Exhaustion Perks

Mostly Dead Hard though 😂

Killers on your back, you jump the window, now you've made it to another tile. You would've normally been stuck there and either given up a hit or a pallet. It's no different than the other Exhaustion perks.

Maps are designed to "artificially" allow killers to catch survivors at specific spots (i.e. gens that are in complete deadzones, drop downs that force you to stagger for free hits, T-L walls that aren't anywhere near another tile etc.). These "map design hits" can be ignored using exhaustion perks.

Free deadzone hits: Sprint Burst

Free stagger hits: Balanced Landing

Free "trash tile" hits: Lithe or Dead Hard

If you're experienced you will typically recognize bad map spots and avoid dangerous locations.

As a result you feel like you don't need any exhaustion perks when in reality you're often wasting a lot of time avoiding "dangerous zones" that wouldn't be dangerous if you ran one of the exhaustion perks to make up for map design.

Long story short: While exhaustion perks aren't exactly necessary (if you're an experienced and decent player) they can make up for map design related hits thus making survivor gameplay more enjoyable.

I use an exhaustion perk every build because I am not great at looping. When I try to cut corners I keep getting stuck on something. Also I have a terrible habit of running to areas where there is nothing or someone else already used what was there. I don't consider exhaustion perks to be 2nd chance perks like ds, unbreakable, adren. I remember the days when you recovered SB while running. Glad those days are over.

It's really up to you? I prefer to run Sprint burst, it's a good jump boost, especially if your trying to commit to a gen.

But you aren't wasting a perk slot if you aren't running an exaustion perk it's ultimately up to you what you want to run for your perks. I mean, you are going to be the one playing as the survivor anyways, not the random person who has told you it'd a waste not to use a exaustion perk

The player misusing the perk is not a downside, it's literally just the player not knowing what they're doing.

99'ing the perk and it not activating is not a downside and I have never seen that happen, ever. Even if it did happen, that is a glitch, not a downside.

The perk not activating but it goes on cooldown is not a downside, that is server latency issues.

You make pools of blood regardless of if you have the perk or not, that isn't a downside.

Getting hit through windows happens regardless of using the perk or not, and once again, is based on server latency anyway. Has nothing to do with a perk downside.

Can't find a window? That's a player mistake and you would have the issue regardless of running the perk or not anyway.

Adrenaline and Head On are actually perks I am fine with as they DO actually have risk or downside attached to them that would not occur otherwise. BL also has some situational requirement, so I am also fine with it, as that is a downside. You may get a map with no good drop offs and waste a perk slot, that is an additional risk.

All the rest of these "downsides" you are mentioning are not downsides at all.

Player error, bugs, glitches, or things that are negatives regardless of if you are running the perk or not, are not downsides of the perks.

I've never liked exhaustion perks honestly. I feel like once I've used them I become reliant on them, rather than my own skill during a chase. I feel like doing that has helped me really learn the maps better, rather than using, for example, Lithe or Dead Hard to try get somewhere faster in hopes of a loop. When I play killer, I do see people use them well of course, but I notice more misusing them, Dead Harding from fear of a hit, but runs into a wall anyway, or trying to Sprint Burst at the last second, only to be hit anyway.

Downsides are negatives when you use a certain perk.

Yes when you use Dead Hard you have to be injured that IS a downside to using DH, you have to be injured, but like I said it as not risky to some people.

Dead Hard not working IS a downside because you know that it may not work but regardless you still use it. Server/Latency issues that mess up perks DO make the perk have issues thus creating downsides because of the perk directly messing with a perk.

Not finding a window IS a downside just like Balanced Landing because you NEED to interact with something and if you can’t find it, then that is a risky knowing you might not have a window to vault Map knowledge is connected to you player skill but skilled or not you may or may not find a window ALL of the time. The killer can also mindgame the window which can result to getting a hit maybe.

The term ‘second chance’ could be applied to any perk( but it is so widely thrown out)

The killer is behind you and you vault a window and you have the perk Dance with Me, then the killer loses you because of no scratch marks.

Another Example:

The Killer is chasing you and you have the perk Q&Q then the killer loses you. Second chance?

Server issues, requirements to use the perk, player skill( sometimes) ARE downsides/risks. No exhaustion perk has ZERO downsides, if they didn’t people would call them Broken, but they aren’t broken. Maybe Dead Hard to some people will call DH broken.

The timing of using a exhaustion perk is important because it can still make a mistake, if timed horribly it can cost you.

"Downsides are negatives when you use a certain perk."

It isn't considered a downside to a perk if you have that same downside when you aren't using a perk. That is misusing the word.

"Yes when you use Dead Hard you have to be injured that IS a downside to using DH, you have to be injured, but like I said it as not risky to some people."

You almost always get injured, that isn't you doing anything different than you would without the perk. Not a downside.

"Dead Hard not working IS a downside because you know that it may not work but regardless you still use it. Server/Latency issues that mess up perks DO make the perk have issues thus creating downsides because of the perk directly messing with a perk."

Not when you know how to compensate for latency. IE you misusing the perk.

"Not finding a window IS a downside just like Balanced Landing because you NEED to interact with something and if you can’t find it, then that is a risky knowing you might not have a window to vault Map knowledge is connected to you player skill but skilled or not you may or may not find a window ALL of the time."

No, because you would be using the window REGARDLESS of if you were using the perk or not. Windows are also way too numerous to call that a downside or limitation, unlike BL where drop offs are actually limited.

"The term ‘second chance’ could be applied to any perk( but it is so widely thrown out)"

It could be applied to any perk if you don't actually understand the definition and misuse it.

"The Killer is behind you and you have the perk Q&Q then the killer loses you. Second chance?"

Except that required skill to do and didn't deny him a hit he would have landed otherwise. He got outplayed, you didn't just hit a button and get a free hit deny.

"Server issues, requirements to use the perk, player skill( sometimes) ARE downsides/risks."

Server issues and player skill are not downsides or risk. Requirements to use the perk are, IF it's not a readily available requirement that you wouldn't still be having otherwise, of which most those are.

"No exhaustion perk has ZERO downsides, if they didn’t people would call them Broken, but they aren’t broken. Maybe Dead Hard to some people will call DH broken. P"

That's simply incorrect. Many people do also call them broken or unbalanced.