Can we change Dead Hard into a boon totem?
Add the following requirement to Dead hard : in order to activate Dead Hard you (not a team member) must have a boon totem active. It would still require you to be hurt and not exhausted. Note : as a boon totem Dead Hard would add nothing to other survivors (in other words you don't grant others the ability to dead hard). Maybe the aura should add something like +50% points for healing/protection hits inside the zone.
What would be the benefits?
DH gets to stay exactly like it is right now - except that it requires you also have a boon active to make it work. Boons are good perks so this isn't like making you run something stupid like deja vu/no mither. This would fundamentally change the time value of DH so that in order to be able to have a longer chase later you must spend time planting a boon first.
This would remove a great deal of the "second chance" nature of the combination of DH+DS(+medkit with addons). Say for example only one person is using a boon and it's a David (surprise). While he is on the hook I break his CoH boon that also contains his Dead Hard. In order to get his DH back he has to interact with a totem. But if he interacts with a totem then he loses access to DS. This could potentially reduce the difference in chase times between the very best players and everyone else (which is good for game balance).
If multiple people want to run DH it becomes a lot weaker because you must keep multiple totems lit. Obviously it will be much easier for the killer to run past a totem if four people are using boons instead of only one person.
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Anything to weaken Dead Hard at this point sounds like a good idea to me.
Creative idea. Probably the best DH nerf suggestion I’ve seen tbh.
I admire people with such creativity.
Unironically why not I could see future perk nerfs/reworks being put into a boon perk
I'd love to see vigil become a boon now that you mention it.
While NOED got turned into a hex aswell, i feel like you would have to buff DH in other ways if you turn it into a boon and i am not sure if i want that.
...why?
No because boons need to be removed
That feels like buff rather than a nerf on some maps. I would rather just rework (aka nerf) that perk.
Vigil is not op perk lol, it does not need any nerf.
Buff it to like 60% for shits and giggles
Sure but it should not be boon perk, i love current Vigil. But ofcourse they can make boon version of Vigil.
dead hard must be completely changed, period. in his current state it's unhealthy for the game
ANY nerf to Dead Hard at this point is a QOL upgrade for the game.
To make it more of a team based perk instead of a one person perk that occasionally helps teammates. It'd also allow teammates to go to a boon instead of trying to find and/or staying near another survivor who is running Vigil, since sticking together is generally a bad idea. Plus it fits the whole "AoE survivor buff" niche that boons fill, and would synergize with any exhaustion perk and CoH. The numbers would probably have to be buffed if it was a boon though.
And unlike Streetwise and Leader, the perk's usefulness isn't tied to any spread out objectives that would necessitate mobility; for Vigil, the mobility only matters to the person who has it equipped, and they could still make use of it in boon form.
Though, I could be misunderstanding the point of the perk. If it works best as a tool to help recover exhaustion in chase then I could definitely understand why some wouldn't want it to become a boon.
Linking Dead Hard to a Boon without it actually being a Boon seems more complicated than it needs to be, in my opinion.
The simplest way to nerf/change Dead Hard would be remove the "Dead Hard for Distance" element. A prior also suggested hand it give you Endurance for a brief window instead of I-Frames and give Deep Wounds when hit. Personally I favor Broken to make it thematic with fellow David teachable No Mither.
OMG you want Boon exhaustshin I can’t believe you hait killer players >:(
Funny innit
Yea it is.
Not when the can be put straight back up in no time. Give the whole team another free perk slot? This a Joke?
The idea isn't "set up a Boon, everyone gets Dead Hard", it's "you have to set up a Boon before your can use your own Dead Hard"