Beginner perks tied to dlc
Nemesis Lethal Pursuer is the latest example of this, but Visionary, Technician, Windows of Opportunity for survivors and Zanshin Tactics for killers are perks that are really helpful for new player yet are all tied to dlc. (I am aware Feng is free on console, but she isn't on PC so i'm half counting her.)
These perks still have some use after you played the game for a while and got the hang of it, but it just seems weird that these aren't on base game character's or the character's they come on are free.
In fact Lethal Pursuer is the worst example because you can't even purchase Nemesis with Irridesent shards.
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Just because either of those perks are beginner friendly, doesn’t make them useful exclusively to beginners. I’m a highly experienced player, and the info I get from either Visionary or Zanshin is highly valuable (particularly Zanshin now we have breakable walls).
There is a WEALTH of beginner friendly perks in the base game: Dwight, Claudette, and Meg’s loadout, Dark Sense, Déjà Vu, Kindred, We’ll Make it...
I could go on, but you get my point.
Beginners are not suffering from “perk poverty” whereby there is nothing that can make learning the game easier.
I had this experience as a pc player with trying to find a killer I felt I was good at. Pc players start with 5 killers, trapper, wraith, hillbilly, nurse, and huntress.
Trapper - easy to play mechanically, but impossible to do well once you move beyond rank 15, unless you dump an obscene amount of hours.
Wraith - a solid choice, especially since he was buffed recently, but boring to play a lot.
Hillbilly - also buffed relatively recently, but still has a steep learning curve and is addon dependent
Nurse - why is nurse base game. Literally the most inaccessible killer in the game.
Huntress - fairly straightforward but still difficult to learn for new players considering you have to learn killer mechanics and hatchet aiming.
And that's it, that's your choices. I had to wait til dlc were on sale to pick up spirit and legion who are way more beginner friendly.
This game needs a vast rework to actually retain players. It doesn't matter that the re chapter is going to attract new players if they quit once they realize the magnitude of the grind to play this game like most dedicated players.
Also I wouldn’t call Lethal Pursuer a beginner perk anyway. It’s a perk for killers that want to be able to get into a chase almost immediately. Imagine this on Blight?
No guess work, just Rush straight to where you see revealed survivors.
Like i said, you can find use out of these perks even after playing, but new players that struggle with skill checks, finding gens, and knowing where to run in chases can use these to help learn the game.
Lethal Pursuer can help for immediate chase like on blight, but it also helps new players to learn spawns if you decide to move away from it
Really to be honest I'm glad a lot of those perks are tied behind DLC. Newbies have access to Bond, Dead Hard, Self Care and Iron Will right out of the box. Knowing where the tiles are means nothing if you don't know how to run them.
Kinda same for killer. You have NOED, Iron Grasp/Brutal Strength and Huntress Lullaby which is like the poor man's Ruin.
Would you really want a base game player throwing a pebble at you? Can you imagine the glint in their eye as they realize the untold power they hold in their hands JUST from sitting in your terror radius?
It would just create monsters. Generator repairing, gate opening monsters.
This game has way too much content behind paywalls in general.
Feng Min & Doctor should be free on PC with a refund of 18,000 iridescent shards for the people who bought the DLC. Feng's perks are so good for new players.