My Item Revisions, Vol. 2: Keys
So, I'll get to the point quickly.
The new Keys are, without a doubt, an improvement over the old ones, aside from maybe Skeleton Key.
I like the new abilities Keys have now, so no complaints. The Broken Key still existing is... a choice, but it's easier to swallow now it's brown.
As to the add-ons... I don't like the prospect of only 5 of them, and how the Blood Amber was handled.
Here are my changes:
Prayer Rope (Common):
• Adds 1 Charge.
Shrill Whistle (Uncommon):
• Decreases the time to channel a Key by 35%.
Friendship Charm (Uncommon):
• Increases the speed at which another survivor can rummage through a Chest opened by your Key by 50%.
• Items collected from Rummaging Chests you unlocked have 25% more charges.
• Does not stack.
Milky Glass (Rare):
• Unlocks the ability to use the Key on the Exit Gates, progressing it by 25% immediately.
• Using this add-on consumes 1 Charge.
• This can be only done once per gate.
Braided Bauble (Rare):
• Increases the duration of auras revealed by Keys by 2 seconds.
Weaved Ring (Very Rare):
• This add-on now activates when the Hatch spawns, making a faint shimmering sound which gets louder based on how close the player is to the Hatch.
Unique Wedding Ring (Very Rare):
• You can always see the aura of the Obsession and they can see yours.
• Decreases the initial chance of becoming the Obsession by 100%.
• Now, you can transfer the Obsession state from yourself to any other survivor standing within a 8 meter range of you by Channeling the Key.
Blood Amber (Iridescent):
• Reveals the aura of the Killer in a 24 meter range of you when Channeling a Key.
• Reduces the aura reveal time to 4 seconds.
• Reduces amount of charges to 3.
(Alternatively, just remove the "less charges" downside, and it can be a nice Object on demand.)
And that's it. Thoughts?
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A lot of those are interesting, and options are always cool, and I like that a lot of these lean into the newer mechanics.
I'm not too sure about Blood Amber though... the difference between this and current is that only you get the aura read rather than both killer and survivor... however with the current Blood Amber, I'm seeing potential for some really quirky and tricky effects off the fact the killer sees your Aura too and its global...
- Object of Obsession let's you trigger a boost to actions when you want it.
- Off the Record let's you get a free aura read on the killer any time for 90s, so you know which way to run.
- Sole Survivor can block an aura read while aura reading the killer, maybe even use it to find hatch at the moment the killer closes it.
- Distortion actually becomes pretty awesome with this change, with an on demand scratch marks hide...
I'm not on the PTB, so I can't try these, but these effects look pretty good to me... 🤔
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Thanks for commenting!
Some of these add-ons are the same as the PTB ones, the Shrill Whistle for example. Just clarifying it.
About Blood Amber, I don't really know how good is it. In theory, the scenarios you mentioned are really good.
It certainly is less brainless to use now.
We will likely have to wait and see how good it'll be.
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