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• @oxygen said:

  https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/2617320#Comment_2617320

  Not really unless you change your location, either by actually going somewhere else or by using a VPN.

  As survivor you can also let someone that lives somewhere else invite you to play swf with them. At least in my experience whenever I join my friend's lobby, we tend to be matched in his region and if he joins mine we get matched in my region. No clue if that's how it actually works but sure seems that way.

  is using a vpn banable?

  in How does dbd through steam work Comment by youhartyd1 November 7, 2021

• @oxygen said:

  Matchmaking wants to match people that are located close to eachother together for low ping/latency. Getting people from the same city/town as you is honestly a pretty amazing result in that regard.

  And it's a DBD thing as opposed to a Steam thing, as this combined with MMR matching is how DBD matches are set up on all platforms, including crossplay matches.

  You can of course get people further away as well, as the game prefers actually getting you a match over keeping you waiting for far too long. But if it's possible, it will indeed try to find people reasonably close to you/the servers you're all connecting to.

  oh makes sense but is there a way to change it?

  in How does dbd through steam work Comment by youhartyd1 November 6, 2021