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Ngl, I’m actually having fun not playing killer

TheGoon224
TheGoon224 Member Posts: 417
edited August 2025 in General Discussions

Ever since I stopped playing the killer role I have never had a better time in my matches. I’m mainly using dumb builds like deception + diversion and I’m actually winning a majority of my games. But yeah, I’m finally having fun.

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  • oecrophy
    oecrophy Member Posts: 448

    Aww, nice to hear you're enjoying the other side for a change! Enjoy the stress-free time — there are tons of fun survivor builds you can experiment with.

    Hope you're having a good time :D

  • GeneralV
    GeneralV Member Posts: 12,666

    Honestly, my killer games were fine before the patch, but recently I had a really bad streak of games.

    Now, I know I am playing one of the weakest killers in the game right now, but things were alright until TWD. I am still having fun though, just wish my games were slow-paced again.

  • cogsturning
    cogsturning Member Posts: 2,273

    I used to play only killer and now it's more survivor (but still a lot of both) and it's so much more light-hearted and relaxed. Killer I get frustrated; survivor I'm laughing, even though I'll probably die. Pallet stuns, attack dodges, won chases, mind games, smacking my teammates butts. All hilarious to me. Now I can also make fog clouds while screaming my head of with Scene Partner. Hilarious.

  • oecrophy
    oecrophy Member Posts: 448
    edited August 2025

    sorry to hear you’re struggling. What do you think is causing it? The new item? For me, killer-wise, not much changed. Um.. I’m kinda glad survivors got some new toys — means less of those bodyblock-mid-chase into Red Syringe BS and less background player into flashy sabo spam. Makes chases cleaner and more manageable.

    but yip, those rounds are just insane and super fast. Like always

  • TheGoon224
    TheGoon224 Member Posts: 417

    it’s for the most part just been a combination of things that have been deterring me from the role more and more recently. Part of it being that my two favorite killers to play being Skull Merchant and Springtrap we’ll just say aren’t really the strongest killers in the game and have been just ignored recently, the fog vile making my hearing problems worse, whenever you try to run a unique build you just end up losing because you’re not running pain res and pop or something, if you’re in Chase for 30 seconds 3 gens get popped at once, the weakest killers will get the harshest nerf for literally zero reason leaving others completely ignored, conviction completely removing slugging from the game, survivors complaining for the silliest of reasons, Skull Merchant getting gutted and her rework getting delayed, Springtrap getting almost nothing since he released, they still haven’t even bothered fixing the Houndmaster and Knight bugs, and worst of all Trickster is still in this game!!!

    I literally get less and less of a reason to play killer because the devs are giving me less of a reason to play the killer with almost every update.

  • GeneralV
    GeneralV Member Posts: 12,666
    edited August 2025

    Honestly, my friend, I am not certain. Maybe MMR decided to send me to a place where I don't belong.

    Edit: Happy to report that my games have gotten much better!

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  • Good_Pancake
    Good_Pancake Member Posts: 56

    The if I'm not using pain res and such perks I'm loosing is kinda dumb to me. Like ofc if you bring weaker perks, you are going to be weaker. Btw you can win with a unique build, you just need to be at the right mmr, not the mmr you are because you are boosted from gen regress. (My most used gen regress has a 20% pick rate, then the next is <1%) and my kill rate is 70%

    Btw pick rate is for me, not the community

  • SpringMyTrap
    SpringMyTrap Member Posts: 752
    edited August 2025

    because devs band aided killers' intended optimal play in anti-perk/mechanic meta into killer having to bring particular perks.

    if you, a survivor, dont bring perks that punish killer for tunnelling/slugging/etc you still have a chance to have a good game if the killer doesnt do any of these things because they play around a threat of these perks / have enough skill difference to not care about playing like that.

    if you, a killer, dont bring perks that reward you for not doing any of these things, then you have to go out of your way to play in a particular way while still dealing with a potential threat of the anti perks.

    you surely can win with whatever if you get against people you'd curbstomp on sheer massive skill&experience difference, but this is a really shallow victory imo

  • TheGoon224
    TheGoon224 Member Posts: 417

    That and you can kinda just run whatever you want as a survivor and still have a good chance at winning whilst listening to music… no seriously I’ve just been running the combo of diversion and deception while listening to King gizzard and the lizard wizard and I’m still winning 😂

  • fussy
    fussy Member Posts: 2,099

    Watch how in a year you'll start playing well on top of this and not want to return to stressful killer matches at all. Half of my session begin with killer match, after which I ask myself "And why should I play this?", then back to getting fun on survivors. If you will find good swf, I don't think you will remember about killer role at all.

  • MechWarrior3
    MechWarrior3 Member Posts: 5,418

    I get it. My last few games I’ve gotten clapped as killer. Of course I also too play the buggiest killer in the game rn but that’s okay. She will be fixed and get love. (Houndmaster)

  • TheGoon224
    TheGoon224 Member Posts: 417

    I hope because hound master is such a cool killer but she barely works

  • Good_Pancake
    Good_Pancake Member Posts: 56

    Ye HM is fun to counter. I've had a really good clip agaisnt her

  • TheGoon224
    TheGoon224 Member Posts: 417

    I haven’t faced against one yet, but I kinda hope I do

  • jjthejetplane3
    jjthejetplane3 Member Posts: 67

    I agree, with all the buffs and the patches, killer games have gotten boring and repetitive. There is no sport in it anymore because its gotten so easy. Sure, a sweaty SWF will come along with all their flashlights and flashbangs, but all that is easily countered. Not to mention now almost everything has killer instinct or an aura reading. I just started going back to running with no perks or addons to make it at least interesting. Maybe play hide and seek. Hook them all twice then let them leave. So I totally agree, killer is just not fun to play anymore. Too simple. I miss the days where it was slower paced and actually had to hunt for that last survivor. Good ol hide and seek with cat and mouse. Horror and challenge aspect has gotten lost.

    But hey, could be just my MMR or whatever. BHVR just needs to quit handicapping us… we don't need THAT much help.