Vecna - Potion of Speed (Useability) Dev Suggestion
Hi there, Vecna main here who plays both sides with a message to the devs in hope this request could be considered.
Vecna is a wonderful killer, extremely fun to play and go against, his abilities are addicting at least for myself and I believe he is rewarded for putting time into him whilst also been a fairly nice balanced killer.
My issue is Potion of Speed is completely worthless and it becomes upsetting to see it in the blood web and in my inventory when there is truly no need to use it, which is unfortunate because I believe most killer addons should always be somewhat viable.
I have a request..
I am not asking for his base kit to be reverted, I understand the need for a little delay after coming out of fly, currently it is 2.75 seconds after leaving the fly animation before you can attack (it used to be 2.5 seconds base kit) and Potion of Speed currently only lowers this by 0.15 seconds, meaning even if you use Potion of Speed you still have to wait 2.6 seconds before attacking after leaving fly.. this just feels clunky even when you bring the addon.. which means its completely pointless and further backs up my point. I believe adjustments were made for Vecna previously to help improve the quality of life feeling whilst playing as him (such as removing a lot of the animation lock during dispelling sphere etc) and this just feels very clunky.
My idea was to at least revert Potion of Speed back to what it was (0.30 seconds) rather than its current form (0.15) and then leave the current base kit time to attack after leaving the fly animation (2.75 seconds).
The reason I think this works is because base kit wise, nothing changes and its fine, but if you choose to bring Potion of Speed at least you have an addon doing something useful, its a simple change and it wont make it broken because by reverting Potion of Speed back to 0.30 seconds it means the new time to wait to attack after coming out of fly will be 2.45 seconds, which is only 0.05 seconds shorter than the old base kit amount.
This I believe makes Potion of Speed a "useful and at least viable" addon once again whilst still maintaining an element of balance. I do not believe this will suddenly make Vecna broken, but it will add to the quality of life feeling and it would also be one less addon that feels pointless to bring.
Thank you for considering this, wishing you a great day.
*EDIT*
After looking into this further and hearing more feedback, just reverting the base Fly to 2.5 seconds again and changing Potion of Speed to having a different effect entirely would be great.
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I think i speak for all of us vecna mains either new or p100 when I say you hit the nail on the head as potion of speed was well.. a big part of a lot of our builds as it makes his fly that much more lethal and scarier to go against. I agree that just even a slight buff to it would do a lot of good for vecnas versatility add on wise. Bhvr listen to this man he knows what he’s talking about !
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Every killer has 3 digit Stacks of add ons he never uses. I am a Doctor main and run Calm and Order all day long. Everything else is just dead weight in my inventory.
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Honestly I just think the post flight cooldown is way too lenient. You can literally win the 50/50 prediction at vaults, and survivors will still have the time to correct themselves before you can do anything. At least what you're suggesting would alleviate some of that, even if it is with an addon.
Imo they should just make the basekit what it was and make the addon do something else entirely so that the post fly cooldown stays consistent and balanced. It's just a part of his kit that is too sensitive to minor changes to let it be variable via addon. Cuz it creates scenarios where the base kit of the killer is clunky and pointless because the addon is there to correct it, so you feel forced to use the addon. And if they make the base kit stronger so it isn't pointless, then the addon either becomes useless or becomes too oppressive. Right now, the base kit is clunky and lenient and the addon is useless, which is the worst of both scenarios.1 -
Yes I agree with this! This is very good!
I would happily have them revert the base kit back to 2.5 seconds and call it a day, whilst also looking at Potion of Speed having a new effect entirely, which as an example, could be something to do with Fly still.. maybe it increases the speed of Fly by a small amount? Or maybe it works like Raven's Feather and extends Fly for a second? Meaning if you used Feather and Potion of Speed you could fly for a maximum 6.5 seconds.. although slightly increasing Fly speed would likely fit the name "Potion of Speed" better.
It would be nice to see, this exact change would be amazing for Vecna just based on the 2.5 second base kit adjustment.
Will anything come of this amazing suggestion though?1
