Shadowborn and Pop Goes the Weasel Experimental Perk Changes

Whomst
Whomst Member Posts: 168
edited June 2021 in Feedback and Suggestions

Shadowborn

Your Field Of View is Increased by 10/12/15-Degrees.

When Looking at a Survivor’s Direction within 45-Meters in a 20-Degree Cone, the Survivor is Highlighted by a White Tint.

Survivors within 45-Meters of you do not Perceive the Red Stain unless they are Looking within your Direction in a 20-Degree Cone or otherwise have Line-Of-Sight on You.


Pop Goes the Weasel

The Killer can choose to Apply the Perk Effect to the Generator being Kicked when Kicking the Generator.

Comments

  • Whomst
    Whomst Member Posts: 168
    edited June 2021

    These Changes focus on enhancing the Utility and Quality-Of-Life aspects of these Perks.

  • NekoTorvic
    NekoTorvic Member Posts: 778

    I'd get rid of the red stain removal. Despite the fact I hate how stupid it is that you can just see a bright red light when a killer is far away, when in an actual loop or chase, mindgaming with your red light is too useful.

    I think pop is fine as is though. The idea is that you get one powerful kick after hooking a survivor and you need to make the correct choice of where to apply it. I don't think being able to choose is a necessary QoL change.

  • Saltjar34
    Saltjar34 Member Posts: 766

    By looking at a survivor's direction, does it activate when they're behind walls?

  • AnObserver
    AnObserver Member Posts: 747

    Shadowborn - Would a distance check or a camera check be less resource intensive? Otherwise, I like the Change and would probably use the Perk.

    Pop - The core change suggested for Pop can be used for future features as well. I like this change.

  • Whomst
    Whomst Member Posts: 168
    edited January 2022

    The Shadowborn Aspect simplified since this mention: Survivors further than 16-Meters from you can not Perceive your Red Stain. This Applies to Survivors that do not have Line of Sight on you.

    Highlights Survivors with a White-Tint Outline within your FOV.

  • dugman
    dugman Member Posts: 9,713

    I like the idea of the white tint on survivors you can see with Shadowborn, it does make them easier to spot. I also agree with the reply above that the red stain shouldn’t be removed. The extra field of view plus the white stain is already probably good enough to consider using the perk.

    With Pop Goes the Weasel, how would you mechanically tell the game not to use the perk on a given generator? The Activate Ability button is already used for other things in a lot of cases, for example, so it might be tricky to use that,