My Perk Idea: To The Rescue (Survivor)
Perk Icon is custom-made by me! :) **SEND FEEDBACK PLEASE**
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Your perk icon looks cool.
But this perk would be OP. You could use this 40 meters from the killer, and as long as you can last 15 seconds in chase, the killer would be denied any pressure. Even with a 180 second cooldown, it simply wouldn't work. 25 seconds is too long for the endurance status effect (why is it longer than the exposed status?) The downside isn't nearly strong enough.
When thinking about perks, consider how other perks are designed. For example, mettle of man has an 'endurance' type effect, but requires a LOT to proc. Borrowed Time grants the endurance effect but only inside the killer's terror radius and only for 15 seconds. On the other hand, Soul Guard lasts 8 seconds, but works only when being picked up from the ground.
Endurance is a very powerful status effect for survivors, 25 seconds is a ridiculously long time to have this, especially when just granting it to every single person in the killer's terror radius. The suffering from Exposed, Aura being shown and 180 second cooldown dont really balance this out. Since you can activate this from anywhere, you could potentially grant multiple survivors the endurance from all the way accross the map. If the killer is in a chase, unless he drop it immediately, he probably wont be able to get to you in time to capitalize on the exposed. On coms, this would be an incredibly abusable perk.
At it's core, it does sound like an interesting idea though. To potentially balance it out, the time survivors have endurance would need to go way the hell down. Borrowed Time only gives it for 15 seconds and you need to be in basically immediate danger for it to apply at all. 15 seconds should be the absolute maximum Endurance stays active for. And to grant potentially multiple people such a powerful status effect, you should be putting yourself at an actual risk. You shouldn't be able to activate it from anywhere, make it so you yourself need to be within a certain range of the survivor's gaining the effect. Currently the shortest Exposure time goes to Iron Maiden, at 30 seconds. I think that should probably be the minimum exposure time to inflict upon yourself. And with all this combined, if you're putting yourself in significantly more danger than before, I think the perk could probably earn a reduced cooldown to 120 seconds. The aura reveal time is probably good as it is too if you're putting yourself at greater risk.
the perk icon reminds me prove thyself+barbeque and chilli.
the perk does seem a bit broken cuz it would be a guaranteed escape. maybe make it so it can only be used once per trial?
Thank you guys so much for the feedback. This perk is currently being reworked and will be re-released later today. (Yes the icon is prove thyself and barbecue and chili)
Also worth mentioning that being exposed would be meaningless if you're injured. So you could use this perk at any time to just give the killer absolutely nothing.