Wake Up: tweak or full rework?
So I’ve seen that Wake Up is on the list of perks that’s going to be getting ‘tweaked’ soon, but do we know if it’s a tweak or a rework? I know it’s a niche perk, but it has rarely left my builds for the past 3 years. I was even an avid user when it only increased opening speed by 15% - as a solo queue player I find it to be such a useful perk as if I happen to have a match where my teammates die pretty fast, I know I have a big chance of escaping out of an exit gate. It’s also helped my team out countless times when they’re being chased by the killer after the gens have been done. They know to come to my gate which allows me to take a hit for them and allow us to both escape. I doubt it has a high pick rate, but I’d actually be really gutted if it was to get changed completely. I’d love some sort of secondary effect or maybe for it to have use throughout the trial, but I hope the aura reading / faster opening is left how it is or buffed.
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Remember how the devs ‘buffed’ Pharmacy? Well, they’re gonna finish the job on Quentin’s perks with Vigil (numbers drop by about 50% and can work once per hook state) and Wake Up (10% speed but will now allow you to see the killer’s aura for 3/4/5 seconds when you first interact with an exit gate).
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I think they could buff it to 30% and make it so you can see exit gate progress by looking at the switch auras.
And/or make it so other survivors can see your aura when you are within 8m of a switch
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i wouldnt expext a nerf as there is already Sole Survivor which is faster and i don’t see how that would be justified then.
Complete rework is also not likely - and even if they try looking at Zanshin Tactics if the community speaks out they still prefer the current perks effect then its likely not changes after the PTB test.
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I feel like the most likely tweak is something about gates you open or touch to be shown to teammates at all times, or something like that. Showing your aura while opening is good, but I still see a lot of survivors who have no idea where the gates are, that might be what they aim to address?
Total shot in the dark though. We have no idea of knowing.
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Hopefully just a tweak. The perk is mostly fine, it just needs to be a little stronger. That's all.
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If anything, they should probably change Pharmacy to be ACTUALLY useful again.
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As a Quentin main who uses Wake Up I need them to please leave my perk alone. If you knowhow to use it, its a perfect perk
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I’d be on board with this change! Being able to see the killer as you’re opening the gate would be a welcome changed. I don’t mind a new effect being added, I’m just nervous they’re going to remove the thing I already love about it which is the aura reading / faster opening speed.
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Hello there fellow Wake Up friend! I’m currently using it on my Alan Wake survivors which just feels very fitting lol. Let’s just hope the ‘tweak’ is just them increasing the opening speed and adding another effect.
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No, exit gate progress should be visible on the hud. Hopefully that's one of the improvements with the hud improvement update that was shown on the roadmap.
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A cool buff would be when the end game starts your aura and wake ups icon pops in the bottom similar to how empathic connection icon shows to other people with your aura. This perk will let people know you have this niche perk and to expect faster gate opening. Be a little buff to solo Q which is always needed
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Make the exit speed 35% and anytime you are opening an exit it reveals all other survivors auras to you for as long as you are opening it. It will work well with the other survivors being able to see your aura while your opening it.
Maybe also add in whenever you start opening an exit for the first time, the killers aura is also revealed to you for 5 seconds.
Also add an indicator to other survivors that you have Wake Up on while opening an exit, so the others can be on the look out for your aura.
I originally wanted it to wake you up from the dream world, but it was agreed that it was unfair.
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Why do yall keep helping the kill with their own perks and then continue to help the killers by nurfing survivor perks. It makes no sense. The killer is already faster, has perks and most have abilities they also use. Your going to continue to do things that will drive people away. So many survivors perks are countered by killer perks or abilities already and it's not getting better.
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This. I'm so worried they're going to ruin it. They'll do something to buff it but they'll also attach some unnecessary downside that'll make it worse to run, like they did to Calm Spirit. There's other perks that actually need attention, Wake Up is fine as it is.
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There’s this prevalent strategy wherein “buffing” survivor perks involves saddling them with unnecessary drawbacks so the perk ends up nerfed (Pharmacy, Calm Spirit, etc) or literally not changing at all (We’re Gonna Live Forever, Decisive Strike, etc) even though they’re alleged to have been buffed.
In my eyes it is an enormous waste of time but I suppose it allows the devs to say, “see survivors look we did a thing, now go buy this new swimsuit cosmetic for Sable” while also not infuriating forum killer mains.
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Basically wake up is a low budget version of sole survivor lol
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That’s the thing that has me worried because I still don’t understand why they thought that making people cleanse / bless totems slower whilst using Calm Spirit was a good idea, like, at all. I rarely see that perk in my game nowadays and it’s currently a worse version of that new Lara Croft perk and that also allows you to see the killers aura when you’d normally scream.
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I actually get more consistent use out of Wake Up! because it activates whenever the exit gates are powered whereas Sole Survivor only works if the rest of your teammates are dead. I know Sole Survivor also slowly becomes a permanent Distortion, but I’ll be a Wake Up! enthusiast until the end, unless they somehow change / gut it too much lol
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