So This'll Sound Greedy No Matter What...
But when will be the next time a chapter will be free?
I'm not here to milk BHVR dry, but i also can't deny getting chapters for free.
I know they said they'd do that "whenever they can do it", but you'd think that would be by now thanks to the Rift being a thing, a buttload of cosmetics, and more people playing on average than ever.
Also, it's probably just an outdated quote by now.
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Any DLC that not license are free. Free for me is anything you can get without paying real money.
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Okay, then that's just something we'll never agree on.
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I second this. Given how much the game has grown content-wise maybe it could be a good idea to add a chapter or two to the base game though. I´m not sure to which degree this differs depending on platform, but afaik the steam version comes with Lullaby in the Dark ,Last Breath and the L4D paragraph. Maybe they could add Curtain call, Shattered Bloodline or Demise of the faithful into the package.
This would help ease the grind ( the main reason I reliably fail to spark passion for the game in others, as soon as they realise how much they would have to buy and grind for, they´re out )
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I think only free chapters ever were nurse and huntress right ? Those existed before the shop (if memory serves right) so the only way to buy a chapter was through money since IS didn't exist so free chapters made sence in a way. At least that's how I think it was, it's been a while.
Now that we can grind for IS to buy chapters through in game time/currency I don't think they'll ever add completely free chapter again.
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@Slashstreetboy I forgot about new players who have to grind. I dont have full perks on both side, but just enough to use all Meta build, so I dont mind new perks much.
About grinding for new players. I think they should at least lock David, Bill, Nea & Huntress, Nurse. Then give them 45000 Shards so they're able to get non-license DLC characters as their wish.
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I don't see it happening. Their decisions seem to be finding ways to get more money from players than ways to give them stuff for free. Tome 4 was made to take longer than tomes 2 or 3 so people wouldn't finish and buy the remaining tiers instead. The "free" track of the rift is so empty it just looks bad and they won't fill it with shards or even just some bloodpoints to look better. They're selling "legendary" cosmetics for $15 that really don't do anything special. They've started linking cosmetics so people have to buy a full cosmetic instead of single pieces. We did get some random cosmetics for free that were "exclusives" but most were because people were selling the codes for ridiculous amounts and BHVR wasn't getting that money.
This is not to say they have to give anything away for free, just their actions point towards more about making money than giving anything away for free.
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I don't understand this, so what is "free" to you. What he said is true, anything that you can get with out paying real money is free.
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In all honesty I'm content with how we can get survivors and killers for free now HOWEVER I would actually like for BHVR to occasionally add a perk or two to the global free perks pool. It would be a nice refreshing experience in my opinion. Admittedly Visionary would have fit that bill pretty well. Not too powerful of a perk but an interesting newbie friendly perk that's available to everyone would have been nice.
Also yes I remember the quote too. In my opinion they probably changed their stance on it.
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Free to me is what was free before: Unlocked, playable from the get-go.
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Never again. They've tasted the money raked in from macrotransactions and like any company, they want more of it. Damned be anyone in their wake, even players.
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I think what will never be free are licensed killers which is sad,BHVR should allow anyone a way to obtain licensed or non licensed killers without paying any money and grind for it.
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Needing a mountain of luck, we might someday get a Left 4 Dead Killer. 🤷♂️
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What would it be? The Boomer or Jockey would be the best fits in my opinion. As a lot of the others seem they'd be too similar to current killers
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Used to be one for the Tank, but that massive size would make clipping problems with tight vaults & hallways.
I wouldn't like the Jockey, purely cause he'd get the Hag & Blight treatment: Short.
Boomer's a puker, just that makes him a fat Plague to me.
Charger's a Hillbilly.
Hunter would be original, but his thing is to pounce around and really high, so that could be a balance problem by itself. (Loops being a main defense for Survivors.)
Smoker's a Deathslinger.
Witch seems impossible to make her feel legit, as she doesn't do anything in L4D until someone provokes her. If you can just control her normally, it could've pretty much been any other Special Infected instead.
Spitter might just be different enough, i mean she also releases goo from her mouth like Boomer & Plague, but it's different.
You could spit acid pools down that will damage them over time, you could spit it over walls, vaults & Pallets, maybe it can even damage Dying Survivors.
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I had written off Spitter for the reason you had done Boomer, but you've kind of changed my stance through your reasoning, I used to want it to be Smoker, but with the inclusion of Deathslinger it would be pointless.
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:D ######### you want, them to pay you for playing ? That's how you get them for free, you play the game and use shards, it will never be FREE on steam market
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Never, Behaviour turned into an extremely greedy company.
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If they made any unlicensed chapter that's 3+ years old free, that would be cool.
If that was a thing, it would only affect Doctor & Hag's chapter so far, which consoles already have by default, but would be nice if PC got it too.
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The latter.
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Don't be making stuff up now, i'm not asking to be paid for playing.
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What you want then ? We already have free DLC's
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What i want is to know if they have any plans on it.
The most likely answer is no, but that doesn't prevent me from wanting to make sure.
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If you're saying that the non-licensed DLC's are "free" you're forgetting that it takes weeks of grinding iridescent shards to earn enough to "buy" the "free" dlc.
I spend 9k shards for just the killer when I can, which according to this chart equals around 200 games.
At 15 minutes per game that's 50 hours of matches.
This doesn't include the lobby, playing in the bloodweb, or the scoreboard screen... strictly matches JUST for the Killer.
"Free" content doesn't exist in Dead by Daylight anymore. Everything costs time or money.
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