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"Object of Obsession" Needs a little adjustment
Object of Obsession is supposed to offer a strategic advantage through aura reading. However, against stealth killers (like Ghost Face, The Shape, or The Wraith), it often works against the survivor. Instead of being a "perk," it becomes a debuff, revealing the survivor’s position while giving nothing in return.
I propose a simple and fair adjustment:
If the survivor is not seeing the killer's aura, then the killer shouldn't see the survivor's aura either.
This ensures the perk is neutralized—not overpowered, not underpowered—when the killer is undetectable, rather than becoming a liability. This is not a buff, just a fix to stop the perk from punishing players in specific matchups. Survivors shouldn't be penalized for using what should be a strategic tool.
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I mean, it is buff. You're adding functionality to perk that it currently does not have.
That being said I don't think Object needs the buff. It's the most powerful information perk in the game and it's incredibly useful to coordinated groups. It should retain stealth as a weakness
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I would counter doubling the bonus while keep the stealth killer stealth-ed pushing for a tug of war style of game keeping you there but at the risk of the killer eventually closing in.
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Or add to the perk that it can work if you are in chase even if the killer is undetectable.
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I don't think so. There are several perks that depend on luck and the killer you're playing against. It's part of the game.
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It's one of those things I don't get. BHVR is pretty vocal about how they don't want Survivor perks to only affect certain Killer powers. Some still do, but I think that's only because they're on the back burner. However, they don't mind if Survivor perks are blanked out by a Killer's power (or challenges—don't even get me started on heal and chase challenges against Plague or Ghostface respectively). OoO is one of those perks that could be easily tweaked to bring it more in line with that philosophy in a way that would be a QoL change without making a huge impact.
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I don't play OOO since it's nerf, but I feel that the best OOO is when you are not obsession. So you get infor about Lethal, BBQ, add ons… the 30s window autoread hurts more than help. While old object was hated by killers, it wasn't really because the perk itself was overpowered, but because people been toxic, put it on and teabagged, were annoying etc. If they made it simply that if killer sees you, you see him. I'll be all for. But current version doesn't even fit the idenetity of the perk neither the name as the purpose of laurie's perk was to have killer's attention and once you are last standing, you can track him while being stealthy.
Edit: You currently have more powerfull perk than old OOO was and it's Fogwise. That benefits one side only, what makes OOO always the wrong pick.
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Stealth killer is almost dead in this game. Usually, they are already weak. Until many killers are still so dependent on map rng, no reason to change one perk that’s not popular.
I mean, Myers can keep his undetectable until like 1 tier or with specific perks. And most likely he will have wh with mirror anyway, I just don’t understand the point of the complaint
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They can be vocal, but many perks works against a specific killers power anyway. Like made for this still exist alongside Legion and Deathslinger.
If an undetectable status can be countered by aura read what’s the point of having such status? It's not about specific killer powers, that’s a huge mechanic that also includes perks, that exist primarily for hiding your positioning
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No one is talking about countering "Undetectable Status" with "Aura Reading". I suggest you read my thread more carefully.
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I don’t see this as a buff — just a fix for something that doesn’t make sense.
The perk is supposed to give info to the survivor, but against stealth killers it does the opposite: it gives info to the killer only. That’s not balanced, it’s counterintuitive.
The suggestion is simple: if the survivor can't see the killer's aura, the killer shouldn't see theirs either. It doesn’t give an edge to anyone — it just neutralizes the perk in those cases, which is fair.
That would make the perk too strong. The goal isn’t to buff it or make it work through Undetectable — just to apply a small adjustment so it doesn’t punish the survivor unfairly. It’s about making it neutral, not stronger.
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You suggest changing this only against stealth killers, while ignoring stealth perks. That’s weird… especially considering main part of stealth killers are already weak.
This perk was initially created with the thought of high rng dependence and having high reward with high risk or even lose situations. It was created alongside with Myers. I’m pretty sure, that downside of ooo always had sence….
If u want something less random, u can run troubleshooter, alert, scene partner. I find troubleshooter and scene partner even more viable.
If you want a more frequent aura read, you need to accept that you either share it with the killer himself, or sometimes (rarely) suffer from downside effect to always know the enemy's position. It's part of stealth killer mechanic not allow you to know where he is, so every perk that reveals survivor works double for their disadvantage.
This perk also does not require any conditions from you, while giving a good effect, so it will logically be compensated by the unpleasant side of the coin
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you can still see that your aura is being read so the perk will always bring some value.
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