So I tried Dracula changes in the PTB...
The Hellfire cool down is so damn long, a whole 10 seconds to use it again. Let's not forget you actually get slowed down a lot when you charge it or fire it. It significantly punishing now to use the Hellfire ability.
The shape shifting change isn't massive, but it sure not as smooth as it was before which really annoyed.
The only buff he got was for the Wolf form, and the buff might sound huge, but it really not at all. You're already slow in Wolf form and rely massively on the white orbs (They increased the drop rate). But still, survivors can make great distance before you can catch up.
Oh and the buff for making the Wolf ability charge faster? You can barely see any difference. Or actually you won't see any deference at all.
TLDR; If the devs wanted to make players use Wolf form more, they missed the mark completely as now they won't bother playing The Dark Lord all together. Wolf slide tech actually made people play the Wolf form and do some sick tricks and mind-games. But now, Wolf form is still useless, and the whole killer is useless.
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Not going to comment much on Hellfire, but yes, the cooldown may be a little high now. I still wouldnt have nerfed it, the ability was "decent"…
Wanna say so, you are not slower in Wolf form? You are still 4.6m/s, which is the standard movement speed.
The Wolf buffs are in the wrong direction. It should specialize in tracking (as Vampire is more of chasing) and the tracking is useless when you need it (outside of chase, to locate survivors). Once you are in chase you can pretty much track any survivor with any killer as long as you have eyes. Right now the Wolf form is just a worse Vampire form with underwhelming tracking.
But i must say im fine with removing the slide tech. Balance should not take into consideration a bug or oversight. I know some other killers also have this issue and im up on also removing it from them.
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Wanna say so, you are not slower in Wolf form? You are still 4.6m/s, which is the standard movement speed.
Yeah, but wolf's hitbox can be an issue and you can't moonwalk properly.
I wonder if someone tested, if you can loop around corners (round loops) at same speed, or it is slower than standard killers, because of wolf's hitbox.But you have benfit of 3rd POV, so even if he would be slightly slower in loops, I think it is fine.
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