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Wraith being seen through aura reading while cloaked makes no sense

BloodMoneyMerc
BloodMoneyMerc Member Posts: 477
in General Discussions

I think aura reading shouldn't work if the killer is in stealth. This applies to Ghost Face in night shroud, Pig in crouch, and Myers in tier 1 (debatably tier 2 too) as well. Even the new Freddy (who I hear is visible using OoO and Dark Sense now). These are the more noteable "stealthy" killers, and I think a minor buff to their stealth/invisibility abilities should be an immunity to aura reading. There would be an exception of course with Alert, since the killer is technically making noise when breaking something. Survivor aura reading abilities should have a bit of counterplay when the killer is trying to be stealthy. Also, this would give Spine Chill and Premonition more of a chance to shine, as these would still work on stealth based killers. Thoughts?

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  • Boss
    Boss Member Posts: 13,618

    Naturally, i'd love such a buff on my ringing growl boy.

  • Kiskashi
    Kiskashi Member Posts: 1,043

    I’ve always tried to look at this as who is an actual threat while in stealth, Myers being immune in tier 1 has always made sense to me because you need that build up time to get to tier 2 and always being visible to aura reading would make this difficult plus he has reduced lunge, movement speed etc.

    ghostface can expose, move normal speed, gen grab and return to an immediate no TR/stain attack so he’s a grey zone for me but he can easily be broken out now and cool down is pretty long so having that buff to be immune in night shroud would be kinda balanced. Pig can also gen grab, can move straight to attack out of crouch/no TR without the dash. However she’s arguably not a huge threat for this as a pig in a chase will rarely be crouched so won’t really damage perks like alert, OoO etc. and they will still be useful.

    Wraith probably would benefit from this most of all, if he’s cloaked he should not be visible full stop especially to aura reading, the shimmer is enough for anyone barely paying attention. Now...the only consideration for him is he may be cloaked most of the match so things like alert like you mentioned (pallets/gens etc) would have reduced effectiveness but I don’t think it would be enough considering I’ve used this perk with Freddys and Myers etc. I’ve even used distortion in Freddy matches, not all perks work against every killer and spine chill would probably still work so I think it’d be fine (as it makes sense it’s an impending doom kinda thing, tier 1 Myers immune to this as above reasoning)

    No matter how you look at it it would buff stealth killers significantly but not really damage aura reading perks that much as few killers remain in stealth the entire match especially in chases which gives the aura perk user valuable info anyway. Dark sense would probably be the big loser here but not sure...would definitely make it more of a coin flip if it’s useful or not (is the killer in stealth when a gen goes off or not) which means it might have to be slightly buffed in another area?

  • Captain_Doomsday
    Captain_Doomsday Member Posts: 175

    Wraith's in such a sad state I'd have a hard time saying no to any buff for him.

  • BloodMoneyMerc
    BloodMoneyMerc Member Posts: 477

    @DudeDelicious don't forget about Dark Sense and Breakdown (though they are a bit more harder to come across). There is counterplay to aura reading, but I feel like a killer in stealth shouldn't be so easily revealed by an aura based perk or offering. It seems counterintuitive to the fact that they are stealthy killers.

    Also his add-ons, while definitely giving him an advantage of speed, don't make him much more lethal. He's still an M1 killer and gets looped heavily.