Hot Take: For the People is useless without Buckle Up

For The People isn't a useless perk it's just more situational on its own.

1. You can transfer the obsession to ruin Killer perks
2. You can quickly heal someone that is a hook state from death if you need to force the killer to go for you instead if you have less hooks
3. You can prevent mass slugging and ruin the killers momentum

Could FTP be buffed? Yeah sure I wouldn't complain. It's certainly not useless though and I feel the issue is all the meta perks that have been meta for years are just too good to pick less consistent perks like FTP. I also feel everyone's expectations for what this perk should do has been raised when they view it with Buckle Up.

Situational perk? Absolutely. But it's a perk the survivor has full control over when they want to use it assuming they have a health state. I think it's fine as it is and yes I do run the perk. You realistically will never buff this perk to be on the level of most meta perks when it has a downside such as causing broken to the healer.

Then make it a more interesting perk

random idea what if the perk also worked like second wind but with a longer broken duration

For the people

While healing another survivor press the active ability button to instantly transfer a single health state to the other survivor and this perk becomes active, while this perk is active you become broken until the perk deactivates, after 140/130/120s you are automatically healed 1 health state and the perk deactivates, being put into the dying state deactivates the perk.

And if thats too much take your pick of can only be used once per match, once per hook state, once until the exit gates are powered ect

interesting risk reward healing perk

That was my thread I think 😁

That would be a cool idea for a rework if the combo continues to be problematic

I feel bad everytime I see a killer running Ruin these days and just assume that they returned after a long hiatus and just had it in their loadouts from back then.

The loss of Ruin was a sad one, but ultimately inconsequential, because there are still other viable perks left.

People are always so quick to label something "useless", "utterly worthless" or "night inviable" if it doesn't make the cut for the big 6 or 7 most strongest or even broken perks or combos. The game actually has a lot of viable perks, but most people are chained forever to the meta and can't fathom moving outside of it.

While the desire to play with the strongest toys is relatable, this is ultimately a crutch, much like tunneling, that inflates your MMR beyond your natural limits. It good practise to sometimes try something new and abandon the meta and just play something you never fathomed. Some Killers and survivors can do fine perkless, so playing with one or two non-meta perks won't hurt, but broaden your horizon.

FTP was a niche perk before the obscene combo with Buckle Up, and Buckle Up was never played because it was a straight D tier perk with nearly zero impact, but there should be other ways to employ this perks instead of just existing in this unhealthy combo.

Eruption in its late form had to go for similar reasons and I don't mourn its passing. The new Eruption is way less impactful and niche, but it's far from "utterly useless" and you can build around it. Especially since its not met anymore and no-one expects it.