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Ghostface Rework Idea

Lochnload_exe
Lochnload_exe Member Posts: 1,360
in Feedback and Suggestions

I've been a pretty large fan of Ghostface since his release and since I have started playing him a lot more recently again, and I thought out of a lot of killers, he could use some changes in some areas. This isn't a full rework, just like a little one.

  • First off, Ghostface should not be able to be revealed by hooked survivors and downed survivors. It takes away from his stealth on such a large amount of maps if your power is just disabled if the disabled survivor can see you in any way, it is already hurt by SWF.
  • Make the stalking on a survivor not lose all stacks on a basic attack. Ghostface should be able to level different stalking and stacks without losing all the work on a hit. Almost like a 99'd t3 myers but you have to worry about whether you were the one that is 99'd or not.
  • Reduce the timer to enter your stealth down to 12 seconds, and make the addons reduce it down to 2 seconds (yellow) and 3 seconds (green). Being a stealth killer means relying on being able to enter your stealth on demand, but ghostface has to wait so long compared to others.
  • Being revealed causes the survivor who revealed you to scream. This doesn't do much but thematically I think it is very interesting and would add to the horror element of him

This is just some things that I think would greatly help ghostface out and make him feel stronger in some of those weak spots.

Comments

  • ElusivePukka
    ElusivePukka Member Posts: 1,599

    So you want to camp, you want to not have to make tactical decisions, you want (again) not to have to make tactical decisions, and you want a scream in addition to killer instinct.

  • sizzlingmario4
    sizzlingmario4 Member Posts: 7,016

    He definitely needs shorter power recovery. I know BHVR just addressed this in the update, but it's actually a net nerf if you still run double recovery addons (it takes 1 second longer than it did before). I get that they wanted us to use more of a variety, but the fact remains that the majority of his other addons either just absolutely suck and/or are extremely underwhelming. If they want to encourage a wider variety of addon selection they need to make his other addons do things that are actually meaningful, or very few people will run them.

    One idea could be to modify the recovery time based on how he lost his power; for example:

    -If revealed/broken out of stealth by a survivor, or if he swings and misses an attack, 20 second cooldown (which could still be reduced with addons)

    -If he loses his power because he swings and successfully hits someone, he gets his power back in 10 seconds.

  • PalletsAndHooks
    PalletsAndHooks Member Posts: 989

    Most of these ideas are good considerations, or perhaps, talking points.

    Ghost needs reduced cool down

    The screaming thing upon reveal is a really snazzy idea

    Hooked survivors should not be able to reveal; idk about dying survivors but oblivious survivors shouldn't be able to do this either

  • Dino7281
    Dino7281 Member Posts: 3,294

    I feel this would be kinda busted.

    "First off, Ghostface should not be able to be revealed by hooked survivors and downed survivors"

    Agreed

    "Make the stalking on a survivor not lose all stacks on a basic attack."

    Nope, it is good to have this as decision making to do.

    "Reduce the timer to enter your stealth down to 12 seconds"

    I think this is too low, I would make it base 20s, and 15s with both add-ons.

    "Being revealed causes the survivor who revealed you to scream."

    Yeah, why not.


    They should also look at whole reveal mechanic. Survivor can look into your soul from 5 meters and you will not get revealed sometimes and stretched resolution can reveal you over walls.

  • Gwinty
    Gwinty Member Posts: 981

    Ghosty does not need a rework. He is a fine and fun Killer who has just a few problems with his kit. Most of them got adressed by you but you miss out on a few too.

    Ghostface being revealed is the big topic here. The way this mechanic works is interesting to say the least and the fact that you can get revealed by streched resolution is just the cherry on top. Now I get that survivors should reveal you and that you should lose your power that way. This is counterplay and you can try to counteract this by playing smarter.

    However there is nothing that helps you against streched res. The reveals will just get messy and you will feel bad. It is almost like they are cheating.

    Now losing all stacks on a stalkes survivor is okay. This is part of the Ghostfaces kit and should stay in place. Maybe they coud bring an add-on to change this up a bit but not for the basekit. Also 12 seconds would be too low. Dino already said that and I support this: 20 seconds seems like a solid sweet spot.


    I think most ouf your ideas are fine. However I think they should also address his add-ons. Most of them are just flat stat buff and add nothing interesting to his gameplay and this is just boring. Notive how Ghostface does not even have a joke add-on!