I hope the devs rethink their position on Nurse (from the perspective of a veteran Nurse player).

So, I've had a chance to play a few games with the new Nurse on the PTB. And I have to say, the constant rubberbanding made judging everything not easy. You think the devs would at least have the decency to release a PTB that was more stable, so that we can assess everything accurately. But I digress!

Let me get straight to the point: I'm not a fan of these changes to Nurse.

(1) First, let's discuss add-ons: Honestly, I wasn't too concerned about the add-on changes because her add-ons were the main reason people hated Nurse so much. I was expecting there to be no more omegablink Nurse or multiple blink Nurse. That said, some of these add-ons are simply trash. Ex: The ultra rare extra blink add-on that makes it so you can't go through walls is just silly.

(2) Second, let's discuss the base power: Simply put, I don't believe the Nurse should have an additional cool down. The Nurse already goes into fatigue, why add another cool down? The main reason Nurse is super fun to play is because of the nature of her hyperaggressive power. By adding a cool down, you have made an already slow killer even slower to play. Nurse needs to be able to use her blinks as much as possible in order to be fun.

If the devs truly wanted to nerf her power (which I was willing to support at first), they could have just increased her fatigue a little or shortened the lunge range. That may not seem like much, but such a change is definitely noticeable for Nurse players.

Not to mention, the devs could have also reworked some of the older maps to include more line-of-sight breakers (ex, Blood Lodge). This would have allowed survivors to use the map more effectively. In other words, an indirect nerf to Nurse.

In summary: I think these changes to Nurse will not produce positive outcomes. My suspicion is Nurse will start to have problems when facing optimal survivors, especially on dense maps like Lery's or Hawkins. I've always held the position that base kit Nurse is beatable so long as survivors stayed spread out, completed gens optimally, and used the map to their advantage in chases. So a base kit nerf wasn't necessary to begin with in my opinion.

Finally, I understand that compromise is an important thing. Ideally, I would like for the devs to go ahead and release the add-on adjustments since those changes are already final, but postpone the base kit change for now. Or, reduce the cool down timer as much as you can because I don't think it's a good mechanic for Nurse to have, I really don't.

Also, at some point I expect for the devs to update some of her new add-ons. The add-ons that are really trashy should definitely be buffed at some point. But that can come later.

Thanks for reading and I hope the devs see this. It's not just me, there are many people in the community who are not happy about these changes. I hope the devs are at least willing to compromise with us and not solely rely on feedback from one side of the community.