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https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/313355/p1

Table of Contents

-Reflecting on the Moonrise event: Developing a philosophy for the next
-Separate design philosophies
-The New event
---Details of the event.

Reflecting on the Moonrise event

We will first reflect on the issues from this event to develop a design principle for the next even:

1 Envelops weren't plentiful enough » We need more event offerings to spawn on the bloodweb.

2 The BloodPoint gain was too low » We want to give people about a 50-100% BP increase and create a system to Cap it.

3 Unequal Event Points in factions cause bad queue times » We want to create a system through which we can guarantee an even distribution (4:1 ratio) between killers and survivors.

4 The killer is at a bigger disadvantage as they have to give up pressure to do the event.» We need to ensure that both killers are hurt/buffed by the event equally.

5 Subjective: Survivors shouldn't compete over the same resources against one another» There might be controversy here, but we will explore a fully team-based structure, in which the killer and survivors do remain in a truly competitive environment against one another.

6 Rarely contested: The dynamics of the event shouldn't incentivise players to not rescue. Because players lost their vessel when hooked, there was little incentive to rescue them if you could already steam their vessel» If for example only vessels were lost when being unhooked, then such incentive wouldn't have been lost. We want a system that thus promotes rescuing etc.

7 Highly Subjective: Killers and survivors should not be in a competition and should be able to team/game-throw so that they can farm Event Points. » We do not comply to this criticism as it's a circumvention of the balance in our rewarding(store) system.

Separate design philosophies

Now we know what principles we've learned from the moonlight event, but before describing our event, it's important this the creation of this event also has separate design philosophies integrated inside of it, separate from the moonrise event:

1
We want to use the event to softly explore with solving the Death-Efficiency issue, and will thus try to nerf the game for survivors in the base-state, while buffing survivors per death of another survivor, to keep the game playable during any stage of the game, possibly even with the absence of the hatch.

2
We want to offer the killer more choice. Normally the killer is very reactive. We want to give the killer a medium through which they can express their decision-making in a very proactive manner.

3
For this event in particular, we want to create a varying amount in survivor-selection priority on the killers side. Normally the only thing that makes the killer prioritise 1 survivor over the other is how many hooking stages they have been through. Items only increased priority to the degree of their strength, but are cast inside of the shadow by the hooking phases. We want to add something on top of that priority consideration!

The new event!

The core of the Event

The event is simple, really: There is 1 special item in the game. If the survivors manage to escape with it, all survivors get 50 event points. If no more survivors remain in the map (either dead/escaped) but the item still remains in the map/is destroyed, the killer will get 50 points.
But this item and some other things present in this event will change everything:

Choice-Hooks

Adjustment of: Link: Choice Hooks

In this event, 1 new type of hook will spawn. 3 of them per map.

You might wonder, what is the difference?
The difference is that both the 2 hooks of the choice hook have a different buff attached to it. Once you hang a survivor on either 2 hooks, the other will break permanently. The hook with the buff that you chose will remain available to you even after a rescue, but is also broken similar to normal hooks if a survivor dies on it.

Like basement hooks, they cannot be sabotaged through normal methods. Only the main item can sabotage them at 10 seconds per hook. Sabotaged Choice hooks respawn after 50 seconds.
(We will discuss the particular hook-buffs later)

The special item

The "Wunderwaffe"

I'll use the word Wunderwaffe as a reference name of the item we are about to discuss. Somewhat similar to the weapon from Call Of Duty WoW:

This item is a metal device with blue lightning coming off of it. It isn't a weapon though, but it is something that enhances the player wielding it.
It fills itself with the souls of death survivors.

Buffs when wielding the Wunderwaffe

1
The player wielding the Wunderwaffe has their aura revealed to all survivors. (In yellow)

2
The Wunderwaffe gives the wielder +x% Repair Speed + Exit Gate Opening Speed:
4 survivors are alive = 30%
3 Survivors alive = 100%
2 survivors alive = 200%
1 survivor alive = 300%

3
The Wonderwaffe applies Blue sparks to a generator.
A generator with Blue Sparks cannot regress after being kicked.
Blue sparks are removed when a survivor without the Wunderwaffe touches that Generator.

4
The player wielding the Wunderwaffe can sabotage Choice-Hooks. They take 15 seconds to sabotage.

Debuffs when wielding the Wunderwaffe

1
The electricity coming off from the item makes it easier to spot you.

2
You hear sparks within a 4 meter radius.

3
The electric field produces by the Waffe forces the Hatch to close when the player with the Waffe is nearby (12 meters), meaning that the player with the Waffe cannot escape through the hatch.

Gaining and Losing the Wonderwaffe

The Wonderwaffe is spawned in a tiny rack, where it can be picked up using a 1-2 second long pick up animation.
These racks are spawned on totem spots, to give you a perception on how small the rack is.
There will be 5 racks that hold a Wunderwaffe. Similar to dull totems, only 1 of those racks has the Wunderwaffe with Sparks, meaning it is this one that contains the souls. It is possible for the soul to move in between waffe's thus changing the location of the "real" waffe. (They are all real, but it's about the souls. It's actually THAT which you have to escape with, not an empty waffe (: )
This happens every 1 minute.

A player loses their Wonderwaffe upon being unhooked to the player who unhooked them.

While the survivor is hooked with the Wunderwaffe, they can "drop" the Wonderwaffe similar to how they drop items. This also leads to the destruction of the item, making it respawn in a random rack.

The Wunderwaffe cannot be "dropped" during any other moment, although it is possible to put the Waffe back inside any of the 5 racks after going through a 5 second animation.

Destruction of the Wunderwaffe

The Wunderwaffe has 4 different icons, showing the state of health it is in in the top right corner. For every time a survivor is hooked while having the Wunderwaffe equipped, the Wunderwaffe becomes more and more damaged. The 4th time a survivor is hooked with the Waffe, the item is destroyed permanently and no longer spawns back in a rack.

Other changes.

Generator time

A total of 9 Generators will spawn on the map, each taking 80-85 seconds to complete. 5 Need to be completed in order to power the exit gate.

Unhooking

In order to inform a survivor on a hook that they can drop their Wunderwaffe, there needs to be HUD displaying that option.

On top of that, if someone wielding an item saves someone with a Wunderwaffe, they drop their original item automatically and wield the Waffe instead.

Bloodpoint Rewards

When survivors have sacrificed an event offering, they will:

As Survivor: Get + 5000 Bloodpoints per finished generator and +2500 per open exit gate. (Max 30.000)
As Killer: Get + 5000 for every time you hook someone on a Choice-Hook for the first time + 1250 whenever you hook someone. (Max 30.000)

Unlocking Skins

Same system as the Moonrise event!
For every piece, you need +100 more. Starting at a 100 when unlocking more pieces.
Great for people that don't play a lot since they can still get their favourite costume and great for hard-core players as they will not be bothered by a CAP on how many skins you can unlock!

The theme behind the skins may very well be related to electricity to get a sparkling outlook!

Leaving the match

Since the moment when you leave it isn't sure whether someone will escape with the Waffe or not, your points will be awarded automatically in the menu, and you will see a special notification when a change has been made.
(Btw, such a mechanic is not only useful for this event, but for every system that wants survivors to really be teammates and have a shared win condition. 2 flies in 1 clap!)

All Choice Hook Buffs

1: Short Circuit

After hooking someone on on this hook, your weapon is surrounded by blue particles for 100 seconds. Hitting 2 different unfinished generators will cause all generators to shut down for 40 seconds. After that duration, the power turns on again but all previous progression is lost.

(The killer has to hit 2 generators meaning they aren't camping. Once the power is down, it creates a temporary moment in which stealth is the meta, instead of rushing things.)

2: Hopeless

After hooking someone on this hook, the exit gates become blocked as long as this survivor is hanging on the hook + 30 seconds after.

3: Melt

After hooking someone on this hook, all Normal items during this match break instantly. Items in chests remain unaffected even if the chest is open/the item is not originally from that chest.

4: Broken:

The survivor hung on this hook can no longer be healed for the rest of the match. They suffer a 25% slower action speed for 60 seconds after being unhooked.

5: Silence

Every survivor will get +5/6 silent and fast skill-checks randomly in between normal ones. Effect stops after receiving those amount of silent skill-checks. (Stacks) Great skill-checks no longer offer a bonus while still affected by this effect.

(note that you either get 5 or 6). You will never know whether the last one is yet to come :chuffed: )

6: Bloodrush

Your heartbeat becomes global up until you've downed someone or after 200 seconds. Survivors can no longer discern the direction and intensity of the heartbeat.

Understanding the Buffs

In order for players to understand the buffs, they are displayed during the loading screen similar how other explanations are shown.

The buffs on a hook are indicated by the particles the fly around the tip of the hook. It can also show an abstract shape in the middle:

BluePrints

Choice hooks were for the killer. Waffe is a passed on experience for 1 player, the BluePrints is for all survivors;
The waffe rewards 50 event points. Blue prints also grant event points but significantly less. So how do you find blueprints of the waffe?

Chests

A total of 10 extra chests spawn. (It's possible for 2 to spawn in the basement!)
But these chests are special chests and aren't affected by offerings. These chests instead of containing an item, contain blueprints on the Wunderwaffe.
Blueprints aren't items that you hold, similar to the vessels.
Each special chest contains 1 blueprint.
Blueprints give everyone in your team +1 event points when you make it out alive.
The killer gets +1 event points for every blueprint that didn't make it out.
The blueprints that a survivor is carrying are lost upon that survivor dying. They add to the killer rewarding.
You cannot exchange blueprints between teammates, neither can they be picked up.
Blueprints can be escaped through the hatch with.

Special chests can be discerned from normal chests as their appearance highly suggests there to be secretive information inside of it.
Special chests work like totems. If you cancel opening it, your progression is set to 0.
Special chests take 12 seconds to open and is unaffected by perks like Pharmacy.
The amount of Blueprints you carry is displayed in the top right, similar to the killer in the Moonrise event.

End Note

I hope I didn't forget to mention something here since it's a lot of work!
Tell me your opinions, your versions of applying these principles, whether I missed something, whether you've detected something that could turn out to become problematic, etc. down below!

I also hope that you can see how everything here would play out; From team-play, forming distractions, tense end-game scenario's and horrifying effects caused by hooks!

I'll be editing the post bc I'm pretty sure I accidentally left some things out!

EDIT:

Added BluePrints + all racks will contain a wonderwaffe, but only 1 is the "real" one, which is sparking. It is possible for the souls inside the waffe to leave and move into a different empty waffe turning that into the "real" waffe. This is as to prevent camping of the event item.

Thank you for reading!