Reworking Pyramid Head's Iridescent Add-ons
*Iridescent Seal of Metatron. Effect: When sending a survivor to a Cage of Atonement, the auras of all Survivors suffering from Torment are revealed for 6 seconds.
-Problems: The add-on requires at least two survivors to be Tormented to be used. This already makes the add-on niche in application, and demands a powerful effect. In addition, attempting to send survivors away to cages for the sake of using the add-on can be a detriment to the killer, causing conflict within the natural flow of gameplay. This results in sparse use cases for an underwhelming effect. Moreover, with several other aura-perks in the game fulfilling the goal this add-on seeks to accomplish, there is nothing unique that this add-on provides to the killer.
-Proposed change: Rework the add-on completely. Move the current effect to the Lost Memories Book add-on and increase the time to 10 seconds. New effect: The Obsession starts the trial Tormented. Torment now inflicts the Oblivious status effect.
-Intention: Torment now provides a valuable and balanced addition to his toolkit that can compete with the likes of the range add-ons without overshadowing them. The unique attribute of this change comes from how it changes the killer's goal: inflict Torment on all survivors and use the Cages of Atonement as a necessity if at all. This naturally gives him synergy with hook-related perks he normally doesn't use because of this aversion to the cages, benefits him in chases and roaming the map, is communicated to the survivors at the start of the game by the Obsession and thus benefits both sides, and much more. Its a complete shift in the playstyle of the killer that is deserving of an Iridescent add-on.
*Obsidian Goblet. Effect: Grants the Undetectable status while standing on a Rite's of Judgement Trail.
-Problems: This effect is obviously ridiculous and even encourages the unhealthy playstyle of camping. It should receive a full rework.
-Proposed change: New effect: While standing on a Rite of Judgement trail, Killer Instinct is triggered on all Tormented survivors and the repair progress of generators can be determined by the intensity of their auras.
-Intention: I flip flopped on this rework a lot. First, I am using Killer Instinct instead of auras because that would trivialize chases and remove the prediction element, for the me the fun part, of his ability. Second, Pyramid Head doesn't have any transportation tools. To have the ability to take to assess your situation and plan accordingly should help with this regard. And third, I am combining both of these attributes because it comes with the negative attribute of standing still. Getting Killer Instinct to proc may help with blind shots in chases as well as finding survivors and generators being revealed in this way places less emphasis on information perks in a build. Overall, I believe this rework would retain the original effect in spirit without overstepping the boundaries of other perks or add-ons.
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That's all I have to contribute at the moment. Thank you for your time. I'm not a Pyramid Head expert, but I don't think these are controversial changes by any means.
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