47 thoughts on “Killer Adept Achievements are Dumb – Dead by Daylight”
I agree. I got all adepts for killer, Leatherface and Trickster brought me to borderline insanity as it felt like the achievement conditions were decided by the survivors rather than my skill (this doesn't mean the others were any easier) but those two were probably the longest and most frustrating
The trapper, blight and wesker ones were a pain to get but i always find it fun to get adept achievements as it actually feels like theres a goal and like im not playing pointlessly
So far the Plague adept was the easiest for me, but then again, I played almost nothing but Plague before Dredge was released. In order to extend the chasing time I was using the iri add-on that reveals the aura of those that cough. That way I was far more confident in letting someone escape and switching targets, instead of the usual snowballing.
Last time I tried to do this, I played Plague for 3 hours. Had so many people either dc, give up and stand still, or just die on first hook. Didn't tunnel, didn't camp. Nothing scummy and still couldn't get it. It was the most annoying stream I've ever had.
You can just purposly prolong the game by not hooking every down, get pallets down instead of survs when you know you have enough preassure. Basicly you have to toy with them and play worse, but it is not that difficult well atleast it used to be.
It's not that simple Scott…it's not a "simple change" as you said, it's a revert to a previous iteration. Simply put it would be like admitting that the new adept system is garbage, which it's not! The devs know what they're doing and are NEVER wrong and NEVER make bad changes! How dare you criticize them so harshly! They're doing their best!
(If you couldn't tell I'm being sarcastic) But yeah I hope they do change it back but I feel like it will be forever before they do because like you said they probably don't care too much about the achievements and I can't even count how many times the chaser emblem has been bugged, it was bugged on trapper, trickster, plague, knight, legion, or sometimes just doesn't work because of how it perceives shit…uhhg it's horrible…
Another issue with plague is that injuring with her green puke doesn't count as a hit for malicious, but cleansing from a fountain does count as a heal, meaning injuring with green puke and the survivor healing is a net of -1 malicious point
It's even more fun when you get Merciless on Pinhead and the game decides to just not unlock the achievement so you have to do it all over again…
I really disliked doing most of the killer adepts, generally you're forced to go hard, bring the OP high tier addons to make up for the 3 (usually mismatched) perks and dominate the game with them whilst also artificially dragging out the game to satisfy the emblem system, and not going too hard too quick as that'd cause people to DC or die on first hook. Terrible system overall with how it's currently implemented, getting the Knight adept was pure pain.
I tried doing Adept Dredge a few weeks ago. Used exactly the three perks, got 4k, merciless killer, four iridescent, still didn't get the achievement. Did that like three or four times, still no achievement. :X
For most of the other killers, yeah, I just did them right after reset, so I only had to sweat a little bit, rather than having to fight the emblem system too much.
I'm struggeling the most with Oni, because you can't really use your power and his perks are close to useless on him (orher than Zanshin tactics I guess)
The weirdest thing to me is that IT DID used to be just 4k and get the adept a long time ago. I don't remember, OR understand WHY they felt the need to change it? I am pretty sure that the change happened back in 2017-18 or something. That or I am crazy.
I will say as someone who has done every adapt achievement the best way to do it is put a map offering for dead dawg dodge lobby that look like they would be annoying and even if u tunnel or not u can keep two survivors alive and just draw the match out by slugging and u will get it (depending on the killer like blight,wesker midwich is a good map)
Plague took me the longest out of all killers to Adapt with 17 games ~The way I got it was to play M1 Killer, & then puke on Survs on hook to have them use a Fountain to cleanse as slow down. Bubba was second longest, but I was terrible at using Chainsaw… so M1 all the way and used Chainsaw for Pallets
Once you get to Pinhead let us know if it works for you. I’ve gotten adept Pinhead like 3 times, but the achievement’s bugged and won’t show up as completed. I’m on PS5 so I’m wondering if maybe it’s just a console thing, or if it’s the achievement itself
Well, if most of you killer mains don't play like a sweaty little kid at the beginning of the match tunneling and camping the 1st player out at 5 gens then maybe you will have less DC's and/or hook suicides. I know this streamers doesn't play like that but the majority of killer mains do and whine later on that their chaser emblem is dog shit. When I play killer, and trying for something like an adept, I play easy to get the most values I can. I know this seems unfathomable to most killer mains though, lmao.
Fun fact it use to be just get a 4k but then for literally no reason they changed. It's such a double middle finger to killers that those adepts are twice as hard
The emblem system needs an update for both sides. Blessing dulls doesn't count towards light bringer like cleansing dulls. So it feels like if you want to pip in higher ranks you have to give up boons.
I got all killer adepts fairly simply by just trying enough times since you just have to wait for bad survivors to give you a free adept. That said, I still don't have adept shape bc I keep getting silver and bronze emblems.
There's always this bizarre thing in some games where if they have a shitty/tedious challenge, developers are afraid that they'll upset the people who DID do it if they make it more bearable. "We can't make things better- that's not fair to the people who did it when it sucked."
On top of everything you mentioned, god help you if youre even a mid tier streamer. People are beyond petty and some would probably set their pc on fire just to deny certain popular folks achievements
Kinda fallen out of playing DBD and only watch you now and I’m so glad. This game is so fucking stupid with the multiple dumb decisions. It’s ok cause in 3 months we’ll get another killer and survivor update that will break 10 random things and if we are really good we’ll get a random killer buff we asked for 3 years ago and a random perk getting changed.
I take long hiatuses from this game, and whenever I come back I just bang out 2-3 adepts on killers because it's just easy when you've been gone so long your rank entirely resets. So many adepts I have on killers I've only played once for the solo purpose of getting the achievement and then never playing them again.
I agree. I got all adepts for killer, Leatherface and Trickster brought me to borderline insanity as it felt like the achievement conditions were decided by the survivors rather than my skill (this doesn't mean the others were any easier) but those two were probably the longest and most frustrating
If they just changed it to get a 3k with the perks it wouldn't hurt as bad
The emblem system is noticeably dumb when you use devour hope and mori the entire survivor team only to get bronze and silver medals.
I have all killer adepts, some more than once.
Survivor adept: escape
killer adept: juggle these flaming chainsaws while walking on a tight rope over a vat of acid and pray a survivor doesn't DC
They should've just kept it like it was years ago. You get a 4k with only the killer's 3 perks and it was rewarded to you.
It should be "Finish a match with no survivors escaping through the exit gates as __ using only his/her unique perks".
It’s clear you are not trying hard enough maybe try getting 20 hooks and 300 chases
use speed limiter xD
I always liked Adept because of the challenge of using perks that probably don’t have synergy with eachother to flex on survivors lol
The trapper, blight and wesker ones were a pain to get but i always find it fun to get adept achievements as it actually feels like theres a goal and like im not playing pointlessly
Vile Scott not using skill and M1ing those survivors 😂 I agree it is dumb.
I would say that it's shocking that they haven't fixed this after years of it being a problem, but it's DBD, so y'know…
you need to fucking cure world hunger in comparison to survivor adept
Yet there are thousands of people who assure me this emblem system was a more reliable way to gauge skill than simply counting kills in a match.
I don't even remember how I got Adept Plague, I probably had a groups of baby Dweets.
So far the Plague adept was the easiest for me, but then again, I played almost nothing but Plague before Dredge was released. In order to extend the chasing time I was using the iri add-on that reveals the aura of those that cough. That way I was far more confident in letting someone escape and switching targets, instead of the usual snowballing.
On console the adapt killer needs u to get 4 k idk if they changed it
"The knight was a bust." Man, ain't that the truth.
Plus, his fuckinh hair, man. I didn't get the dlc for that alone.
The adept achievments used to be 4ks but they changed it for god knows why
Chaser and the emblem that tracks how fast gens get done are the reasons why killer adept is still a slog.
Last time I tried to do this, I played Plague for 3 hours. Had so many people either dc, give up and stand still, or just die on first hook. Didn't tunnel, didn't camp. Nothing scummy and still couldn't get it. It was the most annoying stream I've ever had.
You can just purposly prolong the game by not hooking every down, get pallets down instead of survs when you know you have enough preassure. Basicly you have to toy with them and play worse, but it is not that difficult well atleast it used to be.
It's not that simple Scott…it's not a "simple change" as you said, it's a revert to a previous iteration. Simply put it would be like admitting that the new adept system is garbage, which it's not! The devs know what they're doing and are NEVER wrong and NEVER make bad changes! How dare you criticize them so harshly! They're doing their best!
(If you couldn't tell I'm being sarcastic) But yeah I hope they do change it back but I feel like it will be forever before they do because like you said they probably don't care too much about the achievements and I can't even count how many times the chaser emblem has been bugged, it was bugged on trapper, trickster, plague, knight, legion, or sometimes just doesn't work because of how it perceives shit…uhhg it's horrible…
Another issue with plague is that injuring with her green puke doesn't count as a hit for malicious, but cleansing from a fountain does count as a heal, meaning injuring with green puke and the survivor healing is a net of -1 malicious point
It's even more fun when you get Merciless on Pinhead and the game decides to just not unlock the achievement so you have to do it all over again…
I really disliked doing most of the killer adepts, generally you're forced to go hard, bring the OP high tier addons to make up for the 3 (usually mismatched) perks and dominate the game with them whilst also artificially dragging out the game to satisfy the emblem system, and not going too hard too quick as that'd cause people to DC or die on first hook. Terrible system overall with how it's currently implemented, getting the Knight adept was pure pain.
I tried doing Adept Dredge a few weeks ago. Used exactly the three perks, got 4k, merciless killer, four iridescent, still didn't get the achievement. Did that like three or four times, still no achievement. :X
For most of the other killers, yeah, I just did them right after reset, so I only had to sweat a little bit, rather than having to fight the emblem system too much.
I'm struggeling the most with Oni, because you can't really use your power and his perks are close to useless on him (orher than Zanshin tactics I guess)
The weirdest thing to me is that IT DID used to be just 4k and get the adept a long time ago. I don't remember, OR understand WHY they felt the need to change it? I am pretty sure that the change happened back in 2017-18 or something. That or I am crazy.
Honestly they’re challenging but I think killer adept needs to be just kill all 4.
Also I got both bubba and plagues first try lol. My hardest one was pigs
You could always go the Tofu route and play one handed to get your adepts
I will say as someone who has done every adapt achievement the best way to do it is put a map offering for dead dawg dodge lobby that look like they would be annoying and even if u tunnel or not u can keep two survivors alive and just draw the match out by slugging and u will get it (depending on the killer like blight,wesker midwich is a good map)
I love how Chaser requires you to hit survivors twice per chase for maximum effectiveness, but Malicious requires that you don't allow them to heal.
Plague took me the longest out of all killers to Adapt with 17 games
~The way I got it was to play M1 Killer, & then puke on Survs on hook to have them use a Fountain to cleanse as slow down.
Bubba was second longest, but I was terrible at using Chainsaw… so M1 all the way and used Chainsaw for Pallets
Once you get to Pinhead let us know if it works for you. I’ve gotten adept Pinhead like 3 times, but the achievement’s bugged and won’t show up as completed. I’m on PS5 so I’m wondering if maybe it’s just a console thing, or if it’s the achievement itself
Well, if most of you killer mains don't play like a sweaty little kid at the beginning of the match tunneling and camping the 1st player out at 5 gens then maybe you will have less DC's and/or hook suicides. I know this streamers doesn't play like that but the majority of killer mains do and whine later on that their chaser emblem is dog shit. When I play killer, and trying for something like an adept, I play easy to get the most values I can. I know this seems unfathomable to most killer mains though, lmao.
Achievements in this game aren't about skill. They're just another way for bhvr to get you to grind.
Fun fact it use to be just get a 4k but then for literally no reason they changed. It's such a double middle finger to killers that those adepts are twice as hard
The emblem system needs an update for both sides.
Blessing dulls doesn't count towards light bringer like cleansing dulls. So it feels like if you want to pip in higher ranks you have to give up boons.
Honestly i do the survivor adetps as Ive always thought rather than make killer adepts easier at some point they will make survivors harder to get
I got all killer adepts fairly simply by just trying enough times since you just have to wait for bad survivors to give you a free adept. That said, I still don't have adept shape bc I keep getting silver and bronze emblems.
There's always this bizarre thing in some games where if they have a shitty/tedious challenge, developers are afraid that they'll upset the people who DID do it if they make it more bearable.
"We can't make things better- that's not fair to the people who did it when it sucked."
On top of everything you mentioned, god help you if youre even a mid tier streamer. People are beyond petty and some would probably set their pc on fire just to deny certain popular folks achievements
Kinda fallen out of playing DBD and only watch you now and I’m so glad. This game is so fucking stupid with the multiple dumb decisions. It’s ok cause in 3 months we’ll get another killer and survivor update that will break 10 random things and if we are really good we’ll get a random killer buff we asked for 3 years ago and a random perk getting changed.
I take long hiatuses from this game, and whenever I come back I just bang out 2-3 adepts on killers because it's just easy when you've been gone so long your rank entirely resets. So many adepts I have on killers I've only played once for the solo purpose of getting the achievement and then never playing them again.
Do we not wanna talk about the nurse achievement that isn’t even possible blinking multiple times when you no longer can blink 4-5 times
The only ones i have left to do are huntress spirit twins and nurse and this has been a miserable experience.