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SWF Balancing?

MichWasHere
MichWasHere Member Posts: 24
in Feedback and Suggestions

No one can argue that swf makes gameplay unfair to solo players and killers. What about adding an icon in the lobby to notify that there is swf players and making it so swf groups need to work harder to pip or get less bp? Or offer bp/pip bonuses to killers/solo players because of the added challenge? I'm not suggesting to announce which players are swf pre-game, just that there are swf players so solo/killer are aware.

Issues I have had recently with swf are: people save friends first or ONLY unhook their friends; opting to work on gens together while a solo player is left on the hook; communication between players gives an unfair advantage; matchmaking gets really large gaps between ranks. For bonus xp I would totally have no issues with it. The reward could possibly cut down on dc's and lobby dodging.

By letting players know there are swf players in lobbies, solo and killer players can also prepare for an uneven game (bringing perks that could help when survivors can't depend on teammates like deliverance/self care for example or for killers who could now guarantee full co-op and communication like discordance/nurses).

I like swf and enjoy playing with friends but I understand how it can be frustrating for others to deal with. This way solo/killer get more because their game is more challenging or with the swf would get less because they have an advantage

Comments

  • TunnelVision
    TunnelVision Member Posts: 1,375

    Solo queue for killers!!!

  • Chicken
    Chicken Member Posts: 123

    i think the idea for solo queue for killers is ducking amazing, and make so if you want to verse swf, you gain 100% + bps, to help on the grind ya know?

    if that isn't a good idea, buff solo surivors (give them an extra perk slot or something) then buff killers (could be the same thing, extra perk slot), but swf don't get thoose things, and maybe if it is a 4 people swf the killer could then get the + 100% bps, ya know?

  • MichWasHere
    MichWasHere Member Posts: 24

    An extra perk slot is definitely an idea as well. I hadn't even thought of that as an option. Not sure on 100% bp lol. It might be a little overkill imo :)

  • MissBehavingX
    MissBehavingX Member Posts: 493

    The queues are already so long, at least in console. I wouldn't mind this at all since I'm a solo surivivor, but this might make endless queues for SWF, since most of killers would do solo queue.

    Another thing to take into account, on console you can be solo and still SWF when the other randoms in the lobby invite you to voice chat, so... yeah this wouldn't work for console (except switch since they dont have voice chat)

  • MichWasHere
    MichWasHere Member Posts: 24

    I don't know that the killers would necessarily avoid. If they got extra bp or could run an extra perk they might not dodge.

    I wasn't asking for solo queues. imo adding more queues would definitely be a mistake considering how long it takes to get a game at the moment.

    I didn't think about consoles at all either...