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Autodidact should guarantee 1 Skill check each 16/20 seconds

WitchWalpurga
WitchWalpurga Member Posts: 130
edited July 2023 in Feedback and Suggestions

I saw some people suggesting that autodidact should increase the skill check rate but i really like the perk to be RNG based, however it is quite frustrating if you perform 2 heals and don't get a single skill check.

What i would suggest is that autodidact guarantees one skill check in an intervall of 16 seconds of healing, meaning that you are guaranteed to get your first skill chek in your first heal (if healing is interrupted or you just finish a heal ofc you don't get it and the timer continiues at the next heal you perform). 20 seconds if sloppy is involved. By that, you don't get necessarily more skill checks than before, we just eliminate the 0 skill-check case.


Edit: Maybe this guarantee should only be implemented for the first one or two skill checks, meaning that the value-part of the perk is still rng based

Comments

  • mizark3
    mizark3 Member Posts: 2,257

    The whole point is to gamble. I get that it sucks to heal 3 people and never get a single skillcheck, but it is few and far between. That being said the default rate (15%/s) gives an estimated 2.4 skill checks in a single normal speed altruistic heal and an estimated 3.24 skillchecks with the first 2 Autodidact checks negative values included.

    Personally I think the buff it should get is allowing for Self-Care to trigger Autodidact skill checks and heals, but for only half the bonus. So at 5 stacks it would have the -25% +37.5 for a net +12.5% instead of the normal +50% total. I'd also be fine with bumping the skillcheck rate by an additive 5% (per second) per stack missing, to give you more before you cap, but normal rate once capped.

    Even now though, there are more than enough Killers with Sloppy/other Haemorrhage sources to meme-ily farm all 5 stacks on the first heal. I think most Survivors would be happy to give you 5 full stacks ASAP while safe, so they get healed quicker later.