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Adept Killer Achievement isn't fun

Bluewolf
Bluewolf Member Posts: 2
in Feedback and Suggestions

Now I am not saying that playing a killer with their 3 perks isn't fun, but the requirements on how you achieve these achievements is no doubt not fun.


Stating some issues

  1. Doing too well isn't "adept" unless you get Merciless Killer title on the result screen. (Ending the game fast != good killer so no reward, I get that some matches can be troll matches and such, but why am I punished for doing well enough that the game ends because of me doing well??)
  2. Using the killer power that can hurt survivors doesn't count as a point in the chaser grade. (Might be wrong, but playing Hill Billy would be torture because using the chainsaw to down a survivor doesn't count as a "hit"). The word "Adept" is pointless if I can't be adept with that killer. You just become a M1 Killer with 3 perks that can be awful against good survivors or great. (Not using your basic attacks is actually more harmful in the chaser grade, why am I being punished for using my killers power??)
  3. Since to get adept achievement you need Merciless Killer title, high ranking is a nightmare to get achievement just to get the Merciless (Why is adept killer achievements attach to ranks??)
  4. So you're telling me, in order to get adept survivor perk, I just need to... escape with 3 perks. I don't need to use the rank system? Easy! Killer? Oh well depending if its rank reset you can easily get adept achievement by using your three perks and not ending the game fast- oh what was that? Why the rank rest? Its because to pipping up it is easier at lower ranks and pips is equal to title killer at the end of the game. That way you know you are truly an adept killer! (I do not care for survivor adept, I think that process is fine and makes since, except maybe you can just have a team do most work for you and you just escape, but again WHY IS ADEPT KILLER ATTACH TO RANK?? I have to wait until rank reset on low rank survivors in order to get my achievement and it shouldn't be like this.)


Here's a picture I am sure people are familiar with who try to do these achievement. If only I didn't use my killer power! Or Maybe Gatekeeper is gold/silver because you killed 2 survivors and the last survivor opened the last gate as you hook your 3rd survivor that's dead on hook. At my rank I needed all my grades to be iridescent.

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Now with some of the issues I pointed out I want to maybe propose some alternate ways of getting these achievements. I think with Survivor adepts they're in a perfect spot, its not tied to the ranking system and its just you need to escape, though you could be a useless teammate... but look I am focusing on killer adept right now. Why must I rank up with 2 pips in order to get killer adept when survivors don't even need to pip at all, hell they can lose pip and still get their adept.

So to begin with I think what makes a killer adept is the killer knows how their killer works and their perks. A killer who is adept at killing... should be just earned by killing 4 survivors. I am sure people know that good killers can get 3-4 kills, maybe less with really good survivors. And in these situations where they're good survivors and you managed to kill them all, you don't get the achievement because you didn't get enough points in one grade.


Just make it so killers just need to use 3 perks, kill 4 survivors, and maybe not allow any exit gates on or have the last gen complete. By the time I finish this, couple days later I will most likely get my adept achievement for all my killers, but I am not enjoying most of the journey because I get punished for being an "Adept Killer"

Comments

  • Bluewolf
    Bluewolf Member Posts: 2

    Ye I got my last adept achievement today. Still wasn't fun achieving that.

  • scoser
    scoser Member Posts: 599

    I've raged about this nonsense ever since they changed the requirement from a 4K to Merciless. I'm sure they'll never change it, but it fills me with rage every time a new DLC drops and I've got to suffer through like a dozen games to get the newest killer adept.

  • LapisInfernalis
    LapisInfernalis Member Posts: 4,245
    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/343917/adept-killer-achievement-isnt-fun

    I have been posting about this issue ages ago.

    Survivors can hide all match, get hatch and have their achievement. Killers need to double pip wich is absurdly difficult on killers with insta downs or "weird" powers (e.g. Myers, Billy, Bubba, Plague).

    I only do adept killer right after rank reset because it's such a pain otherwise.

    Years ago there was a bug which gave you merciless killer at a 4k. That was a lot easier.

    My solution:

    Survivor adept: escape and get at least 1pip

    Killer adept: kill all 4 and get a pip.

    This way you need to be useful as Survivor and cannot just slug everyone as killer. And one pip is easily achieved across the ranks.