Surge buff?

Lycidas · February 2021

I think that Surge might be one of the less used perks when it comes to gen regression, and there are a couple of reasons:

It activates only on Basic Attacks, making it less apealing for killer like Demo or Billy
It has a cooldown of 40 seconds, which doesn't help if you're having fast chases
It has a fixed radius, so it is not possible to make it synergize with perks like Distressing or Monitor&Abuse

I think Surge is a good perk in its design, it helps the killer saving a bit of time that they would spend kicking the gens, so what is the right buff to make it a bit more appealing?

IMO, make it so that gens hit by Surge regress at a higher rate than normal regression, I'm not talking about Ruin levels of regression because that sounds excessive, but something like 115% or 125% sounds right to me

Thoughts?

GrimReaperJr1232 · February 2021

I think 150% regression rate would be better. It's lower than Ruin, but still pretty good.

Lycidas · February 2021

150% would be A LOT better, consider that whenever a gen is hit by Surge it loses 8% of progress immediately

I was trying to suggest only a small buff because I think Surge is a good perk, but is outshined by other meta perks

Dr_Smith_ · February 2021

https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/1967891#Comment_1967891

Actually, Ruin 2 has exactly the same rate.

GrimReaperJr1232 · February 2021

https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/1969375#Comment_1969375

I'm aware. I still find that number more reasonable.

AChaoticKiller · February 2021

I think it could just do without it's cooldown, that or making based off of when you down a survivor instead of the basic attach requirement.

Like with a basic attack your not often going to go on crazy slugging sprees maybe at most 2 if the survivors are being optimal and that would only result in a 16% regression to nearby gens which seems fair to me.