The many blood points in Dead by Daylight highlight problems. Because after the event, the game could lose significance.
Currently, the celebrations for the 5th birthday of the horror game Dead by Daylight are taking place. The event has even been extended due to many players requesting it. This shows, on the one hand, how well the event is received – but on the other hand, how necessary a revision of the grind in the game is.
What’s happening in Dead by Daylight right now? Players are currently earning plenty of blood points in Dead by Daylight. This is the currency needed to level up characters and unlock perks, offerings, and add-ons – all things that allow survivors and killers to operate more effectively in matches. It can take many days to build a solid base of perks. This is why the event is so popular, as you can earn up to 525% more blood points and make the annoying grind really pleasant.
Exactly this event has now been extended again. Initially, the event was supposed to end on July 14, but the developers have extended it to July 22.
Players demand: ‘This should always be the case’
Grind has been criticized for years: The massive grind in Dead by Daylight deters many players and poses a significant hurdle for newcomers. Anyone who wants to equip a character with solid perks has to invest dozens or hundreds of hours into the game for the perks to be available for the character they want to play. A character must essentially be “maxed out” for its perks to be available to other characters.
Accordingly, this topic is currently being discussed extensively in the Dead by Daylight subreddit. As colossusgb writes:
The amount of blood points we are currently getting should be the norm, to be honest.
This single comment has received over 1,250 upvotes, as have many of the reactions to it.
For instance, “Sectrosempre” says:
I have no idea how I ever leveled a [character] before this event.
Players are getting used to the blood points: By now, players are getting used to this event and the many blood points that come with it. This makes Dead by Daylight significantly less attractive outside of the event, which in turn highlights the problems with the grind system even more.
It’s time for Dead by Daylight to address this problem permanently. The events and the necessity of them clearly show that the current grind is barely bearable. Veterans with thousands of hours of gameplay can overlook this, but newcomers are faced with huge obstacles.
Because such comments are also becoming increasingly common, like the one from DylonL4:
The game is going to feel so bad when the event is over… then [I’ll] probably not use add-ons again.
Whether the developers will learn their lessons from this whole situation remains to be seen over the next year. Because usually, the team of Dead by Daylight (unfortunately) takes quite a while to implement actually simple wishes from the community.
Are you having fun with the current event? Are you playing more than usual? And will you continue to play after the event?
