The buff to killers next patch
Do you think after many update so far these killers are under performing across the board led to dev buff their basekit mechanic altogether.
Maybe, it is other reasons? We rarely get a basekit buff to killers tho.
Ghost Face
Pyramid Head
Trickster
Nemesis
The Artist
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They did buff ghost face and pyramid head recently, in the last ptb.
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Only Ghostface & PH's basekit were buffed, the rest were add-ons. Also, these are far from being the least performing killers, and basekit killer buffs are complicated to put in place considering they all have different powers & therefore need different thing.
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Except Artist, others can get buffs. But seriously when we will buff killers like Trapper, Sadako, Pig etc
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Ghostface kind of deserved those buffs, considering his playstyle is very punishing in terms of gens, and the fact that survivors lose all their stalk if you hit them.
That makes it so that some times you almost stalk a healthy survivor all the way, get revealed, and now you can't hit them for 24s because your shroud is on cooldown, so either you waste that time following around a survivor that knows you can't touch them, or you have to leave and find someone else to pick on, which can also be a massive time loss.
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true if the buffed artist anymore they would have to take off her unlimited range crows because the amount of players standing afk spamming birds at the last 3 gens because they lost is supper annoying and they aren't playing the game just dragging it out for no reason
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They literally just removed the ability to burn crows with flashlights...
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Ghostface getting that 5% crouching speed buff is great but not giving it to Pig as well who needs it even more is so strange.
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Ghosty is literally getting buffed next patch, so moving on there.
PH also might be getting a buff. It's a bit contentious. We'll see how that pans out.
Trickster's is hard to gauge because on top of him being a bit hit or miss depending on the map, he's also flat-out unplayable on a console. Make no mistake, killers are gimped on console but Trickster is unplayable. I've learned Nurse and she was nothing compared to how hard it is to land knives with this guy on an analog stick.
Nemesis just needs add-ons. Seriously. I don't accept that what he has now can pass as add-ons; they're laughably bad.
The Artist technically got buffed with the flashlight interaction removal. Outside of that, I don't know if I'd change Bird Lady anymore. She's very strong already, people just don't play her or take the time to learn her.
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They also changed Nurse, Wraith, Hag too with this patch. No longer survivor items will counter any killer's power.
I would not call this buff, it was just design change.
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Removing counter play is absolutely a buff. How big of a buff is subject to opinion, and dependent on the killer.
I'd absolutely put the artist and wraith buff as better than the ones for hag or nurse. Mostly because the flashlight was much more commonly used against crows and wraith. Nurse was very situational, and hag is more neutral because of the new 'wiping' replacement.
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As much as I dislike Ghost Face and how irritated he makes me, he does need that extra buff and I'm glad that some players will feel a bit stronger with him.
As a big Silent Hill fan, I feel Pyramid Head's buff would be fine if it were an Iridescent add-on. Granted, he is cumbersome with his Punishment of the Damned and it's one of the easier attacks to dodge, but I've not noticed people majoritively avoiding becoming tormented.
I'm guessing the latter they want stronger regardless, considering BHVR is working on a Silent Hill game. Ghost Face needed some numbers. It's nice to see a bit of a boost to those guys.
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All of these killers except Artist could use some work. The buff that PH got goes in the wrong direction in my opinion but it's good that they at least make some indivudual killer changes again.
It's a bit weird though, that they focused on these killers and not the ones that needed it most. Look at Trapper, Freddy, Myers, Clown, Pig (still bugged by the way) and Sadako. They all have some issues that need to be dealt with and are far worse conditions than the killers they did buff. Looks like another case of "Balance by Excel spreadsheet".
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Can't believe no one has mentioned twins yet.
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Sad to hear that Pinhead can no longer knock the Pandora boxes from survivor's hands if he is using Franklin's demise 🤔 I guess they want the survivors to finish the puzzle or drop it themselves
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