Hoarder discussion

Continuing a series of threads looking at the least popular perks based on the Nightlight aggregate data, we come to The Twins perk Hoarder (0.38% usage)

Hoarder is a little unusual because it does see some niche use with Pinhead and now Wesker to help track survivors who pick up the Puzzle Boxes and Sprays respectively. (Also Nemesis might get some use out of it for similar reasons.) It also can combo with Franklin's Demise to let you know when a survivor picks up a dropped item. It sees hardly any use outside of those combos though.

Outside of those specific combos, though, it's a fairly weak perk. For one thing survivors typically use chests only sporadically, you might get one or two pings at most a match and that's it. And it's not an aura perk, so you get the noise notification but have no idea where they went afterward if you're not nearby to check it out. Compared to a lot of other information perks you're only seeing one survivor at a time, only for an instant, and only a couple times at most a match. It's very limited. And then to add insult to injury the perk for some reason adds 2 chests to the environment, making it have this kind of weird downside when it's such a mild effect to begin with.

So I do think this perk could use a bit of a buff to have broader appeal, so long as it doesn't become too overpowered on Pinhead and Wesker and Nemesis or too powerful in combination with Franklin's in the process. Some possibly boosts might be

• Include an aura effect after the noise notification so you can see the triggering survivor for, say, 4 seconds after the alert. This would give you a better idea of where they headed then the explosion alone.
• Remove the two additional chests part of the perk. It's not necessary to make the perk work and is just giving survivors extra items for no particular reason.
• Let the killer see the auras of chests and survivor items on the ground within the 64 meter range of the perk, with the exception that Pinhead probably shouldn't be able to see his box with this perk.
• If a stronger buff is needed, it could also inflict a condition on survivors that open chests such as Broken or even Exposed for a short duration, similar to how Iron Maiden inflicts Exposed on survivors coming out of lockers.

Even with the above buffs, the perk is still punishing opening chests which honestly is something survivors probably shouldn't be doing a lot of anyway since opening chests takes a bit of time and the reward may or may not be worth the effort depending on what you find. But I'll choose to be optimistic and think that a relatively modest buff that helps nab survivors who fiddle with chests and pick things up off the ground a couple of times per match is good enough to see more use but still not be overpowered.