Autodidact Rework
Autodidact is a powerful perk in theory but when you actually run it you find that you struggle to stack it with default chances to trigger a Skill Check. Others have wondered why Autodidact doesn't affect self-healing which got me wondering about a potential rework for the perk.
Autodidact could use a rework but it would need to function in a very particular way to avoid being broken or remaining useless. Here's what I'm thinking:
You start the trial with a -25% progression penalty for all healing Skill Checks.
For every successful Skill Check completed while healing another Survivor, you receive a Token for a maximum of 3/4/5 Tokens.
Each Token grants you a +15% bonus progression for all successful Skill Checks while healing.
You have a 5/10/15% greater chance of triggering Skill Checks while healing.
Great Skill Checks cannot be performed while using Autodidact.
Autodidact is not active when healing another Survivor with a Med-Kit.
This would be another altruism perk that would promote healing other Survivors which would in turn empower your Self-Care should you choose to pair the perks. One of the key changes I suggest is the greater chance of triggering Skill Checks because at the moment Autodidact is a heavily RNG-dependent perk.
Some considerations that could also be made:
- Once you have reached maximum stacks you lose the increased chance to trigger Skill Checks. This would balance the perk out to make it less of an insta-heal.
- Autodidact is disabled if the Survivor is also running We'll Make It. The perks may be too powerful if ran together. Then again,
- Smaller healing Skill Checks, perhaps the size of the old Decisive Strike. This would make the perk have a higher skill cap and reward players who run it successfully.
Let me know what you guys think! I figure I've covered all my bases but I'd like to see what everything thinks from a more objective point of view.
TL;DR Increased skill check chances with incentive to heal other Survivors to empower your own healing.
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Even though autodidact isn't a particularly good perk I feel like survivors have enough healing power as it is. I'm against giving them anymore power in that area when the amount of team healing is actually pretty high.
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It takes 32 seconds to self heal...
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It takes that long for a reason. You using self care alone should take the longest amount of time to heal. Self Care gives buffs to using medkits on yourself plus it wasn't made in a vacuum you've got botany knowledge to work with as well. The game is about team play so your team should be healing you more than anything else.
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@ReikoMori at the same time, having a diffrent option than We'll Make It is nice :d
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I believe Autodidact would be in the perfect spot if it just increased the chances of triggering skillchecks. No other changes needed.
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