Do "free" perks belong in the shrine?
There are 213 perks in DBD. Of these there are 36 general perks that are always unlocked and do not appear in the shrine.
There are 6 free killers with 3 unique perks each (Trapper, Wraith, Hillbilly, Nurse, Nea, Huntress)
There are 6 free survivors with 3 unique perks each (Dwight, Meg, Claudette, Jake, Bill, David)
Math time:
213-36-36= 141 perks.
There are 52 weeks in a year. Let's assume the yearly celebration lasts 2 weeks and every other week there is a "normal" shrine. So 50 weeks x4 perks= 200 potential perks per year outside the event shrine.
DBD could move to a fixed rotation where we get 141 perks after 3/4ths of a year - but that's asking for a radical change. New perks would always appear in the shrine before a year had passed.
Suggestion : Remove the 36 "free" perks from the rotation so that new players who do not own all the DLC can have better access to all the perks.
Example: let's say next week we remove all the "free" perks from the shrine. Let's say you want Deadlock from Pinhead. Assuming all perks have the same chance to be picked with no forced lock out date then you have a much better chance to get a perk you don't have with 141 choices rather than 177 options. Remember that two perks will be for the killer so that reduces your chances further.
Note: Perks very likely have a lock out date to discourage people getting them immediately after the DLC launches.
Even if there is no hard stop - keeping all the "free" perks in the shrine serves as a "soft block" to reduce the chances of you getting the DLC perks you want.
Perks from the original cast and free characters can be easily unlocked now with the recent changes. Putting those perks in the shrine servers to "water down" the availability of DLC perks. If you click on this link you can see that old perks like Enduring, Balanced Landing and Urban Evasion have been in the shrine 23 times : ( https://deadbydaylight.fandom.com/wiki/Shrines_of_Secrets_Archive ).
When the shrine was introduced in 2016 it was announced as a way for players to unlock access to new perks when they do not own all the DLC. Why then are we getting so "free" perks in the shrine? We do not need them anymore thanks to the progression changes.
How is having Brutal Strength and Prove Thyself in the shrine helpful? You can unlock either very quickly by spending points on Trapper/Dwight. New players will earn 1M BP much faster than they will ever be able to acquire 2000 shards.
Pinhead was released on Sept 7, 2021 and his perks have appeared in the shrine 0 times one year and weeks later. Instead we got a bunch of free perk repeats. Was that helpful to you?
Looking at the current shrine and the past 4 shrines there have been 9 "free" perks. That means only 11/20 perks were DLC perks.
Do "free" perks belong in the shrine? 39 votes
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Removing the free perks or making the RNG fixed would both be fine but removing free perks is probably more simple
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If I were to guess - people who have all the DLC probably think the current system works fine.
I have some friends who are trying to unlock things without owning all the DLC; they really resent seeing free perks week after week in the shrine.
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I don't like the free perks. They are way more accessible via Bloodpoints than some perks that are behind a paywall or through grinding a lot of Iri Shards.
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Exactly my thoughts. It's time to retire the free perks from the shrine.
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Yeah. I don't understand why they even cost 2k. Since they are free they should at most cost 1/4th of the price (or even less) and always be available. So instead of just 4 it should be 6. With 2 free ones and the rest DLC. Or just remove them completely.
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Just to point out : It took almost 15 months for a Pinhead Perk to appear via shrine. Even then it was added via special event and not RNG.
If we removed all the "free perks" from the shrine then players without DLC would be getting much better access. It's one thing to ask someone to play without the new perks for 6-8 months. It's something else when they do not appear for over a year and often get nerfed before the "free to play" users can get them.
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Make all perks appear, including DLC, make it a completely random chance for all of them, unweighted
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The shrine was added in 2016 to give players that dont buy DLC access to DLC perks. What purpose does it serve to have perks in the shrine like Sabotage that you already have free access to?
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