Is this game genuinely playable as a survivor?

As far as I know, there seem to be areas where suicide and DC are more common and areas where it isn't. Although there is not a day that goes by that we do not see suicide or DC in Asia, the incidence seems to be much lower internationally. Therefore, in Asia, suicide and DC are less likely to disrupt a survivor's successful experience. Perhaps that alone would change the situation, but I can't bear to see survivors themselves go out of their way to put survivors at a disadvantage.

The fact that there are no other decent survivors besides Otz makes him a pitiful figure. His match is messed up because the Survivors are bad.

You should play killer.

It stands to reason you get less BP’s as survivor than killer because let’s face it, you often aren’t in game for as long as the killer is.

The great thing is BP’s are universal you can spend them on either killer or survivor.

There is matchmaking but given survivor is a team game it’s gonna come with the limitations of playing with strangers online. Set your expectations accordingly.

If you aren’t having fun as a survivor then play killer. If you aren’t having fun as killer either then maybe play something else for a bit.

I could make a joke about how "you aren't prevented from queueing as survivor so the game is playable as survivor" but I don't think that's the question you're asking. Moreover, if I made a joke like that I'd be worried people might interpret it as an attempt to dismiss any complaints you have about the state of the game (balance, matchmaking, what have you).

Wow, that was a weird tangent.

...To answer the question you were actually asking, between the survivors who give up at a moment's notice, the ones that refuse to do anything, the killers who seemingly play DBD out of a love for getting a "you won" message rather than love for the mechanics of the game, or players on either side who believe the win condition is to make their opponent as miserable as possible, it certainly sometimes feels like solo queueing for a survivor game is more like pushing the button on a slot machine and your gameplay will have little impact on the outcome of the match, no matter how well you play. I've had two people give up 1st hook after getting 3 gens done, had teammates who refuse to heal or exit the gates while letting teammates die on hook despite the rescue being free if she stayed, and teammates who fail to so much as touch a gen until I'd managed to prove 2 gens with another random, get two hook rescues and heals, and was midway through what should have been a chase that lasted the remaining 3 gens. Additionally, there was a killer that downed an AFK player at 5 gens, proxy camped them and tunneled them off hook, then went around W-S teching the slugs of the remaining 3 survivors as they bled them out. All that happened in the last 5 games I played as survivor. There is certainly a lot to complain about in solo survivor queue.

Thats why this forum is not completely representative of the whole player base.

How often i read here how this and that killer is eeeeeezzzzzzzzz...

I am somewhat mid tier and a lot of things are far from ez in normal games.

I was lucky with the few soloq games I have played. I would get a decent group for about 4-5 games then get one that lets you die on your first hook. I can see why it would be frustrating for those who can only solo. Hopefully they start to at least bring in the quality of life changes like seeing perks and more communication methods like the ones the mobile has.

The forums are not representative of the entire player base. You don’t say.

I’d hazard it’s representative of the whiniest cohort.

Mid tier eh, a player whose ego doesn’t make his assumptions for him. I tip my hat to you sir. 🎩

Is it playable as survivor... Hmmm.. less point gains, less interactive stuff to do, solo que hell... I feel you need to be mentally prepared to lose 90% of the time and just play to play now. Your chances of escaping are pretty slim but i guess that's the game.

New killer players surprisingly have the right idea how to play the game; tunnel, camp, and hit survivors on hook to sacrifice them faster.

It's like some sort of bell curve. Survivor tho is just a pure meat grinder

Whatever level you are, SoloQ is perfectly playable and also winnable. It's challenging, and on occasion it can very well be that some trials are Dark Souls level of difficulty when against a really good killer player, but whenever anyone says they feel it's "unplayable", I have to consider whether this is reality or just frustration because of some bad trials - I vastly believe it's the latter.

I'm dubious of the claims here, because the topic comes across as an amalgamation of several types of topics. What I would say is that if you're facing mostly P100 Blights and Nurses and survivor is "unplayable", I'm going to assume you lose many of your trials (which is not a criticism, and there is nothing wrong with losing) so it's unlikely you're top MMR. Not that MMR matters anyway.

Maybe take a break from the game? It's clear you're extremely frustrated by your experiences, so continuing to force yourself through an unenjoyable period doesn't make sense. Play some other games for a bit and come back to it afterwards - this may freshen your perspective.

If it's so bad why do you all still play Survivor?

Playable yes. Enjoyable quite often no. It's possible it's just a regional thing (a previous thread about the differences between AU and NA discussed thus) but tunneling has at least doubled in incidence over the last few months and that has decreased the quality of matches.

I'd guesstimate my current escape rate at about 40% which isn't too far off from the 46% I had last time I measured it. What is significantly different, however, is the enjoyability of the matches. The matches are quite often as enjoyable as stubbing your toe since tunneling is the majority of games. I'm not super competitive and I don't really care about winning or losing; what I do care about is having my free time be enjoyable and that's what is lacking in many of my survivor matches.

You can definitely play the game as a survivor.

The problem isn't just the killer. Sure, if he's camping and tunneling, you'll definitely die, but at least two will come out.

That's no fun.

It's mainly up to the survivors themselves. 

1. choice of perks (what crap gets played)

2. doing too much crap on the side

3. just screwing and pushing gens while camping and tunnelling

4. tend to hang out late when the killer is also camping and tunnelling.

2 people always get out easily, if not 3.

Survivor is probably the easiest it's ever been outside of when you could permanently stun the killer with flashlights. They can't even stop you from repairing a generator after 5 kicks anymore. You're pretty much guaranteed to win as long as you don't suck and don't give up.

If you are top MMR, you are likely playing in a SWF group, at that point you should win the vast majority of your games. If you are playing solo queue you probably aren't high MMR (no offense, its hard to organize with randos and win) so you aren't running into top tier killers.

Secondly, playing "sweaty" is not toxic. For every game you play against that "sweaty" killer, that killer also played against a SWF squad running 4 commodius toolboxes, sending them to garden of joy, and using discord to get 87 perks for free. And i'll tell you, it may feel "bad" to go against a sweaty killer when you are not. But nothing feels worse than going against a team like that as killer.

I rarely play anymore and when I do it's 2/3 of the time soloQ. - And only because I like most of the rift cosmetics. Which also gives me rather straightforward win conditions that most of the time have absolutely nothing to do with constructively working toward the objective. That's alright tho; most of the time I play with other soloQ and everyone seems to be on the same page. See if you can do your challenge/ritual - if not, attach yourself to a gen and go next sooner rather than later.

I'm also not expecting anything more at this point.