How many Killers should be in 2v8 2.0?

It would probably go in order of release and dlc when availible, so next batch would probably be hag doctor and spirit

Two, obviously. 🤡

At least Nemesis with 4 zombies. Then add another or not, doesnt matter.

Well yes but they can (hopefully) do that testing when 2v8 isn't the current modifier so no worried on our end~

What absurd combo in the game mode currently? i don't see any and i haven't heard anyone complain about a specific combo. "balance doesnt matter in this mode" idk about that. The balance been pretty decent so far and i wouldn't won't that to change. They need to be careful of problematic combinations.

imagine a killer that can always keep u injure like legion/ plague with killers like wraith or oni.

what about two rush down/fast movement speed killers patrolling one side of the map? that could be extremely unbalance as well.

Characters with complicated kits like sadako and singularity would be nightmare to balance in this mode.

I think 7 would be good. Always have the original 3 (Trapper, Wraith, Hillbilly) since everyone has access to them and they are what started DBD, then swap in/out 4 DLC killers to keep options fresh. I think keep the amount small so less issues can slip through the cracks and anything that does will be easier to fix/adjust if there aren't alot of killers.

Killer is already the more popular role in 2v8. Adding alot of killers will make the killer queue times worse because higher chance that someone's main will be an option drawing them to the killer role over survivor and people will spend more time playing killer to try out the different combos. A 15 minute wait to play killer, quick lobby as survivor, and 400% BP didn't encourage more people to play survivor over killer. They need an incentive for people to play survivor and giving killers more options isn't going make more people play survivor.

More maps in different realms would help with matches feeling repetitive. While people may choose the same killers there's atleast maps to change things up. If they add more maps they can also put in the feature to not have same map twice in a row to help prevent the back to back same map.

I'm thinking they'll round out the classic cast with Doctor and Hag then maybe dip their toes into licensed killers like Michael, Leatherface, and either Freddy or Pig. I think 5 per iteration is a good way to go, as it's a lot added at once without being more than the devs can take. Now that the framework is there, I'm definitely hoping we hear more details about how they'll introduce new killers into the fold.

Hag will be a terrible idea for 2v8, and will be an even worse solo q teammate than Nurse is.

It will be super frustrating trying to set up pincer attacks with Hag, just to have her randomly teleport far away in the middle of a team chase. Hag teleporting far away to an uninjured survivor just ends up hurting the team overall, because she has a garbage chase power, and will likely struggle to get a second hit on the survivor without help from her teammate.

Killers that have powers that don’t work well in a team setting, shouldn’t be in 2v8.

All of them that can work, I suppose.

I mean math wise they need to test out every combination meaning each iteration should have to try more combinations than the last, having 5 characters means you need to try out 10 combinations but having 10 means you need to try out 45 combinations, each new killer creates a massive potential work and test load for it. Unironically the current number of combinations (including Dracula) is 666 depending on how much work each of those combinations need to both work with each other and not break any other interactions mean this could take a while

Balance can be loose without being thrown put entirely.

They nerfed Billy to make him work in this mode, there are other killers that will potentially need the same treatment, such as Legion or Oni.

I understand you see it as the chaos of the mode but survivors fun need to be heavily consider for the sake of Q times. No I do not want to face a pin head with the chain hunt never ending cause some noob pick it up. There no mmr in this mode and the devs really need to keep that in mind.

"do you want hard nerfs on all killers" I mean it's pretty obvious that some of them will need nerfs if added. I say stick to adding safe picks instead of killers who will be complicated to balance. All mid range attackers & range killers should be alright. xeno, prymid head, even slinger would be fine.

I imagine we'll get very few if any licensed killers, as to reach the biggest audience they kinda have to stick to the free killers available.

2v8 sees survivors injured a hell of a lot more than 1v4, then you factor in killers like Legion who can rapidly injure, and Oni would have virtually 100% power uptime, and constant one-hit downs.

I will agree with the opinion that we should first add those who's powers aren't overlaping eachother and those who don't need as many adjustments.

Doctor, Bubba, Hag, Clown, Ghostface, Dredge, Deathsliger, Pyramid Head, and Demo are all relatively easy to put in.

My suggestions for killers and classes:

Although I have to say I would happily trade Legion and Spirit for Ghostface, Myers and/or Bubba.

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