How the the devs don't buff Counterforce/Small Game, instead of nerfing Thrill Of the Hunt?

Adam_Francis_Main

Peek variety is a good thing and it seems like the devs don't like that.

jesterkind

If they did that, we'd be in a position where the killer side has an oppressively busted tool and you as survivor have to pick another perk to counter it, or you're just boned.

That's not actually perk variety, it's the opposite, it narrows your perk slots down because you kinda have to bring Small Game or Counterforce in case the killer decided to run a hex build— and there's no reason for killers not to do that because Thrill makes cleansing hexes incredibly hard on a lot of the cast.

Hexes need love, and totem perks on survivor could also stand to be a little better depending on the specific perk, but this isn't a healthy direction to go in with it.

Langweilg

I agree, variety is good. That’s how you could buff them. Regardless of buffing those perks, thrill of the hunt should get nerfed to 12% or get a secondary effect when going back to 10%.

Counterforce

• You cleanse and bless (new) Totems 70-80% faster (was 20% + 20% per totem)
• After cleansing and blessing (new) a Totem, the Aura of all Totems (was farthest) from you is revealed to you for 2/3/4 seconds.

Small game

• Get an auditory warning when looking in the direction of Totems in a 45 degree cone within a range of 12 meters. Small game has a cooldown of 12 seconds each time it activates. For each Dull Totems and Hex Totem cleansed by any player, gain a token. Small game detection cone is reduced by 5 degrees per token.
• When you are in the killer’s terror radius and small game activates, reveal the killer’s aura for 6 seconds. (new)

Iron_Cutlass

If Hex: Thrill of the Hunt is the only issue, over-buffing other perks to deal with Hex: Thrill of the Hunt would create more issues for the game. By extension, buffing anti-Hex perks would make general all Hex Totems worse and Hex: Thrill of the Hunt would become a requirement for every Hex build; variety is worse and the balance is worse as a result.

I personally dont think anti-Hex perk needs a buff at the moment, I think Hex Totems as a whole need a rework; Hex Totems without defense perks are too weak and (in the case of Hex: Thrill of the Hunt) too strong with defense perks. They were fine when they came out but they aged like milk.

Adam_Francis_Main

The thing is, once they nerf thrill people will go right back to complaining about gen regression /aura.

Totems are supposed to be these powerful perks, yet they're treated like a joke. Once they revert it it's right back to the same thing.

Yes totems deserve love but looking at the state of the community if anything gets loved people will complain, and once content creators come Into the mix to farm views from rage bait then it's over.

I've barely encounter thrill but the games I do I've won either my swf. I know I don't speak for the majority but these thrill hate posts exaggerated and alot of it is from content creators.

DeBecker

https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/434540/how-the-the-devs-dont-buff-counterforce-small-game-instead-of-nerfing-thrill-of-the-hunt

Cause its still stupid to force perks onto survivors for rng.

SidneysBane1996

I think hexes/boons and totems as a whole need a rework:

• Better spawns
• Do not light until their effects are activated, and they move around now (all of them, unless it's something like Penti)
• Basekit Shattered Hope
• They basekit take a bit longer to cleanse (and then we reduce TotH)