runningguy

@Dinadin said:
https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/4053942#Comment_4053942
You are not offering anything constructive besides "it feels like" while just assuming things on people, entirely neclegting reason. You have absolutely no valid evidence for any of your assumptions.

without having these measures actually in place all anyone can do is say what they feel would happen. The difference is im saying WHY i think the way i do and offering logic reasoning to back it. You are basically saying "people are nice, people will give their money to homeless people…ever heard of "generosity"? Yes some people will do that, but overall majority wont. Same applies here, yes you can have neutrality but the overall majority wont and the evidence is seen in these forums. you didnt answer the question, are you a main or do you play one side over the other? You could atleast use your own experience to justify your point but you dont even do that. My guess would be your a survivor main and you refuse to believe you have a bias. if im wrong, you should be able to provide your stats to show this is not the case.

in Why is this available for all players it should only be available for killer players. Comment by runningguy February 6, 2026

@Dinadin said:
https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/4053700#Comment_4053700
Nobody agrees to your "subjective perception" while there is reasoning and neutrality on the other side.

so you still offer nothing constructive? are you a survivor main, killer main or 50 50 player? your failing to explain what this reasoning behind neutrality is. what benefit would it have? You offer no evidence, no explanation other than "i said so"

in Why is this available for all players it should only be available for killer players. Comment by runningguy February 6, 2026

@brewingtea said:
https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/4053569#Comment_4053569
Sorry, I forgot to mention: I would implement some kind of anti-dodging penalty. Treat it like DCing with gradually increasing matchmaking bans.
IF we're keeping it in the first place

it would suit me fine lol lock people in, cant back out so when soloq selfish players like me go in with a full selfish build (and people know i have that due to seeing perks) then they cant back out….if they go next then it would only benefit me further.

in Should the pregame lobby be removed? Comment by runningguy February 6, 2026

@Rokku_Rorru said:
https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/4053567#Comment_4053567
Because people play games for fun, much like the block system would help maintain.
Shocking right?
The emotes were just an example of things this community blow out of proportion like your "fortnite" statement, Resident Evil Resistance and Friday the 13th had them, it changed nothing about the horror vibe.

Killers would run out of space really quickly if they blocked 4 survivors over and over lol, as for blocking individual killers, that is the more volatile one, but an avoid list that only lasts a week with limited pin slots like other games have would be an easy way to avoid current cheaters/bad eggs.

It's more crazy we have a block list which allows you still interact with each other, any other game would come under heavy fire for it.

people play for fun? try telling that to the people that dodge over literally anything and spend more time dodging than actually playing the game, or the hackers, or the people that go next seconds in the game and make it unfun for every single player in that match. Not everyone has the same idea of what fun is, thats why it would be a disaster. one persons fun is another players nightmare.

If the block had a limited list then it would accomplish nothing because the list would have to be pretty big to have any meaningful impact because of the amount of bad eggs there are.

Like i said, blocking wouldnt help avoid cheaters because they often get banned multiple times and start new accounts, what you going to do? fill your block list with cheaters alt accounts until its full then you cant block anyone?

in Should the pregame lobby be removed? Comment by runningguy February 6, 2026

@Dinadin said:
https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/4053678#Comment_4053678
Ah you again. I thought I told you to stop citing me. Youre just doing the good old generalization nonsense as well as just thinking of the worst mindset for everyone. Ever heard the term neutrality? You obviously not.

sorry but its public forums…you dont want to be cited then block me or dont spout nonsense that you dont like being called out on, the citation is for others to see what my comment is regarding.

when you play the game for years and read forums and posts for years and establish a pattern then its reasonable to make assumptions based on that pattern. The pattern i have seen repeatedly for years has been most of the time players with mains generally dont care about the other side…why would they? But the people that play 50/50 seem to offer fairer and more balanced ideas.

Again i back my claim up with the concept of a pattern that has been seen not just by myself but others too…. What basis do you have that mains are not often bias? other than "i said so"…i would like to get something remotely constructive from you as the vast majority of your posts have not been constructive at all. a recent example of this is in this thread…. "Thats one of the worst statements possible." no explanation why or any elaboration…very constructive of you.

in Why is this available for all players it should only be available for killer players. Comment by runningguy February 5, 2026

@Dinadin said:
https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/4053592#Comment_4053592
Why would people that mostly play one side be automatically biased?

generally thats how it goes, killer mains and survivor mains usually push for what benefits them because they dont play the other side so dont care if its fair or not. 50/50 players are usually less biased because they tend to take both sides into account. It wouldnt make sense for a 50/50 player to push for hard nerfs to survivor role knowing they play survivor 50% of the time, but it does make more sense that someone playing 80% killer would push for survivor nerfs knowing they rarely play that role. Just the way it goes and has been mostly this way for years

in Why is this available for all players it should only be available for killer players. Comment by runningguy February 5, 2026

@brewingtea said:
If they let survivors see other survivors' perks, then it might actually have a purpose. As it stands, it's just a waste of time, but it doesn't have to be. Either fix it so it's useful or get rid of it.

i think seeing everyones perks would help in some ways but it would also increase the dodging aspect. people already dodge players based on silly things like what character they are (sable)…you want to give people another reason to dodge by allowing them to see what perks people are running?

Its almost like people want to cherry pick their own team in a random soloq matchmaking so why not cherry pick them here and ask people to join SWF instead?

in Should the pregame lobby be removed? Comment by runningguy February 5, 2026

@Rokku_Rorru said:
https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/4053399#Comment_4053399
I am aware, I am also aware you're all terrified of emotes or anything different being added to the game, afraid of meaningful change. Yet as soon as the "emote" is added as a perk, it's okay (bardic/one-two-three-4). A different example, but one non the less.

A meaningful block system/avoid system would go such a long way in this game, allow people to control their enjoyment more, even if it had a smaller limit or a time limit, it's better than forcing someone to face someone who is ruining the game for them, Overwatch has it, so does Marvel Rivals, it's just a modern game feature.

not sure where emotes came from lol. emotes have always been a thing, tbagging for example? adding actual emotes wouldnt change much other than make dbd feel more like fortnite…i mean why anyone would want that is beyond me but each to their own i suppose.

I would love to trial the block system tbh, im pretty sure q times would sky rocket due to the amount of people that would be blocked just for not playing the way other people want them to play. Like you said, people shouldnt be forced to play face someone thats ruining the game for them…my previous examples stands, would increase q times, killers would block SWF teams, survivors would block killers and their own team mates, cheaters just make new accounts so blocking them wouldnt really do anything.

in Should the pregame lobby be removed? Comment by runningguy February 5, 2026

@Rokku_Rorru said:
https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/4053383#Comment_4053383
I don't really see the issue? DBD players always argue with the worst case scenarios, you're denying genuine people the ability to block because you're saying XYZ will abuse it.

It doesn't happen in other games, why does here have to be different?

yes it does happen in other games, there has been many players from these games that say they cant get a match due to the block feature.

Its not arguing worst case scenarios its arguing most likely scenarios.

Im not sure your aware what the general player base of dbd is actually like lol, you dont save fast enough? your blocked. you didnt last as long in chase as others expect? your blocked. you have 1 bad match, will people care? nope, they would probably block you so they can focus their matchmaking for people of better skill. for what? not living up to other players expectations? killer struggles in a match, the survivors are blocked, do this until all thats left is easy players they can 4k.

in Should the pregame lobby be removed? Comment by runningguy February 5, 2026

@Rokku_Rorru said:
https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/4053319#Comment_4053319
The answer to this would be to have a functioning blocklist, instead of the garbage we have in game

based on the amount of people the dodge lobbys, go next, DC, generally annoy other players by simply doing challenges instead of gens…. if people could block other players no one would get a match lol. A pretty common complaint in soloq is how awful team mates can be.

You can be pretty damn sure if you block players for whatever reason, others will block you for their own reasons…who will you be matched with when you blocked people and the ones you have not blocked have blocked you? very limited lol

in Should the pregame lobby be removed? Comment by runningguy February 5, 2026

i see 3 issues with this:

would no longer be able to see if there is a known cheater in the survivor lobby (currently both killer and survivors can dodge them at the moment).
Would no longer be able to see the well known griefers by name or profile. (there are a lot of them out there)
as much as i disagree with the whole lobby dodging…..if players couldnt dodge the lobby they would just go next in game instead. Personally i rather they dodge before the match starts not during.

if they fixed the cheating issue and increased go next penalty then sure…. but until then, removing lobby would do more harm than good.

in Should the pregame lobby be removed? Comment by runningguy February 4, 2026

@kaneyboy said:
so iv just been tunneled out by this new killer, ran for two gens and then wouldn’t leave me alone after, used up the resources, but it was inevitable. How do you counter this?

As others have said, you can go with option A. use being tunneled as a way to practice looping….loop well enough and the killer will either lose too many gens by tunneling a survivor they cant catch or they will abandon chase to pressure the gens and seek out easier prey which means you are no longer being tunneled.

Or option B. if you dont want to deal with being tunneled then practice stealth so its not you the killer is tunneling, this can be helpful if you know you cant loop very well.

If in SWF then option A might be the best choice but if playing soloq then option B might be better as you dont know if your team will even try to do gens while your looping the killer.

in How to counter tunneling Comment by runningguy February 3, 2026

The issue is many killers often feel they need to tunnel to keep up with gens. This seems to have an impact with the anti go next system which is designed to prevent players just starting a match and getting themselves killed each time just because they dont like the map or something by giving them a temp ban/penalty.

Solutions?

could decrease the sensitivity of go next but this would lead to more people killing themselves ruining the game for everyone.
Could nerf tunneling so survivors last longer but this would mean many killers would struggle to keep up with gens.
Personally i think we should leave the anti go next as is so it does its job, nerf gen speeds AND tunneling potential so survivors last longer while killers can still get kills without tunneling. This would mean tunneling effectiveness would go down, killers would have more time to kill and survivors wouldnt be hit with an anti go next system.

Just my opinion.

in Survivors actually get punished for being tunneled out Comment by runningguy February 3, 2026

hm, im good with noticeable 🤘😁🤘

in Who are the most iconic forum members on here? Comment by runningguy February 2, 2026

@Specotoge said:
https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/4052067#Comment_4052067
if ppl like me quit, the game would be dead. I am more than certain that more than 75% of survivors do see the game as a team game, same as me. I get what you are saying, but at the same time, it feels better to get more ppl to escape. If you do gens that’s good, also in my opinion there shouldn’t be perks like sole survivor. If I’d know a survivor that is with me in the lobby with that perk I’d leave the lobby. Like you clearly need to help others out to win by gens, if it’s unhooking/healing or just doing chases. You only can win completely solo, by hatch. Also there is no strict „survivors won“, but a strict killer lost (I believe it was if 3-4 survivors escape it’s a loss, 2 it’s a draw and below that a win) which determines his MMR. That is what I see as winning as a team. I get you too though that you don’t want to be dependent on others. I can’t play like that since I only super rarely play solo. One question I have, it is 2 survivors left, you and someone else, gates are open, the other survivor gets hooked near a gate, you are not in the gate but somewhere around it, you are healthy. The killer has no noed and has no ability or anything to onehit you, would you go for the safe of the other person or not? (Considering they were playing good and not trolling or anything)

if people like you quit and the game died it would give the devs more incentive to change things wouldnt it? why change things if people are are playing the game?
dbd has bots….until we get killer bots, it needs killers more than it needs survivors.
a large portion of survivors probably do see the game as a team game which is probably why a large portion of survivors are having a bad time at the moment. Personally i would hate for dbd to be a strict team game…having to rely on 3 other people that wont touch gens and go next/DC? no thanks, i prefer to rely on the team as little as possible. That being said SWF is more like a team game due to atleast having comms and the ability to work as a team and you know everyone in the SWF team is on the same page goal wise, they know there isnt someone just going for hatch challenge or totem challenge or something.
There is no strict win/loss in game for either side, If going on MMR then both sides have a clear win/loss….survivors win is escape via gates. Doesnt matter if 3 others died, if the 1 player makes it out the gate then that play has won while the killer also won due to getting 3k so the killer and 1 survivor MMR would technically improve.
i only play solo, i have escaped many times via the gate by working as a team player to a certain point, but when the whole team is just plain awful then im in strict solo mode and it is possible to escape via gates when the hatch is closed. i recently saved a clip v ghoul on The Game map, 3 players died, ghoul closed the hatch, i still managed to get a gate open and escape.
To answer your question, generally speaking no i would not go for the save in that situation. There has been matches where all 4 of us are still alive when the gates have been opened, 1 on hook and 3 of us at full health and i still opt to just escape while i can. If in SWF yes i probably would go for save but in solo? no.

in Tunneling and Gameplay Comment by runningguy February 2, 2026

@Pulsar said:
https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/4052099#Comment_4052099
It felt like quite an accusation, surely if it's as bad as you say, we need to make that proof public.
Ultimately, I'm confused why you'd even bring it up if it does not need to be talked about.

i have said all i need to say on the matter. Talking about it further accomplishes nothing, like i said its up to the mods to take action if action is needed.

in Slugging and tunneling Comment by runningguy February 2, 2026

@Pulsar said:
https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/4052093#Comment_4052093
Nah bruh that was a wild accusation.
Who is bullying people? This needs to be talked about, I assume you've got proof of this happening?

I mention no names and no it does not need to be talked about. The mods will take action if action is required.

in Slugging and tunneling Comment by runningguy February 2, 2026

Soooo to the topic at hand….slugging and tunneling…. will we see any more anti tunnel or anti slugging? personally i dont think so 😂

in Slugging and tunneling Comment by runningguy February 2, 2026

@[Deleted User] said:
https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/4052040#Comment_4052040
This accusation of supposed hostility, of course, ignores all of the other individuals who have gaslit or been inflammatory themselves.

your hitting a brick wall lol there is a group of about 4 or 5 them that are chummy and in a clique…a couple talk privately and even play SWF together. (forums version of bully squad). eventually they will push it too far and get themselves banned lol

in Slugging and tunneling Comment by runningguy February 2, 2026

@Specotoge said:
Oh yea I am crying, the stats literally show a advantage to killers and killers still say survivors are too strong many times. I am just trying to explain to you the problems I believe. The devs literally said killers have an advantage because of lore, since killers usually have the advantage, which I think is fkn bs to do something like that. Like what

you entitled to your belief of what the problems are but it sounds like this game is not for you.

in Tunneling and Gameplay Comment by runningguy February 2, 2026

@Specotoge said:
https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/4051563#Comment_4051563
what tf are you saying… that’s literally the reason why you think so. You don’t give a f abt others. That’s selfish. Next thing playing in the team makes the odds much higher to escape, escapes are the MMR so you should play in a team. If you play solo the thing you’d go for is the hatch, which is much riskier than gens in a team. Also tbh someone who doesn’t do gens, I won’t get from a hook, he is a nuisance. If you think survivors aren’t a team idk man… it’s like saying in football playing selfish is better because you will have better stats but the chance of winning slims down. You are actually idk man, it literally is a team game, if you don’t play it in a team idk stop playing the game. You are toxic

yes it is selfish….i dont start the game up to entertain others, i start it up to entertain myself.

Playing in a team relying on team mates to do gens and loop well while they often dont loop well and never touch gens can make decrease the odds of escape. imagine looping for 5 straight min and not 1 gen being touched…. well done team.

i play solo and do gens as primary target. failing that, yes hatch is next priority, failing that i can open the hatch again with a key or try the gates when the hatch is closed. Like i said i play solo and escape often…..however disregarding escapes, the match is still more fun for me.

We do agree on one thing, only unhook the ones that are contributing to getting the gates powered and opened…. if someone isnt doing gens and they are doing totems, leave them on hook unless unhooking them buys me more time to finish the gens.

interesting that you compare dbd to football…..football has a clear win/loss for the team. dbd does not, thats my point. Nowhere does it say SURVIVORS TEAM WON or SURVIVORS LOST….its simply individual escapes and deaths not team based. If the game was scored as a team then yes it would be a team game but no, its scored as individuals which means an individual can escape when others have failed. You might not like it but thats just a fact.

You can claim im toxic but facts remain….i play by the rules of the game and nothing i do is reportable, i escape more than most people do, i have fun playing. With this in mind who should stop playing the game? the one actually enjoying it or the one that hates it?

in Tunneling and Gameplay Comment by runningguy February 2, 2026

@Emeal said:
I want to know how many people actually meets the goal of 60% for their account, aka 40% Survival rate or 60% killrate. WHY??? cause im interested in how well BHVR is doing in creating a fair and balanced game for all players.
So how many people meet the goal and how well are you guys doing at trimming in the edges?

But the stats tracker isnt accurate…. We all know abandons cound as void so last player remaining can always abandon and avoid getting a loss on the record.

in Survival rate Question Comment by runningguy February 1, 2026

@CrypticGirl said:
https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/4051364#Comment_4051364
And yet a single mistake from a single Survivor can literally hand the Killer a free win. That's one of the frustrating things about Survivor, is how everyone loses when one person makes a mistake, which is out of the others' control. At least some Killers take comfort in knowing that they only need to rely on their actions alone. Killer is less stressful because they only have themselves to worry about. And all the comeback mechanics, of course, both in basekit and in perks.

it can also be seen that killer is more stressful for the same reason….killers are alone, they need to pay constant attention, they cant afford to waste time.

As killer, i cant stop mid match without gens popping and survivors winning. If i need to answer the door or something, i might be afk for like 30 sec, i come back and that wasted time has a huge impact. There is no one else to chase and provide pressure for me while im afk for 30sec.

As survivor, i can stop mid match and still win. If i need to answer the door or something i can do that, i could simply go in a locker, answer the door for 30sec, come back and im still in the locker and someone else done a gen. i continue the match. Or when im on hook i have a few seconds to have a drink and chill out.

The point some people are making is that the killer is constant, never stopping, always chasing, always doing something. Survivors have breaks, they are not always doing something for example when they are on hook…the killer doesnt hook than have a rest, they have to get back to chasing someone else or defend the hook at the very least. This Is why some people find killer more stressful than survivor.

in Slugging and tunneling Comment by runningguy January 31, 2026

@Specotoge said:
https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/4048269#Comment_4048269
oh yea let’s make so that survivors have to be much better than killers, so that have survivors play as a team of 4 constantly and still give killers the advantage? Just because killers have to boost their ego and cry as soon as survs have even one good perk? I just played against a killer, a clown, hooked two survivors on hooks 10 meters apart, patrolling the hooks, instantly making the chance of 3+ survivors escaping to 0% even two would be like idk 1-5%. Now those two were randoms, but why should I need to have 3 other good players to be able to enjoy the game. Every killer sweats their ass off just to boost their ego, making it impossible to not play swf most of times and still enjoy playing. 4 matches I played, very similar perks, 3 times vecna with the same add ons everytime and that clown. Didn’t enjoy even a bit of any of those matches. Combining clown had 80 ping, hitting me through windows I vaulted through long ago and shouldn’t hit me, that’s how he got me the first time, then he only continued to camp and always tunnel the one from hook away. Playing stealth only works if you have good tm8s or if you don’t give af about the others. Also if you want to discuss further I don’t want to discuss on this forum anymore it’s annoying

Who said survivors play as a team? soloq players are not part of a team…they are thrown into a match with 3 other survivors but in no way does the game say its a team. Survivors might have their own individual goals (cleanse totems, adept, hatch escape, stuns). So when someone is working on totems all match and not touching gens when everyone else is trying to do gens and escape, how is that a team? Survivors are scored as individuals, MMR, BP, badges, EXP, challenges are all per players not per team. Even certain perks are designed to work better when other players die such as sole survivor, solo survivors dont have comms to be able to work as a team (unlike SWF).

This is your mistake, your thinking its a team effort when its not always the case. Im solo player and i often escape and have fun doing so….do i need 3 good team mates? no, because i dont play as a team, i play for me and rely less on other people.

You are correct that stealth works better if you dont a f about people….which i dont, so it works for me. If you want to be a hero and go for saves and be liked by all thats your choice but your putting yourself at risk by doing so and potentially making the game a worse experience for yourself.

You talk about killers crying but it seems your doing more crying than all the killers put together at this point. I dont mind either way regarding continuing the discussion or not, i will keep playing survivor, keep playing stealthy, keep having fun. I have pointed out what works for me, its up to you if you take that on board or not…its your lack of enjoyment we are talking about here, not mine.

in Tunneling and Gameplay Comment by runningguy January 31, 2026

@Jay_K said:
https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/4050728#Comment_4050728
So as a survivor you would be happy if killers disconnected getting a bot to play against? My issue is if i wanted to play against bots i would do customer.
https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/4050839#Comment_4050839
I dont overly agree. If your power is dropping that often its causing huge dc penalty then the game is the least of your issues
As for string of hackers how often are you really going against them? And if you say all the time then i want the proof. Over the last 8 or so years of playi g this game ive not gone against a single hacker that has made it obvious or held hostage. Lilely hood is just subtle ones thats it.
So yeah i stand by harsher dc penalties

i would like to add, if we going on the basis of what SHOULD happen then DC pen should be harsher and hackers should be stopped via anti cheat. But by mixing what should happen with what currently happens, we get a situation where people say we cant make DC pen harsher because of the hackers.

In short, both should be addressed, hackers for obvious reasons and DC pens to stop people DCing over literally anything.