should do, they are on point, don't throw the game for a tome archive ect.). But SoloQ issues are more common and some of them are unavoidable and cannot be fixed (giving up, doing tome things) but some of these issues are fixable: Let the players knows which perks and items my teammates have or give us a light basekit Kindred for better unhooks. To say it simple: Give SoloQ quality of life changes to make the matches more enjoyable. But after this video, I highly doubt the developers will ever understand this and this is more than sad. This sadly also means that other important things might also not happen because the few developers have a different opinion about it than like 80% of the playerbase.I agree here with @Mag1cian that DbD is more competitive than many of you might to think - not real competitve, but it goes the same direction -, as a result, the basegame should not have any dumb, broken, or unhealthy elements like Nurse, perk combinations, or items. But the developer might have a different opinion about them which means they might stay in the game forever because they think it makes the game of the players "horror and hopelessness".

All survivors perks add-ons and offerings being shown to each other in the lobby before the match is helpful to solo players who are at a disadvantage. It wouldn't drastically change anything just allow survivors to maybe coordinate better. I made a post a long time ago about this https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/191306/leveling-the-playing-field-for-solo-survivors#latest

Also created a discussion earlier about a tweak to the reworked medkits to make the rarity actually mean something for solo survivors. Basically they would have slightly less of a penalty on self healing speed or efficiency the better the rarity https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/408079/medkits-solo/p1?new=1

"Do gens, and get out." Anyone else feel like he's using the power from all these gens we complete to power his flying car battery

Idk i think you guys are taking this too seriously. And i don't appreciate people saying nurse is easy, she's really not. I agree with Mathieu here

In 10k hours it’s not luck, that’s a large sample size. It’s learning the game and taking accountability. These aren’t lies. It’s just not taking the easy way out and blaming teammates every time. It is a team game but that doesn’t mean you can’t have a huge sway over the outcome. Many other survivor mistakes are salvageable from other players making good plays.

That’s understandable. I guess my rational here is simply to encourage people to improve to solve their difficulties rather than using other reasons they have no control over. This gives them agency over their play experience.

The amount of games with tunneling is vastly exaggerated. I play way more than most and I don’t see it that often. What I do see very often is players making bad plays and then getting punished for it. I see after chats all the time of my teammates calling the killer a tunneler/camper when they definitely did not and those people are making excuses. For the record I would want nerfs to prevent tunneling even more added to the game to encourage healthier game play.

I’m not backing up on anything, I stand by everything I said. You just misinterpreted some things I said. I said “usually”, that’s not always. You do have personal control over skill, that’s something people can improve on. Average stats are that way because on average most survivors play bad, but that’s something they can improve on. We’re having a normal conversation here, there’s no reason to be hyperbolic and sarcastic with things like “magically 70s%”. I track my stats while I’m streaming, it is what it is.

Just average or even good Nurse usually have a good amount of counter play available. Only the extremely skilled nurses can give that no counter play feel but those are extremely rare. Don’t get me wrong though, I’d nerf nurse some if it was up to me. This is also why no one uses Nurse in balance conversations, she’s an exception to all the games rules and not comparable at all to the rest of the killer roster. So we shouldn’t even bring up Nurse.

You’re probably not getting tunneling matches like you’re referencing nearly as much as you are saying. Like I said before, I play way, way more than the average person and don’t see that many actual hard tunnel/face camp matches. It’s quite rare.

Most of the time people do have control over their matches. It’s a hard pill to swallow, for myself included. This is what helps us improve at the game.

Yeah basically lol. Not enough reflection. I’m guilty of it as well. I can get in the heat of the moment and make excuses but after I calm down I can recognize that it was my fault and I could have made different choices that could’ve changed the outcome.

This is hyperbole again. Niche adrenaline or deliverance plays of course they can’t know but those are very specific situations. In the vast majority of cases you can play around most things. All things? No. Most things? Yes.

I’ve given you many reasons why the issue isn’t solo queue. I’ve also provided them quite calmly and kindly for that matter as you’ve constantly been sarcastic and mocking towards me with nothing reciprocated. Just blaming solo queue will not change anyone’s situation but the advice I’ve provided can help those people that are having trouble.

You can do the exact same thing on survivor.

Now we’re adding addons as well? Are we putting syringes and BNPs on all the survivors too?

The irony of lasting “30-40 seconds in chase” is that loses you the game as killer. When someone knows high mmr games they understand that you need chases of 25 seconds or less or you’re losing the game. Consecutive chases lasting as long as you are describing is unviable for winning. If I go down in 30-40 seconds that’s a win.

I don't think this is disdain at all, this is their interpretation of how a horror game should be played. Agree or disagree.

That said, I don't agree that SoloQ is in a good spot either. Teammate loadout information and tweaks to perks to help show other survivors you have it active (being able to unhook yourself via Deliverance and Wicked, or highlighting your locker when Head On is ready for example) and some kind of anti-slug that survivors can't manipulate would help a bit.

However, saying the developers straight up hate a large portion of the community is just rage-baiting and makes 0 sense. They're clearly viewing things on the dread factor, not trying to make things easier to escape just because survivors don't like x killer. And one look at their cash shop should tell you that they definitely don't want to lose that revenue either. One of the biggest problems I have in SoloQ is survivors giving up, even if we're winning and get 3 gens popped before they go down, because the killer is Knight, Nurse or whoever they hate (Even Scratched Mirror Myers for crying out loud!)

As for Nurse herself, I do agree she's not as hard to master as Cote thinks and most Nurse players I face are very good. I do think she's hard to get into though, I myself took months of trying to really get into her because I first thought the teleport was disorienting, but once you know what you're doing she's pretty simple.

Again, you're misinterpreting their intention. Survivor was always meant to be about getting yourself out alive, which I still think is a bad idea in a 4v1, but just because that's their game design philosophy doesn't mean it's a personal vendetta against that entire aspect of the game.

It would be like if I decided to grow grain or some kind of feed in a chicken pen. I don't hate that grain, but I need something for the chickens, and getting rid of all that grain wouldn't be beneficial to me in the long run.