New Level System (XP)

So that's mean that you only get shards when you level up or the level up just determines how much you earn per match ?

It's pretty slow, but faster than what it used to be. I'd say around 5-6 times faster.

At level 21 I got around 150 shards(I think, I will update this with the amount i get for 23 so I can be exact). It takes me about 5 games, 6 or 7 if I have bad luck to level up right now. The early levels were only 40 shards for about 2 games.
For comparison's sake, currently you only get 1 shard per minute in a match, max at 10. So 7 matches would give max 70 shards, but with this system it gives about 150.
I do think it is quite slow of a grind for shards. They could either increase the amount you get per level up, or make leveling up easier. Maybe even do both.

Ok, just so we're on the same level here..

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NEW FEATURE: Player Level

For this release, we have implemented a Player Level which represents the amount of time you have spent playing the game. Playing games grants a certain number of Experience Points (XP), and XP contributes to increasing your player level.
XP is gained through:
Time played in a match
Highest Emblem quality at the end of a match
Bonus for first match of the day (for both, Killer and Survivor)
When you pass Player Level 100, you will gain 1 Devotion Level and your overall Player Level progression will reset to 1 – as will XP requirements and Iridescent Shard rewards. Each level of Devotion represents 100 Player Levels gained.

UPDATED FEATURE: Iridescent Shards

We have changed the way that you will acquire Iridescent Shards and what you can do with them. Each Player Level gained (see above) will reward a set amount of Iridescent Shards, which will allow you to purchase customization items, characters, or teachable perks in the in-game store.

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So I guess my question is.. what is the formula or cap? And I think I can answer it.. nobody knows, yet.

Do you know how many shards you made up to level 21? Damn, had I thought about it, I would have made a spreadsheet.

Hmmm. There has to be something to that Devotion label. The word in itself has a weight to it so I'd be surprised if it was just a reset and that would be it. What a dud, if so. Haha

Don't know the exact formular yet. But so far it seem to me like it's always lik 15xp == 1IS. Like levels that require 2100xp give you 140 shards and earlier levels that required 1200xp gained you 80, etc.

@Sooted said:
can i still trade shards for 200k bloodpoints?

yes

@Sooted Yes, from my calculations it will start out at about the same speed, but once you get past level 15(only about 10 hours of playtime, so nothing especially since it is Summer) you should be able to get those shrine bloodpoints about twice as fast.

what is max level in the new system? 10 hours i make in 2 days

Someone has said we get Auric Cells for reaching Player Level 100. If so, thats pretty interesting.

I'm at Player Level 14 right now, and for the past few levels (and probably the next few) I get 150 iridescent shards for levelling up. Per level, I need 2.1K experience points, which are easily obtained in about 5 games.

In the past you would get a max of 10 shards per game, so if you played 5 games that would be 50 shards. Now you play 5 games, get a level up and receive 150 shards (idk why everybody says 140, it's incorrect). So, at least for the lower levels, you are obtaining shards 3 times faster than before.

@theagitatedapricot said:
Sure, but things cost 3.63x as much. Purchasing a perk in the shrine that cost 550 before now costs 2000. 2000/550 = 3.63 

Before you would have to play at least 55 games with 10 shards every time, to get 550 shards. Now it averages about 65 games to be played to obtain 2000 shards, so it's not really that much worse.
Considering you probably wouldn't have gotten 10 shards in every game, I would say it almost the same amount of games. They just shouldn't have reduced the amount of bloodpoints received. But it's so much easier now to get bloodpoints, I can't really fault this system in any way.

@theagitatedapricot said:
It's just misleading for them to say "You'll earn shards much faster!" Yes, it's true.. but things cost a lot more. Unless I'm getting the math wrong, it takes about 5 hours just to unlock the cheapest single cosmetic (like a different colored shirt for Claudette). 

It's not misleading because YOU ARE earning shards ~3 times faster. And before that you couldn't unlock anything with them other than teachable perks. They didn't say you can get teachable perks from the shrine or anything else 3 times faster. They promised us that we will get shards much faster now, and that's exactly what we are getting.
5 hours for 1 low priced cosmetic item is not bad at all. You have to work for them and not collect them all in a matter of a couple of days. It's meant to add longevity and purpose to the game.

@theagitatedapricot said:
Well, we're just not going to agree on this. A single re-colored item is not worth 5 hours, in my opinion, and never will be.

1 skin from the shop for $5 is not worth it. 5 hours is nothing.