We have temporarily disabled The Houndmaster (Bone Chill Event queue) and Baermar Uraz's Ugly Sweater Cosmetic (all queues) due to issues affecting gameplay.

Visit the Kill Switch Master List for more information on these and other current known issues: https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/kb/articles/299-kill-switch-master-list
The Dead by Daylight team would like your feedback in a Player Satisfaction survey.

We encourage you to be as honest as possible in letting us know how you feel about the game. The information and answers provided are anonymous, not shared with any third-party, and will not be used for purposes other than survey analysis.

Access the survey HERE!

Prestiging before the update

So, I'm a kinda of a slow guy in this subject. Please help!

I'm a killer main who have never prestiged any char.

If I have a character with prestige level 1 BEFORE the 6.1 update, when it hits, will I have a prestige 2 character?

It is not explicit anywhere, but with all prestige 11 I'm seeing this is the only way that the math make sense (people with prestige 3 gaining +3 prestige +5 of perks).

My POV: I love playing 14 killers, so I'd be willing to prestige all others (losing theirs addons) to have theirs level 2 perks on everyone. I won't have time to get 70 perks with them, so my plan is to prestige 1 and get another prestige after 6.1, but does this work this way?

Comments

  • laucion
    laucion Member Posts: 9

    Thanks. I get that I'll lose BP, but I'll reduce the grind.

    So, I lose 50 levels worth of bp to gain 50 levels worth of grind. That is a trade I'm willing to take.


    Thanks!

  • laucion
    laucion Member Posts: 9

    Yeah. I'm asking here, on reddit and a lot of places, but I'll be ready to prestige if necessary. Thanks! =D

  • MikaelaWantsYourBoon
    MikaelaWantsYourBoon Member Posts: 6,564
    edited July 2022

    They will give you free prestige levels for unlocked perks. So i think wait for update. Rewards are kinda pointless.

  • Ricardo170373
    Ricardo170373 Member Posts: 727

    I have a lot of characters on lvl 40, obviously for the teachables, so, now i will give more 10 lvls and i will put every on P1 lvl 1, because, i will have P2 in the new system and, finally i will need just 1 more prestige for tier 3 perks. i will save a lot of BP and time

  • laucion
    laucion Member Posts: 9
  • hastarkis
    hastarkis Member, Alpha Surveyor Posts: 580
    edited July 2022

    Are you sure you don't want to get 70 perk tiers? I've got 45-50 perk tiers leveling up from 1 to 50 lvl. As you can grab 2 perk tiers per lvl, it's only 10 more lvls to get 70 of them. So if you are going to lvl all characters up to 50 anyway it shoudn't be too hard to make another 10 lvls to get 70 tiers in total. Especially while everyone still uses 106% offerings and BBQ is still here.

    After updage you'll get 1 prestige lvl automatically due to perk pull, then will prestige them into p2 (without loosing addons and offerings) and will be able to get one more prestige to unlock perks on tier 3 just like you wanted.

    Of course there's no reason for that if you don't play those characters AT ALL and won't regret about all those addons you've got so far, but if you'd prefer to keep your staff it's completely doable to get 70 perk tiers to get 1 bonuse prestige before the update.

  • spodamayn
    spodamayn Member Posts: 220
    edited July 2022

    If all you care about is getting to P3 in the update, just get everyone to P1 level 50. They'll all end up being P2 level 50 in the update and you can instantly get to P3 by spending 50k bloodpoints per character. That's the quickest and cheapest way to do it. You also don't lose any addons or offerings this way.

  • Ricardo170373
    Ricardo170373 Member Posts: 727

    Really, i didnt remember that, i will study my cases again hahaha

  • Krid
    Krid Member Posts: 6

    Is this a fact, that Prestige 1 Chars are prestige 2 after the update? I was under the impression that this is a bug on the ptb. Old prestige levels are counted double. All Information on this topic is welcome.

  • fogdonkey
    fogdonkey Member Posts: 1,567

    If you don't understand this change, the simple rule is to not prestige before the update.

  • fulltonon
    fulltonon Member Posts: 5,762

    Probably you should gather all the perks while getting addons for your beloved killer.

  • Krid
    Krid Member Posts: 6

    Can you point me to the exact place in the patch notes?

    It is obviously not this, because it only grants 1 new Prestige level for each old one and that is not reflected in the ptb:

    Existing players will have their characters granted prestige levels in the new system based on the following:

    • 1 level per existing Prestige level (maximum of 3)


  • spodamayn
    spodamayn Member Posts: 220
    edited July 2022

    It's exactly in the part you quoted. You get 1 additional prestige level for each prestige level you had before the PTB. So P1 = P2, P2 = P4, P3 = P6. It's reflected in the PTB. I can understand how it might be confusing, as it confused me at first too

  • laucion
    laucion Member Posts: 9

    It confused me so much that I asked here. Lol

    But I don't know why people say this community is toxic, everybody is super nice to me here and in reddit. ♡

  • Krid
    Krid Member Posts: 6

    thanks for the in

    Thanks for the information. It was not clear to me, that this meant bonus prestige levels (in addition to existing ones).

  • GreenDemo
    GreenDemo Member Posts: 276
    edited July 2022

    Unless you care about the prestige 3 "reward" after the rework, it's best to just dump bloodpoints and unlock perks on a killer you want the teachables from. When the update hits, for the amount of perks you have the "catch up" mechanic will give you some free prestige levels.

    Wait that's how the catch up mechanic works ? Or is it something completly seperate.... I am confusion xp

    Post edited by GreenDemo on
  • Mr_K
    Mr_K Member Posts: 9,249

    It is not a bug. You gain 1 level for each prestige you have prior to the update. On top of that you gain levels based on how many perk tiers you unlocked. This is all explained in the PTB patch notes.

  • gnehehe
    gnehehe Member Posts: 510

    Don't prestige before the big update ... unless you do really want the golden shower portraits 😏

  • FilthyLegionMain
    FilthyLegionMain Member Posts: 1,148
    edited July 2022

    Eww, I don't want piss portraits. Now I regret P3ing Steve.

  • Krid
    Krid Member Posts: 6

    when will the update actually hit, will there be an advance warning, so I can prestige before it?

  • Swampoffering
    Swampoffering Member Posts: 384
    edited July 2022

    Do not prestige unless you have 169 perks or less on that character.

    Why? If you have 170 or more (Counting every perk level as one, BBQ on Lvl 3 counts as 3 perks for example) you will jump into prestige 3 if that character is Lvl 50 with no prestige, more if you have that character with 170+ perks with prestiges done.


    For example - I have Adam at P1 with 281 perks, when update comes, My adam will be P8 if I am not wrong. 5 Prestige levels for having between 270-319 perks, my old prestige 1 and two more for prestiging 1 time before update .


    Every prestige you do now, counts as 2 more with update, A character P1 lvl1 will be P3 Lvl 1 with update (This is info from the last Update, when they Nerfed Dh to 0.5).

    My advice - Prestige to Lvl 1 every character that you have with less than 170 perks, when update comes, you will get P3 and unlock all the perks at lvl 3 for everyone. Do not prestige a character if you have all perks with him/her, It doesn´t matter if you have P0 lvl 50, with all perks you will be Lvl 6 with update.


    Another example - I dont use Jeff, But I leveled him from P0 Lvl 40 to P1 Lvl1. When update comes, I will be P3 Lvl 1 with him and all my survivors will have his 3 perks at Lvl 3 unlocked.


    P.D - DO NOT PRESTIGE NANCY - STEVE - DEMO unless you main them, they doesn´t have teachable perks since Behaviour lost the licence, all their perks are common now. Prestiging them is a waste of BP

  • DBD78
    DBD78 Member Posts: 3,469

    If you have Haddie at where you can prestige her, used up cakes on her etc you should prestige. This is what Dowsey said anyway:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q9HT-_zUdY&t

  • spodamayn
    spodamayn Member Posts: 220
    edited July 2022

    I don't think there is going to be any kind of bonus. The portraits are the reward, nothing more.

    Also I decided to get everyone that I can to prestige 1 on my console account since I don't play much on there, unless the character has close to 120 perk tiers. If your goal is to reach P3 after the update, 120 perk tiers will get you there after paying the 20k fee to prestige again (since you'll be level 50 and keep your levels)

  • Dwightslocker
    Dwightslocker Member Posts: 21

    Im so frustrated by the new update. I mostly play survivor so i think i just need 2 more people to prestige to lvl one before the update which is doable for me. But ive recently picked up playing some killer just unlocked all the teachables bar the dredge ones and taught them to pyramid head as id like to use him and now ill lose all those perks as i dont have any killer p1. So frustrating.

  • MrMori
    MrMori Member Posts: 1,691
    edited July 2022

    You're not going to lose any perks. I didnt mention it in my post but the prestige levels you get after the update drops won't remove any items addons or perks, and of course neither will prestiging after the update, since it is mandatory. That's the whole point of this prestige rework on top of giving Tier Perks based on prestige.

    Either way, find out which killer has the perks you like most and try to get them to P1 before the update drops tomorrow, and you'll get all their perks P3 on everyone thanks to the catchup mechanic giving you 2 extra prestiges as long as you have P1.

  • hastarkis
    hastarkis Member, Alpha Surveyor Posts: 580

    Your unlocked perks will stay unlocked "even if having them contradict new system" ©

    As far as I know, all unlocked teachables will stay unlocked and will be shared as tier 1 for all killers who don't have them yet (just like if you have those killers P1). And even if not - you won't loose any perks you've got so far from bloodweb anyway. So if your Pyramid Head has those perks on tier 3, he will have those perks on tier 3 after the update too.

  • Trickstom
    Trickstom Member Posts: 118

    In general, unless you have less than 170 perks (4 full pages of tier 3 perks) on a killer, it's not worth it.

    On the killer side after this update, getting addons and offerings will be much harder than before. I only have prestige killers that I genuinely don't play/care at all.

    On the survivor side, there is no negative points so I've already prestiged them all.

  • Friendly_Blendette
    Friendly_Blendette Member Posts: 2,923

    Now every p1 will become a p3 aka the important prestiege for gameplay. I would recommending p1ing as man as you can before the update.

  • MrMori
    MrMori Member Posts: 1,691

    Pretty much, unless you have 120 perk tiers or so. Simple and straightforward. Cause if you have 120 perk tiers, you get P2, then you can P3 immediately after from P2L50.

  • Dwightslocker
    Dwightslocker Member Posts: 21

    Ahh. Excellent. Feel much better now. Least now the grind feels like it was still worth it.


    Thanks for the info