Survivors How is 2v8 for you?

I actually tried it little bit today as survivor...it was really lopsided matches. Majority of them were lost but that bc they was always against high movement killers like blight (so many blights) I even had match where I looped a deathslinger for so long but we still lost bc while I was looping the deathslinger the other 7 survivors was dropping like flys to the blight.

Overall I still not a fan of 2v8 both as killer and survivor. Survivor I just find it boring for the most part and little frustrating. As killer I hate the long wait for matches and having to play/depend on a random teammate. Plus none of the killers interest me. Out of all the killers I only really play wraith.

To all the killers crying on various forums:

Survivor is not fun, at all. Same problems as normal games. People intentionally trolling, dropping pallets when no one is around, intentionally failing skill checks (like every time I'm with that person on a gen or heal, they fail). Points mainly come from altruism, actually doing objectives is mediocre points, chases don't last long against the average killer thanks to their buffs or the second killer, and no points for survival if you don't get out. So most of us are just playing to unhook and heal each other and then maybe escape second. Any point modifier below 250% is not worth playing, and I wouldn't even be doing 250% if I didnt need to prestige characters.

Every killer has a viagra-fueled hardon, and I suspect it's because you WILLING subject yourself to the queue times. I've met one decent killer who saw a Jill intentional grief me by showing him I was in a locker at our gen, so he just slugged me and let me recover, TWICE! I got lucky enough to hatch that match thanks to him.

Yes, you may see gens go quickly in some of your games, but my sample size is probably much bigger than yours due to my amount of free time, and that is not the norm. If both killers are average, its probably a killer win. Even one mediocre killer generally doesn't tank the team. The only decisive wins I've seen have been two bad killers who probably aren't coordinating, didn't pay attention to the info they got (2 survivors on a gen and you get an aura, how can you miss that?) or use killers theyre not good with (nurse and blight, looking at you guys), and even then they still get +25k points. Also, any action or specialization that reveals survivors is so strong. The number of times I've been absolutely screwed by the revealed status when trying to hide while cornered is astronomical.

And I write all this knowing full well I'm only an average survivor, maybe a little above average. I cannot chase long because I have not and will never be able to learn all these maps, so when even I can juke and loop a killer multiple times, then I know that killer has a skill issue, no offense. But even in this game mode, those killers still have a heavy advantage.

This. This is the problem.

Killers need a stronger comeback mechanic than this, it needs to be a bigger debuff or there has to be a gen control power aded to the Classes. It's extremely unfun to wait for 20 minutes to get destroyed because the gens fly super fast even with the debuffs, it's just not enough time and Killers are PLAYING like it. You HAVE to be a fast Killer and ideally, not M1 or you get destroyed. Guide has GOT to be nerfed, badly, this is way too much. Or, we need a Killer class that holds gens. Killers are genuinely not fast enough to get anything done with things like this and it's not any fun.

This? This is why it can't be a 50/50 even split, for anyone wondering, on kill versus survival rate - because as shown here, it's not fair to Killers period against Survivors who even remotely know how to coordinate. BHVR has GOT to stop giving Survivors gen repair that outclasses anything Killers can DO - both in 1v4 and 2v8. I really do not understand their obsession with letting Survivors be able to pump gens however fast they want but Killers aren't allowed to hold them down just because a FEW Killers could hold obnoxious 3gens at one point in time a year ago.

BHVR, this iteration of 2v8 sucks. You overbuffed Survivors too much. Go back to the drawing board, it was too early to do this again and this is not it, the first version was more fun.

This is exactly what I am seeing, Killers tunnelling out a few people. My friends and I both got it more often, it's not good. They really messed up this event by making Survivors get more powerful over a match and making them generally stronger overall. Survivors are overbuffed. And there's nothing to fix the gen speeds; it's really unfun to wait 20 minutes to get stomped.

I will try one more day, but I'm not having fun as Killer and I'm not having the greatest time as Surv either. If it doesn't improve I'm doing the tome and then saying goodbye to this mode.

Where are these lobbies when me and my friend play Killer?

The sad part is, I'm NA East 😭

it seems to rely on killer (and survivor) skill. When they’re equally skilled there is parity and matches go back and forth until the end, when it’s anyone’s game. If survivors play around they will lose—against all killers. If killers don’t have good pressure they’re going to lose.

People seem to enjoy it because is incredibly survivor sided :P

I just wonder how legion and oni was not brought this time. Lot more fun killers than those we got and also more original. In my opinion probably blight, spirit and buffed billy should been last to be added. First oni, myers, ghostface, legion, doctor, demo, and hag at least.

Except a whole class that has it as an ability, and finding medkits in chests if you're that desperate to heal.

2v8 is so easy compared to 1v4 for survivor

I have played over 30 matches so far and have escaped 21 times. No match has been a complete squash for the killer side. A few matches the gens got done in five minutes

I feel like most people are in this boat TBH. If it's Killer, I get it. If it's Survivor… How? Surv side got the best stuff.

Then it sounds like you just do not enjoy DBD unless it's in your side's favor. I don't think anything will fix that.

Well, I meant survivor. Killer is easier for me. There I got, when I played a killer I’m good with, always 4-8k. On survivor I’m instantly dead, when I’m found and don’t play escapist. But to be fair I have learned, that when you loose once, you get bad teammates, which makes you loose even more. After I lost like 20 matches in a row yesterday and then won 3, I escape a lot easier.

I try to break up the teams that move from generator to generator. Also, pay attention to the people who hide near the generators when the group scatters.

I like how they have the unbreakable to counter toxic slugging.

This mode was created to satisfy survivors, I don’t know what they were thinking when they created those perks, unlimited pallets, heals in 1 second, unlimited unbreakable etc.

Killers are not queueing because is a dumbed version of the game, limiting every single strat, perk and option a killer has. It’s a dog chasing sports car simulator.

2 Vs 8 has already become sweatier than the main mode. Very extreme, with mostly one sided stomps in favour of one side or the other. I would definitely say it's Killer sided if the Killers actually know what they're doing and are willing to play dirty and rush as fast as they can to wherever the cages spawn.

I know the mode is fun for Killers so long as you're decent at the role, but I'm not queuing for 15 minutes to get a game.

Personally, I'm already done with it and I'll only be returning to do the second page of the tome.

Most killers barely got to experience the novelty 2v8 due to the insane queue times so they're not as fatigued. You might fit in 4-5 matches in 2 hours and most people don't have that kind of time.

Survivors have already experienced tons of 2v8 the last event and this event doesn't really change anything they can be in and out of matches in 6-8 mins making it less interesting considering you can play 2 matches before the killer even gets into one. Doesn't help that gamemode is basically heal/gen simulator since chases are vs 2 killers with buffed powers.

tl;dr Queue times are insane because most killers haven't really experienced much of the mode. Survivors experience it at a faster rate and the interesting parts of surv gameplay are reduced so they stop playing it.

That means killers ARE queueing for the mode, which the comment I was originally replying to was denying (quote: "Killers are not queueing (...)")