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Suggestion: Boon Changes

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Moji Member Posts: 2
in Feedback and Suggestions

Boon perks are not at a good place in DBD currently. I personally see complaints from both survivors and killers about boons.

The two main complaints I see from the Killer's POV are:

  1. Survivors can bless totems immediately after killers snuff them out. (Shattered Hope counters this, but people want this as a base functionality. I disagree.)
  2. Four survivors can have four boon totems at a time each with four boon buffs. (This could be remedied by limiting the amount of boon totems allowed on the map at one time. But, I believe if all 4 survivors use up their perk slots on boon perks then they are hindering themselves by not being able to use other perks for things like gen progression or finding the killer.)

The main complaint I see from the Survivor's POV is:

  1. Killers find boon totems too easily and are able to snuff them too quickly causing the perk to lose all value.

My complete proposal:

  • Remove the boon humming sound for both killers and survivors.
    • Keep the fire cackling sound. (Similar to hex totems.)
  • Add an indicator to the side of the screen for killers that specifies that a boon is active no matter where they are on the map. (Similar to hex perks.)
  • When a boon totem is snuffed out, the totem location is blocked for 90 or 120 seconds.

Pros:

  • Boon totems are not found as easily by the killer.
  • Killers have to rely on map knowledge. (Same as survivors with hex totems.)
  • Survivors can't hide around a boon totem when the killer comes and instantly re-bless the totem.
  • Killers can counter boon perks more without having to use a perk slot on "Shattered Hope".

Cons:

  • Boon totems are not found as easily by the killer.
  • Indirectly buffs "Hex: Pentimento" when paired with "Shattered Hope". (Gives 90 or 120 seconds of free "Hex: Pentimento" value.)
  • Killers give up a little bit of pressure to find the totems. (Biased Opinion: Survivors take 14 seconds to bless a totem. Killers should take more than 2 seconds to find a boon totem.)

I would love to hear feedback on this idea. Thank you.

Comments

  • Archol123
    Archol123 Member Posts: 4,634
    https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/417226/suggestion-boon-changes

    Survivors no longer hearing the sound is pointless, because they see the aura + aoe anyway... All this does is make it so the killer has no clue where the boon could be and would need to waste way too much time to find it... Especially on maps with upstairs parts this would be a nightmare... What this would basically do is that killers will not look for a totem, because it is too much of a time investment and you don't have that kind of time... A killer cannot afford to look for a boon, if you look for 10 seconds that is almost half a generator for the survivor side... Even when you see it 30 m away it is questionable if you should snuff because of how time consuming it is for you.

    Either boons should have a cooldown, or shattered hope basekit (+ perhaps the ability to restore a dull totem for the survivors?) but this just produces too many other problems...