Hex: Ruin will officially be ruined

"Because Hex: Ruin is one of the few tools a Killer has for getting an Iridescent Gatekeeper Emblem, the update needed to respect that."

Well you didn't respect that, but instead you're nerfing the hell out of this perk. So basically instead of good skillcheck penalties we get a faster gen regression after it has been kicked. Catering to new survivors that find it "annoying" to deal with Ruin skillchecks.

Why this is a terrible idea:

1) If you kick a gen & leave it be, a good amount of the time it seems like another survivor hops right back on that gen in almost no time. SWF will dominate this perk now, coordinating which gens need to be at least tapped to prevent regression. The only counter to this will be Surveillance, which may become very meta with Hex: Ruin if these changes actually go live.

2) There still has been no addressing of how quickly Hex perks can be taken out of the match. Survivors still spawn on the totem & totem spots in general are often garbage. The devs say there is so little of a risk for a reward of this perk... literally this second point is the freaking risk. Literally 75% of the time, Ruin doesn't last past the first 2 minutes.

3) You take the skill out of achieving skill checks. Skill checks in general are no problem, but now you're basically saying great skill checks are not important whatsoever. Survivors who are new to the game already had 2 perks to counter Ruin if they really had an issue with the skill checks (Stake Out & This Is Not Happening). Now you completely render these perks useless, as they don't counter anything & skill checks are all basically just normal now.

4) The change is meant to coincide with the gatekeeper change, but it honestly does not work the way the devs are thinking. The earning points in gatekeeper for each gen still up after each minute is still a core design behind the rework. Old Ruin at least offered a chance to keep as many gens as possible up for the first few minutes of the game. Now, there is nothing in the way of a survivor gen rush with the proposed new Ruin. Trying to push the points of gatekeeper onto if an exit gate is opened or not is absolutely ridiculous. Most of the time when survivors complete all gens, at least one of the exit gates will be opened (unless the survivors really fumble the bag). The devs goal is for a "2 die, 2 escape ratio", but if this the average then basically gatekeeper on closed exit gates proves practically useless. Not to mention efficient SWF teams that all escape together a good amount of the time.

Now to be fair, I sorta see where they're coming from. They want to bring it out of the meta a bit, & want to help new survivors enjoy the game experience. But the new survivors aren't who you should cater to because it ruins the balance of the game. Ruin will practically be useless now, as the perk still gets destroyed within seconds of the game starting & the effect is easy countered by smart survivors that know to tap the regressing gen. Then killers have to go out of their way to kick the gen again, just for another survivor lurking around waiting to tap it once more. Devs, you guys are going to lose your killer playerbase the more you cater to your survivors, who already have the game easy as is.