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The DC Epidemic
@not_Queen @Peanits @PatriciaThis has really gotten out of hand. I know yall are waiting until dedicated servers to crack down a little harder, but I literally can't get a game without a DC. 12 games in a row, all with DC's on their first down before I can even hook them. Maybe instead of strictor ban penalties you just add a game joining penalty similar to other games, ie if you DC you get a 10-15min wait before you can que again. The penalties aren't high enough so it's being abused heavily.
Note that I am not talking about the DC's going into the game because of the infinite loading screen bug. These are intentional DC's as soon as they get caught.
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I even see accounts that have DC in their name and their sole purpose is too Dc right when the game starts to ruin the experience for the killer and survivor smh
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Keep in mind there is also a bug since the update that forces some users to DC. I have this bug. I had to quit playing cause I can't finish a single match without getting disconnected. There are quite a few of us that have this. I submitted a ticket a few days ago. Hopefully it's fixed soon since I do miss playing this.
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Some are being disconnected by the game. Its been brought up on here.
As for purposeful disconnects....well given how everyone thinks survivor is garbage now I'm not surprised.
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That is not the DC's I am referring to. These are all exactly on their first down. Highly intentional, every game.
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I guess I'll just go play civilization I heard that's a good game.
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Those are annoying and if it's a Legion I can understand it totally along with the hard camping/tunneling going on. The sad thing is people don't know you're probably not that type of killer.
But given the high ratio of absolute jerks to good and fair killers I can see them dcing because getting tunneled and hard camped repeatedly will finally make them quit.
Oh and just loaded into a game only 3 of us got in, all green ranks we get matched with a rank 3 nurse with an ebony mori for what was 4 solo players lobby. She even went so tryhard to proxy camp just out of terror radius for the hooked person.
With people crashing as well it's bound to lead to a ton of frustration with everything else going on.
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While I understand people's annoyance with legion I feel like it shouldn't warrant a DC just because the killer wants to play a specific killer. I have my own bones to pick with certain killers doesn't warrant an automatic DC
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It's hilarious. The Killers cried and cried for Survivor nerfs. Survivors were never the issue, it was SWF that was the issue. Now Survivors are truly a chore to play.
I honestly don't blame purposeful Survivor DCs. A little more than half of Killer players take the game too seriously and just make it entirely unfun for Survivors. Whether it's meme add-ons like Prayer Beads Bracelet or Iri Button or Coxcombed Clapper or Omega Blinks... Players shouldn't have to endure an unfun time just cuz ONE out of FIVE players wants to be ridiculous and use balance tilting add-ons.
Add that the Supernatural killers are getting more and OP with their basekit... I'm not surprised (Spirit/Priestess/etc)
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If they load into a 3v1 that's a different story, I'm talking a full game where everyone loaded in. It's happening no matter what killer I'm playing but no, Legion was not one of them.
The problem is a lot of survivors are calling everything tunneling or camping these days even when it's not.
Also, if they're DC'ing because some killers camp/tunnel and I havn't even done that yet as it's their first down, then that's pretty messed up and shows that we need some harsher DC penalties.
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This is like some rank 20 foaming at the mouth thoughts. All if this is inaccurate. If you play the game more you will see this.
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Survival rates were low. Now from what I've seen they're lower than ever.
But killer mains can't accept that maybe, just maybe, they're not as good as they thought?
I don't even feel a challenge as killer now if I'm against solos or 2 & 2.
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The average survivor is a potato. Hence winning a lot. Against equally top tier survivors that aren't even swf, you will lose. The only exceptions to this is things like nurse, ultra rares, etc.
This is derailing the main topic of this thread though.
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Yay. So Vince will get banned?
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I DC'd on a moonwalker legion.
Should I had a penalty for this ?
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When you are in chase with legion (he is litteraly 6 meters behind you) and the timer of deep wound still going because he is looking the ground and when you drop the pallet he wait with his back to you for the end of timer... Just no. I will DC again and again. I dont feel bad for those players and their Chili stacks.
Georges_soros your avatar is a good picture of you.. You are a f clown.
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I think not cuz that's complete bs. if they fixed moonwalking people wouldn't dc because of moonwalking. same goes for all the other reasons people dc.
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@darktrix pretty much. I've always been one of the few killers who did not think DS was such a big deal - Enduring countered it quite effectively. Similarly, I just can't wrap my head around how many killer mains whine about teabagging, flashlight spamming ,TotH spamming and so on. After game trash talk too. If you lose, just take the trash talk like a man. You earned it. Answer is: don't lose. Coming here and ######### about how underpowered you feel is pathetic. Killer role is made more difficult for a reason: most people are pussies and don't like challenge. Therefore, the role that requires a higher number of players MUST be made easier, otherwise there would be too many killers and not enough survivors. You should take this into account when playing Killer: it's not meant to be easy, nor should it be.
But yeah, I know, some killers struggle with this concept and just want dev Dad and dev Mom change their diapers so they don't have to do it themselves. Pathetic. Fun to watch though...
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I would be interested in some global DC stats, it must be pathetic
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The worst game ever Last night. All four dc before I couldnt do about anything. The bad news is that you loose all parts and stuff when People commit dc. That grinds my gear... A lot.. Basically you loose evertthing you are carrying.. That sucks.. Do something about it..
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I've been disconnected just running from the killer, while a friend was in the match. He says it looks like I plug pulled, but he was able to stay in the match and finish it.
This patch has been incredibly bad with this, so we can't even tell which ones are intentional anymore.
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Not running, this was literally right after they were down and I started to carry them or pick them up. Those two scenarios look very different.
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Dude....when I play killer 99% of the time those gens don't get done.
When I play survivor recently it's the same, 99% of the time those gens don't get done.
It's very frustrating, especially when I have no control over it. Survivor goes down in 5 seconds to a ######### Trapper. A ######### TRAPPER!! without using traps!!
The game is clearly becoming too much for the average survivor and it ruins the game for the other solos now. At least before you could grind out a pip. Now its much harder when your team is dead in 60 seconds.
Why am I going to bother playing a frustrating experience when I can just stick to killer instead?
A lot of it is bad decisions which I guess cant be helped. They'll run towards the hook while being chased, go down next to the hook and then if slugged stay there while the killer camps. Why?
Again before you could ride it out to get to better ranks with better players but it takes so ######### long now that it's just not worth the time or effort.
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@Tylerz while I don't approve of DC-ing, in this case, I understand why people keep saying moonwalking or otherwise exploiting the flaws of the chase algorithm is a ######### tactic and borderline cheating. It's a hard thing too: I assume it's next to impossible to find a perfect definition for the conditions for chase starting/ending... can't really blame the devs for failing at that. Strictly speaking, when I spot a survivor miles away and go after him, especially if he notices me as well, should be considered a chase, but it doesn't count like that. Reversely, sometimes the games thinks I'm IN a chase when I can't even see that damn Claudette. Happens a lot in corn and on Yamaoka: chase music starts, I get the "Survivor Found" event, but I can't see them bloody bastards :P
The only way to deal with it would be if people actually had some spine and did not intentionally cut chase while staying hot on the trail of the deepwounded survivor. I do that when playing Legion, and some others do too, but then again, there are people who couldn't care less about fair play.
As fo you, @The_Crusader : there's little other choice than playing stealthy if you want to go to high ranks from low ranks as survivor. Don't be the first one hooked, don't risk too much for saves and so on. It's actually one of the most interesting aspect of the game: as survivor, you can be successful by playing very selfish, and by playing very altruistic too. Once you hit the high ranks, you'll have less to worry about potato mates... although it happens on every rank, so there's no sure way to avoid it other than SWF.
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Yes, I report anyone who DCs , doesn't matter the reason. Its unfair to the left behind survivors.
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No need to report for DCs, BHVRs backend tracks it automatically.
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I report every one that DC. At first I thought this DC thing was a joke but now I see it a lot. Just this morning alone 3 out 5 games at least 2 people DC in each game. It freaks up the game for the rest of the survivors. Why would someone DC and lose everything. I get it, it can frustrating when you run to a bs killer but doesnt mean give up. How are you gonna learn and get better at a game if you give up when its getting hard?
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Survivors don’t lose anything anymore. You lose your pips but as soon as you restart your game, you’re back at that rank you were before you dc’d, that and the fact that you get red rank killers even if you’re purple,green or yellow rank yourself makes survivor dc more often imo. & if you report the people that dc, you could also report for suiciding on the hook, because it’s the same thing other than that the killer get’s the bbq stack..
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@George_Soros Have you tried the new survivor?
Playing stealthy doesn't get you anywhere. If you want to pip you need to hammer those gens and you need to steal all the unhooks.
On top of this survivors are dropping like flies. You don't have time to waste hiding, you need to do the gens otherwise they don't get done.
It's a race to score as many points as possible before your team ends up wiped out. Plus a lot are just giving up on the hook now.
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The difference is DC'ing is against the games Terms of Service, killing yourself on the hook is not. Reporting at a DC isn't because of a moral code we hold, it's because it is breaking the rules.
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DC right after being downed? Yeah thats totally a crash.... 😉
No need to lie about this, at least 90% of all DCs are intentional
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Entitydispleased I totally agree. I had three people (probably SWF) all DC after getting hooked and downed on the first hit, no more than 1 or 2 mins into the game. I was left to try to get two gens and hatch out. I did. And got the hatch. Probably could have all got out had they stayed to tough it out. Really frustrating.
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I only get people disconnecting if I'm playing as the Dr. or they're not playing well.
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Dc after being downed isn't a crash but can happen but I was running to get under BBQ range the other night to someone that had been downed. I ran into shack got halfway through it and fell through the floor and dc'd.
I depipped because the game thought i'd dc'd lost all my BP I'd earned as well as a pip because the game kicked me. The killer had an easy field day after that.
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There are also DCs that are literall connection errors that happen since the latest DLC.
There should be que penalty after some amount of DC. Banning people is only shrinking the playerbase even more and there are a lot of legit reasons for people to DC (facecamp,tunnel,terrible lag,getting hit 2 miles after vaulting etc)
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Welp, quit puttin' me on Coldwind farms and I will quit DC'ing them. I am NOT playing on games I dont want to. So either fix or I leave.
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Welp, quit puttin' me on Coldwind farms and I will quit DC'ing them. I am NOT playing on games I dont want to. So either fix or I leave.
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Wow all them DC after their first down. I had to be Freddy for a ritual and I'm not the best with Freddy. Kid you not , one survivor message me being all salty. Sorry I was just doing my job as the killer.
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I hope your kidding
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Playing solo survivor is frustrating right now with the ranking/matchmaking as it is. Also I don't see a difference in DCing and killing self on first hook other then one being against the rules. I mean I've DC'd intentional and also by connection errors/game crashed on me which been happening alot lately also if DC is so against the rules they shouldn't of give an us the option button to leave I know if they took that out and the only way to dc would be to close the game. I wouldn't do that because I hate rebooting the game over and over again.
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"other then one being against the rules" That's all the reason that should be needed.
Also, even though matchmaking is messed up right now the least people could do is use it as a time to practice and improve from playing against someone better. Not mention you are screwing your teammates.
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Im not. Why would I suffer through something I hate? Im red/green colorblind and my experience is just awful on these maps.
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then maybe you should play something else, if you only disconnect anyway.
I prefer to play vs tunnle and campers x-times, rather than constantly playing with people who just run away because they do not like something.
In every second or third game someone dc and it gets really annoying. (except those with freezing loading screens)
If people always dc, why are they playing the game anyway? And destroy the fun of others.. I don't get it.
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This is how i feel about every game as survivor. Sure some games can suck, sure some killers only care about making your games miserable ,but you gotta make do with that ya got, that's why we're called SURVIVORS not disconnectors.
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Dang.... I thought it was JUST me.
I played 11 games (I counted in the weekend) And SEVEN out of the 11 games, SOMEONE DC. In those games, the games forced me to play better than ever to get the one or two other survivors to at least live.
One game, when I saw it was the plague, two people INSTANTLY DISCONNECTED. This forced me to work with the other sole Nea to save her, etc, and I had to stealth the Plague numerous times while trying to get gens, then trying to get the message to the killer that we wanted to farm, but chances of killers wanting to farm is way too low.
Another game, it was the new map and the Pig, and two people INSTANTLY DC AGAIN. This was the tenth game, hence I remember this one the most. I was getting really concerned with 7 out of 11 games with someone disconnecting, so this game, I had to go max Claudette with stealth. I used my premonition and teamed up with the other Bill to sneak gens, and I even impressed myself the many times I succeeded running from the Pig. Sadly though, on my second hook, the Bill left me to die (And I did almost everything!) but at least he got the hatch. I still got more points than him and got a rank point. A rare one too, since I died so many times too early.
One of the games where no one DC was a Doctor and the snow resort, and everyone (for once) actually was really nice and teamed up together to survive. They even waited for me at the gate to make sure I wasn't being chased, allowing me to get a Medkit for free. No one died too. The other game, I was lucky with a really good team, stealthed the Huntress numerous times and got both of her hexes of NOED and Lullaby. Sadly, we were waiting for a Jake, but he died on NOED and the Huntress semi-camped. When I got her NOED hex, Jake died. At least he was chill and understood. (And I was running and the hatch opened right under me. What luck!) Other game had 2 Jeffs and a Feng, Plague was really good though, so we all died. Feng died right at the hatch, made me cry inside XD 4th game, I was epic, got 3 3/4 gens done, followed and dodged the Pig in the farm a couple of times with Urban Evasion and Premonition, but sadly two really good survivors died (Feng and Adam), other Bill got gate opened.
So basically, any game with at least one other survivor not DC, they are decent human beings that actually will help the other survivor to not get a terrible game. Thanks to everyone who does not DC and for reading this.
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If I'm killer and two people disconnect, I instantly move to farm mode, because it's no longer a challenge.
If I'm a survivor and one or two disconnect, I try to get the killer to farm. It doesn't always work out, and I get hooked 8/10 times, but I never DC. I'd rather take whatever BP I earn than disconnect. Each level has it's pros & cons against each killer. Learning to play them is a challenge which I enjoy.
I think all these people disconnecting are call of duty gamers who like easy games.
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Wish more were like that. Honestly as killer I just kill them and end the game fast which is what I also prefer when I'm a survivor with DC's on my team. I can see people wanting the farm but as survivor and killer I'd rather just end it as soon as possible so we can all move on to an actual fun match.
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DCing because you made a mistake is just childish, seriously to the ones who do this, grow up. Like I cannot wait for dedicated servers for this reason because there is a possibility that BHVR will punish DCers after dedicated servers.
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Agreed. They are wanting to get more strict come dedicated servers but that just feels so far away with how absolutely insane the DC rates are right now. The devs need to put their foot down and punish much harder.
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As killer main:
They disconnect because the game is unbalanced, killer side is broken, nurse 5 blinks, spirit no phase sound, instasaw,legion franx mix tape mori etc..
Idk why the devs think ds was the unique problem, just balance the killer side devs, do something usefull in your game
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