Should being an obsession actually do something?
Currently being an obsession just lets you know certain perks are in play from either side. It isn't entirely impactful.
So I had an idea, and I'm just spit-balling so don't get your undies in a twist.
If a killer gets in a chase with the obsession, they would be granted extra movement speed, and lunge range ( not terribly much, just enough to be noticeable ).
But, the killer would have a downside. If they cannot manage to down the obsession, get stunned by them or if they break chase. they gain stacks of anger, which would lengthen stun times, decrease interaction speeds, maybe some other stuff. This would decay when out of a chase with the obsession, don't know what the decay rate would be.
This would add more weight to obsession perks, with the killer deciding if they want to take the risk of not being able to catch the obsession. Plus the survivor would need to decide if taking an obsession perk would be worth it.
Obviously this would come with some overall buffs to obsession perks on both ends to make them possibly worth the risk.
But what do y'all think of this concept?
Edit: These are just ideas, I don't believe they should be implemented the way I thought of them, This is just to get ideas out there to get a ball rolling.
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Huh? While most games it just means there is DS, there's tons of very impactful obsession perks and add-ons; all which can drastically alter the way the game is played. Having two way wallhacks on each other is a good start.
Remember Me, Rancor, Black box Freddy, Save the Best for Last, the ridiculously fast stalking add-on for myers, etc
"If a killer gets in a chase with the obsession, they would be granted extra movement speed"
That's called play with your food.
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It's a neat idea, but I think Obsession perks do too much at the moment. Some, you wanna stay away from the Obsession, with some you wanna go after them...
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...which would lengthen stun times...
Seriously, i like the idea of the Obsession actually mattering on its own, it's been floating around here for years now, and i actually think you're on the right track.
More stun time though, i can't ever personally accept that.
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all killer and survivor obsession perks have trade offs like this
except DS
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Perks would be changed or balanced for the new system. Like I said, I'm just spit balling.
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But being an obsession within itself does nothing, all it does is tell you certain perks are in play.
I know that those perks do have drawbacks but I think being an obsession should actually have an impact.
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Just spit balling ideas out there, if it ever actually became a thing it would probably have completely different effects.
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Okay cool.
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The impact is how the game is going to be played differently because of those perks? It used to be terrifying to be the Obsession sometimes. The killer would offer a mori, and when you spawned in and saw the dying light icon you know you were going to be violently tunneled out of the game if you were found. You see the dying light icon now and know you are probably going to be ignored half the game and can go do saves with an extra healing speed boost.
I would not say the current perks are THAT bad anymore, although Rancor can make sure you have a very scary endgame.
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not nothing it tells everyone if the obsession is being chased but it sounds like your talking about making dying light base kit
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Dying light encourages you to ignore the obsession, it would be more like play with your food and coup de grâce except only when you chase the obsession.
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so one player would spawn with significantly less chase protentional and as such be downed faster than everyone else? and this would be base kit? why?
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The killer would have downsides for not downing the survivor, I threw some out there on the post, but basically the killer decides if they want to risk getting those downsides against a good looper.
the speed boost and lunge range increase wouldn't be significant, but enough to be noticeable. So chases aren't impacted too much.
I'm just throwing ideas out there to get a ball rolling on this subject. I don't necessarily believe they should be implemented the way I thought of them.
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you're coming really close to making the obsession icon a "tunnel me" sign
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Look, feedback on a random idea I threw out is appreciated. But could you give reasons why?
I can already see why some of my suggestions would be problematic, but you're not giving me anything to work with discussion wise.
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