Thoughts and Suggestions on Recent GhostFace changes.

Greetings Community and Designing Team,
I am an international collage student who likes play Dead by Daylight. In the game, I play both killers and survivors. In case it may be pointed out to be very subjective and narrow, I have attached my play time and proofs of reaching red ranks on both killer and survivor sides below. I main The GhostFace and reached red ranks with The GhostFace before our new rank systems.
Before stating anything, I would like to let you kind fellows know that I love this game as much as everyone does. It helped me get through some difficult stages during my life including the pandemic which separated me and my family for 2 years. I, myself, is a huge horror fan. I love Scream. I watched every Scream movie. Though I know in Dead by Daylight, The GhostFace does not come from Scream, it is some core elements that every GhostFace shares that makes us love this killer.
After patch 5.3.0, GhostFace's ability night shroud have been adjusted. The reason I say adjusted because it is controversial. Some considers it to be an upgrade as the design team has said:
I personally think it is a minor nerf and a yield to fail making The GhostFace unique.
- Chewed Pen + Olsen's Address Book. Know as the cd build which decreases night shroud from 30s to 16s.
However, after the patch, when one goes with cd build, it even adds one more second to night shroud:
- Chewed Pen(-4s) + Olsen's Address Book(-3s). 24s - 4s - 3s = 17s.
What I am trying to say is think about what people rarely uses other addons. It is not because of numbers. It is due to the core game play which GhostFace lacks of. Before the patch, one hardly utilized stalking since it was very distressing when survivors canceled your night shroud.
What I ask and demand is a remake of The GhostFace's core game play. Some possible suggestions:
- Delete stalking. It is so much alike to The Shape's ability and it is distressing to play with.
- Keep night shroud since it is what one immediately thinks about when you mention GhostFace, which also fits the killer's characteristics in the movie.
- Make night shroud less powerful than damaging one full health state, which is to say GhostFace has to damage survivors multiple times during night shroud. This should balance the undetectable status of night shroud. Remember, in the movies, GhostFace cut victims multiple times before finally ends victims' lives.
- Keep or delete the crotch. It is considered cute but has very little usage with current addons. Another way of saying this is, if you are keeping this ability, make it powerful enough to compete with other builds.
- Do something with the phone calling as it is one of the classic tricks GhostFace do in every Scream movies. It is what makes GhostFace.
I am not going to and not capable to developing a brand new play style. But, I look forward to see futures changes of The GhostFace.
Sincerely,
A Loyal Dead by Daylight Player.
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I have my own ghostface rework very similar to your suggestions. If you want check It. "Ghostface rework"
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