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That’s the whole point 😂 It will still counter Aura perks but just regenerates tokens slower. It’s fine if it counters the perks for the most part but not if there is absolutely no effort on the survivor’s side.

Hi Stormy, OP here to get a few things straight. I play survivor 25% of the time, usually based on the bloodpoint bonuses but as well as for filling out archives. I'm a P11 Yui main who is working on collecting all of the survivor perks. Aura perks are not noob perks. I know it is a common misconception but they remove the…

Uh huh, that's why I still get flashlight blinded 10 times a game by some random smuck and people manage to sabotage hooks to cancel my progress. Please stop overreacting and listen for a minute. I play both survivor and killer for one thing so why would I want survivor nerfed to the ground. (75% killer, 25% survivor) You…

Disregarding William’s argument. I run 2 Aura perks per build usually (Lethal and No Where to Hide are my main go to Aura perks) When I run these perks against a distortion user, they tend not to proc for the entire game. The main reason probably being that when I find and chase the distortion user, they get all of their…

Distortion would still work against Lethal Pursuer nurse. We want to nerf the recharge time, not the tokens handed out at the beginning of the game. If it were like stakeout, it would still counter Aura perks but just wouldn’t recharge during chase. The fact that it recharges during chase right now makes it a general 100%…

Realistically though, it is kind of bad to force killers to run 4 Aura reading perks to get value out of the Aura reading perks they really want to use. If distortion were like stakeout, it would still be up for most of the game but would not recharge tokens as fast. I don’t think that would be killing the perk, it would…

Sorry, may be my perverted mind but that looks a bit like something other than a face XD

Hi Unknown. I’m really sorry to hear about your situation and I hope everything is okay. I don’t want distortion to be useless and I think it should still be viable for stealth. It just regenerates tokens regardless of effort on the survivor’s side right now because survivors can play normally and still keep their tokens…

It does depend on how many survivors are using distortion. However, the survivors using distortion in its current state tend to have tokens for the entire game which is too much. Making token regen slightly slower would still make it possible to have tokens the entire game, just with more effort on the survivor’s side.

This sounds like a good suggestion! Honestly think that would be perfectly fine as long as the survivor isn’t in chase with the stealth killer. The issue is that some stealth killer chases don’t count so it would also need to be adjusted so that the tokens don’t regen while in chase with the stealth killer power active.

Honestly I feel like the survivors are the real killers in the game sometimes lol

I appreciate the counter suggestion but I feel like all of the survivor mains would hate it because it would nerf MFT by proxy lol Even it the token regen got nerfed as written in the description, it would still be a really good perk. The fact that it has recharge at all it much better than it was originally. Survivors…

Didn’t know that lightborn countered those but I’m running lightborn from now on lol I changed my nerf for distortion at the top just if you want to check. The only thing I really think it needs is to build tokens only in chase or while hidden. Honestly if it were more like stakeout it would be more balanced. Tokens for…

I’m using Nemisis with Lethal and No where to hide. I usually tend to find survivors with distortion on a gen so I kick the gen (Removing one stack) and start chase. Throughout the chase, they rebuild their tokens so that they cannot be found again. This means no matter what I do, distortion is constantly up making 2 of my…

I honestly think lightborn should be nerfed to just giving a longer duration before flashlight blinds can happen. The fact is though that lightborn counters an item, not perks. Survivors can pick up another item during the trial, Killers can’t switch perks mid trial. Please tell me why distortion is a perk with tokens? Is…

Yeah, I don’t think many people remember when it only came with 4 tokens and didn’t recharge. The fact that it comes with 3 tokens now and you can recharge them is pretty powerful for a perk that completely nullifies a killer’s perks. Especially in its current state where you don’t really have to go out of your way to…

In Distortion’s current state, it pretty much is like infinite blindness towards survivors. I’m not asking the devs to nerf it to the ground, I just want them to make the tokens build up slightly slower so I can use Aura perks on non-stealth killers. I don’t know my exact MMR right now, but almost every match I play has 2…

I sure hope so XD I want to play M1 killer again without getting countered by injuring survivors lol

Okay great. Thanks for letting me know. I had looked over the description of the perk and didn’t think so but I can be wrong sometimes so yeah 😂 Killers do have a lot of Aura perks but I feel like for a lot of killers they aren’t as OP. Nurse and Blight just ruin everything for the rest of the killers and it sucks… Do you…

Really? 😱 I hope they fix it soon then. Right now Aura perks aren’t really working at all during certain matches for survivor who run this perk 😂

Ikr, it would honestly still be a really good perk even post nerf XD

I understand where you are coming from but respectfully disagree. Distortion is pretty close to being in a good state but just needs to build its tokens slower. The fact that survivors running it are immune from aura perks for the entire game makes it an issue. It would be healthier if it was up 80% of the time or needed…

Lethal is perfectly fine as a perk, distortion is perfectly fine as a counter. Distortion just needs to build tokens more slowly so it isn’t up for the whole game. The reason I say Lethal is fine is because it really only allows killers to initiate one chase in the beginning of the match, saving probably between 10 and 30…

Just to give a concrete example of what distortion feels like right now. Imagine that a killer has Hex 3rd seal but the Devs buffed it so it’s no longer a Hex perk. Now survivors cannot see Auras for the entire game with no way to really counter it. That would suck right? Distortion is kind of like that right now on an…

The point of this nerf isn’t to make it non-viable. It is to make it so it isn’t up for the whole game. Tokens just need to regenerate slower. The functionality of the perk is completely fine otherwise.

Yeah, I didn’t even know that was a part of the perk until a few days ago but it is pretty dang good XD In it’s current state, it’s good enough to warrant 50% of survivors bringing it to their matches so it’s all kinda crazy these days.

Yeah, still not 100% on my mind games but even when playing optimally, M1 killers are pretty hard to play as right now. Especially because a lot of good survivors react fast enough to nullify mind games at stronger loops.

Thank you for being so understanding! It’s really hard to find people who actually listen on this forum XD. It’s kinda broken that tokens just build no matter what is happening.

How did you know? XD I was playing Minecraft lol

Let me give you an example. Say you are in an indoor map and you run nowhere to hide. You kick a gen and boom, you see the Aura of someone in another room who is hidden really well. You instantly start chase with them rather than searching for other survivors. I don’t know what you call that, but I call it saving time. In…

I respect your opinion in thinking that I rely on these perks too much but that is not the issue. Aura perks are not inherently a crutch, they are a way to find survivors faster. Aura perks are pretty fair and balanced so having a perk which nukes them for the duration of the game because of easily acquired tokens sucks.…

No, the Billy was obviously in chase with the survivor and the token was still building. The perk also doesn’t have anything in its description about being out of chase like stakeout. It just says within the killer’s terror radius for 30 seconds. Read the description in the link if you don’t believe me.…

Aura perks do not compensate for skill. Aura perks are in the game to allow killers to find the survivor faster based on a certain criteria. Using Aura perks just saves the killer time which is really important for preventing all the gens from popping. Spending 20 seconds sniffing out a hiding survivor vs 2 seconds running…

I had a look at the perk beforehand and it seemed like it still gained tokens during chase. If you want an example, watch this video and go to the 2 minute mark. I’m not trying to be one of those killer mains that needs everything nerfed to the ground. Distortion in its current state just counters Auras a bit too much so I…

I agree with you that distortion should protect survivors against auras, that is what the perk is for and that’s what it should do. It is just an issue when it is really easy for survivors to build tokens and distortion 100% blocks all Aura perks. The token number could even stay the same, it really just needs to only…

Agreed. The Distortion survivors are the real killers in the match 😂

Protecting someone from an Aura reading perk is fine. It’s just an issue if the perk is strong enough to 100% protect a survivor from Auras for the entire game. I really like running Lethal Pursuer and other Aura perks alongside it and it seems that distortion survivors just never run out of tokens. I don’t care if it is…

Honestly Kudos to your for your bravery. If I tried Huntress I would probably never be able to hit my shots lol

I think Distortion is fine to an extent, but in it’s current state it completely nullifies Aura perks for the entire game. I don’t want distortion to be a weak perk, I just want my Aura perks to work a few times during the game.

Same, playing as either killer or survivor, there is always that one survivor who kills their team by deciding to hide all game. I feel like Aura perks really allowed killers to start chases with fresh survivors rather than tunneling so it distortion may even encourage tunneling to an extent.

I agree. I hardly see any of the survivors running distortion until the end of the game and I try really hard to apply pressure equally. I played one match with a distortion Dwight that I didn’t see until he was in the exit gates 😂

Yeah, I play some survivor as well as killer but I don’t have friends who like playing dbd so I’m always stuck in solo queue 😂 Gotta say though, my escape rate has skyrocketed in the current meta lol

I hadn’t even thought about Aura reading Huntress. That must be pretty miserable in the current Meta with at least 2 distortions per game 😱

I had already tried 4 or 5 chases and most of them weren’t going my way. I saw a previously injured survivor and though it would be my only way to generate some slight pressure. Either way it was a pretty cracked SWF so I probably would have been gen rushed anyways lol

I think MFT is fine if you are playing as a stronger killer with chase powers. For example, I play as Demogorgen and Nemi on a regular basis and have no issues but when I try out M1 killers, those extra seconds of distance are really painful, especially in strong loops.

This was probably the 4th or 5th chase I commuted to. I usually go for about 30 to 40 seconds and give up if I’m making no progress. This whole team was pretty cracked though so I wasn’t really able to down anyone without committing a bit more than usual. Had an injured survivor with MFT and Windows of Opportunity who I…

I really appreciate the advice. I probably should take a break but I’m kinda burnt out on all of the other games in my library. After that body block, I started going into lobbies with a more I’m going to lose and have fun doing it mentality and it has really helped.

True lol.

Great advice! Thank you! I mostly play demo and Nemi so it is really nice to have some advice on how to play M1 killers.

I’m fine now, honestly just needed a nights sleep to get over it. Glad you like the title btw, took me 5 minutes to come up with it lol.