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Bhvr is wrong about the BP Cap still being needed, and it hurts the brain.
During the stream, they answered why the cap still exists.
The Cap exists to encourage people to spend points and play more. They disliked the idea of people maxing out new characters then no longer playing. The cap in their eyes allows everyone to level content together.
This is extremely short-sighted.
People who play this game a lot are usually at BP cap, and they have no reason at all to spend once they have what they want. I have like 6-7 survivors maxed, but only because I get tired of sitting at cap, not because its "fun to level characters" with other people. This doesn't factor in that new players get completely screwed over, they don't have all the perks that collectively take 100+ hours to unlock, they don't have the experience to quickly grind out the BP in general. Old players, once they already have everything, have no reason to spend anything. Why would I spend BP on items for characters when i am actively discouraged from bringing items now since the addons change to being lost if you escape, not to mention items are not needed at all.
Old players sitting at cap can usually get a feel early for how well a killer is going to rank among the cast, or if the killer aesthetically is poor, or for any other reason, they will save their points and continue to sit at cap.
The BP System as a whole needs reworking, this "grind," especially for newer players, is worse than leveling in WoW, funnily enough right now its actually super fast since Blizz admitted its the worst part and are actively improving it greatly.
Some things they could (but won't) do.
- Remove cap
- Remove perk tiers, this only seeks to extend the grind more and more, and with each passing chapter just leads to more bloat. With tiers removed, the grind would be shortened significantly and made to feel less tiresome.
- Allow a trade-up system. Ex; Trade 5 brown addons for a Yellow. This would remove the clutter and add some value to otherwise complete garbage.
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I agree entirely. Trying to get some friends into this game is hard when I tell them that it's super grindy.
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I agree with OP for point #1 and #3, I have never understood the cap, it is pretty pointless, and a trade in for addons or offerings for BP that don't get used/can't be used because they are exclusive to an event would be nice.
I don't think perk tiers are going anywhere though, and I can't say I really care if they stay the way they are or not. I won't deny that it does create quite a bit of the grind though, especially if you are actively buying killers and survivors to get perks, it can take while, especially for new players.
I know a lot of people dislike the BP cap.
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Items are not necessary but they are extremely useful. When you find a grey toolbox use it! I agree the bloodpoint cap isn’t great where it stands now but just raise it to 9.99 million. It’s not the bloodpoint cap that makes things grindy it’s having to swim through a sea of perks to maybe find the ones you want. My suggestion Even just decreasing it to only 2 tiers (standard and upgraded) would make a big difference, or increase how many perks show up on the bloodweb past lvl 10. having at least 2 perks to choose between lvls 10-30 seems reasonable. Or maybe you could spend iridescent shards to upgrade right away. maybe a combo of all 3 of these suggestions. I like the idea of trading in unused addons, I still have all those pink ones for killers that used to allow you a chance to try out dlc killers. Here’s the original post just about removing perk tiers https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/190220/perks-shouldnt-have-tiers-anymore-change-my-mind/p1
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seconded.
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