Developers, Just Revert Hangman's Trick to 1.9.0
While I do respect that you guys want to make Hangman's Trick into something better, the new Scourge Hook version is actually going to make it unusable because of the fact that it will only trigger when near any other of the three Scourge Hooks, and only while carrying a Survivor. This, combined with the fact that Scourge Hook placements are not only random, but can spawn too close to each other for actual value or away from a prominent objective, means that this is going to be the single worst perk to run in the game, period.
But there is a solution. And it's called a complete reversion of the perk.
The 1.9.0 version of Hangman's Trick was actually usable; it gave you notification of hook tampering as soon as it happens and made you actually able to recover your hooks faster. It would be a great counter against those pesky Sabo Squads that keep popping up around the place.
It even gave you the ability to repair hooks from sacrifices! This would make it a perk that so many people would love to run since it gives Killers the ability to not be dead zoned as much as they are now!
Please just consider making the 1.9.0 version of Hangman's Trick the version of the perk that comes with the upcoming update. This new Scourge Hook mechanic is genuinely not going to make this perk any good, but the 1.9.0 version of it coming back would make it a perk people would LOVE to run!
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It needs a rework, its still overly specific.
The new version is not any more unusable than the current version
Area of a 6 meter radius circle = 113.1 m^2
Area of a 10 meter radius circle = 314.16 m^2
Number of scourge hooks on a map is 4 , number of regular hooks is usually somewhere from 8-14 depending on the map
New scourge hangmans will reveal 314.16 x 4 = 1256.64 square meters of the map
Lets say there's 11 hooks on the map. Current hangmans reveals 1244.1 square meters of the map.
Obviously if you 12-14 hooks the old hangmans becomes a little better than the new one, but in sutations where you have less (say 8-10) the new one is quite a bit better.
This is also without considering that checking the entire map for auras while carrying is harder than checking 4 larger areas for reveals.
To compare to a similar perk, Awakened Awareness which reveals a 20 meter radius around you, reveals an area of the exact same size as the new hangmans at 1256.64 square meters. Of course AA has the advantage that it moves around with you thus revealing more area as you move, so to make the perks on a similar level, the new perk should have a little bit bigger radius. Say up to 12 instead of 10. This would increase the per hook area 452.39 square meters for a total 1809.56 square meters