Nurse kit dosent need a rework, simply just some changes in her kit and addons.
Base kit changes:
Nurse blink: Make them count as a special attack
increase post-blink fatigue by 0.75+ seconds. adjust add-ons accordingly
Increase recharge speed by 0.3, Yellow recharge addon has been reworked into something else.
Increase the contrast of the Fatigue screen, make it harder for the Nurse to track survivors if she messes up a blink due to it being very dark on her screen
Omegablink: Completely rework them into something else, they are just stupidly strong. One of them could apply mangled on blink hits.
Starstruck: Nurse is the only killer who can consistently get good use of this perk, keep it as a basic attack but increase the duration so it becomes more viable in other killers hands. Hell maybe even add an aura effect that allows you to see nearby survivors when you carry someone.
+Nurse skill ceiling is increased
+Nurse now get more punished for messing up
+Nurse lose synergy with ridiculously strong perk combos and perks in general
+Nurse players will need to rely more on good game sense and be better to track down their target
+Survivors will be more rewarded for outplaying the Nurse
+Have an easier chance to evade her
+Survivors will deal with less overpowered combos the Nurse can bring in her current state
+More perks can be buffed and have stronger effects
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Hey, not bad ideas!
I think Nurse in her current state is absolutely broken and super unhealthy for a skilled, balanced game. These changes look like they would be good to test.
The devs, if they care about game health should also nerf SWF at the same time as Nurse though, for a few reasons: SWF is also broken, and if nurse is nerfed and SWF left untouched then this forum will erupt in a sea of nurse tears. It sounds nice, of course, but I'd like a balanced game more than seeing all these nurse mains being rightfully dethroned.
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How about no.
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"Nurse kit doesn't need a rework, it needs a rework"
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It depends on BHVR, if they decide to nerf Nurse, they will do it.
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until they do something about nurse, they rather constantly nerf twins cuz they're "monsters at high mmr" but keep nurse the same as if she's not the same thing and even worse? it's the time for this killer to be dealt with and am glad people are finally speaking about it.
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Not these suggestions, they won't.
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Don't be sure pal.
Billy, Freddy, Slinger and Spirit nerfed cuz that. Forum was full with posts about them. And all of them nerfed one by one and nobody talked about them anymore.
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Lol, hear me out, I originally wrote something longer explaining how silly the OPs suggestions were and then I deleted it because I remembered Billy and Slinger.
But I have to believe they know they can't do that anymore, right?!
Making every killer clunkier is not only bad design, it's homogenization.
And for the love of God every dev in the world knows homogenization is the WORST design choice you can make.
If they increase her vignette and fatigue they don't deserve to manage this game anymore. They'd be out of touch with reality.
I can see a ranged addon nerf, but with her pick rates and kill rates the way they are I have to believe DBD isn't dumb enough to screw this pooch, too.
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She's been out since 2016, they've got the stats.
Making noise wont get her changed, stats do.
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I am Nemmy main ( I know i said this million times ). And they nerfed Marvin add-on, even nobody asked for that. Why? Because most of Nemesis mains used this add-on. Why? Because this is his best add-ons and others are mostly garbage.
So they nerfed his best add-on instead buffing others.
So don't expect so much from them. I'd nerf Nurse range add-ons, this is only busted part of her. But her base-kit alright. But if i know this company, they will nerf her to ground like what they did to Slinger, Freddy and Billy.
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The nemmy nerf was dumb as rocks too.
Praying they've learned from past mistakes. Praying.
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Yes, we need more dh threads
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Billy nerf was terrible. He was perfectly fine. Maybe insta-saw was a little overtuned but everything else was perfect. An amazing killer.
Deathslinger, on the other hand was super unfun to go against. ADS spam was obnoxious, unfun, and led to a lot of amazingly boring matches. Was he super powerful? No. Was he high tier? No. Should they have buffed him in other ways? Yes.
What you don't seem to understand about game design is that each side should feel like they have a chance to win if they are equally, or similarly skilled.
Right now the only players who feel they don’t have a chance to win are those who go up against a nurse (and Blight with his busted addons) sweating so much it must be the middle of summer, and a low tier killer at high MMR going against a super sweat SWF squad. None of these are fun to go against. At all. This is coming from someone who actually plays every single killer, and every single role at a high level.
Why are you so opposed to a balanced game? You know why pick rates and kill rates have little to nothing to do with her balance. Why even bring it up?
The devs have made many correct choices: nerfing keys, moris, doing map reworks (despite most of their map reworks being terrible and not fixing the fundamental issues with maps). The perk rework, while not looking that great, shows that they are at least trying. SWF and nurse should be next. So...prepare yourself.
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Why @ me here when you've made it clear you give up and resort to unbacked blanket statements on every other interaction?
There's nothing left to be explored, trying to reason with you.
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I can see a ranged addon nerf, but with her pick rates and kill rates the way they are I have to believe DBD isn't dumb enough to screw this pooch, too.
If i learned anything after 5 years of playing this game then i can guarantuee you that nothing is guaranteed in this game.
BHVRs thought process is wild and unpredictable when it comes to balance decisions.
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I completely agree with the first one nurses attack should be a special attack and not s basic one. She gets way too much value out of exposed perks why does she need it?
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