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The Rift is way too grindy
rglarson13
Member Posts: 151
I like the challenges (sure, some could use work or encourage bad gameplay/poor teamwork, but overall I think they're fun and give people a push to switch up perks and play differently than their default style).
What I don't like is that I've finished all four tiers of the Tome and I'm still only at level 61 in the Rift.
It's not like I'm racing through the challenges, either -- I'm not MLG pro at this game, or anything. I play a few nights a week with friends and sometimes make no progress on my challenges. I played 4 hours this afternoon as killer before I finally finished the challenge for hitting 7 people with Billy's chainsaw in a single round.
According to Steam I've played 55.3 hours in the past 2 weeks. If anything, that's probably a little less than average, what with the holidays and end-of-year stuff for work, etc.
A game mechanic that requires a person to play more than 275 hours over ten weeks -- an average of 4 hours per day -- AND maintain focus on specific challenges is way, way too grindy.
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A lot of streamers don't even bother. I took a month break because of it.
I recommend ignoring it entirely.
the rift is made to be grindy and force people to buy the premium track + rift tiers.
People think the rift is way too grindy? Really? I didn't play for weeks when the rift opened and I still managed to finish with 20 days left.
Not everybody has other people paying their bills and a completely wide-open calendar. Some of us have full-time jobs, families, friends, pets, hobbies other than DBD, etc.
I don't mind things that take effort. I like a challenge. I mind things that demand to be treated like a full-time job.
You can definitely say that it encourages people to buy tiers, but there is nothing that forces you to do so.
I do other things as well. I don't play DBD 24/7. Again, I didn't play for weeks and I still finished it. Wasn't that hard...
I don't think anyone is saying it is hard, it is just a LOT of hours you need to play. I can always finish all of the challenges but still only be around tier 60 to 65. Without any challenges those last tiers take forever.
It doesn't really take that long. I didn't play for weeks after the rift started and I finished it.
If we're talking this rift, they gave us extra days and free levels.
I'm aware.
Yeah... I kind of just completely ignore the rift anymore. I was fully on board with the first rift estimate they gave of it requiring "around an hour a day" for the duration of the rift. It easily has to take at least 2-3 times as long as that estimate to hit lvl 70, even if you've done all the challenges.
I like the game but I don't have the time or desire to drop 800+ [BAD WORD] hours into it in a given year. I have never played another game that was half as grindy as DBD is in general
The whole game is. I want to play other killers and I can't because without like, certain perks low tier characters at red ranks are just a miserable time.
I personally don't find completing the rift too hard, but the lackluster of "decent" items in the rift makes the rift somewhat grind for me. I don't want to play 5 hours straight just to receive three charms in a row that aren't noticeable. Not to mention so many cosmetics in the rift are re-colors... yes there are new cosmetics, but they roughly make up 15 tiers out of 70. If the rift had better items, then the grind would be worth it. I suggest the devs add perhaps lobby emotes, lobby background items, in-game emotes, etc. to make the rift much better.
The rift is ridiculously grindy. Before they gave the free rift fragments this rift was about as grindy as the first rift that everyone complained was too grindy so they made rift 2 and 3 better only to go backwards on rift 4 and 5. According to their first year stats only something like 16% of players completed rifts. If 16% was too high a completion rate by end of tome 4 stats for them to increase the grind for tome 5 it really makes me wonder how low of a completion rate they want for the rifts.
Well that is the point of this gifts or season passes in other game. To bait the customer with the free track and as soon as you buy the premium you get in the mindset that you have to finish it to get everything for your money and boom they tied you done to play more of their game. Same for every free game.or game with an additional thing like the rift, for example rocket league, dauntless, fortnite, league of legends and other f2p games but also dbd and even rainbow six siege (which has a base game price, skins, every year a 50 bucks season pass and a rift like thing with premium track).
It is way too grindy if you're trying to get all perks on every character. I feel bad for new players... The Rift? I'm completely fine with that.
Not really something to brag about
Wasn't bragging. Was just saying the grind isn't that bad... lol
And like he said, people have other things to do besides play dbd 24/7. Stop thinking you’re entitled because YOU got to tier 70. Tons of other people simply have other things to do. The rift is definitely way too grindy. Just because you sit on your ass 2 days a week doesn’t mean other people do also
For real lmfaoo probably some 16 year old who plays for hours every day and loves to brag about it lmfaoo
Go back and read my posts... It's not too grindy.
Kid idc about “your” posts. I play the game also. Along with tons of people I talk to. I can tell for myself and see that the rift is grindy. It requires you to play for hours everyday, while having to go for challenges every game and not just play to have fun. It’s exhausting and way too grindy. It’s the reason why many people quit, including myself
I didn't play for weeks when the rift opened and I still finished it. I don't play 24/7, lol. You just need to do the challenges and play whenever you get time. It's not as grindy as you guys are making it out to be.
Well bhvr has clearly chosen the route of grinding us to death. Outside of noobs, I think it turns people off from playing imo (even if they still do)
If you look at a game like Clash of Clans, you can earn a set number of points daily just for playing. You then have challenges they pop up every 7 days. If you play daily and complete the challenges presented (which are easy, not grindy), you’ll finish the rift 7-10 days+ before it’s over. If you want to pay to unlock it earlier, you can. But even if you came in with a week to go, you could still finish it if you played enough.
The Rift in dbd should be easy and doable. It should also allow to complete the rift by completing the challenges. as it is now, the rift is 2 new outfits, 3 outfits with new colors, a bunch of charms nobody cares about. There’s not a ton of value in the rift imo
Hey, I care about the charms, lol! I hate the recolored outfits, tho. Those should be in the free pass, not the paid one.
Curious - are you capable of thinking outside of your self? (Space between the two intended)
Yep. I wouldn't mind if the rift was made easier to level up! I just don't think it's as grindy as some people say.
Congrats. you didn’t play for weeks, and then you found yourself being able to play for 6 hours a day for weeks. Not everybody is able to do that. Nor does everybody want to be forced to do a challenge every game. It would be different if you could try to complete every challenge at once, but they were harder and different. Like “heal 40 survivors”, “do 30 gens”, “escape 25 times”, “blind the killer 30 times”, “stun the killer 30 times”, “open 30 exit gates”, but you were able to just play the game and do them at while playing. Instead, they force us to do a challenge like “open an exit gate” and you could try for 5 games and verse a try hard killer for 3 games, be chased by the killer a soon as the exit gates are powered for 1 game, and then have somebody else open the exit gates the 5th game. Only to switch that challenge to “stun the killer 3 times in one game” and make it to the end and open an exit gate yourself. It’s stupid, too grindy, and too exhausting.
Not even close to six hours a day... I just did all of the challenges and played when I had time.
Edit: You have like 2 weeks (correct me if I'm wrong) to complete 1 page of challenges before the next one unlocks.
yeah, but when games take forever to find it’s hard to even do that. Like right now it’s literally taking me 15-25 minutes to find a match. In between every game. If I was pushed for time (like a lot of people are) I would be screwed. A lot of people can only play for 2-3 hours a couple days a week. And if I’m spending an average of 20 minutes just waiting to find a game, it’s not realistic to do the grindy rift. 5 games in 3 hours.