Jane Romero has received her first perk buff since 2019

Mazoobi

Jane Romero is the survivor released in the Demise of the Faithful chapter on March 19, 2019. She has received a good reputation since her debut with her excellent cosmetic options, very little slander from the community, and her representation of different body shapes.

Despite her character receiving a good reputation, her perks have had a different journey with the community. Her personal perks Head On, Poised, and Solidarity have been considered lackluster and are rarely seen in serious gameplay. Her perks are conceptually great and fit her bio of an influential celeb who is sympathetic & bold but her perks have too many handicaps and safe numbers which allows other perks to outshine them.

In the upcoming 8.1.0 patch, Solidarity will be buffed so that it can heal the user to 50/60/70% of healing another survivor up from 40/45/50%.

It was a relief reading the upcoming patch notes as it felt that Jane Romero was neglected by the devs considering her not receiving any buffs to her lackluster perks for the past 5 years when survivors after her received buffs to their perks.

All of her perks needed a buff but it's better to start now than never so there is hope for our lovable Jane Romero. If she is under BHVR's radar again, I would love to see Head On buffed. The main issue with the perk is that it is most effective when another survivor that relies on coordination a.k.a SWF. It is extremely hard to pull off in SoloQ which makes other exhaustion perks look better.

My proposal for Head-On:

• (+) While in a locker and NOT exhausted, the locker's aura will be shown to survivors in a yellow aura
• (+) Performing a rush exit will stun the killer for 3.5 seconds (up from 3)
• (+) Slightly increase the width and range of the stun radius

These changes are to help cancel the lack of communication while making the stun easier to pull off and make the stun feel rewarding.

While I'm talking about Solidarity and Head-On, we may as well discuss Poised. A perk that many players have forgotten. Poised is designed to be a stealth perk that hides scratch marks for 6/8/10 seconds when ANY generator is completed. The ONLY thing that is preventing this perk from being called the worst perk is that it triggers from ANY generator which opens up the opportunity for chase potential.

My proposal for Poised:

• (+) Increase the duration to 10/12/14 seconds (up from 6/8/10)
• (+) While active, all fast vaults including lockers are silenced

These changes help the perk remain active longer without being too oppressive and open up synergy with her perks i.e. Poised + Head-On.

I'm writing this post since I find it hard to believe that Jane Romero's perks have been neglected for so long when so many other survivors (older and newer) have received numerous changes to their kit.