Dead by Daylight finally reduces the grind for new players. They will soon have much easier access to their desired perks.
Anyone starting as a newcomer in Dead by Daylight has to farm a lot of bloodpoints to unlock their desired perks. For some players, this effort is simply too much – as it takes several hundred hours of farming. However, the developers have revealed how this will change in the future.
What is the problem? Unlocking perks in Dead by Daylight is a bit more complicated. This is because each character has 3 unique perks that must be unlocked before other characters can learn that perk.
To do this, players have to skill deep into the “blood webs.” However, only a maximum of 2 perks are offered per blood web, of which players can only purchase one perk. With several dozen perks across multiple ranks, it can take a long time before players even see their desired perk.
This entire process takes a long time and costs several million bloodpoints. Therefore, anyone starting fresh and wanting a character with their desired perks might have to wait a long time.
What will change? In an upcoming patch, the grind and farming will be drastically reduced, by almost 50%. The developers want to achieve this in the following ways:
- For levels 40 – 49, there will always be 3 perks to choose from in the blood web. Up to 2 of them can be purchased per blood web.
- Level 50+: In each blood web, 4 perks will appear. Up to 2 of them can be purchased.
From level 40 of a character, players can not only buy 2 perks per blood web but also have a larger selection of perks. This makes it more likely that they will be offered the desired perks faster.
The Entity still follows the same rules, as it takes things from the blood web from you. When you buy a perk, the Entity takes another perk from the web (but it can reappear in the next web). With four perks, you essentially choose “in turns.” First, you take one perk, then the Entity blocks one perk, and then you choose another, until the last one is blocked.
When will these changes come? These changes are expected to go live with the next patch, namely the “Stranger Things” DLC. This is expected in September, but there is no exact release date yet.
This is what the community says: The player base shows great enthusiasm for the changes. Although mainly long-time players who are hardly affected by the problem are active in the forums, there is consensus that the problem will be significantly reduced for many new players. Although a lot of farming is still necessary, the hurdle is much lower.
However, some players fear that this is only a “temporary solution.” The number of perks in Dead by Daylight is steadily increasing. In one or two years, the new system may no longer be sufficient, and then a new change would be necessary.
What do you think of this change? Will it help reduce the grind for newcomers? Or could it just be a stopgap measure?
