Revisiting items - Maps
One way of many ways to improve maps. The latest changes did a lot of good things but the main thing I wanted was the iri map lowered in rarity to make it more accessible, maybe even infinite charges and an addon for windows of opportunity. There was no need to remove all the good things maps had going for them.
Base Map changes
- Totems are shown basekit.
Finding boons or hexes is the only thing they are good at currently and it should be basekit instead of an addon.
- Remove grey and blue maps. Keep the blue version and make it green.
There is no good reason to have three items when they do the same thing just worse/better. Same goes for other items as well. Items variants should have a reason to exist and be better worse in certain niches. As for maps I don’t think you need more than one, especially when maps aren‘t picked much.
- QOL: Reduce the time it requires to activate the maps to something like 1 second.
It just doesn’t feel good to use them.
- QOL: Let us activate the beam of light by pressing the first or second ability button.
It‘s unintuitive to use and I often forget it exists.
- Maps show gens, hooks, killer belongings (traps, TVs…), hatch, exit gates and chests.
The strength of maps was that they made finding stuff like gens… easier. With it currently being an objectively worse version of windows of opportunity, there is no reason to ever take them aside from boons.
New mechanic:
- Remove charges from the item.
- Press the ability button to activate or deactivate maps.
- When activated all auras are shown. When deactivated everything except windows and pallets are shown.
- When the map stays activated for too long it’s aura reading range for windows and pallets decreases over time until it goes down to something like 5-10 meters. Then you need to deactivate it, so it can slowly recharge to max range again.
It would give maps a little more depth, allow you to see lots of things and deactivate it if your view would be too cluttered.
Addons:
- 🟣Return the Crystel Bead addon → Reveals all shown auras to all other survivors.
It was a very useful addon. I don‘t get why it got removed.
- Reduce the rarity of the crimson stamp addon from iri to blue.
It‘s not worthy of being an iri strength wise.
- New addon idea: Allows you to rummage a chest that will guarantee a key that can open hatch.
- New addon idea by @SoGo: The intensity of the Generators auras reveal their current progress.