When you prestige your character

Countfunkular

Okay this is going to be an interesting discussion but let me start off by saying that I've been playing this game on console and PC for a good amount of time...and I refuse to prestige anyone.

Mostly due to the fact that I don't know exactly what happens when you prestige a killer or Survivor besides the fact that you lose everything you work so hard to get and some stupid bloody clothing.

I want to ask is what exactly happens after you prestige your character and if you won't like the prestiging has it is now what would you do to change it?

Also before anybody says it yes I know that for certain killers like Leatherface that don't really have any Cosmetics for you to buy. Yes, I understand that prestiging does have some cosmetic benefit for licensed

FalseFroggs

So you're right: you lose all your items, offering, and perks (and perk slots until you get back to level 15).
Personally what I do when I get a character to level 50 and want to prestige them is use all my items and offerings (only those that give you bloodpoints though) that that character has. That way, I don't really "lose" anything in that sense, as they've been used up
Afterwards, you start at level 1 again but you get better items/add-ons/offerings/perks at a better rate.
I try to save up at least 500k-1mil bp before I prestige anyone though, as it helps so much afterwards to get back the perks you had and good items.

JammyJewels

I only try to P3 the characters I buy loads of cosmetics for, or whose backstories I like, so that would mean Spirit, Claudette, Jeff, Nea, Kate, Meg, Huntress and Nurse. Claudette’s already P3 with all perks, Kate’s got nearly all of them, Nea’s P1 and Meg’s halfway to P2. It’s such a grind... not helped by the fact that I bought Red Dead Redemption 2 recently and need to grind for that as well. So it’s often hard to choose which game to play.

JammyJewels

JammyJewels said:

I only try to P3 the characters I buy loads of cosmetics for, or whose backstories I like, so that would mean Spirit, Claudette, Jeff, Nea, Kate, Meg, Huntress and Nurse. Claudette’s already P3 with all perks, Kate’s got nearly all of them, Nea’s P1 and Meg’s halfway to P2. It’s such a grind... not helped by the fact that I bought Red Dead Redemption 2 recently and need to grind for that as well. So it’s often hard to choose which game to play.

Oh. But I’d justify Prestiging with the fact that you can keep on gathering event items without worry of needing to erase it should you decide to prestige. Though in all honesty I wish they’d add a BP bonus for each set of a Prestige set you wear during a match, an even bigger bonus for Legacy.

Luc_ius

When I reach lvl 50, I use all the items in matches and save the bloodpoints from these matches until I have about 200K and then I start the prestige so I don't lose anything and get to some lvl already.

Luc_ius

@FalseFroggs said:
So you're right: you lose all your items, offering, and perks (and perk slots until you get back to level 15).
Personally what I do when I get a character to level 50 and want to prestige them is use all my items and offerings (only those that give you bloodpoints though) that that character has. That way, I don't really "lose" anything in that sense, as they've been used up
Afterwards, you start at level 1 again but you get better items/add-ons/offerings/perks at a better rate.
I try to save up at least 500k-1mil bp before I prestige anyone though, as it helps so much afterwards to get back the perks you had and good items.

I read your comment just now and we do the same .

Dehitay

The bloody cosmetic is the primary reward for prestiging. The prestige notification says that you get increased item rarity in the bloodweb, but I think that refers to an older system that got replaced. It might refer to pre level 50 bloodwebs. However, I used up a bunch of bloodpoints a while back testing out the difference between bloodwebs for prestige 3 and unprestiged. Made a video displaying the results if you're interested

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzaSlRNuDds

NMCKE

Dehitay said:

The bloody cosmetic is the primary reward for prestiging. The prestige notification says that you get increased item rarity in the bloodweb, but I think that refers to an older system that got replaced. It might refer to pre level 50 bloodwebs. However, I used up a bunch of bloodpoints a while back testing out the difference between bloodwebs for prestige 3 and unprestiged. Made a video displaying the results if you're interested

Thank you for the video! I was always curious about the difference between prestige'ing everyone and staying at level 50!

Peanits

For those wondering, you do still get slightly better bloodwebs when prestiging. It's not significant. Prestiging is meant to be optional for people who play the game a lot, not necessary to get good stuff.

PhantomMask20763

I actually currently like prestige. Only thing I would change about it is so that you start with all 4 of your perk slots open so you can at least have a better chance especially at higher ranks. Also maybe have it so you keep your uncommon and common addons/ offerings but that's asking for too much imo. But yeah, I like it the way it currently is since it let's me put more points into my fave characters I just want the 4 perk slots open when I prestige that's it.

Milo

@Peanits is there a thought to change the grind tho?

PolarBear

@Peanits said:
For those wondering, you do still get slightly better bloodwebs when prestiging. It's not significant. Prestiging is meant to be optional for people who play the game a lot, not necessary to get good stuff.

So is it the same slightly as Salt Pouch? Is it so insignificant that it really couldn't be tested in practice?

Peanits

@PolarBear said:

@Peanits said:
For those wondering, you do still get slightly better bloodwebs when prestiging. It's not significant. Prestiging is meant to be optional for people who play the game a lot, not necessary to get good stuff.

So is it the same slightly as Salt Pouch? Is it so insignificant that it really couldn't be tested in practice?

Basically yes, it's a few percent chance to get higher quality items. You will not notice it unless you're sitting there with a spreadsheet counting them.

Orion

@PolarBear said:

@Peanits said:
For those wondering, you do still get slightly better bloodwebs when prestiging. It's not significant. Prestiging is meant to be optional for people who play the game a lot, not necessary to get good stuff.

So is it the same slightly as Salt Pouch? Is it so insignificant that it really couldn't be tested in practice?

Probability of a self-unhook after 3 attempts without Salt Pouch ~11.53% (slightly over 1/9)
Probability of a self-unhook after 3 attempts with one Salt Pouch ~14.26% (slightly under 1/7)
Probability of a self-unhook after 3 attempts with two Salt Pouches ~16.94% (slightly over 1/6)
Probability of a self-unhook after 3 attempts with three Salt Pouches ~19.56% (slightly under 1/5)
Probability of a self-unhook after 3 attempts with four Salt Pouches ~22.13% (slightly over 1/5, and almost double the default)

You may think it's irrelevant, but math doesn't lie. Problem is, humans don't understand probability and statistics.

Milord

Orion said:

@PolarBear said:

@Peanits said:
For those wondering, you do still get slightly better bloodwebs when prestiging. It's not significant. Prestiging is meant to be optional for people who play the game a lot, not necessary to get good stuff.

So is it the same slightly as Salt Pouch? Is it so insignificant that it really couldn't be tested in practice?

Probability of a self-unhook after 3 attempts without Salt Pouch ~11.53% (slightly over 1/9)
Probability of a self-unhook after 3 attempts with one Salt Pouch ~14.26% (slightly under 1/7)
Probability of a self-unhook after 3 attempts with two Salt Pouches ~16.94% (slightly over 1/6)
Probability of a self-unhook after 3 attempts with three Salt Pouches ~19.56% (slightly under 1/5)
Probability of a self-unhook after 3 attempts with four Salt Pouches ~22.13% (slightly over 1/5, and almost double the default)

You may think it's irrelevant, but math doesn't lie. Problem is, humans don't understand probability and statistics.

I think many educated people can understand the concept of probability and statistics. The problem is that average doesn't really bear any implication on a single outcome, while in most practical situation, all people care is the single outcome. When people use salt pouch, they don't think "this will help me if repeated over infinite # of trials", but "I hope this will help me in the next trial".

This means that for an item to be 'relevant', you need to be able to feel the difference over a single trial.

HatCreature

I don't like that you can Prestige your character and get all the way back to 50 and not get all 3 tiers in YOUR OWN PERKS. I prestiged my Nea and I'm at 50+ with only tier 1 Urban Evasion, it sucks hard. I think after you Prestige, levels 30,35,40 give you tier 3 in the perks you unlocked at those levels. Streetwise, Urban Evasion, and Balanced Landing will be upgraded to tier 3 at each of those levels, on Nea for example.

NoShinyPony

Bottom line: You should only prestige a character if you want to have their bloody outfits.