tuned carborator makes no sense with 4.4m/s debuff. overheat makes more sense.
it's a tuned carborator to the hillbillys specifications. not only does it running hotter make sense thematically and real life sense, the debuff makes more sense too. make it overheat the chainsaw far more like a reverse pighouse gloves/punctured muffler. this would balance out the faster chainsaw speed, allowing fewer chainsaws and chaining of downs, whilst not decreasing his chase ability majorly.
if anything the engravings addons kind of deserve that debuff. due to the movement speed increase (of the old engravings not the new) and how fast they make you, if you didn't have a charge speed decrease, it makes sense to tie the mobility to the chainsaw and decrease his normal movement speed to 4.4 using both addons, and less using singular ones.
thoughts? i think in general the changes to hillbilly post ptb have been amazing, and the planned hotfix changes are also great, but i feel these two sets of addons are quite underwhelming in their current state. sidegrading them respectively, could increase hillbillys power, whilst offering new playstyles and keeping in line with the general new overheat mechanics within his kit
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I have to disagree, charge time is way too strong. Playing billy I noticed how just the spark plug could make a massive difference. the 4.4 movement is perfectly justified IMO.
But they could nerf the charge time to compensate for the different sidegrades? 18% is big, not too big, but big obviously, but i'd disagree to say that its incredibly strong on its own. the reason it was strong before, was the pairing of it with thompsons mix, engravings and primer bulb.
without these to go along with it, along with all of its secondary effects removed, 18% for a single addon of very rare rarity, with a considerable downside is something to consider adjusting even just slightly.
like as an example of the numbers alone, as i don't know if you know so don't take this as condecending - carborator tuning guide was 18% charge speed, and primer bulb was also. - the stacked speeds together made it 36% faster. this is no longer possible, being half that. Along with this, both engravings increase the charge time by 12%, a considerable downside that almost completely negates the positive bonus gained by using the new carborator.
doom engravings was also nerfed to 7% from 20% whilst retaining the charge same charge time decrease. you can also no longer pair it with the thompsons mix nor anything like it as the cooldown addon is completely absent. There is no combo that allows for the tuned carborator to even pair with that makes it worth running. unless you just want to run say a completely different addon series like the stealth series, which is fine in and of itself but has completely different benefits that are subject to survivor awareness, or the overheat series, which just takes hillbillys nerfs and brings him back to basekit billy.
and the old spark plug was the same buff as the charge time is debuff wise from the engravings. reason it made such an impact before was because pretty much everything also included that +12% charge time bonus, from thompsons mix, etc. and pairing it with engravings made your chainsaw 20% faster, but retaining the same charge speed which was also broken.
So to round it off. if you want to do the old billy wombo combo with engravings? you only get 7% faster, with 6% faster charge speed, at the bonus of having your movement speed reduced to 4.4! all the other combos don't even exist anymore! your also spending more bp to farm these addons, and with them holding back from catching up around tight loops that are already hard enough as is.
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The only positive, im going to say is that, mixed with the curving addons, speciifcally spiked boots, its not that bad. you get a pretty good curve billy, and you get good charge speed that isn't bonkers. however, this is equivalent to oni without topknot in terms of how it feels to play on loops. it doesn't always catch you up, even allow you any benefit. It's good don't get me wrong, but some loops survivors can just... run around, like a huntress, unable to give you a chance to catch them with it.
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thats why i suggested making its debuff, instead of 4.4 speed.. 2x-3x overheat. you'd have limited uses of it in a chase, and it would reduce your ability to feather, but at the same time, you'd essentially be old billy for very short periods (outside of running in a straight line.) think ptb billy and how hard it was to use his chainsaw multiple times during chase. thats what the carborator should do. Imo.