New item — Adrenaline Shot

cooers · November 2018

Hello, I have an idea for a new item. Maybe this will interest anyone.

Adrenaline Shot
Rare, 1 charge (like Chinese Firecracker)
Gives you the “Endurance” effect (like from Borrowed Time) for 15 seconds and “Haste” for 3 seconds (unless it ruins the balance — then it can be changed or removed at all).
Instant use (or 1 second if not balanced)
Addons: removes some negative effects, Haste/Endurance lasts longer, extra charge (but weaker Haste; the addon is consumed right away like some Skeleton Key addons) etc.

This item may be used for saving someone from being hard-camped, buying some time (extra 15 seconds), but it’s not ruining the balance as it’s consumable and rare. Also no one will DC to save it (like flashlights) + it doesn’t affect you forever like insta-heal that just gives you extra life. Also it will be a little bit of a new content for the game, looks fun (at least to me) + we’ll see some amazing videos with people using it

Thanks.

FoggyDownpour · November 2018

I don't think it would work in the current game, but it did make me think about the fact that we don't curently have any items that are mainly for the chase. We have healing, aura reading, escaping, generators, and saving people, but nothing that help much in the chase if you exclude flashlighting a vaulting/pallet breaking killer. Tell me your thoughts on this:

A rare (or higher, but no brown/yellow versions) item that you bring into a match, but you have to go through an application process to use it. It would fall under the healing or repair category while applying, but wouldn't give you any blood points. The application process might need to be uninterrupted to prevent 99ing it and only finishing it if it's needed in a chase.

Basically, you would have to apply it to yourself (maybe for about 30 sec and with skill checks?) before being able to use it and it would be there for the rest of the match. It would give you something like haste for X seconds, or maybe be something like a one time use dead hard and the ability would be used upon activation of the button. It would have its own activate button that didn't interfere with other perks and could only be used after successfully taking the time to apply it.

Once you apply it to yourself, you can't bring it out of the match with you, even if you don't use it. It would be considered 'consumed' by the game, but unlock the ability for one time in that match. Once applied, you can pick up another item as normal.

It would need a visual representation so that killers know the survivor has it, like maybe a brightish green glove on the right hand or something.

Hopefully my off the wall idea made sense