best way to play survivor? how to get pips?

[Mike Ox Small]

ok so first off im an amazing killer, who usually always gets all 4 sacrifices in matches even with rank 1's ... but i completely suck at survivor.

my main character is dwight he is level 38, and the highest i got was rank 16, but am back at rank 20.

i always get 2-3 gennys in a match but still never get a pip...

whats the best way to play survivor??

[CrazyRedneck]

the best way is to not play dwight at all. He is useless.

[Hullusinaatio]

I don't know about the best way, but if you fill the objectives at least to 3/4 and if you escape you'll get a pip. However helping a teammate off from the hook gives you more BP than a whole generator, so if you can do it without getting downed yourself then it should be worth. Also sabo'ing stuff gives "easy" points.

[Slowpork]

Run with Premonition or Spine Chill for a while. Get the genies and escape. Or hooks/traps if you have a toolbox/saboteur.
Only save your teammates when you can. Most of the time it's futile as many killers don't know anything about the game aka camp like idiots, making unhooking/altruism broken part of the game.

[Jaino]

Never move into a building, that's usually the point where the killer will find you. Try to team up with another survivor to speed up repairing. Don't run after you finished a generator move slowly away and try to hide behind cars/rocks/trees or even inside grass which is nearby but not too close that he easily finds you. Try not to make much noises, since he could easily track you. Watch out for the crows, they're your enemies! Try to track down a escape plan when you're fixing a generator. And the most important thing: Find the hatch and remember where it is, when it comes to this situation and you're the last survivor run there. If he's camping there just try to distract him by missing a skill check on a generator, they usually fall for that. Im currently using these Perks as Dwight: Premonition (UR); Dark Sense (UR), Spine Chill (UR), Small Game (Common), there are perks which could be better, but this is a easy way to track the killer.

[HAV0K13]

I suggest spine chill. Knowing when a killer is looking at you is more informative than just knowing he is in your vicinity imo.

Here's what I do.
1. Right off the start, don't immediately start a generator. The first thing killers do is patrol every generator to see which one has been started. Even if they don't see anyone at the started generator, they'll know someone is at least in the area. Wait for the killer to pass by your selected generator before started it.

2. Find out where the killers basement is and try to finish those generators first. Either that, or try to finish the ones in the middle of the map, especially if you're on coldwind farm. You want the end game as far away from the basement as possible.

3. Almost never run unless absolutely necessary. Some disagree, I say never run unless you KNOW the killers attention is toward something else (like you just saw someone get smacked on the player status bar) or if being chased.

4. You need to power level the other characters lol. It's goo that you got Dwight out if the way early, I would strongly suggest working Claudette next. Self heal is soo needed. Afterward I would suggest sabotage with Jake to score less risky boldness points, and finish with Meg.

5. Learn to juke. React to the killers movements, don't let him react to you. When you jump thru a window, you should be watching if he goes left or right to get to you. You then react and go the opposite direction.

If you allow him to react to you, you're basically dead because he's faster than you lol.

Good luck man

[>:(]

Survive for 9 mins.
Do 1 gen.
Save 1 survivor of the hook.

And then you continue or die and there you have it easy pip.

[0_Frozen_0]

do gens, unhook only if it's 100% safe(if killer camp/patrol just go for next gen), try to survive via hatch if things going bad, don't risk too much, if you know where hatch just camp it. yea you can feel bad but sometimes it's no point to save someone

[limierr]

Publicado originalmente por HILLARY2020:

ok so first off im an amazing killer, who usually always gets all 4 sacrifices in matches even with rank 1's ... but i completely suck at survivor.

my main character is dwight he is level 38, and the highest i got was rank 16, but am back at rank 20.

i always get 2-3 gennys in a match but still never get a pip...

whats the best way to play survivor??

If you are a great killer as you said, you should know what survivor do in order to survive ... Let's get back on the topic, first you need to understand that survive and pip are not necessary complementary (you can pip and die as you can survive and barely pip).
To rank up easily, you need to keep in mind the emblem system here : https://deadbydaylight.gamepedia.com/Emblems

[Panophobe]

Honestly, the best way to pip is to not be immersed.
Meaning don't play the way you think this scenario would go (if it could be done) in real life.

Do a gen or two, but do stuff near a killer, let him see you and chase you. Even if you can't get away, you'll get some chase points (and practice learning to get away). If you can vault and/or pallet drop him a few times to prolong the chase, GREAT. Go for *safe* unhooks when the killer isn't there, so you can get some heals too.

Remember: Doing a gen is only 1 of the 4 categories. Escaping is only 1 of the 4 categories. In my experience (got a couple hundred hours now), you will pip a lot more consistently *dying* to make a big contribution than you will surviving and only doing gens.

[Axx]

Publicado originalmente por Hex: A Decimal:

Honestly, the best way to pip is to not be immersed.
Meaning don't play the way you think this scenario would go (if it could be done) in real life.

Do a gen or two, but do stuff near a killer, let him see you and chase you. Even if you can't get away, you'll get some chase points (and practice learning to get away). If you can vault and/or pallet drop him a few times to prolong the chase, GREAT. Go for *safe* unhooks when the killer isn't there, so you can get some heals too.

Remember: Doing a gen is only 1 of the 4 categories. Escaping is only 1 of the 4 categories. In my experience (got a couple hundred hours now), you will pip a lot more consistently *dying* to make a big contribution than you will surviving and only doing gens.

Good advice.

[Wisdom]

This thread is from 2016, well before emblems* were introduced.

This was back when survivors had to get 10k points to pip so they could do whatever they wanted


I never thought I would say this, but I honestly think that was a better system, because at least the survivors had to be good at surviving in order to pip.

[Mike Ox Small]

Publicado originalmente por Wisdom:

This thread is from 2016, well before emblems* were introduced.

This was back when survivors had to get 10k points to pip so they could do whatever they wanted


I never thought I would say this, but I honestly think that was a better system, because at least the survivors had to be good at surviving in order to pip.

lol, its crazy old haha

i know i will sound like a douchebag, but after 2,000 hours of gametime, im actually a good survivor. usually escape like 7/10 times

[SiTuATiOn]

lol u need no iq or any skills as a surv, u can +2pip almost by doing nothing, if u cant manage that i feel sry for u

[Panophobe]

Publicado originalmente por HILLARY2020:

Publicado originalmente por Wisdom:

This thread is from 2016, well before emblems* were introduced.

This was back when survivors had to get 10k points to pip so they could do whatever they wanted


I never thought I would say this, but I honestly think that was a better system, because at least the survivors had to be good at surviving in order to pip.

lol, its crazy old haha

i know i will sound like a douchebag, but after 2,000 hours of gametime, im actually a good survivor. usually escape like 7/10 times

Ho-ly-♥♥♥♥. Didn't realize this was that old. Was just scroling through the first page to see what I may be qualified to comment on. lol

I'm a good survivor (imo), just not good at *escaping*. I mean, I'll typically get 2-3 unhooks, and 1-2 generators and usually win a chase or two, but I play too much with randoms (and even my SWF is usually only two-man). So between lost chases, not escaping, overall poor team performances, etc. I feel I generally get screwed.

[Panophobe]

Publicado originalmente por SiTuAtIoN:

lol u need no iq or any skills as a surv, u can +2pip almost by doing nothing, if u cant manage that i feel sry for u

That's just REally 'tarded pissiness at survivors more than anything. I can attest to the fact that you can do quite a bit to contribute and still end up with only 1-pip (or even null-pip).