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Hillbilly needs some attention
While I'm not asking for a full un-rework (it'd be nice though) I think Billy definitely needs some love, and this has been the case ever since his rework. In fact, here are ALL the things that I think are currently wrong with Billy, and how they can be changed.
-The roar when beginning a chainsaw sprint makes Curve Billy much weaker and is overall just kind of annoying to hear. The best solution would really just be to remove it, especially since it just seems to be there as sound design and the effect on gameplay is an oversight.
-When cancelling a chainsaw sprint, it's annoying to have to look at the floor. The camera should stay steady throughout the animation.
-Iridescent Brick is useless on its own since survivors can hear you coming with the chainsaw anyway, and even with Apex Muffler you've wasted 2 addon slots on a gimmick that works better with Apex Muffler + Tinkerer or Leafy Mash. This addon should either be reworked or apply its effect instantly upon beginning a chainsaw sprint.
-Big buckle and Black Grease both need to have more powerful effects. It'd be nice if Black Grease made the chainsaw cool even faster when being shined on by a flashlight and if Big Buckle decreased your terror radius by 16 meters instead of just 8 when the chainsaw is overheating.
-Leafy Mash should have its duration increased just a little
-The trail of smoke showing survivors exactly where you are around the map. It makes drift king Billy harder, and drift king Billy is very fun to play as and against so I really don't think this is necessary. It's so easy to avoid Billy if you can not only hear, but see where he is across the map.
-Not really a pressing issue but I think his mori would look really cool from a cinematic camera angle like the newer killers have rather than a 1st-person camera angle.
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You forgot the trail of smoke showing survivors your exact position while you run around the map.
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Not for long
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His addons are complete butt. he needs more then just "some" attention
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I actually like Billy's roar, they could easily fix the issue by either him only roaring when he hits someone with his chainsaw, or making it a togglable option that only the killer can hear.
I couldn't care less about his add-ons, I just use overheat add-ons to make him feel like his old self.
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And attention he needs:
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He definitely needs the overheat and roar removed. Even if you're okay with the roar aesthetically, it gives the survivors a sound cue for when he actually commits to his chainsaw sprint.
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I think the noise was an intentional nerf. It’s kinda weird old Hillbilly when he didn’t nerf. It’s one of those, give them a chance to react things.
I think both of his iridescents could use a small bonus of turn speed. Like half a Dad’s Boots for each. So they can combine like Voltron and have really the one thing that would actually make them feel like iridescents: navigation.
Big Buckle is terrible. I’d argue Leafy Mash isn’t worth using either. I’d like it if both of these became mini-iridescent Bricks where they reduce his terror radius while Sprinting.
Black Grease I think should activate while chasing a survivor with a flashlight (or in general) with a reduced amount of charge time. I do not like that he has add ons that the survivors have to activate. Especially Black Grease.
Enduring helps him with Mothers Helpers. Lightborn negates Black Grease. Plus you basically should never have to take a blind as Billy. You have to let them do it.
Then there’s Pighouse Gloves. I really dislike having to volunteer to overheat your chainsaw in order to get a chase perk advantage, but you disadvantage yourself by slowing yourself to overheat negating the things PGs gives you.
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They should put Billy's roar on an addon, as another brown meme addon, or just for fun.
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Forgot to add the part where there shouldn't be random low hanging vines/branches that you can bump into.
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Kind of sad they put them in on purpose. they also stop bubbas chainsaw.
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Those ######### bushes in Eyrie that look like you can walk trough need to burn.
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As a Billy main, I'd love for his roar to be removed and some add ons to be buffed. As for the smoke and being forced to look down, I don't mind that much if at all.
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Aw, I like the roar. Maybe keep it just on the killer side?
As for the rest, I think you're mostly right. His addons and possibly how punishing his post-bump stun is are his biggest problems by far, sprucing up the former and maybe tweaking the latter would be a very welcome change.
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Pighouse Gloves could become a weaker Engravings but with no charge time penalty. Either ten percent or fifteen (Death Engravings) speed increase.
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And Victor.
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His roar sounds like he's gargling on a pair of testicles, at least to me.
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roar should be triggered when he gets a chainsaw hit not when he sprints
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To me it sounds like he's yelling all lowercase in a fancy font like times new roman or something
If that makes sense, which of course I don't expect it to.
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It makes perfect sense.
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