Another Ghostface Change Idea
It is not cool to have your ability be turned off, imagine Billy having his saw taken away because he didn't use it right away, imagine Spirit not being able to use her phasing because she is in a close proximity to a Survivor ''oh you have to at least 16 meters away to use your phasing so you can't actually do it in loops but you can use before the loop''.
It doesn't feel good as the Killer to have an incredibly SIMPLE ability and lose it entirely with an incredibly easy function that is not easy to counter. Trapper can't even stop people from saboing his traps, if Players knew they were going against the Trapper he would be weaker than Leatherface.
Below I have come up with changes to his ability to allow breathing room for Survivors so that they don't need the ''Spotting'' mechanic. If his ability is changed enough to be fair then they can use a different counter than the uber easy ability of looking at him from behind a rock. Unless stated otherwise, swinging his weapon WILL NOT break him out of stealth.
1---Nightshroud has a timer of 60 seconds and cannot be broken out unless he is pallet stunned or blinded by a flashlight.
2---Nightshroud only activates when you crouch, when you stand up your NS persists for several seconds like Pig and you can Stalk as well. You can still Lean but only while crouched of course and all add-ons that increase Stalk while not leaning are changed to how long your ability stays when not crouched, stalk while not leaning has no difference than while leaning. He also gets an add-on that restores his ability to the default we have now, this is for players who prefer standing to crouching and if you didn't realize by now some of his other add-ons would need some changing.
3---Ghostface can still be spotted but he instead loses his ability to Stalk. This means his Nightshroud is purely for Stalking and his TR is reduced to 24. His stealth ability is tied to his crouching like Pig once again.
4---Ghostface can still be ''Spotted'' but Survivors need proof of his existence first, placed around the map is a new item exclusively for Ghostface victims, a camera. Survivors can pick up the camera and have to hold down a charge button, when they let go they let out a small cone of light that takes his picture, if enough of his body is in the flash then he is broken out of Nightshroud because he has been revealed. The camera cannot Blind Ghostface and once you are downed you lose the camera as it is very fragile and broke when you fell; another camera will appear somewhere on the map. Stunning and swinging his weapon still breaks him out as normal.
EXPLANATIONS
1---This to me feels like the simplest change makes him more like Myers but instead of 60 seconds of instadowns it is 60 seconds of Stalking and maybe some instadowns too. You can snowball with the 60 seconds and add-ons can make it longer, just like Myers. So he is basically a reverse-Myers who can choose when he wants to be stealthy.
2---He can crouch and right now his crouch is almost but not entirely useless without stealth as he can use it at some loops. This gives his crouch more versatility and limits how he can use his power, because he is so limited the Survivors don't need to ''Spot'' or break him out of it as he is slower and standing up allows him some time but it goes away. I don't think this is the best option but it allows him to trade one major handicap for another that really isn't too bad. This does mean his crouch speed will probably have to be nerfed since he can just crouch up and down, this is so he can't chase people while crouched.
3---This has Spotting but brings in an idea i've seen floating around, one major problem with his ability is that he has 2 abilities that both go away when he is broken out and that cripples him. So he loses his stalking when he is spotted but can still go into stealth while crouched, this might be the best option for him as he can sneak up on Survivors even when he can't instadown them, he is still a stealth killer even when he can't use his ability, just like Myers.
4---This keeps the exact spotting we have but makes it harder to do it, or take longer depending on how you look at it. The camera can be charged and then FLASH Ghostface to break him out, the best thing to do is not make it obvious, you can still sneak up on him like we can now but it makes it more interactive than just staring at him. This is also the most Lore Friendly way to do this because Jed(Ghostface), is good at hiding he is good at keeping his secret and only ever LET glimpses of himself be seen in the papers and footage, he doesn't want to be known. Having a camera to break him out makes him lose his ability because he is ''revealed'' his mystique is gone he literally loses his power.
@Janick I'm tagging Janick because he's a designer and I think #4 is the best option as it changes nothing about Ghostface except add an item. Players can still spot him but this makes it more fair and more fun than just looking at him. I hope this was ok to @ you/him as most of my posts don't get seen by officials according to my profile.
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