Rift grind, what are the devs and managers thinking?

Zboard
Zboard Member Posts: 114
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Hello, this summer went on vacation and took little a break from the game (around 3 weeks). My rift pass level was 45 before going on vacation . Now that i am back and wanted to resume things, rift levels dont look like progressing much after several matches, so i did some calculations and:

22 days to end, but rift fragments from ALL daily quests and ALL weekly quests would get me only to level 88.

I am not taking into account milestones, since their rewards are a joke now and require a ridiculous amount of time. Also noticed that you need to do 20 MATCHES to earn ONE SINGLE RIFT PASS LEVEL. Being optimistic, i would end at level ~93 considering the two above. Then what? Do i have to play an extra of 140 matches to complete the pass?

What is this insanity?

I consider myself a completionist and did every rift pass since the beggining, bought every new killer/surv and have most of the achievements (and a lot of hours) because i enjoy this game a lot. My actual problem comes after learning the changes with this rift system, which make it beyond abusive and is a punch in the face to working people that cant (and shouldnt) log in to play every day: i already have a job…

With this in mind i am considering full quitting and engaging with this game.

Trying to force people to play every day to boost stats is going to have the opposite effect, i think.

End of rant.

Comments

  • Zboard
    Zboard Member Posts: 114
    https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/4002103#Comment_4002103
    1. I doubt they will do that since they stopped with the old tomes, but who knows
    2. and 3. My guess is a middle ground, its BHVR you know, was a decent progress, thats too much for us peasants lol

    4. I hope, it's really bad atm

  • BbQz
    BbQz Member Posts: 414
    edited September 2025

    Yeah I bought my very first rift pass and figured I could level the pass up just by playing..but apparently you get really garbage shards for leveling... And I'm not doing quests like I'm not a dog who is gonna jump through hoops I've never done a tome a I have never clicked the quest or tome section other then to see I clearly hate it.

    I'm not here to play an MMORPG with nonsensical kill 7 rat quests I'm going to play dbd but it's very clear I won't be completing the rift by just playing even every day! Which I don't necessarily have a problem with but that will be my first and last rift purchase. Maybe I'm extreme in my views as I've never played a game with a "pass" before so don't really no the norms.

  • PleaseRewind
    PleaseRewind Member Posts: 428

    How is everyone doing with the millstones since the buff in requirements? Last one I got all with the exception of two and I got to 8 & 9 on those two. This time around I haven't even reached level 5 on any of them. Sure I've played a little less this time around but not by that much!

  • rvzrvzrvz
    rvzrvzrvz Member Posts: 1,186
    https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/4002181#Comment_4002181

    I finished survivor milestones by playing 2v8 a lot but killer milestones are way too grindy i'm not even trying, also I hate kicking gens the "damage generator" one is barely progressing, I finished rift anyway the milestones are pointless

  • Zynya
    Zynya Member Posts: 1

    I agree. I did every rift in the last years and I never had to play every day to complete them. Now, if I dont do my dailys, I will never finish this pass. I dont want to HAVE to play, its making me want to quit dbd after this rift. PLEASE augment the rift fragment per game and the milestone reward.