Open Handed Buff Idea
Introduction
Open Handed is a perk that is often overlooked by most players because its enhance aura reading abilities is too much of a niche or lightweight perk for solo players. The old Open Handed was often used in meme builds with SWF. The perk is mostly used in pre built SWF's which is the reason it needs a buff that will make it more endearing to solo players.
The Buff
The perk should receive a buff that allows the survivor to share and/or steal the aura reading perks of other survivors because by itself, without an aura reading perk, its enhance aura reading ability would be useless on its own.
The Share mechanic:
A survivor running Open Handed will share any and all aura reading perks they're running with Open Handed. For example: Let's say Dwight wished every survivor ran Kindred, well, with the new Open Handed Dwight can have his wish come true by running both the new Open Handed with Kindred.
The Stealing mechanic:
Not only will Open Handed allow the survivor to share their own aura reading perks, they can steal the aura reading perks of other survivors. For example: Let's say Claudette is running Empathy, well, the survivor running Open Handed will be able to utilize Claudette's perk as well.
Conclusion
These changes will make the new Open Handed a strong and useful aura reading perk for any solo survivor build, it may not be strong enough to compete with the meta and second chance perks, but with what it brings to the table it will be far more endearing to solo survivors. Furthermore, one thing solo players really lack compared to squads is the information. Solo survivors really just have no information perks that can compete with a squads communication. If you're in a squad you don't need bond, empathy, kindred, etc. The new Open Handed will help to empower solo players who want more information in the match.
TL;DR
You will have the ability to share your own aura reading perks and the ability to steal the aura reading perks of other survivors in the match.
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