Should Boons be 'only used once per match'? (UPDATED)

Yes

Just a minor correction, it takes 14 seconds to bless a Dull totem and 24 seconds to bless a hex totem. (Your point is valid, just correcting the number.)

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Yes, because to Bless a totem is 14/24 totems off of gens. They're also not map-wide, and while they have strong effects, the Killer only takes a moment to cleanse. If a Killer is able to decently keep a hold on Survivor's Boons, and a Survivor is dead set on using them and getting the effects out of it, that can be a good chunk of time off a gen. (Plus, doesn't Thrill of the Hunt also increase those times?)

Idk, I just think it's a really interesting way to give Survivors more options on how they spend their time during the trial, in the form of giving a team benefit in the boons in exchange for taking time off of Generators, and knowing that their boon could be destroyed by the Killer in an instant. Stuff like that is a good way to encourage gens going slower without just nerfing gen speeds or adding another super-strong gen regression perk, which I will always see as a positive.

i personally think they should work for a certain amount of time and then they have to be reactivated but if the killer destroys the boon that boon perk can't be relit

Once per totem would be a nice start. If it is snuffed then you can't bless that totem again.

I think a cooldown that increases with each consecutive bless is good enough.

Been playing a lot of Mikaela and using boons. They are powerful for sure, that 100% healing and no scatch marks/auras is crazy strong, but the downsides are pretty big too. 1) Finding a totem and 2) the blessing time.

I don't think they should be a one time use thing, however. These are the changes I'd like to see(as someone who plays both killer and survivor)

1) Killers should now have the ability to break dull totems.

2) Hex Perks should automatically respawn on a dull totem(if one is available) after 90 seconds or something.

I think this brings some balance with hex perks and makes them much more viable while also giving the killer an option of limiting the effectiveness of boon totems.

Have the totem break when it is crushed by the killer. Cant be blessed again, but survivors can reset on a new totem. Would allow killers to quickly clear out areas of importance for early and late game.

I like that.

*sad noed noises*

I mean, you're not wrong. Say killers get what they want (I'm neutral, boons can stay or change, its not an issue for me) and boon totems get nerfed to their satisfaction and likely to the point where they have really, not much appeal for the effort involved, especially if you want the pair rather than just one.

A month or so later, people will be back to the old rhetoric of "Why do survivors always bring in the same second chance perks, why don't they change the meta?!"

If you don't like the new perks, cool, I can somewhat understand. But don't pick something based off what makes you feel is 'justified' or makes you feel that its 'fair' from just your point of view. Actually, come up with something that at least leaves a survivor something to work with. Insta destroying a potential two perks would cheese either side off, so I don't know why its being proposed with any amount of seriousness. A cooldown or counter system sounds way fairer. And if you're going to suggest destroying them then I'm sorry, but the act of destroying potentially two perks at the same time, should actually take some time, not a couple of seconds.

Otherwise yes, survivors are going to go back to what they know is effective and everyone will go back to asking why the game seems stale and when are we going to nerf Dead Hard.

It does need some altering, although there are a variety of ways:

1. Use once per trial, and allow Boons to have the same strengths as they had during the PTB.

2. Only 1 Boon active at a time, and anyone who has a Boon power automatically has their power transfered to that Boon.

3. Keep Boons as they currently are, but should a killer stamp one out they get something in return, like everyone is Exposed for a short period of time, thereby have a strong risk/ atrong reward for them.

There mqy be others, but those would be my choices. However, as they currently stand they're far too strong and easy to set up. It's a very low risk/ high reward perk currently amd needs rebalancing.

Not untill you spend 14 seconds to activate them. That's 17,5% of a gen you could have been doing. Not counting travel and searching time.

Realistically you probably come close to 25% of a gen you could have done. Just to activate them. If the killer comes across them before you get value of them it was pure wasted time. You practically gave the killer a pop for free.

Not to mention they cost perk slots. If a lethal pursuer nurse is on you in less then 10 seconds and you have both boons you're running with half a build. What are your other perks?

One is probably dead hard. What is the fourth? If it isn't decisive have fun getting tunneled and never activating your boons in the first place. Pick that and you miss out on unbreakabill and you aren't blessing any totems while on the ground. If it isn't Iron Will then your lack of scratch marks becomes useless the second you get injured. Opting for any of those means you miss out on BT. Being able to heal in 8 seconds is useless if the killer smacks the other survivors 1 second after they come of the hook.

These boons are Lucky Break all over again. People only want to see the best case scenario and choose to be completly oblivious to all the cost and downsides the perks have

No you wouldn't, because your perk is already gone.

Bless = Cleanse

Any totems would be Cleansed when they're Blessed, so they're gone already. That totem is already destroyed. The survivors are just activating their localised perk by Blessing that totem, just like Inner Strength/Inner Healing.

Yeah, but the survivor chose not to break it. Getting back to the risk reward of the perk. Without the boon perk they might not of bothered looking for it.