Okay we had 2v8 for long enough, please disable it again
Both the event Killer queue but also the normal killer queue is a broken mess.
Both the event Killer queue but also the normal killer queue is a broken mess.
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Can you please let us know what you mean by "broken"?
I don't wanna wait 15-30+ Minutes in a queue to play a 5 Minute long match
I don't even get a Bloodpoint multiplier on the survivor side
2v8 comes up way too often, it doesn't even feel like an event anymore.
It looks like there IS one, at least in my area
Still no survivor buffs to make it better. That's why.
Survivor buffs are not needed. They’ve already heavily buffed the 2v8 perks and made it much easier for the survivor role compared to normal 1v4 mode to incentivize more people to play survivor. I play both sides and I’m fine with that because getting more people to choose survivor role is badly needed in 2v8. Last 2v8 I had >50% escape rate playing solo queue and I’m a very average-skilled player. The killer queues are always longer in 2v8 because a lot of people want to play killer role for a unique experience compared to 1v4, especially with friends. It’s not because survivor role in 2v8 is too hard.
What was your escape rate in the last 2v8?
This.
Personally, I don't like how we haven't gotten any new killers in the mode since Chucky back in January. There are definitely a few killers they should never add (ex. if Bubba is added, no one would play survivor in that mode), but the lack of new content really doesn't help. Even a new class would spice it up.
I will say to the person who downvoted this comment I quoted: Stop expecting survivors to be buffed 24/7. Unless you want the game to become Dead by P100 Comp Nurse, balancing should never play favorites.
no new Killers? I gotta keep versing the same boring guys? I feel silly now for being confident we'd see something new.
Im pretty sure playing with a friend is what heavily influences the queue in this mode. Alot of ppl dont like playing alone, whether that is SoloQ or killer in normal mode. This mode let's them play with a friend in killer for a change.
The mode is not "easier" for survivor, its simply not the same as 1v4 and needs to be played differently particularly on the killer side. You are also actively ignoring all the buffs killers get in the mode. Less gen repair time but map sizes were not even close to doubled leading to many gens being closely bunched together while two killers run around a relatively small area and regression is incredibly quick. Its more survivor sided than normal 1v4 but not nearly to the degree all the complaining about it suggests.
My personal escape rate was 57% but my personal kill rate was 62% (including 59% on trapper), guess that means we need to nerf both sides lol. Personal escape rates are not indicative of actual match outcomes, I can escape every match with every other survivor dying each time, the same cannot be said of kill rates. Never forget that every time you abandon a match the stats website ignores the match inflating your escape rate, if you abandoned even a single match then your escape rate is inflated.
The best way to stop 2v8 from messing with regular queue times is to make it permanent and only swap it out when another game mode is active that way the novelty can wear off. If queue times don't eventually normalize then its the perfect showcase of how bad 1v4 has become. Of course we can just look at how much the playerbase spikes whenever 2v8 comes back around to tell us that.
queues are impossibly long for killer in both modes, because people who otherwise don't play killer come in to play 2v8 and survivor players are all given ridiculously high queue incentives to play with them instead of 1v4 killers
you can either wait 40 minutes for a 2v8 killer match or you can wait 20 minutes for a 1v4 match that will be of degraded quality because theres not enough players in 1v4 queue for quality matchmaking
if the mode needs huge survivor queue incentives just to keep queue times below an hour it simply isn't working and needs to go back to the drawing board. i know it brings in good numbers so it won't change, but the actual killer playerbase who enjoy the core game are left out in the cold every time this event is run.
I had now 40 so longest its ever been.
I don't remember but killer is definitely higher. I don't know you can say survivor is fine when it's clearly in a terrible spot and people literally willing to wait an half hour to play killer.
What is leading you to the conclusion that survivor is in a terrible spot? If a very average, casual player like myself can escape over half the time in 2v8, I can’t imagine that most other players are struggling to do the same. If you’re escaping half the time or more and still not having fun, then it seems more an issue of unreasonable expectations and it’s likely no amount of survivor buffs will make you enjoy the game.
Just to add one more point - I do think that as long as the killer queue times are super long that there can continue to be some additional survivor buffs to keep incentivizing more people to play that role to try to somehow improve the killer queue times. The queues are still super long and there can be more done to address that
Last time we had 2v8 my escape rate was like 75-80%.
Ok, what was your kill rate? How many matches did you play? How many times did you abandon? How many times was the escape via hatch? How many of those matches ended in each of 0k to 8k? I re-iterate, personal escape rates are not indicative of actual match outcomes.
I just want oni nerfed then I’ll be happy until then I’m sticking to the normal mode
LOL your escape success is unacceptable to the downvoters 😂
I like 2v8, the servers broke as soon as the mode went live so a lot of people who dont normally play came on JUST for 2v8.
I think people need to realise people want to play 2v8 over 1v4 while it's up, it's a nice change of pace.
1v4 players also want to play the game they paid for
And it's still there, what of it.
In what universe is every 3-4 months "way too often"?
2v8 was up for 78 days in 2025, which is more than 1/5th of the year. it's a very substantial chunk of time for people who don't like the effect it has on the game.
In a universe where events usually occur once per year. Up to four times a year is basically quarterly. Chaos and Lights Out were fun; it's something we haven't had in a long time. It feels special; you want to play. There's nothing special about 2v8; it comes up very often comparatively, and they almost always extend it. It's no surprise that the killer's q times are 35 minutes.