Idea to make the Archives *more* user friendly
As most everybody knows, the archives include DLC characters that can be bought. But for newer players and/or players who would not like to buy all the DLC, this can be a little exclusive, although the archives can still be completed.
Here's a couple of ideas:
1) Bring back splinters, and create splinters for survivors, too.
This could allow for players to use the required killer/survivor for a goal without actually buying the entire DLC. Although I understand that it is an incentive to buy it, I think that making these offerings reappear (and extra of them depending on current archive characters) could be a little help to include more players.
Also, I think splinters could be more beneficial in making players buy new characters at all.
2) For the time of each archive, "unlock" perks that are in challenges.
Not necessarily make them teachable, but, for the time the archive is open, have perks required for the challenges in tier I and at the beginning of the perk list, possibly highlighted with an event color instead of normal rarity.
Comments
Every character for the archive is characters you can unlock via iri shards, they did it that way for a reason. As for the perks required for the archive challenges, they also intentionally put the required perks in the shrine of secrets while the rift is still up.
Again, I mentioned this and acknowledged that there was an incentive to buy via iri shards. But splinters are not new, either. They used to be in-game, but have since stopped showing. This is only to make the archives more accessible, this game can already be money-hungry enough with cosmetics. And with how slow earning iri shards is, you expect people to predict and unlock 1-4 characters and their unique perks over the course of a single tome? Sounds intimidating for new players. That's literally half the reason I meet people and they don't play past a few hours, the grind in this game for every aspect.
If we're really pulling hairs here on whats expected from new players, so far every archive has involved free characters. The first only had 2 characters, both free. The second had David King as one of the 4 (Doctor is included on console) and the most recent had Huntress and Dwight. There's only a handful of challenges that actually need the specific characters with none of them actually blocking off challenges that DONT require those characters, making it still quite easy to complete the rift and the only thing your really missing out on is the lore bits that are easily accessible by just checking youtube or the wiki.
i think what shoudl happen if u dont have it is that if u equip challenge that surv is unlocked for the duration u have that challenge and all perks u need for the challenge lets say u dont have ace but ace gets a challenge where u have to use spine chill spine chill unlocked with him for the duraqtion of teh challenge or make it if u buy the premium pass all survivors and killers u need for challenges are half price for u with shards and auric cells