New perks you would like to see?

I'd like to see a perk for survivor that allows you to use a Toolbox as an improvised medkit or the other way around.

I'd also like a perk for survivor (with limited uses) that lets you throw a pallet and if it doesn't hit anything it rebounds back up into an undropped state.

For killer I'd love for there to be perks that offer travel of some sort. Maybe one that allows you to destroy a dull totem in order to quick travel to the basement for example.

Considering your ideas, I think a perk for survivor which combine both things would be a good idea, as a "risk and reward" perk. Smaller skill checks in the hook but everytime you hit the skill check the bleeding progression is stopped for 4 seconds or so. I also consider this perk a great idea because the current anti camping perks are reliant on other players, not the hooked one (Camaraderie and Reassurance).

A killer perk for reducing the size of the skill checks is a bad idea and would be a bad perk, nobody would use it, it is a wasted slot and players who more or less know the timings would hit the skill checks anyway and making the skill check size too small would be a bit unfair, specially for newer players and it would result in too many free kills.

I have a few ideas for both sides.

For Survivors:

1. Whenever you stun the killer by any means, the duration of the stun is increased by 1/1.5/2 seconds.
2. Whenever you blind the killer by any means, the duration of the blind is increased by 1/1.5/2 seconds.
3. Whenever you complete 50% of a generator, Tripwire activates. When standing by a doorway or vault location, press the active ability 2 button to install a Tripwire that will remain active for 100/110/120 seconds. Doorways or vault locations affected by a Tripwire will be highlighted with a yellow aura to all survivors for the duration. If the killer triggers a Tripwire, either by walking through one or vaulting over one, they will be blinded and gain 50% hindered for 4 seconds and their aura will be revealed to all survivors for the next 10 seconds.

For killers:

1. While this hex is active, all skill check success zones are reduced by 40/50/60% for all survivors.
2. Whenever a survivor stops repairing a generator, you see their aura for 3/4/5 seconds.
3. Whenever a survivor is hooked, the next time they heal another survivor, they will become injured and broken for the next 40/50/60 seconds. When this happens, you see their aura for 3/4/5 seconds. After the 40/50/60 seconds has finished, they will automatically be fully healed.

Survivor perks:

Mechanic's Ingenuity.

After being in chase with the killer for at least 90 seconds total, press the active ability button on a generator to activate Mechanic's Ingenuity. The next regression event the killer applies on that gen is reduced to 0% damage (does not add towards the 8 regression event limit however).

Unbending Will.

After being unhooked Unbending Will activates for 90 seconds. While Unbending Will is active the survivor gains 7% haste. The perk deactivates after being healed or performing a conspicuous action. For as long as Unbending Will is active no items other than medkits can be used by that survivor.

Killer perk:

Malicious Tenacity.

Hitting a survivor with a basic attack grants a stack up to a maximum of 12 stacks. Hooking a survivor inflicts the exhausted status effect on all other survivors for 5 seconds per stack and applies killer instinct on one survivor with the least hook stages for 6 seconds. This perk deactivates when a survivor dies.

For Killer,

A perk that allows the Killer to rebuild a hook.

Maybe takes 3 seconds to do? Don't think the perk needs any other bells and whistles.

Obviously would be a handy counter to sabo squads, but generally it'd be nice to have as countermeasure against survivors dying on hooks that create deadzones.

Of course, this is the type of QoL update where once it is a perk everyone will be asking why its not basekit.

A perk that allows the killer to rummage chests and change their addons mid-match.

@lagosta Wow I really like this idea holy crap, maybe only 2 or 3 times, though, and/or make it a hex perk. A perk like that would go super well with perks like corrupt and lethal pursuer. Would go well with hex builds, too; you could just change perks if your hex gets cleansed. I really want this perk now.

Vault speed perk to finally replace Spine Chill.

Maybe it wouldn't be a big deal but it's against the very purpose of the killer instinct. It's supposed to be an uncounterable source of information. That is literally the only reason why it exists. So that some information is guaranteed given the circumstances for triggering killer instinct are fulfilled. Anything that is meant to be counterable is done with either aura vision or screaming.

unfortunately this concept will never see fruition due to imbalances between killers and maps. But it is fun to think about.

any means necessary but for destroyed pallets

There's already one in existence: the Chemical Trap Ripley brought along. Depending on how many sub-sections of elements that are considered, there could be plenty of opportunities!

A perk suppressing KI would be unhealthy. Some of the killers rely heavy on it to function (most namely legion), others don't have any KI at all. So any perk suppressing it would affect the killers pretty unevenly. Yes you can make it pretty situational, but If it's too niche to be played, why adding it in the game in the first place?

Killer instinct is special thing. It is solely bound to killer powers and addons. And its explicitly designed to NOT be influenced by any perk , neither survivor nor killer ones!

"But wait, what about Ultiamte Weapon, it reveals the location of a survivor, isn't that KI?"

Actually no. KI highlights the survivors outline and creates visual & auditory heartbeats for each affected survivor. It also may linger for quite some time, enabling the killer to track survivors with it (see Legion).

Revealing the location of a survivor just creates a visual indicator where the survivor stood at the point ot activation (e.g. Rancor when a gen gets done). You cannot really track with it, it just gives general knowledge where survivors are. Some perks also have a scream effect tied to it (UW, IF), which will be tied to the location reveal, so calm spirit should suppress both scream and indicator.

You could think about a perk that disables the visual indicator, compared to calm spirit disabling the scream. But I don't think thats worth it, there are simply not that much perks that reveal survivors (without screaming), and even then that perks are the weaker ones a killer can bring.

Edit: I was just thinking, that some KI protection could be incorporated basekit as a tunneling protection. Something like Endurance giving KI protection, so Off the record would be very potent in hiding from a (tunneling) killer.