Would you balance for the 1VS4 or the 1VS1?
Which one?
Which one?
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Both. Each player needs to be able to equally have opportunity to play and win the game. The best killers in terms of fun and fairness are the ones that perform well in chase from exceptional micromanagement of their power like Blight for example. As well as being able to control generator completion which Blight is also very good at. Blight is an example of a good 1v1 and 1v4 killer. Take deathslinger as another example. 1v1 he excels at and is very easy to micromanage. Bait m2 and zone until you get the m1 or m2 if they take the window vault. Therefore he is unbalanced in the 1v1 however he has no tools in kit to control generators so 1v4 is almost impossible if survivors are doing generators exclusively.
That is why I say balance needs to be for both aspects because there needs to be opportunities for both parties to perform in the 1v1 and macromamaging the 1v4 as killer shouldn't be impossible.
I would balance for a 1 vs 2.5. If killer is as strong as all 4 survivors together, its highly likely killers always wins because he is immune to coordination and teamwork flaws. Killers are supposed to rely on survivor's miscommunication and weak links to win. That's why tournament SWF always dominate.
I mean the game is a 1v4 😬