Is Noed a balanced perk

I do think it should get survs a warning beforehand, so should hope and adrenaline, I really don't know what, but something should be advised. A 110 killer is almost impossible to catch a hope+mft, so at least an different aura, or trace in their foot to help the killer leave this surv and go for other.

Now for adrenaline..... Always been here, but now it's overwhelming presence is causing a mess. Don't know really.

For noed, a simple hex simble for everyone should be enough. Though I thing the killer should EARNED IT, for hooking or injuring.

It's fair because it has counters, like endurance or getting rid of all the totems.

It is balanced since the aura change to it.

But. It still has that bad aftertaste because when it does kick in and is of any value it does very much feel like like a punch to the gut to be on the receiving end. It has the ability to negate whatever good and skilled stuff you did all match long; if you happen to get hit by NOED and the totem is right next to your hook that's that. It's incredibly frustrating. --- Add to that, that it's not exactly earned and it feels not just like a punch in the gut but also like a massive middle finger.

So yeah, while balanced it's a perk that inherently has a bunch of negative (and imo unhealthy) potential bundled into it. And to be perfectly honest, I don't know if it's alright on the whole or unhealthy.

Im honestly a fan of NOED when I play survivor, it makes you have to think about if the killer has it or not and adds some more stakes at the end. I do have one issue though. THE SPEED BOOST! It's an overpowered perk AND gives you a speed boost!? It is completely worth a slot without one and the 6% speed boost just makes it 20% harder to escape chase! I honestly love how scary it makes endgame but I think it should entierly remove the 6% speed boost. (I find it funny how abunch of killer mains are complaining about Made for This giving a 3% speed boost, yet NOED, one of the most already overpowered perks in the game gives 2x that!?)

It’s totally balanced, just very unhealthy design. It artificially inflates kill rates and gives kills that weren’t earned.

The aura reading made it feel more fair overall. It only needs 1 more change imo, and it’s that if the killer hooks a survivor within 24m of the totem, then it should move to a different totem if available (or deactivate if there isn’t one) so you can’t camp the hook and the totem at the same time. Then I think the perk would be fine.

Do totems

The only problem with NOED is when it spawns on someone's hook, or the Killer hooks the person on its spawn. Personally I'd basekit NOED if the Killer has 0 kills by endgame, and have a Ruin styled deletion on kill. The perk would remove the 0k requirement and deletion on kill aspects. This would come with the drawback that if the Hex is within 24m of a hook, it swaps locations if there is a location available.

I really think they should make more hexes that are worse the more dull totems are on the board. NOED could light a dull totem for each survivor. If at least 2 totems are cleansed, blessed, or already hexed with something else, not everyone will be exposed. The totems don't need to be a must-do second set of objectives, but if you find one you ought to be thinking 'lucky' and make sure to cleanse it before moving on.