Thoughts on SM and possible fixes
(skip this section if ur familiar with her power, for those who dont know)
Radar current mechanic: reveals survivors location if they have a claw trap or were detected by a drone, can be used to recall drones
Drone current mechanic:Will begin in stealth mode but after detecting a surviviors will enter scouting mode, after 3 scans survivor will get a claw trap(which injuries)SM also has haste and undetectable inside
obviously theres sm more but for simplicity those are the main points
Possible fixed from my POV
Drone NEW mechanic: The drones will stay in stealth mode and will go into scouting once detected a survivior, but after 3 scans it will enter chase mode.In chase mode
-drones range increase by 5m
-a shield like barricade will surround survivor
-if the survivor(s) leaves the barricade, they will lose one health state and receives a claw trap
There will be a time-limit of about 20 seconds before the drone re-enters stealth mode. Hacking the drone is also a possibility to disable this mode.
NOTES ON THIS MECHANIC
-Vaults will reset once chase mode is activated
-Chase mode wont automatically activate if SM isnt in chase with survivior who activated it
-if SM leaves the barricade, it will break
New mechanic: Radar
Keep core same mechanics but change add ons to buff looking at Radar such as inflicting oblivious on marked surviviors while looking at radar
Drones that scanned survivors 3 times but did not enter chase mode because SM was not in chase with survivior can be activated with radar
MORE NOTES
6 drones —→ 4 drones
-drones cannot be placed within 16 of another drones radius
It would be nice if in chase mode “revamped” pallets similar to party pallets design if they were already used previously
Why?
Currently, SM is rewarded with placing a drone to force survivors to leave a zone or be punished from it, what if we used to opposite logic to make SM more trap- based without forcing surviviors to just leave zones until its a dead zone?
Thoughts? I wasnt trying to nerf SM but its just the fact people prefer fighting a nurse than SM… i wouldnt mind if SM got buffs if she converted to this playstyle