The Academia Rift Starting Oct 6
Featuring outfits for Clown, Huntress, Claudette, Renato, Thalita and Vee, seen here from 0:28 to 0:35.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeejhzqK2wAThey actually look really good from what I could see. Worth grinding the Rift for. I expect the Rift to be a harder grind this go around but we'll see. If any of them land on the free track I bet it'll be Renato.
Haunted by Daylight starts on Oct 13 and will give us clown-themed cosmetics for Hillbilly and Shane.
Everything else in the video is licensed so if you want any of it you're going to have to open your wallet.
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I think this is my favourite rift for a long time (Since Anguish). I don't usually buy the rift but that Vee skin is definitely tempting me. I like that the designs are good for us stealthy gamers, not too ostentatious or colourful for a change. And it looks like lots of them will be good to pair with other cosmetics. But man, they really love giving the Clown skins, don't they? As funny as it is to make him a dinner lady, I wish he didn't get so many…
I think we get longer than usual to complete this one. Normally I would be a little disappointed about that because it usually means long periods when there's nothing for me to play for. I tend to play a lot less when I've finished the rift or have nothing to unlock (another reason why I think retiring the Tomes is a mistake. Unlocking the tome charms gave me a goal to work towards earlier in my DBD career, but soon those won't be there for future players. I'm still trying to get the last 2 charms of Tome 1 unlocked before they go away for good).
I love the community Kate vampire hunter skin, too. Don't forget that will be in the next rift. They've really done the design justice. I don't play much Kate these days but she was a main of mine for a little while, so I might play a few games as her once I get this one unlocked.
The Rift will be open for 16 weeks instead of 12 weeks. So it will be easier.
That would mean we get both Haunted by Daylight and Bone Chill during this Rift. If they don't change anything and award Rift fragments during those events the Academia Rift be an easy grind, barely an inconvenience. Unlike the current Rift which had no fragment-earning events that I find myself grinding now to get it done under the wire.
Wondering if the whole spooky school theme is because the new Harry Potter series comes out in Dec
There's also a new Hulu series Coven Academy that just started up. Spooky school seems to be the popular thing again.
Could be a potential hint for an upcoming Wednesday chapter (because that's also set in a spooky school). Now that BHVR seems to have a better relationship with Netflix, I could see that being a future Survivor only chapter.