I hate Self-Care as Survivor

Don't see the problem personally.

I run it on Meg, and you still have to escape the chase and find somewhere safe before you can use it. Too often I find other survivors don't heal each other, run the length of the map after unhooking me, or plain ol' f*ck up the skill check.

I'll usually let others heal me if they do show up... but that tends to bite me on the arse quite often. Only last night, a Dwight missed the skill check and then, in a panic, pulled the pallet down next to us. Killer was there in seconds.

The group's Claudette... was hiding in a bush in somewhere.

And when playing killer, it really doesn't bother me. Sometimes it's a blessing, Nurses Calling is occasionally the only way I find people quickly.

I don't run self care because it's too crutch and too many people rely on it to survive. And I do run bond in its place lol. Isn't bond great?? 

@redsopine1 said:
I dont.mind self care since I run nc and I love lunging around a corner on people

Monitor and Abuse + Nurse's Calling on Nurse. "You're already dead."

I never run SC as a survivor unless I’m playing a medic build with botany knowledge,empathy, and or pharmacy. It wastes so much time self healing and it makes the game so much more suspenseful when you don’t have an infinite heal in your back pocket. I’ve always thought they should give SC a certain amount  of charges (like a reverse stake out) so you can only heal yourself a number of times in a match. Make survivors be careful and choosy when they self heal and encourages teamwork so you don’t waste them. Also it’s a horror game! Come on what horror game gives you unlimited resources unless it’s a cheat code? 😋 I will say it’s a great beginner perk for people who aren’t positionally aware or play aggro all the time. But there should be a price for that just saying. 

At rank 1 you almost have to have it since there's so many Rambo's out there, people that don't belong there, ones that're trying to depip and who'll happily take you with them. It's just a must when you're in solo queue and can't trust others to be consistent.

It's even more of a must when you get a known griefer in your group who'll purposely screw up the heal and or run to you with the killer in tow using bond.

CrtKazz said:

 I’ve always thought they should give SC a certain amount  of charges (like a reverse stake out) so you can only heal yourself a number of times in a match.


 So basically a First aid kit.

I play with friends of varying skill a lot, and sometimes Self Care is far more useful than running to someone. Killers seem to forget that injured survivors are lightning rods for being found. They leave blood trails, make incredibly loud moans and whines, and have to make desperate dashes to try and avoid being caught if you're nearby as it is.

While Bond is the better perk from a design perspective, DbD has long been built to accommodate Self Care in the meta. I know people think that's a bad thing, but you have to remember that Self Care's value as a survivor perk directly correlates to counter perks, such as A Nurse's Calling. Just as SC is widely used, so is A Nurse's Calling on multiple killers. I mean, seriously, how often do you heal near a Nurse, Hag, or Huntress?

I would argue that dropping most of the killer roster's terror radius 2-4 meters would be a strong buff to A Nurse's Calling vs. Self Care, but then you just run into situations where A Nurse's Calling and Monitor & Abuse become a more mandatory/meta combo.

It's a delicate balancing act for SC now, and the most they could really nerf is 1-2 seconds without nerfing it very hard and making Bond baseline in some way.

I don’t run self care! I’d rather give points to other survivors 

If they don't want to be healed, ######### 'em. Leave them be to get their stupid bloodpoints.

@CrimsonPuppeteer said:
It's annoying that you can't force ppl to stop the heal action.

Ummmmmm....... ???