An idea for a potential addon rework for Freddy
I've had this idea for some time, but essentially Z block gets reworked into a new ability that represents the old freddy:
Pallets and blood pools both get disabled, instead, you get permanent aura readings on survivors who are asleep. Survivors would also fall asleep at a faster rate.
This could have some interesting potential in combination with some other Freddy addons. The perks would need to be dedicated to chases, sure, but in exchange you'd have perfect information on people who are asleep. Let alone that Z block is already not really great except for maybe some extremely niche uses, where I think having an addon like this would perfectly fit with Freddy.
The only issue would be the current suggested change to OoO, which should not include aura readings from addons IMO, only those from perks as there are some addons(some fun, some already weak) that would be rendered utterly terrible as the new OoO would very likely become a meta perk(just to show how many addons would be rendered useless: renjiro's bloody glove, vanity mirror, restraint addons, mirror shard addons, glowing concoction, amanda's secret, Leprose Lichen, tattoo'd middle finger, cigarbox, prototype claws, paint thinner, green dress, blue dress and hellshire iron. That's at least 19 addons that were on the wiki alone, and I am pretty sure there are more that I missed). But that is a whole other discussion. I like the new OoO, but it does need some slight alteration to not make aura based addons worthless.
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A lot of those addons will not be affected
And more often than not addons that are affected will be used in rarity. We're really only looking at bloody glove, black incense, vanity mirror, dream pallets, dresses and the hellshire iron as being countered by new OoO, some more than others. Most matches all you'll get out of it is being exposed to the killer every 40 seconds and and seeing if they're coming to you after BBQ
Why wouldn't we mix old Freddy with new one. He could have teleport, fake pallets and aura reading (old Freddy's power). Remove blood snares and he would need to pull you in dream world in order to hit you (2-3 seconds, not 7)
Because the issue with that is that fake pallets guarantee hits as they are fully indistinguishable, Freddy could easily teleport nearby and gain a free hit. The pulling into the dreamworld isnt enough of a downside to counter that. Unless you want to remove the passive gain, which would also be bad. The passive gain is needed to ensure Freddy gets his power activated. Otherwise you'd have the same issues with Plague before her QoL update where she barely could use her power at all, and if she would, it would be forced upon her out of control.
I mean, I really miss the aura reading part of Freddy, but I dont think that power should be combined with his current ones. Information in this game is powerful. Knowing where all survivors are(especially if you have red paint brush) unless they do a secondary objective would give him a similar ability to Pig unless survivors dont mind to be seen. Which they should, as breaking line of sight can be one of the most powerful assest you have as a survivor.
How about the old power with the teleport? Sounds really nice for me.
I mean, that is assuming your perk doesnt light up when the killer can see you. If that happens: on All Seeing Blood Wraith, you know he's coming, on Amanda's Letter, you know she's coming, on t1 myers, you know he's coming.
Let alone that BBQ is actually the worst one it counters, as the aura readings arent actually that good. Nurses Calling, Retribution, Bitter Murmur, I'm All Ears, Undying and Nemesis(sure, not AS common as the others, but still decently common) are all common enough to be worth running OoO every single match. Practically destroying these perks. Undying already has been nerfed quite hard, but to give the ability to confirm the perk while also confirming the location of a dull totem is a bit too much. So its very much going to be worth running the new OoO every single match, ESPECIALLY if it lights up when the killer can read your aura.
Well it wouldn't be direction dependant anymore. Plus your aura could be being revealed for any number of reasons, unless you can see the killer too or someone just got hooked etc.
Well, there are very few aura reads that also block the killer's aura, as the killer needs to be undetectable to fully block their aura. I cant really think of any perks where the aura reading can be done for any number of reasons where the killer is undetectable without knowing what causes it. The only good thing about it, is that you dont know where the killer would be coming from.
I mean, lets make a small list of "any number of reasons" where your aura is revealed:
When being healed, meaning you know the killer is within 28 meters.
When a player is hooked, meaning you know where the killer is.
When getting near a dull totem, which would reveal Undying anyway, so you know where it's coming from.
When finishing a gen, which would reveal Rancor to you on an undetectable killer if you are the obsession, but you know what would trigger it.
But right now, there is no aura reading when you are working on a gen, there is no aura reading when you walk, there is no aura reading when you hide around a corner, there is no aura reading when you do a hex totem. And that is the issue. Amanda's letter, All Seeing Blood and T1 myers all rely on you not knowing they are coming. Spinechill is similar in that, sure, but Spinechill only should alert you if they are actively looking in your direction. OoO would always activate around a cloaked wraith or a crouched pig as they permanently reveal aura's. Meaning you will know the killer is coming 16 meters before they are around your corner. You can play around Spinechill with wraith and pig, you cant play around OoO. THAT is my biggest issue with new OoO. At least old OoO was kinda useless as a solo survivor and barely was used in swf's unless they were sweat squads. New OoO is going to be common enough to a point where survivors wont need to bring DS to create an obsession.