In 2026 this still happens
I've been playing since 2019 and I've endured a lot, but my mind cannot comprehend how this is still a thing in the game. Killer ping was 180ms, mine was 38ms, I don't see why I should be penalized and he should be rewarder, even a killer with 80ms wouldn't have hit that, why did he get the kill while another killer wouldn't have gotten it? Why is having an higher ping encouraged? Why should all other killers with lower ping not get that and lose games for this missed hots?
I know it is not the kliller's fault (steam profile said they're from saudi arabia), but at the very least make some eastern european servers?
Most frustrating thing in the game since I started playing tbh and multiple times the reason I've quit for a few weeks (never quit for anything else but ping hits). I hope the developers adress this soon because after 7 years it is getting unbearable.
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Most likely the killer saw that hit him halfway across the pallet on their screen. Ping and latency has such a dramatic effect on this game in particular.
They could add a lot more servers over the globe but they choose against it.
And before someone screams: "But there are no aws locations in all regions!!!"
DBD don't use AWS! DBD use Amazon GameLift. GameLift has a lot more locations than aws. GameLift also supports external hardware. For example, there is no amazon service in Russia but BHVR could rent servers in Russia and integrate them into the GameLift service.
But ignoring the players needs is cheaper for BHVR than building a good infrastructure with low ping for everyone.
This is what I'm talking abot, that is what a player havingg 0,2 seconds of latency saw, no one else in the klobby saw that not even the server, the server is just forced to accept that, it is so unfair and makes skill so much more useless such as checkspots and mindgames
Bad server, broken hitboxes, questionable hit detection, questionable killer priority. Take whatever you want. Not even shooter have such issues anymore.
They are likely redoing the netcode etc coz it's probably largely based on the old peer to peer spaghetti from before dedicated servers.
Gosh it's going to be so much better I hope
Nothing will be done about this. BHVR won’t pay for more servers and they definitely won’t enforce ping limits in the game. They care far more about maximizing player count than you having a quality game experience.
just have this hits validated then
Server side checks are needed yesterday, this can also lead to lag switching abuse because of the ways it gives advantage to bad ping and its impossible to report those situations.
lag will never be solved, but if YOUR connection is making YOU lag, i should have nothing to be penalized for
The sad thing is that this will most likely not be possible. BHVR does not want to or cannot provide certain regions with Servers, so there will always be people who have high Ping. And they had to make the decision to either let Survivors get by Hits which would not have landed on their end or Killers not getting Hits which landed on their end. And they decided pro Killer.
Honestly, I think P2P was way better than Dedicated Servers. I dont see any positive which Dedicated Servers have compared to P2P. You can still lagswitch on Dedicated Servers for example, something which was one of the main reasons for those. Instead, we now have the issue with high Ping, because before Dedicated Servers people from e.g. Russia were just playing other Russians and they all had good Ping due to P2P. With Dedicated Servers those Russians need to connect to Frankfurt for example and have high Ping. Yay.
MAYBE they will be able to solve it on a technical basis, but Hit Validation will always be killersided.
BHVR does not want to or cannot provide certain regions with Servers
multi billion company btw, if only we put more intrest into the matter they would be forced to
We should be able to see killers ping in the lobby again, idk why we can see survivors ping but the killers is invisible until you load into the game. I know people have pointed out it could encourage lobby dodging but why should players suffer a match of the killer getting unfair hits because they have a higher ping?
It's just not a fun time for anyone and leads to a frustrating match