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Please REVIEW the Stake Out perk, give it a little BUFF!

WeslleySim
WeslleySim Member Posts: 37
in Feedback and Suggestions

I've been using this perk lately, but I feel like 15 seconds is too long for a power that isn't that strong. There's too much penalty in having to wait 15 seconds within the terror radius to gain a stack, especially when you consider the many current perks that suppress the killers' terror radius and make Stake Out useless.

I don't want to sound too radical, so I think the least this perk deserves is a reduction in its loading time.

Reduce the stack loading time from 15 to 10 seconds. That will be something.

Comments

  • Emeal
    Emeal Member Posts: 5,305

    The perk isnt great on its own, but its what it can do together with other perks that is why it has its cooldown.

  • WeslleySim
    WeslleySim Member Posts: 37
    edited December 2024

    https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/3862029#Comment_3862029

    The only decent synergy that Stake Out has with another perk is precisely Hyperfocus, other combinations are nothing more than memes that do little to benefit the survivor, so much so that few people comment on them, and generally only mention hyperfocus.

    Precisely because it is a perk so conditioned to others, and that do not do much relevant, I decided to create this topic proposing a 5 second reduction in the cooldown.

  • YuffieGreatestWaifu
    YuffieGreatestWaifu Member Posts: 247

    Uses for Stake out
    1. HyperFocus
    2. Green or Yellow Add-on that gives bonuses to heal checks on great checks
    3. Fogwise
    4. Scavenger free tool refill
    5. Specialist one time but still
    6. Deadline becomes more manageable
    7. Corrective Action (Gives tokens back)

  • DNet89
    DNet89 Member Posts: 71

    I would just double the tokens from 4 to 8 that seems like a fair buff

  • YuffieGreatestWaifu
    YuffieGreatestWaifu Member Posts: 247
    https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/3862378#Comment_3862378

    Agreed you have to earn them by staying in the killers radius.

  • Crowman
    Crowman Member Posts: 9,596

    As long as hyperfocus exists the way it does, stake out can't be buffed.

  • Rokku_Rorru
    Rokku_Rorru Member Posts: 1,351

    Stake out is one of the better perks in the game atm, try using it with medical suture or w/e its spelt, really strong.

  • CursedPerson
    CursedPerson Member Posts: 207

    should probably recharge while in chase but nothing more really

  • UndeddJester
    UndeddJester Member Posts: 3,513

    Surpisingly, a lot of cool ideas for builds here... My favourite Stake Out build is: -

    • an Engineers Toolbox with Wire Spool and the Cloth that blocks skillchecks.
    • Stake Out
    • Scavenger
    • Streetwise
    • Autodidact

    You save all Stake Out stacks for gett ing the toolbox back, and you use the fast repair speed of the Purple toolbox to start getting your stacks on Scavenger back sooner. I've managed to ensure I almost always get at least 2 full toolbox uses every game with this build... sometimes 3.