any point to prestige?

[Ocelot]

any point to prestige classes? i know you get extra xp to level again but is that all? Thanks

[Ricardo Milos]

There is no point in prestiging perks apart from new perk icon, new prestige skins for weapons and some dosh for your Vault.

[Ocelot]

Originally posted by Ricardo Milos:

There is no point in prestiging perks apart from new perk icon, new prestige skins for weapons and some dosh for your Vault.

Thanks mate

[johnginnj]

None. Silly to hear people who get excited by double xp because they "need" to prestige or level up. No you don't need, you want

The only thing I find fun about prestige is a chance to start over with less abilities as a challenge.

The weapon skins are meb, the prestige sticker who cares? Vault dosh? Uggh.

[Gunthak]

I still have a few 25 perks I haven't bothered to Prestige, several years later.

These are perks that - without exaggerating - would've likely accumulated enough XP to hit 25 dozens of times before Prestige was even added to the game.

So when Prestige did get inserted in KF2, and with absolutely zero gameplay ramifications to pursue, I really couldn't be bothered. Not terribly interested in cosmetics or dressed-up perk icons, and the idea of re-grinding on lower difficulty sounded awfully boring and pointless.

Eventually I did max Prestige a couple perks, mainly due to leveling up a friend new to the game. Without that excuse I probably would have continued not to give a damn.

I do hope if TWI/Saber ever decide to jury-rig another post-25 grind mechanism into KF2 that they DO NOT use the current Prestige as a pre-requisite for this new grind path. Especially if that path does actually award some minor gameplay advantages.

A purely cosmetic grind/stepping stone pre-req needed to access a new advancement system that affects gameplay -- that would be lame. I believe one's game profile/save does track accumulated XP in the background (even if you haven't reset via Prestige), so perhaps a new progress system could use that data as a basis.

Who am I kidding: KF2 will not receive another progression path, nor level cap increase (with tweaked post-HoE 'official' new difficulty), nor new modifiers to earn for perk trees, etc.
KF2 is pretty much in 'maintenance mode' now, with facile seasonal updates using community content, bug fixes, and 'official' DLC items to sell for a trickle of game revenue.

Perhaps best to save any more expansive new game design/balancing/progression systems for a Killing Floor 3, if that's in the cards for Tripwire Interactive.

[Wehzy]

Originally posted by Ricardo Milos:

There is no point in prestiging perks apart from new perk icon, new prestige skins for weapons and some dosh for your Vault.

This. I like to do prestige cuz i really like getting some juicy level xp everytime i play x) Thats mostly the reason i play this game, cuz i can level up a looooot.

[Seinekar]

Sad. i would love each level of prestige reward anything, like +1 max HP at least, so there is a (poor) excuse to bother with prestige.

[Eze]

I usually prestigee only to see how much I tended to rely on skills earned. If you want to handicap yourself , it is a good way to do it. It's the only gameplay aspect available on it now.

[California DMV Gaming]

I personally like to Prestige because it's fun leveling up all over again, and it gives me an excuse to play on Hard or Normal for achievements.

[Dark Savior]

I like to prestige because it gives me the chance to play HOE with low level characters.
This forces me to make new builds to accommodate the lack of damage.

[Kazzie]

I like it because I like collecting vault vosh items.

[.:Jj:.]

I would be fine just with getting skins, but the ones I've seen are just super weak (my main is Support). I hope KF3 is on the way because most of 2's systems need a revamp: lootboxes, leveling, skill trees, awards, crafting... It's either super dated, boring or half-baked.

[Rocknack]

It looks cool and it's fun to challenge yourself by starting fresh. It also helps you realize how much of your performance is your skills/stats and how much of it is your knowledge and proficiency.

But no, there's no actual game play advantage to be gained.