Regular Players. Do you still get Killer anxiety?

only when i do scrims, otherwise no

I definetly get more stressed on killer than survivor, but that's simply because my standard for survivors is way lower.

As long I get good chase, I am fine with the game as survivor, which is not hard.

I wouldn't really say stressed for killers, more like excited (adrenaline rush), if game is close. Don't really care, if it is stomp game.

I used to, but then I remembered the game is set up to guarantee I win 60% of the time so I kind of lost the fear. If I consistently lose matches as killer I’ll talk to a suitable MMR bracket where I win 60% of the time. And even if while playing killer I feel stressed I can always turn the tide by just tunnel-camping a survivor out. Not like the survivors can stop it.

Not at all. Like zero. I think it’s because I load into the match with the mindset of putting the Survivors through a thrilling match vs looking to eliminate. Instead of eliminating a death hook Survivor I’ll just pick them up and drop them under a hook or let them wiggle free.

Some people find killer stressful, but like some other posters, I'm not one of them. The worst that can happen is I lose and maybe they t-bag or say something salty in chat. I can be trapped in a game as survivor, get caught when I'm in sight of an open exit gate, have no idea what killer I'm facing at the start, and have a massive lack of control.

I've got about 1600 hours, not nearly as much as the rest of you have. n_n" I play both sides with relative equality and frequency though I am starting to lean more towards Killer.

I only get Killer anxiety now when I have had rough or sweaty matches and feel like that will continue, or when I'm playing someone new. I occasionally get it when I feel like I have to "perform". It used to be REALLY bad until I stopped caring about wins and pips as much, it really messed with my self-confidence in this game around about 500 hours. But now it's less severe because now I see any number of kills as a win, so there is no pressure. I still try, and usually do very well, and if they pressure me hard and want to sweat I'll match that energy and destroy them, because I have a competitive streak like Thusly does. This usually is more common with my Mains, more as Ghostie or Dredge for example, because I am proud of my skill with them and like being seen as "good" at them. This doesn't happen if I'm Trapper, or Nemesis, or Oni, or someone else I play less frequently. If I care about getting good at them, I am more competitive. And I'm most competitive as Ghostface, my Primary Main and first true Killer Main.

The more you play, and the more often, especially if it isn't your main, the less nervous you get. In other words… "Killing gets easier with time."

Yes, I can't play well against any streamer with too many people watching, players that I already meet before etc... specially since the characters that I enjoy are not exactly famous for being consistent

In early, let say 1k hour, get alot of anxiety for example,
losing chase
gen pops too fast

Get hit by pallets.

How after 2k or so hour, everything gone, its like a normal game mechanic you gotta get thru just like playing souls game and face the first for the first 20 times

I get incredibly anxious on my first few matches… the kind of anxiety that makes you sweat, my tshirts are always a bit stinky after playing DBD lol…

But after a while it normalizes and I end up having a good time, win or lose.

🙏

4500 Hours and don't get anxiety. The possibility of losing doesn't bother me in the slightest. Judging by end game chats some killer mains seem to have an existential crisis if they lose. I've never understood this type of reaction and never will. I guess some people are just wired differently.

As someone with a fraction of those hours, I dream of becoming good enough to spot this and get there.

Is this sarcasm, or propaganda?

Sorry, we don't think we've ever really felt it.

Just remember it's a game ment to be fun and not something holding your creators hostage or the like.

I remember the last time I had killer anxiety. I had gotten back on the game after a short hiatus, this was right after pinhead had been released. I was doing exceptionally good as him and it got to a point the game was becoming very boring because I would not lose. So naturally after a short break I know I'm going to be a bit rusty and get a little nervous waiting for the queue to pop; this fateful day I will never forget. First game of the day- the map was that dustbowl pile of crap Mr. Deathslinger man is from (spaced the name for some reason) it was 100% bully squad hours and I was getting tossed like an olive garden salad. I have never felt more justified for dc'ing and I didn't touch the game for months maybe even a year or 2. Anyway moral of the story is pretty much immediately after that game I realized I was baby raging over some certified lame gamer shi and the fact I was anxious about losing in a video game or even just not doing as good as I used to is silly coded at best and downright depressing at worst so now I just play and have fun even when people are cringe.

No. I really don't have anything more to say and not speaking for any others, but I've never really experienced anything like it.

I watched a yt video once called something like "every killer type." And one type was just called The Anxiety. The killer main who just hovers on the home screen, debates whether to play or not, until they finally just leave. Really hit home lol. To me, the hardest part about playing killer is the possibility of getting curb stomped. It's so much more personal when you fail as killer vs survivor. When I play survivor, I can always blame rando teammates for losing a match. As killer, it all kinda falls on me.

If it helps, whenever I play survivor, and I'm going up against a killer I can tell is having a hard time, I feel bad for them. I'm certainly not going, "hahah this killer is such a tool, noob, ez, uninstall this game hahaha." Everybody makes mistakes or has a rough match sometimes. Survivors and killers alike.

I relate to this a lot! I actually have a lot of friends in DBD but I find myself playing soloq more and more because I’m definitely the weaker link (I’m laughably bad at looping and trying to ‘git gud’ has been very unsuccessful lol I just don’t have natural gamer instincts - for context, I’ve never played an online PvP before dbd 😅).

As the game has become far more aura-oriented, it forces more direct engagement with killers so looping at this point is necessary - sadly this is where I will be exposed as the clear weaker link.

Although my friends are very chill people and don’t mind, I myself mind and it makes me stressed thinking I’ll be carried or am costing matches for other friends.

So I tend to play mainly soloq now and although it is utterly miserable in ways that many people on the forums cannot understand (as I’m guessing most people here are very skilled/high MMR), I have very low expectations and give myself other objectives/things to practice - the though of escaping is not even remotely expected so it’s a pleasant surprise when it happens haha

but yeah, although for slightly different reasons (pretty sure you’re not a liability to your teams lol) I really resonate with your comment!

I'm not that bad at looping for the most part and I don't even mind mistakes while playing with friends or my girlfriend, I just don't like it while playing with strangers. I have to say I personally never hide and actively let killers chase me, but I also have around 2700 hours of killergameplay for me to look back how to loop them xD