Should I purchase ghostface?

Yes, I'm currently in Purple Ranks, I'm maining him now actually. With GF like @ClogWench said you have to have good situational awareness, good game sense, and a solid grasp on mindgames because your stealth will amplify your mindgaming ability. Especially in Jungle Gyms.

With his power, stalk when necessary and try to move around unnoticed. However, don't get too caught up in stalking. If you can sneak a hit do it.

His lack of map pressure is also deceiving, because of a zero TR, he can be any where if undetected.

I enjoy him very much even after this hotfix I'm getting consistent results.

Good luck to you. Oh and yes you can grab someone off a gen while crouching.

Good luck :)

Before his nerfs, he was a decent mid tier killer, but now I wouldn't, his perks are average and his ability is just too easy too pull him out of for any use besides maybe 99% people and one tap them, but those are few and far between. If you want an M1 killer who's power is helpful sometimes, he's the dude, but you would be better of with someone like Pig or Trapper.

Personally really like him. Gotta pick your moments carefully when to go into Night Shroud and try to catch people off guard.

Watch some videos and game-play of him on Twitch and see if he would fit your play style.

Currently at Rank 1, the whole "downed and hooked survivors knock you out" is really rough. His perks aren't great. I'm All Ears is okay though. Thrilling Tremors needs to be on a shorter cooldown to be useful. Furtive Chase just sucks though, it's like a poor man's M&A. His power is alright, he needs a boost to something while he's in it or out of it. Like Myers is Tier 3 with his faster vault and better lunge. Stalking is rough because Survivors abuse the crap out of the 3rd person camera. I wouldn't buy him if you expect him to be viable at high ranks, though admittedly, he FEELS fun as hell.

It's a subjective matter. I suggest looking for some videos on youtube or twitch so you do have an idea on how it works and what you can do with him! Sadly (or luckily, depends on your take on it) no content is exempt from being balanced at a later time..

Yes but please don't play him like Myers. I've seen too many people just walk up to survivors and try to stalk like Myers. It's better to use his power for mind games, only stalk if you know you can pull it off.

I tried using my shards to buy GF only to find there is no option to purchase him that way, is that intentional?

Well until the uk government stops screwing over people with disabilities i won't be able to afford him.

He is depressingly weak. Survivors glance at you and you're on a cripplingly long cooldown.

His stalking takes a VERY long time to work, so if you even want to make use of it, you're basically locked into the same add ons every match.

When a survivor is marked, he gains no benefit against them besides exposed. This means any survivor with two braincells to rub together negates your power entirely with a couple of pallets. At no point in the game is he ever stronger than any other M1 killer. If your power is broken you can use it in a chase, but if you're wasting 30 seconds waiting for a cooldown to win one chase, you've already lost.

He puts 0 pressure on unmarked targets (ie, at least when Myers hits T3 other survivors are at risk) so they are free to sit on gens as much as they like.

He is punished for succeeding, downed and hooked survivors create enormous areas on the map where your power is non-functional, and if you try to use it when you THINK you're out of range, you're on another 30 second cooldown. This is particularly notable with his Ultra Rare add on which grants aura reading when you down a mark, which is entirely redundant when you cannot use that information to sneak up on someone, as the downed mark instantly reveals you.

His perks are laughable. Not once is there a time any feels remotely useful. They are legitimately the worst set of teachables on any character to date.