THEORY: Spine chill was balanced around old ruin
I was just sitting and thinking and then it hit me, y does spine chill seemingly have no downsides? Then it hit me, we all know old ruin so I don’t have to explain it. Skill check reliant. If the killer was looking at you, a ten% increase in skill checks and 10% smaller was not good, especially for newer players where hitting great skill checks is a challenge. Now with new ruin, the one downside of spinechill is seemingly gone. Just a theory, lmk what y’all think!
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Good idea but spinechill was in the game way before ruin was introduced.
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Why do perks need downsides? What's wrong with Agitation, Botany Knowledge, and Deja Vu?
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My point exactly spine chill is fine it makes no sense for perks to always have something bringing it down.
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I doubt that, given that Spine Chill is a base perk and Ruin wasn't a thing until Chapter 3. Even if that were the case, I don't see anything about Spine Chill that is really an issue?
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The downside of deja vu is occupying a perk slot that could be taken up by something useful.
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the "downside" is supposed to be the skill checks themselves requiring skill.
thing is, the devs dont understand that "skill" checks require little to no skill.
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Theory: no
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uhhhh no.
You don't see the effect all that often nowadays, but things like the Ranger Med-kit, Worn-out Tools (at least it used to), and Unnerving Presence all affect the size of skill checks (with TINH only affecting Bonus Zones). The wrench toolbox add-ons used to make skill checks bigger, and I once had an overcharge skill check with a teeny "good" zone on it (couldn't hit it, so I never found out what would have happened), but these have all been around (not Overcharge) since launch. Ruin came later.
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Nice try. Spine Chill precedes old ruin.
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lol
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Because most of the good killer perks have a down side except bbq ruin its a hex corrupt 2.5min noed hex
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Well, spine chill is good.
and those aren't.
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Most good killer perks have downsides.
Pop, Nurses, Sloppy, Discordance, Surveillance, infectious fright, Tinker, Bamboozle, Whispers, Enduring, Spirit Fury all work as intended without downsides.
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