Pig should have a second base power (Maybe also freddy)
What do I mean by this?
I mean, that just like a survivor can change their medkits for toolboxes or a flashlight or a key, pig should be able to switch her regular RBTs to Rule Set Number 2 RBTs.
And now... why? Why do this?
As most people know, pig uses her RBTs to stall the game. Makes the survivors have to remove the RBT in order to be able to escape (besides hatch). They remove it by going to the correct jigsaw box and doing a few skill checks.
What less people know, is that one of her ultra rares, called Ruleset Number 2, completely changes how the survivor, and the pig, go about it.
Normally, the survivor sees the aura of all jigsaw boxes from the moment the pig puts a trap on his head. With RSN2, he can only see the auras after the trap activates.
What does this mean? With the regular RBTs, It means the survivor can choose to do a gen or remove the trap from his head before doing a gen.
With RSN2 whoever, they can't see the boxes. Meaning they are very likely to do gens. And only go for boxes after they are done with it.
This diferent aprouch from the survivor, changes how the pig plays. Creating 2 diferent playstyles for her.
Regular RBT is "Stall pig". The traps are there to make the survivors waste time, if it kills them great, but that's not why it's used.
RSN2 RBT is "head-huntress pig". The traps aren't there to make survivors waste time, they are there to remove a survivor from the game entirely.
One being a lot more agressive than the other. Because RSN2 pig, exchanges the stall she gets, which is used to have more time to chase survivors and what not, for putting the survivors in a very dangerous situation with a timed "bomb" on their heads.
These playstyles differ so much, that the add-ons would be ranked differently depending on your preference of stall or head-huntress. Like, know the face mask? The one that causes blindness? Well stall pigs don't really like it, the guy is probably doing jigsaw boxes anyway, why would the blindness matter? Survivors with RSN2 RBTs aren't doing boxes, so they are an extra degree of useless with the RBT on, meaning 1 less person to help dwight off the hook.
Now the big question, "RSN2 is already an addon, why make it a separate power?".
Simple. RSN2 pig currently, is severely nerfed by only being able to bring 1 addon alongside it. And considering it's a more agressive playstyle, she needs all the help possible.
But obviously we can't just switch her base power. People enjoy her power as it is aswell. If her base changes to RSN2, there will be discussions about changing it back, just like there are discussions right now about making RSN2 base. It's an endless loop of complaining that would never end. But, by having a choice of either, everyone is happy.(at least I hope they are)
I believe a similar logic can be used to justify having pallet freddy be a second base power aswell. But I play freddy less, so I can't really say if it would matter or not addons wise.
TL,DR: I think RSN2 should be a second base power for pig. And you choose between regular RBTs and RSN2 RBTs in the preparation screen. Maybe also freddy.
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