Dead by Daylight bids farewell to an annoying mechanic. The “mystery boxes” are gone – and the community is celebrating it.
Since the end of the Halloween event, players of Dead by Daylight have noticed a particular change. The notorious “mystery boxes” from the blood webs have disappeared. Many fear that this might be a bug. But the developers have confirmed: This is by design.
What were those loot boxes? The blood web of Dead by Daylight is the primary form of progression. Here, players unlock various character advancements – perks, offerings, and items. These can then be used in individual matches to gain an advantage or influence certain circumstances, such as the selection of the played map or the amount of fog present on the respective map.
Some unlocks were known as “mystery boxes” – essentially nothing more than loot boxes. These boxes could contain any random reward that could also appear in the blood web.
Why did the boxes not make sense? For a pretty simple reason: The blood web is already completely based on randomness. Each individual blood web is generated randomly, and all unlockable items are subject to this randomness. A “mystery box” was simply “randomness within randomness” – hence double RNG.
If every component of a blood web is random, then it makes little sense for there to be boxes whose content is also determined by randomness.
Apparently, Behavior thought so too, explaining in the official forum:
[Mystery boxes] were removed – this is part of our blood web improvements, so it’s not a bug. (…) We are definitely considering the feedback on this, so please let us know!
Community reacts positively, happy about the change: The removal of the mystery boxes is being received positively by players. In the Dead by Daylight subreddit, the post about the adjustment has a approval rating of 99%. Some comments on this:
- “Thank god. They were so useless and only annoying these days because you always had to click “Continue”. I just want perks and levels and soon not even perks, because I already have most of them. I don’t care if I get a random item because everything in the blood web is random anyway.”
- “I’ve reached prestige rank 15 times now and I hadn’t even noticed it until now. Still a good change.”
Achievement now impossible to obtain: However, there is one small point of criticism, as these “mystery boxes” were necessary for an achievement that can no longer be obtained. Therefore, it has been decided that the boxes will at least return for some events. Since they can also contain special event offerings that are significantly more valuable than other items in the blood web, that seems to be a solid compromise.
What do you think of the removal of the mystery boxes? A good step? Or did you like the uncertainty when you opened such a box?
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