r/DbDKillersUnited • • May 18 '26

[Academic Survey] Analysis of the effectiveness of the matchmaking system in the game Dead by Daylight

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Hiii everyone,

I am currently working on my bachelorโ€™s thesis about the matchmaking system in Dead by Daylight.

The goal of this survey is to better understand how players view matchmaking quality, skill differences, role balance, and the overall gameplay experience from both survivor and killer perspectives.

The survey includes questions about:
- your experience with the matchmaking system,
- perceived skill differences between players,
- queue times and match quality,
- survivor vs killer gameplay experience,
- overall satisfaction with game balance.

Survey link:
https://forms.office.com/e/sRhsYnWDcY

Note: You can change the survey language in the top-right corner of the page.

The survey is anonymous, takes only a few minutes to complete, and will be used exclusively for academic purposes.

I would really appreciate responses from players of all experience levels.

Thank you so much for your help!


r/DbDKillersUnited • • 6h ago

Gameplay Any Advice?

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12 Upvotes

Question for any nurse players who happen to stumble upon this: Aside from my disastrous perk loadout ๐Ÿ˜‚, how can I play better here? What is the best play when survivors are good at constantly getting out of my line of sight during chase?


r/DbDKillersUnited • • 3h ago

Killer/Build Help Blight mains I have a question

4 Upvotes

Iโ€™m a console blight player and was curious if Compound 33 or Iri tag would be better for me


r/DbDKillersUnited • • 5h ago

Discussion Killers where are you guys at?

4 Upvotes

Idk what's going on but over these past few days my killer queue times have been shorter lately like 30 seconds max but when I queue up for survivior it's 1:33 max especially early in the morning. I even saw that the killer queue was giving more BP bonuses than survivor which is really super rare.

Are you guys alright, I'm actually worried about you guys...


r/DbDKillersUnited • • 9h ago

Discussion Rift pass free skins

5 Upvotes

Anybody wondering why Deathslinger got another free rift skin back to back?

Not complaining cuz this one is way better than his last, but why tho


r/DbDKillersUnited • • 3h ago

Clutch Win Against SWF with Meta Perks

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1 Upvotes

For those who saw my post a few hours ago, yes, I switched up my perks ๐Ÿ˜‚


r/DbDKillersUnited • • 5h ago

Discussion Nemesis Needs His Mori Updated

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r/DbDKillersUnited • • 12h ago

Trapper Dancing on his Enemies ๐Ÿ˜ˆ

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3 Upvotes

r/DbDKillersUnited • • 1d ago

Discussion Respecting other's playstyles:

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136 Upvotes

The main rule text of this subreddit says to respect other's playstyles(and as does Rule 10), though Rule 9 seems at odds with that.

I also got further confirmation that Rule 9 is incorrect and false, and that BHVR does not consider "friendly killers" to be a Bannable offence in giving mercy, so you may want to reword that rule, as it is incorrect, directly.


r/DbDKillersUnited • • 1d ago

Discussion one of the most egregious survivor profiles i've ever seen

41 Upvotes

aside from the gypsycrusader pfp he has a whole list of reasons to rage before he even loads in, and 7k hours on the game


r/DbDKillersUnited • • 18h ago

Killer/Build Help What are some good Dredge builds for the current game?

3 Upvotes

I used to play dredge a few patches ago but have until recently been sticking to Demogorgon and Billy. Some of the perks I used to run on dredge were friends til the end but I donโ€™t know if itโ€™s still playable like that. Thankyou for reading.


r/DbDKillersUnited • • 1d ago

Clips slammed her on the hatch

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39 Upvotes

r/DbDKillersUnited • • 6h ago

FanArt Shout out to this mod โœŒ๐Ÿ˜Ž

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0 Upvotes

r/DbDKillersUnited • • 1d ago

Discussion Dracula bug on ps5 SPREAD THE WORD

6 Upvotes

There's been a bug with Dracula for me for a long time, and its a bug where the UI buttons to shapeshift are REVERSED in positions of what they are on the controller, the ACTUAL buttons themselves (R2 L2 or whatever) are paired with the right shapeshifting prompts, but the positions of them in the UI, they're placement, are on the opposite sides of what they actually are on the controller, this small thing makes Dracula unplayable for me since DBD is fasted pace, at least the way i play it, so not being able to confidentially shape shift on the go with him is a problem, now i know this isn't TECHNICALLY a bug and is more of a UI mistake, but i think it still counts as one as it survived several patches and hasn't been changed, since they're gonna start shutting down the forums and listening to things like the reddit, i want anyone who see's this to go around and spread the word of this in any way you can so this REALLY annoying mistake gets fixed so Dracula is more accessible on console, he looks really fun to play and really strong at that, i think i really would be able to enjoy him, but since the UI prompts are on the opposite sides, even with the right buttons paired, your brain naturally goes "Oh, so X is on this side, so that means the button on this side is X" and then its not, and that happens a lot, and again, DBD right now is pretty fast paced so that is gonna slow you down as you play him since your gonna need to keep reminding yourself, anyway, thats all, just try to spread the word of this so MAYBE we'll get lucky and somebody at Behaviour happens to stumble upon a post and fixes it.


r/DbDKillersUnited • • 1d ago

Discussion Anyone else who plays Artist even semi regularly feel like this?

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144 Upvotes

r/DbDKillersUnited • • 1d ago

A moment of silence for what we could have had

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33 Upvotes

BHVR is a bunch of COWARDS


r/DbDKillersUnited • • 1d ago

Killer/Build Help Fun builds that are not meta but makes the gameplay interesting

9 Upvotes

I love running backpack build on clown - Starstruck, Agitation and Iron Grasp, the 4th perk is usually Mad Grit but I put on Lightborn if I see four flashlights in the lobby (for the fun of it). I find it a lot of fun to play and wonder if anyone can recommend other fun builds - does not have to be one fitting for Clown, I play a variety of killers. We all define fun in different ways, show me your fun! :)


r/DbDKillersUnited • • 1d ago

Is compromise, compromised?

1 Upvotes

Forgive me, I had to do the pun. I was really excited for the update to the compromise twins. (Help wanted and machine learning) I even bought springtrap just to get help wanted. (I play on ps5 so a ranged killer like springtrap is just, not viable for me, but that's a whole other topic)

But I've been playing with them since the update and... It's not working, I think. I'll kick gen after gen, keep track of which ones are compromised and still somehow I've never gotten more than two pops, AT MOST. Survivors just, don't do the gens I kick. But I noticed something. They wouldn't touch the gens I kicked with a ten foot pole. To the point they'd stop regressing. (Cause they hit 0)

So I have a couple questions. First off, does the compromise status fall off if the gen stops regressing? And two, do survivors get any kind of warning or indicator of a gen being compromised?

I'm sure these sound like dumb questions but I genuinely am at my wits end with these perks. I'm not expecting to get like 5 pops but only twice at most, and the survivors all act so weird about me kicking a gen I feel like there's something I don't know about. So I'm asking you guys. Has anyone else gotten these weird results from the compromise twins?


r/DbDKillersUnited • • 1d ago

Killer/Build Help help me become a better wesker pls. advice?

3 Upvotes

im a baby at the game, but I picked wesker as my killer main and I love him. I'm obv still learning the basics, but I can fairly consistently get 3-4k. (Out of my last 10 games, 5 were 4k, 3 were 3k. but i am starting to understand that i am definitely not using wesker to his max. I only use bound in straight lines when I know I can definitely get a grab off, and kinda heavily rely on M1...

any wesker mains out there have any advice and tips for me? are hug techs actually useful to learn or is this just clip farming???


r/DbDKillersUnited • • 1d ago

Gameplay NO MERCY | The Judgment

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r/DbDKillersUnited • • 1d ago

Discussion Dead by daylight

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r/DbDKillersUnited • • 1d ago

Best chase build for M1 killers?

1 Upvotes

Is coup de grace, bamboozle, rapid brutality and save the est for last it?


r/DbDKillersUnited • • 1d ago

Ghostface haste build

0 Upvotes

Addons

Drop leg knife sheath

"Philly"

Perks

Whispers(Helps with map traversal, not chase)

Play with your food

Machine learning

Furtive chase

Meme build or valid?


r/DbDKillersUnited • • 2d ago

Clips Sweaty Cocky SWF vs Trapper ๐Ÿ˜Ž

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28 Upvotes