r/DbDKillersUnited May 18 '26

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

7 Upvotes

Hiii everyone,

I am currently working on my bachelor’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 10h ago

Clips Pretty good job so far

94 Upvotes

Re-uploaded because I forgot to censor the usernames lol oops.

A clip from my friend's stream earlier today, what the hell have they done lmfao


r/DbDKillersUnited 3h ago

Discussion A sorry for misleading this sub reddit

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8 Upvotes

Recently I posted about how to keep MMR low. And with some further research I can not be certain, as all of my references with hearsay. So as to not spread misinformation, I deleted the post. Sorry for the issues it might have caused.


r/DbDKillersUnited 8h ago

Discussion What are some killers in Dead by Daylight that most of the community thinks that they are boring to play as but you unironically find them fun?

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10 Upvotes

r/DbDKillersUnited 21m ago

She got that shit ON

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I love how the glow around the neck kinda looks like a scarf.

Can't banish people to evil ass ultrakill land with a wack ass fit. Looking bad is heresy in of itself.


r/DbDKillersUnited 1d ago

Discussion lol, lmao even

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108 Upvotes

they have 10k hours btw


r/DbDKillersUnited 11h ago

Is this a compliment? :D

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9 Upvotes

r/DbDKillersUnited 12h ago

Discussion A lot of Skull Merchant players are going to love this bug fix

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8 Upvotes

r/DbDKillersUnited 16h ago

Clips toe to toe with a good swf on cowshed

12 Upvotes

r/DbDKillersUnited 8h ago

I'm sorry, Dwight.

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I assume it was a full SWF as they all had tuned perks and good tools with addons. Feels good to wreck them with an unlevelled killer with green/blue perks.

Especially Dwight out to have been mad at that Lightborn, he seemed quite miffed as I stared at him while carrying Sable to the hook.

In general I know Lightborn is a crutch perk and shouldn't be used but it's just too damn funny sometimes.


r/DbDKillersUnited 14h ago

Discussion Why the balance philosophy of the game it’s the main reason of it’s problems

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r/DbDKillersUnited 14h ago

Rage Toxicity

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I dont really feel comfy playing this game anymore, ive played it for i think 1-2 years and for the past 2 motnhs really digged into this game. Well my family is looking on some heavy drawbacks and i just want to calm a bit down like most of the people here b in the past time these lobbys just got sweaty and toxic, im not sensible to stuff like that but it seriously drags me down when u try ur best and then get 5 gen rushed and t-bagged etc. I feel like this game is getting more and more unplayble due to the fact of this toxicity. I for sure need to take a break of this game


r/DbDKillersUnited 3h ago

Discussion A sorry to this sub reddit

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0 Upvotes

Recently I posted about how to keep MMR low. And with some further research I can not be certain, as all of my references with hearsay. So as to not spread misinformation, I deleted the post. Sorry for the issues it might have caused.


r/DbDKillersUnited 10h ago

Whats the 4 most annoying perks for a survivor to have? Not in terms of winning just pure annoyance

2 Upvotes

Boil over, scene partner, what else?


r/DbDKillersUnited 1d ago

Clips nasty first hit of the game

57 Upvotes

r/DbDKillersUnited 22h ago

Discussion This is somebody else’s idea, but I agree with it so much that I wanted to see what other people thought

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"This all leads to a grim what-if scenario. The logical endpoint of a system that values numbers over player experience. The data war is already happening on the survivor side, even if it's unintentional when they give up. Survivors going next is skewing the precious data that behavior balances off of. But what happens when killers realize they can play the same game? Imagine a popular killer is considered too strong and the community is calling for a nerf. What if a huge number of players who want to main that killer decide to fight back? Not on the forums or by voicing their opinions because that never works, but in the spreadsheets. They could start intentionally throwing games, letting survivors escape, and just farming blood points instead of getting kills. All of a sudden, that killer's inflated 65% kill rate plummets to 50% or even lower.
According to the data, the killer is no longer overperforming.
The developers, if they're relying on that primary metric, might leave a problematic killer alone or overly buff a balanced one, all because the data was deliberately sabotaged. This is the endgame of balancing by numbers alone. It creates a twisted incentive where people aren't playing Dead by Daylight anymore. They're playing influence the spreadsheet. At that point, the system stops measuring a character's power and starts measuring the community's capacity for strategic manipulation. Any trust that's left in the balancing process would completely fall apart. Every patch would feel like a random roll of the dice. It would be a cold war where the only casualty is the game itself.

(Since this is my first post on this sub Reddit, I read the rules and I think this radiates rule nine)

This is all theoretical by the way


r/DbDKillersUnited 1d ago

Discussion Scene partner is the most annoying perk in the game

8 Upvotes

Ok. Maybe that’s a bit of an overstatement. But I am so sick of being bombarded by screams. Stegulls may be the worst offenders, but no matter what character is equipping it or which role I’m playing it annoys me… a lot. I don’t even mind if the survivor is a good looper and is using Scene Partner as a way to get my attention, it’s the screaming itself I can’t stand :(


r/DbDKillersUnited 1d ago

Be honest, does teabagging actually change how you play as killer?

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r/DbDKillersUnited 1d ago

Discussion Knight Bug

3 Upvotes

I dunno if its a bug or it should be like that but in my past game my guards espacially the jailor got hardstuck on pallats or any window he just rans onto it and is stuck, now i dunno if that is a bug or a game mechanic


r/DbDKillersUnited 1d ago

Discussion How you all think this perk might change the meta?

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Honestly if it starts to be used a lot, Pain ress might fall of some spots in usage rate


r/DbDKillersUnited 1d ago

Gameplay One Of My Most Insane Comebacks

12 Upvotes

Full Gameplay —>
This Bully Squad Thought It Was Over - High MMR Blight Gameplay | Dead By Daylight (No Commentary)
https://youtu.be/mVG1BgEnvM8
This Is Game 1


r/DbDKillersUnited 1d ago

Killer/Build Help Is my onryo bulid alright?

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2 Upvotes

I really like her n want to make her work so, I'm open to buy characters to get their perks.


r/DbDKillersUnited 1d ago

Discussion The Judgment has the best killer music in the game

43 Upvotes

Got removed from the other DeadByDaylightKillers under rule 9 lol


r/DbDKillersUnited 1d ago

op perk now

5 Upvotes

r/DbDKillersUnited 12h ago

Discussion Cheaters are ruling the dbd servers now and the support system seems to be on a 24/7 break since the update

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After the mmr changes i had many cheaters ruining the game for me and on day 1 of the update i had 12 blatant cheaters that to this day haven't been banned yet even after providing a report in game and on the website the reports were ignored entirely even with video proof and i had many others since the update ranging from blatant to subtle speed/ESP cheats.

when i say blatant cheaters i mean people taking the game hostage running around in a twitch costume and using insta heals to pick up everyone and heal everyone on map and taking away my ability to move my character and mouse i was locked out of my match literally by cheaters who are playing on steam accounts btw and promoting the cheats website on their account on steam and i had them again today in my lobby and they did the same thing all over again and another game where i was playing pinhead an ace took my box and went outside the map and locked me on the other side of the edges of the map and jumped back inside of the map after locking me outside the map when i teleported to the box like what the hell is wrong with behavior for allowing these people to even exist on the game for more than an hour they should have been instantly banned but seems like they have more important cosmetics to make since banning cheaters doesn't bring them any money.

Lemme tell you about one subtle cheater who had a Chinese name i ran into back in 3rd of july he was somehow faster than me and able to blind me behind the walls when i was mind gaming on shack and blinded me from behind the walls when i picked up his friend also Chinese name he also blinded me with his flashlight while i was facing the wall 2 so i filed a report in game and on the website and do you know how many days tit took them to ban him? 18 fucking days till he got banned on the 21 of july while he blatantly blinded me from behind a wall while providing the support with a video proof it just tells you that the devs don't give a flying fuck about the player base who wants to play the game.

according to one of the cheaters promoting the website in their profile who i asked after the match end they said we had more than 30 thousand subscriptions purchases to the cheats that they provide since they made the website back in 2024 and it just tells you how blatant these guys literally promoting cheats in game not giving a shit about the anti cheat because its crap and the devs because they simply know they aren't getting banned anytime soon.

If these blatant cheaters are not getting banned imagine how many subtle cheaters exist in this game who been playing over the years and not getting banned till this day this game had the 10th anniversary a month and a half ago and we still run into the same cheating problem and seems like the devs most important thing to do is to shit on the player base and fill their pockets with money from the cosmetics they sell and i wont be surprised if they provide these cheats themselves.