Sadako should be fun!
Recently I had a match on RPD where Sadako was constantly able to put pressure on us by building up the condemnation meter. It was a really fun, tense match. We all died, but that doesn't matter at all. It was fun! Several times throughout the match we had to pick up the tapes and bring them to another TV, to make out condemnation bar go down. She was able to do that much thatnks to the addons that all Sadakos bring when they want to actually use their condemning mechanic.
Pig's traps make the game more fun, because there is the race with time, managing the traps. It's thrilling. It's the same with Sadako, but the big difference is that Sadako needs to bring 2 specific addons if she wants to have a chance of getting the condemnation bar up. That's very sad. Sadako without those 2 addons doesn't really get to do that, due to AWFUL cooldowns of TVs, and due to condemnation going up too slowly naturally, because survivors basically never have the incentive to take the tapes from TVs.
Sadako needs buffs that will make her condemnation mechanic BETTER, NOT depending so much on 2 specific addons. Make it so people are not forced to bring those 2 addons and SLUG to get condemnation stacks reliably.
This can happen in so many ways, here are some suggestions:
a) Make the Ring Drawing basekit
b) drastically lessen the cooldowns of TVs, especially after Projecting.
If this makes her OP by any chance in certain other departments, you could balance that out. I don't really have fun with Sadako if I just play her like Wraith/Freddy. I have a lot of fun with her when I actually go for condemnation stacks: trying to push people to TVs and then projecting to them to add stacks, paying attention to who's carrying a tape, and trying to stop them.
Seriously, this killer has SO MUCH potential for fun. You can make that happen, and then more people will be playing her, as well.
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