So... how does the Knight stays with this Gen Damage (January/2024) changes? Forgotten again?

Rickprado

Hi! Hope everyone is doing fine.

Knight's guards were buffed one year ago to do 5% damage instead of a normal kick, to compensate their lack of possibility to apply gen kick perks (Nowhere to Hide, Opression, Eruption, etc). Now, every killer (including the Knight) has the 5% basekit kick with a limited count on 8 regression per generators. Using your guard can be kinda detrimental now, since you are wasting precious charges of gen regression that might have a better use with normal kick (Pop, Eruption) or other regressions (Jolt, Pain Ress). Now, using your guards to damage a gen you acidentally found at 10% while patrolling might not be the best idea, since the you may need those regression "charge" for latter (especially if you are running Pop + Eruption).

Have the devs thought something for the Knight? How does the Knight - the only killer in the rooster that can use his power to directly damage gens - fit in this new mechanic? He or his guards will receive some buffs or changes to guard order mechanic to compensate this?

I really wish i could test the Knight on PTB to see how the things will play out but: 1 - Knight is killswitched on the PTB; 2 - The Anti-3gen mechanic seems to not be working on the PTB.

Hope we can get some answers for what i've put in this topic.

Edit: i also forgott about the perk that Knight can use better than any other killer - Surveillance. Using your guard to proc surveillance might not be the best choice now.

SMitchell8

Was thinking about this yesterday and was hoping someone would bring it up. Surely they have to rework the guards slightly or it kinda renders them kicking gens a bit pointless. May aswell fire a patrol elsewhere and kick it yourself.

Lots of people think the Knight needs reworking, perhaps this is window for it.