why is prestige a thing?

[Tymeus]

This isn't COD and other than a new badge I don't see any incentive since tier 3 items are high level so we reset from scratch and have to use the ♥♥♥♥ tier 1 stuff again. i play with a group of friends that we only play with each other and goof around the whole time and try to get each other killed, we don't play with the general public so cant we get a custom game mode with all items unlocked and no xp? we just played seriously for the first time since this game came out and we all decided it just wasn't fun for us anymore now.

[Shaken_Widow]

pretty sure prestige is going to be used to unlock higher tier ghost missions later on they just haven't implemented it.

you could ask why they have prestige systems in deep rock galactic and then be shown a plethora of examples why it should be a thing in ALL co-op games.

example: if my teammate is prestige and has a mission that's even harder than non prestige missions, and doing the mission will net us rewards we wouldn't get from a non prestige mission and also has challenges not present in regular missions, yes it is worth prestiging.

it's just not in the game yet that we know of, (maybe there's something hidden they haven't told us about?) but to say it's not something the game needs is a broad statement made from a point of ignorance, (no offense, i too am ignorant at times, the word shouldn't be taken as a dis,)

[Tymeus]

Originally posted by Shaken_Widow:

pretty sure prestige is going to be used to unlock higher tier ghost missions later on they just haven't implemented it.

you could ask why they have prestige systems in deep rock galactic and then be shown a plethora of examples why it should be a thing in ALL co-op games.

yeah but we don't even do any of the mission goals half the time other than "scooby doo solve the whos the ghost" so for us prestige is a useless feature and forcing us into a play style we have no interest in at all

[Shaken_Widow]

Originally posted by Tymeus:

Originally posted by Shaken_Widow:

pretty sure prestige is going to be used to unlock higher tier ghost missions later on they just haven't implemented it.

you could ask why they have prestige systems in deep rock galactic and then be shown a plethora of examples why it should be a thing in ALL co-op games.

yeah but we don't even do any of the mission goals half the time other than "scooby doo solve the whos the ghost" so for us prestige is a useless feature and forcing us into a play style we have no interest in at all

again, things are still being added to this "early access" game and prestige will allow for the addition of more content.

it's early access, the game is nowhere near complete so making a judgement like you did is in fact "ignorant" because you're basically saying "all we do is scooby do" when the reality is that what we can do hasn't even been majorly added to the game yet.

as i pointed out, there can be numerous things they can do with the prestige system.

from unlocking new types of ghost hunts to new game modes that are only available to prestige players.

we don't know what they have in store for us, and the current game is in no way indicative of what's to come.

[arthelys]

Originally posted by Shaken_Widow:

Originally posted by Tymeus:

yeah but we don't even do any of the mission goals half the time other than "scooby doo solve the whos the ghost" so for us prestige is a useless feature and forcing us into a play style we have no interest in at all

again, things are still being added to this "early access" game and prestige will allow for the addition of more content.

it's early access, the game is nowhere near complete so making a judgement like you did is in fact "ignorant" because you're basically saying "all we do is scooby do" when the reality is that what we can do hasn't even been majorly added to the game yet.

game actually is close to it's official release, doesn't mean they won't uupdate it afterwards tho

[Tymeus]

Originally posted by Shaken_Widow:

Originally posted by Tymeus:

yeah but we don't even do any of the mission goals half the time other than "scooby doo solve the whos the ghost" so for us prestige is a useless feature and forcing us into a play style we have no interest in at all

again, things are still being added to this "early access" game and prestige will allow for the addition of more content.

it's early access, the game is nowhere near complete so making a judgement like you did is in fact "ignorant" because you're basically saying "all we do is scooby do" when the reality is that what we can do hasn't even been majorly added to the game yet.

again, I'm saying what me and my group of friends do, if you wanna prestige and find out all the new stuff. more power to you my friend. we have no interest in that at all because we just come on for a few hours maybe once or twice a week and goof off and laugh with each other. we have no interest in playing this game seriously at all or ever so im just asking for a custom mode in the menu like how you can select cursed objects and player speed that just gives us all the items unlocked and can even give us no XP at all so we can still play and have our fun not affecting your hopes for this prestige stuff and what it can do.

[WolfLink0370]

As it stands now - prestige allows them to give their long time players a way to keep the difficulties and maps they have unlocked already unlocked... later on they also added on having extra loadout slots, which allows you to start building up for more customized play like, for example, having a setup for the item ruleset of "Flames and Raves". Once we get player customization around WInter, they will also apparently be giving us unique cosmetic options for continuing to prestige.

Sadly Deep Rock Galactic handles it's prestige different than Phasmo - the Dwarves never lose access to their leveled equipment, while we do have to repurchase upgrades and items here... so having some gameplay attached to it is not ideal. Still, they could do something later down the line that would make prestige worth it... but nobody to my knowledge is close to level 100 yet in this, so time will tell if it's reasonable to lock gameplay behind prestige 1.

[Shaken_Widow]

Originally posted by vagabond:

Originally posted by Shaken_Widow:

again, things are still being added to this "early access" game and prestige will allow for the addition of more content.

it's early access, the game is nowhere near complete so making a judgement like you did is in fact "ignorant" because you're basically saying "all we do is scooby do" when the reality is that what we can do hasn't even been majorly added to the game yet.

game actually is close to it's official release, doesn't mean they won't uupdate it afterwards tho

who said it's close to the official release?

if you say the devs, i've got a roadmap they scrapped just for you.

the only "official release" they have talked about is when it drops on console, which it will still be considered early access after it does so no, that's not the official game release if that's what you were talking about.

from what i've seen, there is no date yet for official release and they haven't actually stated it's close to full release whatsoever.

so idk where you got your info but it's flawed.

i wager we have another year at least before the game leaves EA.

within that time we will probably see two major updates.

[Kormit the Frag]

so long as it stays optional
i hate prestige mechanics- why willingly restart a grind you already finished? imo a game is fun AFTER everything is unlocked and you can just play for fun rather than for the grind

[Shaken_Widow]

Originally posted by Kormit the Frag:

so long as it stays optional
i hate prestige mechanics- why willingly restart a grind you already finished? imo a game is fun AFTER everything is unlocked and you can just play for fun rather than for the grind

thing is, that's not normal prestige mechanics.

it's grind mechanics.

other games with prestige systems don't reset your stuff like this one has.

there are a few games from history that did that, but honestly they've become forgotten for good reasons.

mainly prestige is just a rank above max rank that allows you to rank up again, losing gear and things like that is only put into the games to make it more grindy and of all things that's what we should be upset about.

no reason to prestige in this game if you're just going to lose everything, especially when there isn't a point to it yet.

like i said, they could be adding things like increased difficulty or special hunts for prestige, but until then it's not really worth losing all your stuff.

[Svampa]

The idea of losing all the unlocked equipment really is not appealing in my opinion, too similar of an account reset.

Even if they will add a reason to do this reset, it should be an additive reason, to unlock new stuffs, not to going back again from zero and bloat a monotone sense of progression.
Not very good game design choice i think.

[Cool Cereal]

Originally posted by Tymeus:

Originally posted by Shaken_Widow:

pretty sure prestige is going to be used to unlock higher tier ghost missions later on they just haven't implemented it.

you could ask why they have prestige systems in deep rock galactic and then be shown a plethora of examples why it should be a thing in ALL co-op games.

yeah but we don't even do any of the mission goals half the time other than "scooby doo solve the whos the ghost" so for us prestige is a useless feature and forcing us into a play style we have no interest in at all

Prestiging isn’t required at all so not sure why you’re complaining. If you don’t want to unlock all the gear again you can always just sit at max level without entering prestige 1.

[QueenMadeleineAlexis]

1. it optimal. you dont have to do it
2. it laying the foundation for the furture. maybe they tie in more rewards.
3.it for those long time fans who have 5k hours into the game something to do.
4. they have a reason. this dev team legit cares about their product unlike SOOOOOOOO many others