Totem Counter and Mindgaming
A friend recently had the following idea for a totem counter: Make it so the counter only shows whether or not any totems are left on the field, not how many. As in: It's lit up if there are totems left, whether dull or hex ones, and goes dark if all totems are cleansed.
This might have the following effects:
1. Higher chance of people doing totems.
2. Easier for people on a totem challenge to not waste time looking for totems if all have been done.
3. Killers that run noed could change their tactics easier. (sure, they would already see whether or not noed ticks, but this way they could change tactics earlier on, providing better gameplay overall)
And on top of this: Give killers the ability to rebuild totems. It would take a moment and possibly require a new animation, but it would add some nice mindgame potential.
Imagine the counter has gone dark and suddenly, just as you're about to pop the last gen it turns back on. Does the killer run noed or not?
Could also make the aforemention totem challenges easier when you find a killer who wants to farm (and maybe has a 'rebuild totem' challenge?)
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