So about totems
I understand why people think a totem counter is needed, especially if we are going to consider totems a secondary objective. But at the same time I agree that that's giving survivors a bit too much information for free and would often make NOED basically useless.
So how about a compromise? Here's my idea..
All of the totems on the map are connected through the entity's power. When you cleanse a totem or come across a cleansed totem you can perform an action to read or channel the strength of the remaining totems. This takes about 15 seconds. After the action is completed the bones shift in position and reveal a roman numeral between 1 and 4 to indicate how many totems are left on the map. If there are none then the pile of bones vanishes.
Small Game could be buffed to speed up the action, in addition to its current effects.
Thrill of the Hunt could be buffed to make reading the totems both take longer (based on how many totems remain, like it currently does) and notify the killer when you have finished reading/channeling.
Unfortunately this doesn't do much for a SWF team that's paying attention and simply counts out loud how many totems they've done but I'm not sure what would help with that.
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Oh my...
How does a totem counter make NOED useless? Swf are already in the game and are already 50% of matches. Making there be a totem counter 100% of matches seems like an easy consistency fix for more reliable stats moving forward. Keeping the gap open has no justification.
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I like that actually, like, I like it a LOT. It's new, it's fun.
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Also, this idea is hilariously bad. "Guys I have an idea to bring solos to swf level, but it requires they take over twice as long to cleanse totems! Pretty good, right?"
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If it took 1 second or less I'd be behind it. It's flavorful and fun in addition to closing the gap then.
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🙄 Don't expect much different from you at this point. Try not to get banned again, ok?
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Thanks! I think it's pretty fun. Could use tweaking sure but it's a rough idea
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Just saying, your idea in its current state does next to nothing :/
You can pretty much survey most maps for the remaining totems in those 15 seconds you suggest solos should spend "consulting the bones".
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Yeah, perhaps the numbers should be tweaked to maybe 3 or 4 seconds?
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I think that's a valid point as well. But not everyone feels that way. And as a solo player I would be happy if the devs gave us something to help. I'm one of the people that goes around doing totems as I see them (or if gens aren't going fast enough I will make a mental note of where they are in case NOED does pop up), but you know if a counter was just added for everyone then a good chunk of the playerbase would lose its ######### because they can't rely on NOED anymore.
15 seconds is probably too long, tho, as others have pointed out.
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