Evening Things Out (Addons/Items)
This is gonna be a long post. It's fine to just click away. This is also more about satisfying a thought than proposing specific changes, and likely a thought that's in no way unique, but suggestions on how to satisfy that thought with some specific changes would be more than welcome.
So, going through the killer list, there's a lot of discrepancies as far as addons go. People will complain about one or two particular issues, and I'm not gonna touch on actual functionality or what/who needs a rework immediately. Instead, I'm gonna focus just on numbers for this post. I'm gonna assume a baseline, minimum kit that most killers get: 2 Ultra-Rare, 4 Very Rare, 5 Rare, 5 Uncommon, and 4 Common for 20 addons.
- Trapper: 2 UR, 4 VR, 5 R, 5 U, 4 C (so far so good)
- Wraith: 2 UR, 4 VR, 5 R, 5 U, 4 C (on a roll)
- Hillbilly: 0 UR, 2 VR, 5 R, 9 U, 4 C (uh oh.. still 20 though)
- Nurse: 0 UR, 5 VR, 5 R, 4 U, 6 C (yikes.. keeping to 20, still)
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After everything, the only ones that fall short of the baseline number of addons are Hillbilly and Cannibal at 19 (which sucks because the only have four unique addons each anyway)
Hillbilly, Nurse, Huntress, Doctor, and Cannibal each fall short in specific categories of addons:
- Hillbilly needs +2 UR, +2 VR, +1 C, and can spare -4 U
- Nurse needs +2 UR, +1 U, and can spare -1 VR, -2 C
- Huntress needs +1 UR, +1 VR, and can spare -2 U
- Doctor needs +1 UR, +2 R, and can spare -1 VR, -2 U
- Cannibal needs +2 UR, +2 VR, and +1 C, can spare -4 U, and my personal preference would be that any added addons be distinct from Hillbilly's
It'd just be nifty if these could be brought into line. Given the varied power levels involved, it would likely bring some fresh playstyles and experiences into a lot of the game.
Going through survivor items, there's also some missing rarities of base items and addons - this is overall less of a personal concern. Again, I just want things to level out a bit :P There's no baseline minimum, but if we were just to assume one of each:
- Maps need a Very Rare, Uncommon, and Common variety
- Map Addons need an Ultra-Rare variety
- Keys need an Uncommon and Common variety
- Key Addons need an Ultra-Rare variety
- Toolboxes need an Ultra-Rare variety
- Toolbox Addons need a Very Rare variety
- Flashlights need an Ultra-Rare variety
- Medkits need an Ultra-Rare variety