Apparently no Kindred basekit anymore ...

If I was going to argue in bad-faith, I'd argue that Kindred is a huge benefit for survivors to have which they don't need to earn and takes no skill, even without putting it in the basekit.

Instead, the point I'll make is that this benefits survivors more that they do not all have it by default.

The killer is uncertain that a save will be attempted. They know it's likely, but they don't know by who, they don't know if the main purpose is to farm, lengthen the game or SWF-related(strategic VS genuine altruism) and they don't know what perks will be in effect.

Every player wants to reduce uncertainty for themselves and increase it for the other side. You want Kindred as basekit; the killer wants to know if you have Kindred, which if it was basekit they now definitely do know every survivor has it.

DS was majorly buffed in what very unimaginative people still think was a nerf. Previous iterations of DS has one thing in common: the Obsession probably has DS and if they do, the first time they get picked up is the best time for them to use it. Anyone could have DS, but the Obsession likely had the most perks that would cause them to be the Obsession. Now anyone can have DS, but it's triggered in a specific circumstance that is designed to coerce the killer's behaviour: picking someone up after they've been unhooked is heavily penalised. Every survivor benefits from the uncertainty though because they don't know who has DS, meaning even survivors without it could be left alone after they've been rescued.

So what of Kindred? The big issue is not so much that they can see me(a killer with stealth can just hide out of range), but each other. It's the person on the hook who has Kindred equipped because it encourages other survivors to save them by letting them all know if anyone else is going to try. They all know who is closest, who is being chased by a killer that has left the hook and where etc.

If Kindred worked a different way, like if anyone was hooked rather than just the person using it; they're mainly using it to see if they can make a rescue without someone beating them to it. This is the same as if it were basekit; it's not the person on the hook looking to be rescued by using Kindred now to influence the behaviour of other players. The killer no longer has uncertainty about this though; they know every survivor is eye-balling and challenging each other to get there first if they are at a similar distance.

This could be the one scenario where having BBQ reveal auras tells the killer to stay put; they're coming to me. Not knowing if Kindred is being used means it probably isn't, meaning leaving the hook is the best way to find another survivor. Knowing that it's always being used changes this.

Would be nonsensical. Giving everyone, every time my exact location within 16 m of a hooked survivors, for free? Crazy idea. Camping is scummy I know, but some killers are very good at it. I had a lot of fun at times with Wraith, downing the same guy again and again, fresh off the hook until died. If he has Kindred, then it's fair game, and I get punished for it. But a free Kindred would kill certain fun playstyles. So glad the devs ditched this silly idea.

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I'm not sure. Other people's fun is not my responsibility, and it's not like there's so much camping in this game (most complaints about it are not valid). I personally tested if it works, it did work, it WAS fun (maybe not for the survivor who I tunneled to oblivion but that's his problem), but this kind of thing gets boring after a while.

Still, camping is the same as NOED in one aspect: the great thing about NOED, is that I never have to run it, but still some survivors are worried enough about it to waste time with totems. Likewise, if they suspect the killer is camping, they waste more time approaching the hook in a more stealthy way. Whereas if Kindred was made baseline, it would effectively make camping impossible. Which is not a problem because camping is such a great thing to do, but because survivors will KNOW you're not doing it, so they can always rush for those silly (almost-)instasaves. Don't forget, while survivors have a lot of counters to killer aura reading, killers have literally NOTHING to counter survivors' aura reading perks. Give not one but THREE survivors free aura reading, even if killer leaves the 16 m radius, they'll know which way he's headed. Way too strong effect to be given freely.

Btw I'm very strongly in support of bringing SWF and solo players closer. But that's not the way to do it.

Partly yes. But I honestly think it's way too strong. It might make a little more sense to give them the ability to see each others' auras. But to track the killer for free? Closing the gap between SWF and solo shouldn't break the game.

Well, we can agree to disagree, and I admit I'm at loss as to how to solve the problem better. In the past I cried as much about changes as the next forum troglodyte, but somehowalways managed to adapt... the game is still great. So I'm not saying if baseline Kindred will happen, it's automatic uninstall for me. But I can't help thinking about a better way to do it than just handing out a free perk to everyone.

I don't know... frankly, lately I trust the devs more to make relatively balanced (if imperfect) changes, than any of us professional forum whiners.