Totem Counter added to UI - Please vote on link below!
Let the Devs know if you think a totem counter added to UI would be helpful for both killer and survivor. Would avoid having to change NOED perk, give solo versus SWF an even playing field and give killers the ability to prepare to protect totems to ensure NOED is activated.
Honestly would be an easy QOL improvement on both sides.
Your thoughts?
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http://www.strawpoll.me/17501299/r
Honestly would be an easy QOL improvement on both sides.
Your thoughts?
Please vote on link below
http://www.strawpoll.me/17501299/r
Comments
Pro tip: Make it start at 0 and count up rather than the other way around.
Having a unique noise when one is destroyed would be a similar effect.
You don't have to do it but it would make it closer to a QoL compared to counting down from 5 (since dull totems can be effected by things besides destroying.
Not to mention it could benefit the killer as well. If you can see how many totems are left, you'd be able to tell if NOED is going to activate or not.
I don't think so. THrill does this.
THey just need to buff thrill of the hunt. That's all.
Either that, or buff totem cleansing by 2 seconds each.
How would this help killer?
They're not forced to run Thrill to let them know if they're going to have NOED.
Seriously, noed got nerfed at least twice and you still whine. If you don't break totems, you deserve to get snashed with noed.
Its part of this game to either trust tour teammates will do or doing it yourself.
If counters like this will be added and stuff like "is survivor in a chase" (which people are rumbling about in this forum) every single game will end after 4 minutes.
I wonder if they can add this feature to the PTB as the last second change.
I really love this change honestly.
Knowing how many totems are left allows the killer to know if he or she would have NOED prior to last gen pop. Allowing them to situationally protect totems and also would cause survivors to look for totems allowing more time for the killer to catch them!
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You mean a SECOND mod response right?
but they might run the perk ruin or haunted?
I'm torn on one hand it'd make NOED useless but at the same it might add a minute or so to games which is definitely needed.
It'd also bridge one gap that solo and SWF have which brings us one step closer to overall balance and possibly eventually an all round killers buff to match once Solo and SWF are on the same level.
Sure why not, what would be a compensation to buff hex totems?
You're missing the point. Thrill of the Hunt will let the killer know if there's dull totems on the map so they'll know if No One Escapes Death will activate. Having a UI totem counter will help notify killers without the need of Thrill.
Hey just a question - how would this nerf any hex perks except for NOED? I guess Devour Hope?
Most of the times you're alerted already when a Hex totem is active - so you'd already know if it remains on the map or not.
I know how thrill works, but then if this occurs then we will need to change thrill to apply to these affects
They will be? When?
"Looking into" doesn't necessarily mean they'll do it; it means they're going to see how it works out (internally).
Dont be so close, open yourself for that idea, it doesn't sound that bad or does it?
I voted "Yes", but I'm ambivalent about providing this information for free (i.e.: without the use of a perk, namely Small Game or Detective's Hunch).
I understand the intention, but the problem is that every step toward providing more information for survivors is a step away from the horror game that DbD is supposed to be and a step toward making this yet another generic 4v1 asymmetrical game.
How would you change/buff/rework Thrill?
This is where I stand too; I would love this to be tied to a perk, preferably Small Game since it's specifically for finding totems and traps.
It'd make better use of it, and would keep the core atmosphere of "is noed a possibility" while allowing that info to be accessed.
@Orion @Brady How about we make this a UI feature for killer and survivor, but we have it turned off by default and the player has to manually turn it on in the options menu? New players (the ones most likely to be afraid) will lack the information initially and everyone who doesn't get scared has access to the info whenever they want it. How's that sound?
Oooh. Maybe survivors and killers could play their first few games without a hud and during each trial, they unlock a new part to help them understand what everything means?
NOED has always been a major complaint of survivors, maybe, just maybe a totem counter would help alleviate the pain that some feel.
You could have a totem counter displayed at all times like gens.
You could just have it appear for 5 seconds everytime a totem is cleansed.
You could just have a different coloured explosion and sound effect when a dull totem is cleansed so the survivor knows the area it was found in.
But yeah I definitely feel solo survivors need something. It's too easy for SWF and too hard for solo. Killer gets an easier life due to an adjustment to DS so it's only fair that the survivor role gets an easier time with this adjustment to NOED.
Number, no. Some sort of notification when a totem is cleansed, yes. Not an explosion like a Hex totem, but something similar. Also killer shouldn't get this notification, if they want to track totems they should use TOTH. As solo or SWF you still have to keep count of how many totems are done. Having a number displayed makes it way too easy.
I also think they should add 1 more totem spawn then make NOED require 2 totems like HG. That would make totems a lot better overall.
Stop them spawning right in front of survivors
So broken, but the devs promised to optimise survivor spawns in terms of totem locations, let's see how fast and good the fix will be
It sounds like you are positively clueless. Information affects the game and comes at a price. Just as with Thrill of the Hunt or any other perk that reveals something.
UI counter for all survivors, yes. Tied to perk, no. Killer does not get a counter.
This is the equivalent of a 4-man SWF, and should be in the game.
Yeah, no. You don't deserve those freebies and as evident by the design of the game throughout you will pay for every advantage. It pretty much makes Small Game pointless as if you have a counter detailing how many are left having an audible queue when you just happen to be near one is a waste of a slot.
As for the poll it takes 4 survivors for every match and 1 killer. If a poll was a way to judge a solid plan survivors would always have 80% if they voted in their own self interest. Like pure democracy its mob rule and a recipe for disaster.
I'd say give this information to the killer for free too, and buff TOTH so it either gave notifications of dull totem cleanses for killer or gave an indication of where dull totems are at least so they can defend them.
@Tucking_Friggered Small Game is meant to tell you when you're near one and looking in its direction, saying its useless because it doesn't tell you the number is like saying it's worthless right now.