Came across the term “swf” in Dead by Daylight and wondering what it means? If you are new to the game, you may have heard your teammates use the term. Not only in the popular survival video game but the term “swf” is also popular in Discord. Does swf in Dead by Daylight and Discord have the same meaning? Yes. So, what does this viral term mean in Dead by Daylight and Discord? Read this article to know more about it.
What does swf actually mean in Dead by Daylight?
Acronyms or short forms can be pretty confusing for anyone who is new to a theme. But, swf is a very popular short form for “survive with friends”. Now, swf may have other meanings in some other context. But, Dead by Daylight players use swf to mean “survive with friends”. Now, how is this connected to Discord? Well, Dead by Daylight has no voice chat system of its own. So, players resort to Discord if they want to communicate while playing the game. If players make a group on Discord to talk with each other while playing Dead by Daylight, it is termed as “survive with friends” or swf. But, there’s a reason why developers haven’t included an in-game voice chat system in the game. Hence, many consider survive with friends or swf as violating the game’s actual intention or cheating. Keep reading to know more.
Why is swf considered cheating?
Dead by Daylight is a game to be played by five people. Four players will be survivors, and one will be the deadly killer. Now, the developers wanted the entire game to be of quiet and eery vibes. The survivors are supposed to avoid the killer and stay alive till dawn to win the game. And, the killer is supposed to hunt all the survivors down to win.
However, survivors use swf to break the game’s intention and communicate with each other to escape the killer. It may not seem like a big deal, but doing so single-handedly brings down the killer’s experience in the game. If survivors can communicate with each other, the game becomes heavily in favor of the survivors all the time.
with the voice communications, you’re basically given the ability to know the next moves of your team mates, the next moves of the Killer, Killer’s position, Killer’s Perks sooner than they could take the effect on you or against you (Spirit Fury, Pop Goes The Weasel, Enduring, A Nurse’s Calling, Franklin’s Demise, Sloppy Butcher, Brutal Strength, Fire Up, (…).
That, alone, can prevent the Killer from getting X Hooks, which the Killer would’ve earned, if the voice communications wouldn’t be there.
The developers have stated that no one should communicate in the game via voice chat, or it would take the fun out of it. Hence, they have kept in-game voice chat out of the question. Most of the fans strongly oppose the use of Discord voice chat in the game. However, it is challenging to keep a check on players using it unless the developers ban the use of any third-party voice chat applications in the game. So, now that you know what swf means, our advice will be to avoid using swf or voice chat in Dead by Daylight. To know more, you can follow this discussion on Steam.
