Is this event (rift/serum mashup) the new standard? And rant.

kamisen
kamisen Member Posts: 794
in General Discussions

Does the withering blight-event showcase the new standard for future events?

I'm personally not fond of the turnout and would much rather have the "old" version back. Here's what grinds my gears:

1) The separation of currency and missions. I want to earn the serum by doing something...extra. Right now, it's just the regular grind with a yellow hook/engine. With the tome completed, it's just the same old game with one extra layer of level system.

2) No actual distinction from regular gameplay (apart from the pumpkins). Previous events changed the gameplay for a limited period of time. For me at least, it was like taking a vacation from the "regular" game. It was fun, a bit chaotic and short, just like a vacation should be. This event is more like pouring sand in your living room and calling it a beach. Doesn't really change much.

3) The time it takes to collect the currency. Some grind can be fun. But 70 days is way too much if you ask me.

4) That you can buy the cosmetics BEFORE the actual event. In fact, I don't think you should be able o spend auric cells to buy them until after the event has ended. I want to feel special goddamit!

Comments

  • kamisen
    kamisen Member Posts: 794

    I would love it if some DBD-guru answered <3

  • Broccoli_Jaeger
    Broccoli_Jaeger Member Posts: 252

    I am not a DbD guru but it would make sense if they want to get more money. It's easier to get the event currency in the premium pass so many people are going to buy it.

  • TheRockstarKnight
    TheRockstarKnight Member Posts: 2,171

    I hope not, but almost certainly.

    1). Same

    2). I blame the community for this. Last Halloween tried to be special and different, and we saw how that turned out. DC central with people left to die on 1st hook at 5 gens because the only thing anyone cared about was getting the serum. It wasn't even that hard to fill vials; people just wanted to be jerks about it and do it ASAP. There's no reason we couldn't have gotten more event skins for like lockers, chests, pallets, and totems but I don't blame the devs for not introducing new gameplay elements.

    3.) This riles me up too. The serum not being tied to the Halloween event feels like some kind of joke.

    4.) Same here. Making the skins purchasable before the event feels like a shameless cashgrab to me and definitely kills the mood. "Gee, I'm so glad I grinded and completed Archive challenges so I could get the same thing Sue got a week ago by paying 10 bucks."

  • HatCreature
    HatCreature Member Posts: 3,298

    This had better not be the norm as it is boring and every event is not actually an event but a new Rift.

    Just make all Gens and hooks decorated and Offerings give you a bonus multiplier for points.

    Vials can still be obtained by doing Gens and it would have to be a specific number but at least it feels like you're actually working towards a vial. The same can go for Hooks and Moris but you would get more progress from a Hook.

    I also think they should have brought back those Pestula sacks, even if no one can actually drain them they would have been sick decorations and make the map feel more alive. But we just got the Rift because they have been focusing on something new, not like they could just re-use old assets like they do every year...weird.