Totems are garbage!!

Totem placements have been ridiculous for a while now. The Groaning Storehouse could have three totems spawn in it at one time. I think that one of the biggest issues with totems is that a lot of survivors have memorized the usual spawn points. There needs to be more variety in where they spawn and maybe tweak it so they don't appear on top of hills. I think that would fix a lot of the issues with placements.

A potential change to Hex: Haunted Ground (NOTE: The perk works great as is, this is just a WHAT IF), is that it applies to all dull totems, making them appear to be hex totems. This will allow the perk to be used more than once, as many times as there are dull totems. Because of this, instead of the effect being felt map-wide, it would instead affect a large area around the totem, causing all nearby survivors to become Exposed. Pair that with Hex: Thrill of the Hunt, and you can instantly tell where the Exposed cleanser will be. In the case of Hex: No One Escapes Death, the dull totem becomes a hex totem and will no longer be trapped by Hex: Haunted Ground. The idea is to disguise which totem is the real hex totem, while having a chance to sabotage survivors.

It would be nice if the killer could choose where the hexes are placed. I know it would take a huge amount of time and effort for the devs, but it would be interesting if during the loading screen, the killer can customize the where their hex perk(s) go. This can work in one of two ways, both of which gives the killer an advantage over the survivors by knowing the terrain in advance.

1. The killer would be given 30 seconds to free roam the map at 300% speed before the survivors spawn in. In this time, they would be completely unable to use their powers, and be able to see the auras of generators and hooks (places to avoid placing their hexes). The killers would be able to place the hex totems in a place of their choosing, requiring the hex perks be placed a certain distance away from each other (so they can't be clustered together). Placing a hex totem would work exactly like a Trapper placing his traps. Once the 30 seconds are over, the killer's vision will be masked and will be loaded into their spawn point. Any unplaced hex totems will then be randomly placed. Perhaps make killers always spawn in the basement (also for them to know exactly where it is), and have hex perks required to be placed a certain distance away from the basement.

2. The killer would be given 30 seconds to see a map of the trial. The map would show the location of all generators and hooks, and there would be dozens of circles of places hex totems could be placed (in the case of The Game, the top and bottom floors would show up side-by-side. The killer can select a circle, and the designated hex perk will spawn there. If the killer has more than one hex perk, the next hex would require it be placed a certain distance away from the first. After 30 seconds, the map goes away, and any unplaced hex totems will then be randomly placed.

Option A would allow the killer to attempt to make the hex totems hidden, whereas Option B would assign it to the general area. I'll be frank, as a survivor main, the totems have some crappy spawn points. I feel bad when hex totems can be found out in the open, like there was no attempt at all for the game to conceal it.

@Vankruze said:
well Hex: Ruin is META despite where it might end up spawning, also trapper and hag can protect it with ease.

Sure, a trapper or hag can protect it with ease if the survivors are ######### ######### or actually braindead

Peanits said:

Now I'm not going to say everything about totems is perfect, but every other post I see has someone claiming Hex: Ruin is a must use perk. So staying as objective as possible, I don't think they're that bad. I'm totally down for some better totem spots, with TOTH, it's fairly easy to keep tabs on it.

I'd totally be up for the killer being allowed to hide their own totems, some of their placements are so very tragic.