Nemesis needs Rework now!
Almost all addons have the same effect, and some of them are broken. I will explain each step of what needs to change.
The zombies are very effective, but on large maps they become a little less useful. There are very few addons on them, and you developers need to change this.
S.T.A.R.S. Field Combat Manual - After Zombies hit a Survivor, their Aura turns yellow for 6 seconds.
This makes no sense, when a zombie strikes a survivor you can hear it and you can see it with its white aura and see it chasing someone. This effect needs to be different, because nobody will use it.
It has the same effect, but one gives a rate of 100% and the other 50% and zombie cooldown of minus 5 secs. It makes no sense, since for a rare addon each one has the same effect. Also, after your power reaches tier 3 the addon becomes practically useless.
Shattered S.T.A.R.S. Badge - IncreasesZombie Movement speed by +1.5 m/s for 60 seconds whenever a Generator is completed.
Honestly, I didn't see much effectiveness in this. On maps with small, tight spaces it can be crucial, but on large maps it can happen that the zombie gets stuck somewhere. I would suggest changing this addon, something like Nemesis attacks with the tentacle and hit a survivor, will let him/her injured while ignoring the contaminated effect. In other words, when you hit a survivor with the tentaculo, he gets contaminated but full health, this addon will ignore that, leave the survivor contaminated and injured, and if he is injured and not contaminated, he will get contaminated and enter the dying state.
The idea is to make the addons a little more accessible, some of them giving an extra effect, such as if a zombie causes a hit it will cause the survivor to have blindness/oblivious for 30 secs as well as the tentacles. Thus, having a better use of the addons and all of them being fairer.
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I'll defend the Field Combat Manual- it isn't a good addon because the zombies are too inconsistent, but if the zombies were consistent it'd have some value. You only see the the aura and it's attack animation if you're already looking at it; if you're focusing on something else, you can hear the attack audio cue and look up to see which of the two zombies just turned yellow. Without the Field Manual, you wouldn't know which of the two zombies got the hit.
It's still not great but it's only a brown, it has a perfectly adequate effect for a common addon.
Definitely agree on the Sample and Tyrant Gore- it's weird that they're the same rarity and have such similar effects. One of them should probably be a yellow, or just reworked to do something else.
I think Nemesis should get a 3rd zombie on the larger maps.
His addons suck. But most killers addons suck. He fits right in.