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Please make killers less addon reliant : Using ghostface as an example
A lot of killers across the board are very reliant on certain addons, or at the very least are far worse without them. certain examples include Leatherface (relying on doom engravings or tuning guide to be mildly good) however as a leatherface addon and power rework is likely on the agenda i would like to propose some killers get some small buffs in line with their addons, but have their addons power decreased
(This would be similar to how the pigs crouch got adjusted so she was less addon reliant on it, whilst retaining the addons true cap ie her power was buffed but the addons still brought her to the same strength, she was just stronger without them.)
Things like ghostface's recovery addons. it feels... difficult to play without them sometimes, so even having just a small buff to his recovery speed, but having that taken away from his addons to make him less reliant on them would make him a far superior killer then he is today. You'll constantly see people say that chewed pen is basically his best addon, and they'd be right.
Same principle goes for other killers for example trapper : he could use the trappers bag addon (brown) by default on his kit, and have it reworked to maybe just allow an extra trap to be carried. the ability to carry an extra trap by default is incredibly valuable and also allows for swaping traps in and out whilst already carrying one.
Wraith could also do with a similar change, having his windstorm addons nerfed for example, but all the percentages of his addons that is nerfed added to base kit : therefore making him less reliant on a certain series of addons in order to do well.
Doctor, expecially could use a subtle change like this. decreasing his range addons, and adding them somwehat to his base kit : i also realise that a doctor rework is potentially in the works, but a subtle change like this would make him so much more viable until then. (Ie moldy electrode range becomes base, but the highest electrode has a decreased range, with decreased drawbacks.)
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The best complete addon overhaul would be to remove all addons that change a variable (charge speed, cooldown, etc) and replace them by addons in the line of myers mirror or tombstones. (This example actually would better if tombstone and mirror were abilities to swap out instead of addons)
Obviously buff the base variables (stats) on killers to compensate.
If debuffs didnt suck most of the time, and stacked, these addons might be better too. Also we dont need addons just for debuffs, those effects could be applied to other addons as a bonus.
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