Does the ratio of killers to survivors always need to be 1 to 4?
Currently, a 2v8 mode is being held, which stems from the original game's 1-to-4 ratio. But does this ratio necessarily need to stay the same? Personally, I feel that 2v7 or even 2v6 might be more appropriate.
When playing as a survivor in the 2v8 mode, I often feel that the number of survivors is unusually high. This leads to prolonged, monotonous periods of simply repairing generators, which can feel tedious.
To understand this, we might consider how survivors' roles transition during a typical 1v4 game. At the start of the match, when one survivor is being chased, the remaining three primarily focus on repairing generators. When one is hooked, one or two survivors will switch to rescuing and healing, while the rest continue working on generators. In other words, survivors continuously adjust their roles between repairing, rescuing, and healing based on the situation, among the three who are not hooked.
Now, how does this play out in a 2v8 scenario? According to the same logic, when two survivors are hooked, the remaining six are left to determine their roles between repairing and rescuing. However, the number of people available to perform these roles has significantly increased, even though the tasks themselves—repairing one generator or rescuing one hooked survivor—still require the same number of participants. This increase in the available pool of survivors might be what causes the gameplay to feel monotonous when playing as a survivor.
There may be many flaws in this line of reasoning, but the main point I want to convey is that the larger group size reduces the individual responsibility placed on each survivor, resulting in a lack of tension and excitement.
What do you think? Should the number of survivors always remain at 8 when there are two killers?
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