Mettle of Man Rework (Reasoning and justification)

Mettle of Man Rework (Reasoning and justification)

Introduction:

Let's just admit it, the perk is very strong due to its lack of counter play. Killers are forced to do the following to counter the perk but as you can see, this isn't a pretty list:

• Camping

Reasoning: Allows killers to reduce the amount of chases needed to sacrifice a survivor by removing extra hook phases from the survivor, which means less stacks for Mettle of Man.

• Exposed Perks

Reasoning: Usually survivors are dead after 4-6 hits but exposed brings that number down to a solid 3 hits regardless of their health state. Even though Mettle of Man activates at 3 stacks, they are already down and on their way to the hook that's going to sacrifice them.

• Mori Offerings (Tunneling IS necessary)

Reasoning: Since it takes 2 hits to down a survivor and 1 hit to down them from the hook, the survivor will be mori'd without the chance to use Mettle of Man.

What can we deduce?

Overall, this list is very unfun for both the survivors and killers because survivors have to endure the killer's adaptations to the perk while killers are forced to do these outrageous things to counter a single perk. It's a lose-lose situation for both sides, so therefore, Mettle of Man needs a new purpose while having a counter.

Mettle of Man:

Evil always finds its way to you. Whenever you're unsafely recused from the hook, Mettle of Man will activate until you're either hooked or recovered to the injured state. Upon being hooked while Mettle of Man is activated, you'll remain at your previous hook phase while gaining an additional 10/20/30 seconds on your current hook phase. Mettle of Man is deactivated after being successfully used.

• Increases your chances of becoming the killer's Obsession.

Mettle of Man: Strength & Counter Play

Here's what I came up with, another anti-farm/anti-tunnel/anti-camp perk for solo players. I know there is something called Decisive Strike, but what makes Mettle of Man different is its extra hook phase. Potentially, if everything was timed correctly, you can have a 3 minute and 30 second hook timer instead of the typical 2 minute one (Rounding Was Used). While 3 minutes and 30 seconds sounds like a lot of hook time, survivors can easily unhook you shortly after getting hooked and thus, render the extra time as useless (but at least you didn't progress to the next hook phase). Furthermore, the killer just needs to count to 15 seconds before downing you so you're not considered as an unsafe rescue. Finally, even if you fail to time your hits as the killer, you'll still get a hook and someone will have to save them, but they will have more time to do so.

Feel free to criticize me or ask questions on things you're confused about!