We have temporarily disabled The Houndmaster (Bone Chill Event queue) and Baermar Uraz's Ugly Sweater Cosmetic (all queues) due to issues affecting gameplay.

Visit the Kill Switch Master List for more information on these and other current known issues: https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/kb/articles/299-kill-switch-master-list
The Dead by Daylight team would like your feedback in a Player Satisfaction survey.

We encourage you to be as honest as possible in letting us know how you feel about the game. The information and answers provided are anonymous, not shared with any third-party, and will not be used for purposes other than survey analysis.

Access the survey HERE!

Should Open Handed get the Lethal Pursuer treatment?

So, Lethal Pursuer got a buff that made all aura timed readings 2 seconds longer. That way, it has at least some value even after it deactivates immediately.

Open Handed is currently entirely perk dependent, with the added benefit that it also affects your whole team. I'm okay with this, because the user would likely be combining it with Bond or Kindred anyway. It's be nice for the perk to have more combinations than just those two perks though.

But wouldn't it be a cool buff to also give Open Handed slightly lingering auras too, like Lethal Pursuer just got? It could work with Dark Sense, Breakdown, OoO, Alert, Buckle Up, and more.

Comments

  • GreyBigfoot
    GreyBigfoot Member Posts: 954

    It was hard listing Buckle Up as an example with a straight face. That perk probably needs a buff more than Open Handed tbh

  • SuzuKR
    SuzuKR Member Posts: 3,910

    Maybe, maybe not. But whether or not Open-Handed should get the buff (which I think would be okay) is irrelevant to the fact Lethal Pursuer did. Killer and survivor have a lot of differences and things will not translate evenly. On average, killer perks are meant to be better given there’s only up to 4 of them.

  • Chocolate_Cosmos
    Chocolate_Cosmos Member Posts: 5,735

    Yea, sounds good.

  • GreyBigfoot
    GreyBigfoot Member Posts: 954

    Good point, good point.

    I suppose the only thing that connects the two is that they become dead perks if the player does not use them with other aura reading perks.