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• As a new player (both killer and survivor, started 2 weeks ago), I'm really surprised to see so many people finding that the 2v8 mode is "super chill" : my personal experience has been the complete opposite, especially when it comes to playing survivor.

  Pretty much all killers I've seen in 2v8 so far are tunneling people to some extent, targetting survivors who've just been unhooked, are wounded, and were barely able to move before getting instantly knocked down after everyone has been revealed again. At higher levels, I guess this may not be an issue anymore, but when you're beginning the game with other new players, it's not the same thing. Having to run away from 2 killers at the same time just feels very frustrating as you have very few opportunities to escape, and it happens too often that the other survivors are not doing any gens while you're keeping the two killers busy.

  I'm also almost constantly facing killers who have a paid skin on their character and a higher prestige level than the survivors, which I do not understand. Since there are so few survivors compared to the number of killers in the queue, it shouldn't be hard to find killers with a similar playtime and level. In 1v4, I found almost all of my matches to be balanced, with very few exceptions.
  
  I probably have around 30 hours of survivors' gameplay, which is nothing, I know, but so far I've never faced a tunneling, camping, or specifically toxic killer in 1v4. I don't know if that's something that becomes more frequent as you get to higher ranks, but so far in my 1v4 matches I genuinely found 90% of killers to be playing fair, with most of them even being nice and funny. I've never seen any killer letting someone escape on purpose or trying to communicate with the survivors in 2v8, whereas I frequently see that happening in 1v4, which is why it is waaay more chill to me.

  I definitely prefer the 1v4 mode and I am having way more fun in it. There are good ideas in 2v8, but for now it has been adding more frustration than fun to me. With few tweaks and changes, it could probably be really fun, but so far it's not the case for me. I probably have one fun game every four or five games. Also, the very limited number of killers to face in the 2v8 mode available for now gets old fast, even for me as a new player.

  Playing as a killer in 2v8 is usually fun, but the time to find a game just kills the fun for me. Having to wait 20 minutes to find a game for a 10-minute match is ridiculous, especially as it is frequent that the matchmaking balance is inexistent (had several times prestige 100 survivors playing against me).
  
  I'll definitely be looking forward to the changes they are going make to the mode, but for now, I am having a much more pleasant and funnier time in 1v4.
  
  Edit: Also forgot to mention the ping issues in 2V8

  in Playing normal DBD after 2v8 is BRUTAL Comment by Elarion August 2, 2024