Can you play only as Killer or is it random ?

[Madara]

Hi before i buy i wanna know if you can like in DbD decide if u want to play killer or the survivors or is it at full release like in the beta a game of luck ?

Thanks

[Vercci ]

It'll be the same as it was in the beta, the beta wasn't luck. Everyone earns priority, so everyone who wants to can have a turn as the killer.

[Scoot [craptop / GFN]]

Haven't played but from what I've read here on the forums: No, you cannot queue into "Raider only" nor "Survivor only". It's just one "Play" queue.

[Sofia]

It's not luck.

If you set your priority to killer or survivor, every game you don't end up as those your priority increases by 1, until you finally get your game.

Whoever has the highest priority in the matchmade party gets the role they want.

For most use cases this really just means if you set your priority to raider, you'll have to play 2 to 4 survivor games before each raider round. Ish. Depends on your luck.

If you set your priority to survivor you will almost assuredly always be survivor.

[Vercci ]

Originally posted by Scoot craptop / GFN:

Haven't played but from what I've read here on the forums: No, you cannot queue into "Raider only" nor "Survivor only". It's just one "Play" queue.

You can prefer Survivor, and unless literally no one in the 8 player lobby wants to be Raider you should always get it. It's only with multiple people preferring raider that it has to be shared, which is fair.

[Madara]

Ok in one way that's nice but than it's difficult to perform good as a Raider because you have only one go in 4 Games to learn how to play him a little bit =/

[Fancy Bunny]

It's like friday

[Yian Yan]

Originally posted by Itachi (Ger):

Ok in one way that's nice but than it's difficult to perform good as a Raider because you have only one go in 4 Games to learn how to play him a little bit =/

To a degree. It will be rough starting out, especially if you run into players that have experience from the betas but playing both sides will also give you a better idea of what Survivors do and need to do to aid in growing as a Raider.

Raider, for example, doesn't get to see the outline where Power Keys are placed but those spots only spawn in like 1 of 3 places in a given zone. Having knowledge of where those places are as a Raider will let you cut down on scan time when trying to deny an objective.

[Vercci ]

Playing survivor lets you know how you'd hide from yourself and you should try to shake it up.

[Sam Snowman]

Originally posted by Itachi (Ger):

Ok in one way that's nice but than it's difficult to perform good as a Raider because you have only one go in 4 Games to learn how to play him a little bit =/

There was a practice mode I thought.

[Vercci ]

Practice mode will let you know basic controls, and you can kinda learn raider combat by doing transformed survivor combat vs the raider bot. You'd just have to remember you would have additional abilities.

[Blue Thunder]

Originally posted by Itachi (Ger):

Hi before i buy i wanna know if you can like in DbD decide if u want to play killer or the survivors or is it at full release like in the beta a game of luck ?

Thanks

Picking up how to be Raider isn't hard. Each has its own set of skills. For starting up, you may want to jump in with Frieza. Those who tried the Beta could only play as Cell or Frieza, so Buu will be a bit of an unknown.

As Frieza you'll have an easier time dealing with the Survivors since his ranged attacks are... busted as heck compared to Cell's. You also get to use Dodoria and Zarbon to scout for you, and will ping any Survivors they encounter and attempt to attack the nearest one they find.

Cell has the perk of evolving faster than Frieza, especially from Stage 1 to 2, and you'll be able to sense people through walls. He also has a more "defensive" toolkit, having both a get out of jail card if you get bumrushed by several Survivors, and Solar Flare to crowd control and stun the Survivors.