Calm Spirit
So calm spirit is a bad perk that the devs nerfed in the 6.1 update.
In latest chapters we started receive more scream related perks, but they also have aura reading tied to them.
So, does Calm spirit by blocking the scream also block the aura reading from those perks (Twack!! and Face the darkness), yes or no?
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No, it doesn't block auras. If it does then that's a nice bug that may not need squashed for awhile.
Thanks, i went to test it. And yep, they don't scream, but you still see their aura.
What is the point of this perk, screaming is already rare and now that we are receiving more screaming perks they also get free aura reading, this perk really can't do anything right.
It's Doctor repellent
The thing is, I am very sure that the Devs thought that they buffed Calm Spirit. Because before 6.1. it only blocked screams and removed the effect on crows.
However, they also made cleansing/blessing totems and opening chests silent, which is a Buff. And they probably thought that this Buff needed some Downside, so they reduced the Speed of those actions. Which made Calm Spirit even less used, because its scenarios are already niche, but giving a debuff on top of it was too much.
It could also be possible that they did this to have a difference between the 3 Perk Tiers.
IMO they should change it that it only reduces the Speed while in the Terror Radius of the Killer. Because with this, you would still get the benefit of being completely silent when cleansing/blessing or opening chests, but you would only get the Debuff when the benefit actually matters (since it does not matter if I cleanse Totems silent if the Killer is full map away).
Calm Spirit would still be bad, but it would at least be a bit better.
I don't think this perk needed a downside, maybe it was for the perk tiers, but for a collection of niche effects getting a permanent debuff for the entire match. Sometimes different perk seem to be made by different people
I like this idea. When they first announced the Calm Spirit change I thought originally you would have the option to either do the action silently (at reduced speed) or normally (at normal speed) so that it wouldn't be a nerf, but you don't.
Honestly for chest unlocking the penalty should just be removed entirely.
I think they also inexplicably nerfed Pharmacy as part of this same update.
Pharmacy should be reverted back to its prior status, and all of the Calm Spirit debuffs need to be removed.
If anything, Calm Spirit should buff unlocking chests and cleansing Totems by +5%/+10%/+15% speed so that you get much more consistent utility out of it.