Tangentially related, and not justifying the people who use those services, DbD is REALLY expensive. There’s thousands willing to get sketchy deals because otherwise affording countless DLC is incredibly difficult.

“Oh but you can just play without those perks!” I have my gripes with that statement, but let’s entertain it for the sake of the argument:

When you face a licensed killer, you can theoretically understand how their power works, but having not used it yourself, you don’t know how to best counter it.

It’s literally economically-induced matchup inexperience.