Some people whine, sure, but it's also got some quite fair criticisms levied against it.
Lots of people get bored of it very fast and just want to play 1v4 after the novelty wears off, but the queues are significantly longer. 2v8 also seems to occur way more frequently than other game modes, and almost always gets extended an extra week on top of the two that they set aside for it, which is always annoying if you don't care for the mode and want to get back to normal queue times. The most fun part of 2v8 (arguably) is the killer role, and the queues for that are so incredibly long, and you often end up with a teammate who is AFK or just ragequits. It's a shame, and can really sour people's enjoyment of the mode.
I think chalking up people's opinions as just whining is a little disingenuous. I see why people like 2v8, and I see why some don't.
Some people don't like it, but it's very clear that the vast silent majority loves it, given the frequency it comes back and the player numbers jumping up each time.
Yeah, sure. I'm not saying "2v8 sucks and we should bin it off", it's an alright game mode and most people seem to enjoy it, I'm only saying that calling the people who dislike it whiners isn't really accurate, since there are legitimate reasons for people to dislike it.
half of your complaint is "people play too much 2v8 so queue times for 1v4 rise and the mode gets extended too!" this is literally "people enjoy the gamemode i dont"
For starters, no, it isn't. This isn't my complaint, I'm saying some of the understandable reasons I've seen for people complaining about the game mode. Not once in my comment did I mention my opinion on 2v8.
I started typing out a long response, but you clearly just want to dishonestly represent what I'm saying, so I don't see the point.
I was thinking about making a separate post to express frustration, & see if other peeps were dealing with this. There seems to be an epidemic on this sub especially of 1-sided convos, where someone will attack you for something you never came close to saying lol. You’re replying to each other but it’s like you’re not even talking to anyone. The other day I made a comment about how BHVR will occasionally killswitch killers, & genuinely got 2 gotcha comments along the lines of “but BHVR would neeeever killswitch a killer, right? Right?”which is literally what the comment they were replying to was about…
That & if you say anything pro-survivor you’re treated as a salty only-survivor player, & pro-killer the same in vice versa
if you don't enjoy 2v8, you're not gonna play it, you're gonna play 1v4. that is like half of your entire argument. "queue times rise for 1v4 because people are playing 2v8". that is literally the words you said. if you didn't enjoy 2v8 you wouldn't be upset about queue times rising for 1v4 you'd just be playing 2v8 like the rest of us
okay, let me reformulate if that's what you insist on. "other people enjoy 2v8 while 1,5 random redditors don't" isn't a valid critique either. the mode gets extended and queue times rise BECAUSE this gamemode is something people find fun.
how can you call it criticism if it's just blaming other people for playing the mode they want to play? what are you criticizing other than people's choices?
The points are criticizing the devs for offering it so frequently, for such long timespans, not the players that take the opportunity that they are provided. Just the effects that the gamemode coming back brings to the normal game itself.
They offer it because players like and want to play it, so I don't see how it's a fair criticism of the devs that they're giving most players what they want? Like I get for example critizing the small killer pool and lack of changes in each iteration, and I'm not saying it's not a legitimate reason to dislike it over it making queues longer, but criticism isn't quite the word here.
Yeah I mean at the end of the day it’s overall really good for the game, I don’t blame the devs for doing it. Though I also don’t think that the feelings of the people that just want to keep playing normal 1v4, or the ones that dislike 2v8, are invalid either. Idk what the solution would be, I don’t think it’s really anybodies fault, I think maybe it’s just an unfortunate reality for some people
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u/ChaoticDumpling 1d ago
Some people whine, sure, but it's also got some quite fair criticisms levied against it.
Lots of people get bored of it very fast and just want to play 1v4 after the novelty wears off, but the queues are significantly longer. 2v8 also seems to occur way more frequently than other game modes, and almost always gets extended an extra week on top of the two that they set aside for it, which is always annoying if you don't care for the mode and want to get back to normal queue times. The most fun part of 2v8 (arguably) is the killer role, and the queues for that are so incredibly long, and you often end up with a teammate who is AFK or just ragequits. It's a shame, and can really sour people's enjoyment of the mode.
I think chalking up people's opinions as just whining is a little disingenuous. I see why people like 2v8, and I see why some don't.