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Play while you wait

TheGoone
TheGoone Member Posts: 571
in General Discussions

Jank and servers dying aside Playing while you wait is actually helping killer queue times and the 5x BP gains for survivor is really nice good job Devs I think your on to something here

Comments

  • IWantCandys
    IWantCandys Member Posts: 223
    edited August 20

    How long were your killer queue times ? Yesterday I still had to wait 30 minutes for one killer match, I played 3 survivor matches in this time.

    Didn´t try it today , maybe I will later. But yeah, for me it feels already better just because you don´t have to sit there and stare at your screen or watch videos half an hour but you are allowed to do anything and you can do survivor milestones while waiting, so I really like this new feature.

  • tjt85
    tjt85 Member Posts: 1,657

    It's an awesome feature… Except for the fact that it hasn't actually solved the issue with the queue times. They are still as long as ever.

    Sure, playing Survivor while you wait is way better than sitting there twiddling your thumbs, but you still have to play 2 Survivor games on average for every 1 Killer game (assuming all goes well and you don't get kicked from the server at some point). And I've kinda realised that I don't really enjoy playing 2 VS 8 Survivor. It's become so incredibly stale to me, I might just read a book while waiting in the Killer queue instead.

    Anyway, it's still a fantastic addition to the mode for players who enjoy playing both roles and I'm glad they added it.

  • CrypticGirl
    CrypticGirl Member Posts: 1,461

    Yeah, if they add this to 1v4, I might be enticed to play Killer more often. One of the reasons I don't normally play Killer is because of the longer queue times. Of course there are other reasons as well, so idk if I'd actually play more Killer even if play while you wait was a thing...

  • TheGoone
    TheGoone Member Posts: 571
    https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/3986508#Comment_3986508

    2 survivor games so about 10-15mins way better then before usually it was 30-1hr for me

  • TheGoone
    TheGoone Member Posts: 571

    Its definitely a step in the right direction it won't fix it altogether the queue but it's definitely improved them

    https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/3986557#Comment_3986557
  • SadLegion
    SadLegion Member Posts: 231

    Previous 2v8 my killer queue times were 20 minutes, this 2v8 its 30-35 minutes. I fail to see how it solved the issue. I'd rather do something else than spend time playing survivor, if i dont want to play it.

  • 09SHARKBOSS
    09SHARKBOSS Member Posts: 1,727
    https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/3986508#Comment_3986508

    same but I played 1 surv match lasting 25 minutes and won