Rank Decay?

It was mentioned that something was in the works in the last Q&A. Why it isn't implemented with the introduction of SBMM is just another thing BHVR overlooked.

I am about tired of trying to consistently rank up and to continue to depip each game because I get tunneled. Or I loop the killer well enough to not really do gens, so I don't get enough points for gen completion.

Depiping should no longer exist. 0 and +1 are so close in red ranks it is very easy to depip consistently even if you are playing decently or just get a killer that isn't trying.

Many 0 games last night simply because the killer quit and I didn't get to unhook or heal anyone.

Exactly! I wonder if those people have actually played Dead by Daylight. I have 550 hours of game time in 3 months but I've never reached Grade Iri 1. Its just too difficult to play perfect games consistently to progress and I end up de-Piping which sets me back further. Most solid games do not earn Pips so you have to ensure that you unhook multiple survivors, repair multiple gens, escape from several chases, and survive the trial to earn a single Pip. Thats not easy to do against good or even mediocre Killers. I wish BHVR would make grades based on play time so I can finally reach Iri 1 and earn the most bloodpoints.

thank you for getting it.

if we keep de pipping it not time played.

The highest I had achieved as a survivor was Iri 4.

And I don't even know why, because that was at the very beginning after I'd only had the game for 2 months and I was bad. Maybe the opponents were probably too easy back then because I was still a new player. Since then I have never managed to get back into iri level, the highest was always gold.

But I can't loop, that has a lot to do with it. So I would definitely disagree with someone saying that anyone can achieve Iri if they play often enough. To loop well you need skill, not everyone has this skill to double pip constantly in higher grades. If, like me, you're bad at looping, you're very likely to be one of the first eliminated, especially when tunneling and camping is very popular. If you can't loop well, neither DH nor BT nor DS will help you to last in a chase and get a good amount of points . That means I feel lucky if I can get a safety pip, but pip constantly would be an impossible dream for me. xD

That's why I think that players who manage to get into iri grades relatively quickly every month HAVE a certain level of skill. Especially solo players. In swfs it is often the case that a worse player can be carried by his team into Iri ranks.

Sometimes if I play killer I see teams where red ranks playing worse than ashes.

I was already on Iri 1 with Killer, pipping as a killer is also faster for me than when I play survivor. But I'm generally a better killer player than survivor player. Because as a killer I don't have to loop xD

But also as a killer... the longer you play, the harder your opponents get, the longer and harder it is to get 3 or 4K consistently. I also see more and more safety pips instead of actual + pips.

The only thing frustrating about not making it to Iri is the sweet BP rewards you're missing out on. Especially if you still have a ton of perks to grind. If only the grind would finally be fixed sigh

Let me correct the title: *GRADES

(Thought you already got that, but later in you're text you talked about ranks again)

@hatchetChugger

And so are 90% of the community, as long ppl still call it "ranks".

All you need to know is that Grades doesn't reflect skill, just play time. The Skill rating is hidden.

Yes, the grind is especially bad as a killer.

I have a main survivor character (mikaela, but without COH, I´m not one of these :D ) and she now has almost all tier 3 perks that exist in the game. I think there are still 6 perks missing, after that she has everything you can have.

But with killers it's more of a problem, because every killer has its unique power and you need special perks with every killer so that you have a chance. That means you have to grind these perks with almost all killers and the blood web RNG is HORRIBLE .

And then BHVR keeps releasing new characters with new perks all the time and the grind just keeps getting worse.

Shrine of Secrets is just to unlock Teachables though, or did you mean you spend shards to get BP from perks you already have?

That would be nice, but the other problem is the bloodweb and its RNG. Imagine you finally get the perk of your dreams in the shrine but then the blood web just doesn't want to give you that perk. You wait days, sometimes weeks. You get all ######### and useless perks in a loop but the one perk you want.... nada, the bloodweb says:" Well dude, ######### you ... I guess not ...."

I HATE IT SO MUCH. There are so many killers where I have already the teachables from other characters for but still didn´t get them in their web.

I feel like time played correlates with skill a lot anyway. If you play a game a lot you tend to play better, or you would think so. So ranks used to reflect skill and still can now in some cases. Iridescent grades tend to be good in my experience.

If they don't at least fix the de-pipping at least change the requirement for pipping. I get nearly to Iri 3 but the consistent tunneling/camping, or not being able to do the gens/heals required has made it near impossible to progress. It's really demoralizing when you lose four pips in a row and start over again.