tottaly not DbD minigame (lol) rewards

So. First of have to say this years spooky event is the best I've seen so far. the amount of detail, work and overall content is amazing. 10/10 to the CT for this years event. My only question is reward balance.

I am determined to get the haunted mask for obvious reasons. However after overlooking the reqs. its almost impossible for non pro players like me who can play maybe 4 times a week?

here's the math:
1 game is about 20 mins if well done by both sides.
rewarding a median of 8 essence per game.
in one hour if each game is 20 mins you can get 24 essence. that's 3 shards per hour. its 8 shards per condensed. which is 64 essence.
1 condensed is 2.6 hours PER condensed of non stop playing the minigame.
at 24 condensed that's 62.4 hours of 24/7 gameplay.
the event from when this is posted has about 408 hours remaining.
IF we were to make it a day by day thing, you would have to play the game for 3.6 hours PER DAY to get enough to buy mask. not including time for buying the mask or items/ food/ bathroom/ que time. AND assuming you have a good game every single time.
while this may be doable for people who have no job/a lot of time to play/not busy schedules; for people who work/have kids/are busy, this is a bit extreme and borderline sad to attempt. I would love to get this item and I'm willing to grind for it. but the time constraint with the steep cost is rough against me having work and family life(skill issue)

I think there are some ways to help however;
1. each game should give a minimum of 5 essence regardless of what happens (excluding kill farming so this isn't abused)
2. for every 5 mins in game you gain another essence on top of your score essence. this means you can get around 1.5 shards per game. allowing for non pro players to slowly gain enough to buy the mask or other items.
3. reduce the cost of the mask by 1/3 or a half. makes it better for everyone involved

none of these suggestions are perfect, just ideas. Would appreciate feedback or other ways to help with cost/rewards






also colossal rat gaming

 

the mask is meant to be a grind item for the most dedicated players, like the salted plushie. in fact, i think it's already too low as is.

also, i haven't been playing this game very actively and yet im already 1/6 of the way done with the mask. it's not that bad.

 

bro how u get so much? i have like 24 games and im no close lmao. also i sorta get it being a "dedicated item" still sad bc of real life limits for play ;-;

 

i might consider doing 1 or 2. definitely see where you're coming from- i'm trying to keep a balance of not too easy and not too hard to get the mask

 

still glad that the mask made a return after getting vaulted lmao

 

I think it may be a bit much. 62 hrs is a lot and that’s if you get around a mean of 8 per run

 

yea. I love the game and really want that mask and I can understand having a "grindy item" just feel like it should be available to ppl with time constraints lol

 

worth noting that 20 mins is the absolute maximum a game can last. so in reality is probably a fair bit less than 64 hrs

 

ok i had almost always 20 min games lmao maybe we were just bad, what would you say is the normal gametime? and normal essence given? ill redo the math with those numbers

 

Like 8 mins average id say

 

bro what lobbies are you in??? my game yesterday was 19 mins what.

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genuinely tweakin

 

unless you get well-locked games usually dont go over 8-10m

 

last ganme i played was legit 18 min 32 sec. i recorded it

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im in expert lobbies or people are intentionally stallin lol

 

either bad teammates and good spirit or unlucky

 

damn rip me. however had alot of ppl say in party chat that rewards are rlly low for games where ppl get targeted and killed quick. IMO essence gain based on time would help significantly for players who get killed quick or are still learning

 

imo, some games you may just not get as much essence as others, I think thats okay. Whether thats because the spirit isnt very good and the game ends quickly, or because you get unlucky and die early. The more you physically do in the game, the more essences you'll get. (also if you got essence over time it'd become easier to afk grind which is super cringe but thats not main reason)

 

agreed

 

Agree + we need to add the time for actually FINDING a game