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DBD Is In A Very Weird Spot RN
My mains are Sadako, Pig (Amanda), and Plague. I've put quite a lot of time learning these three, their kits and their techs, and yet lately I'm at a point of asking myself what am I doing this for ya know. The pace of the game has increased exponentially and there's a few maps that you can spawn on where you just lose due to the lack of traversal.
That being said survivor is also in an equally weird spot where I wanna learn to be a better team mate and learn to loop and everything but, I am at a point where I'm like why? I could just bring a gen progression build which if I don't get found first the team gets out. I can be equally valuable without needing to learn chase.
That being said I do run a chase build because I actually do wanna become a decent player on both sides ya know. All the while I can say as someone who's solo queue only it's never been in a worse spot.
The amount of times where a game that could've been a four out turned into a 4 k because a team mate dc'ed because they got two tapped is frustrating. People are giving up way earlier and more often these days it feels like.
And when I'm not facing a gen eating squad on killer it's people running flashlights and stun stuff. It's not necessarily problematic it's just funny that I get yelled at for playing how I need to against teams like this. Like it would be stupid to take the pallet stun or take a flashlight save. Also when i see more than one flashlight I always run the franklin's weave combo and the amount of times I've been accused of hacking over it will never not be funny to me.
DBD seems to be in a spot where bhvr doesn't seem to know what they want the game to be because on killer it's balanced for players who're putting the time in to learn kits, techs and both micro and macro gameplay while survivor has been increasingly shaving away at those things. You don't necessarily need to learn all that to perform decently on survivor.
To top it off in spite of the main community's general dislike for 2 v 8 due to how much it screws up the queue times it is always extended because there seems to be enough casual players who only come for the event to warrant extending it in hopes that those players spend money before they leave.
As it stands the game is in a in between spot that makes no one happy and BHVR is going to have to decide between the players who are dedicated to the game or the casuals who only play the events.
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Tldr: the game has a meta and is frustrating.
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It's the instant giving up that has been the most frustrating tbh. Like not matter which side I'm playing when it happens it makes me pretty angry lol.
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Watch "Pro streamers" survivors. It is very often that you watch a stream and the majority of what you see is a few good chases, but a 4k. I played with a well known streamer once and thought that it was going to be an easy win. We got 4k'd. I watch the vod and it was just them on a gen talking to chat. Not a negative. But it shows where things are for that side. You will find bully squads, I do not believe they are that common. Truthfully, I think in 2026 ego's are so fragile that every loss had to have been against a bully squad. They exist, I'm just saying that I think it's misconstrued. And spoiler alert, not you, but saying in general, 4 beamers usually means 4 people who are going to do stupid things. as far as the BHVR comment, if you look at the forums, they are getting paid, THATS what matters. last year, it was fix x and y at the end…….lets do nothing. as long as they are getting paid, all you can do is play or not play. sadly.
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Like I said a flashlight squad isn't a bad thing, sabo squads who run no mither are more painful in that regard lol. But again franklin's weave lol. But my main point is in general I'm seeing people give up earlier and more often regardless of the killer being faced and I'm just worried about the data that, that's giving bhvr ya know.
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Sorry. I misunderstood I guess. But no matter the punishment, people have paid their hard earned money for this game, dlc and cosmetics. Where is the line on what they find fun for their money and the devs requirements?
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I just don't think it's fair that, the person who ruined the game for the four other people in the match can just queue up again in seconds and potentially ruin someone else's match ya know.
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Beyond truthfully, I don't think that, the other "four people" is valid. So many, I'll say people, want easy wins. There is a specific killer that I have never seen take the hard path. But it is a video game. People deserve to enjoy what they spent money on. What do you propose? Out of curiosity.
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I mean I generally wind up killing any bots and letting the rest out because botting out against Pig is a little ridiculous.
I think an exponential increase penalty system would probably be for the best and deter habitual dc'ers first is 5 minutes, next is 25, next is an hour, next is 2 hours, beyond that it'll add on days. BHVR needs to combat this issue somehow ya know.
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In my experience, problem becomes I have comcast, but have suffered internet issues due to that companies don't care. So I should be punished more severely because my internet is acting up and I'm just trying to play with friends? I'm curious to know the number of legit dc's due to player input as per things beyond their control. The internet to this day is not consistent for many. Just throwing that out there. Not the end all answer. But I have seen it and so just saying.
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I mean most pvp games have an option to rejoin a match that you got disconnected from due to connection issues as long as you try to get back in while that match is still active so a system where you can retake the place of the bot would be good for those edge cases. Other than that people need to relearn the etiquette of playing an online multiplayer game where you play your matches out even if you're losing.
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To not make this them vs them, but there are playstyles that are beyond boring, unfun and not worth dealing with for both sides. And it is on BHVR to make it better ultimately, as we both know. If the devs refuse to do so, how are people paying for the game responsible? The things that I have hated in other games are addressed. This game is the first that I have ever seen where the sides are so divided. To fix one the other has to suffer. And neither side ever feels its fair, myself included, I know this game is one sided. Devs have to fix it or this conversations could continue for another x years
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Part of it is because the asymmetrical nature of the game and bhvr's refusal to give solo players like myself an ability to communicate even if you're solo part of why balance is so hard is because a solo player and a swf are kinda playing two different games ya know. This is one of the only games I can think of where the team role doesn't have a ping system of sorts for the solo players. Not to mention the strength gap of killers Billy, Blight, Kaneki and Nurse are super strong so I get why the perks have to be kinda strong but it makes dealing with the same stuff as Pig for example is frustrating ya know. Like legitimately the amount of pallets feels fine when playing Kaneki save for the game but that's just that map in general it kinda sucks lol. But, again on a killer that doesn't have chase power like Hag it feels like Brutal strength, spirit fury enduring feel kinda mandatory ya know.
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Oh I totally agree. Irritates me as survivor when someone rage quits and leaves a bot after their first down (better than it used to be without bots though) and when the killer quits too, just denies chance for bloodpoints
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Gen builds will only help if you have someone that can run the killer. You can either stare at a gen holding M1 or go interact with the killer. One seems more fun than the other.
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I don't actually think BHVR is that concerned about the data anymore. Knowing how much ground abandons cover and that they disregard trial data same as a DC (while DCs are also a thing), whatever they're getting is not a clear picture. I have to assume that as long as what they see is 60/40 or close enough, it's what they're going with.
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