Last Breath: Death Rattle (A "Comeback" of Last Breath)
Here we go…! It's the Comeback Chapter where I nerf The Nurse! That's probably what you might be here for! Anyway, this is the SEVENTH Comeback I've made, it's most definitely a series at this point, and, well, a new Survivor is coming in HOT too!
Disturbed Ward
So, went a little insane, Killer Shack IS indeed inside of the Asylum. Don't question it! Half the map is now Asylum, half the map is now Hedges! I wanted to remove the "wings" of the map because it led to a lot of 3 Gens, and the main building is always terrible for all Killers… except for HER. I wanted to change it all!
Nurse Rework
For you eagle-eyed guys out there, yep, Matchbox is basekit now! One Blink, 4.4m/s. Additionally, I wanted to pull on the reins of the Blink itself. I made it a lot more complicated, but it had to be done. There is not a lot of 2016-era DBD left in this game after a year. Nurse is one of the longest-standing holdouts of 2016 DBD. Both her, and BNPs! I sped the Nurse up on all accounts, increased her cooldown, and made her Blink ability subdued.
Now, Nurse HAS to play Dead By Daylight. She, famously, has not been actually playing the game, she's been playing The Nurse. She doesn't work with most Perks in the game and everything a Survivor could do to limit her is worthless against her. It had to be done, but I took great pleasure in taking her down a peg.
Nurse Add-Ons
As you can see, I messed around with her Add-Ons. I made them more aligned towards her as a character instead of her as a Killer. They tell more about her backstory, or the one I've made up for her.
Onto her Perks! Stridor was used for Spirit and… uh… nobody else! Yep, that was it! Now, it's still not working with Spirit (lmao gottem), but now Survivors are gonna be a WHOLE lot louder. The second part of the Perk is meant for things like Cleansing, Blessing, random grunts Survivors make when interacting.
Thanatophobia is a bit of an upgrade from Stridor. Instead of one Killer using it, TWO whole Killers use it! It's Legion and Plague and it is GOD-AWFUL to face it on those Killers! I made it Basic Attacks only, but buffed up the slowdown it gives, no longer requiring all 4 Survivors to be injured to get a sensible amount of slowdown.
A Nurse's Calling got buffed a while back, and it's exactly what I would've done: increase the range. The second part I added as a little gift, I suppose.
Nea Karlsson Perks
Now onto the Entity! That joke still funny? Anyway, Balanced Landing is buffed! Didn't even need to change the cooldown, just increasing the Haste duration! Oh, and I added the ability to fall faster! Thought it'd be neat, and both that and the silent falls do not care if you're Exhausted, they'll work.
Small bonus to Urban Evasion, you can now quickly vault Windows silently! Just uhh… outside a chase only. Ya know, sound and what not is important for chases!
Streetwise, I reverted back to its original form, similar to what I did with Overwhelming Presence. More charges for ALL Items in your hand, not just rinky dink Chest Items, and Maps, Keys, and Fog Vials have a chance to not spend a Token.
Misc. Perks
Ah, the Perk that was infamously nerfed because of the Nurse. It was a pretty good Perk in the PTB, wasn't too above and beyond… then came Nurse! She don't care! So, it's back to its PTB self, with lingering Auras!
Show of hands, who actually remembers that Premonition is a Perk? Anyway, I lowered the cooldown and made it so it's one of the very few Perks that can ignore Undetectable. I also lowered the cooldown and made sure it didn't activate when it's LITERALLY unhelpful.
Like Nurse, Spine Chill deserves to be gutted… and it did get gutted! However, BHVR went a little overboard, and now Spine Chill is worthless! So, I removed the line-of-sight requirement and instead opted for a Skill Check Jumpscare. It'll be like hitting a smaller DS, so don't think it's gonna be easy and something that you hit every time.
Ernest Winslow
Here's the new Survivor! Don't expect every Chapter to have one, just the extra special ones!
Ernest Winslow Perks
Why yes, I never get tired of using Cyberpunk 2077 Perk icons! Anyway, here's 3 weird Perks!
Kickstart is a very "Killer" Perk, but since Ernest was to be groomed to be a Killer and refused, it fits. It's gonna be a little rare for it to happen, but when it does, you and your team will be thankful for it.
Invocation: Gehenna is a fun one! Mid-Trial Chaos Shuffle! Reroll your destiny! It's very "Tainted Eden" coded, if you catch my drift, but don't worry! If you use it, you will still get Adept, even if your Perks are uhh… different.
Written In Blood is the first Perk that ONLY works after you're gone! When you're gone, I hope you did a lot, your team will thank you for it!
Ernest Winslow Voice Lines
Here are some voice lines from the Mad Patient! Ernest isn't all there, but he did predict Sally murdering the entirety of the asylum, so maybe you should listen in a bit… just not too closely.
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And that's it! Every day, the Binding of Kin Comeback gets closer, and I fear for my life! I know I reworked Skull Merchant and Hag, but I ain't ready for Twins. I might have to rip it off like a band-aid one of these days.
Comments
I really love the Invocation, the nurse concept is an interesting take on her, makes me wonder how it would play. Being able to kick the generator sounds hillarious and really gives some character to game and of the character like "Work you stupid thing" sort of attitude.
I adore these perk updates and really want to try them, thanks for putting so much effort into this, excited to see what people say about it all.
I don't wanna be a nurse advocate but these changes would likely lose like all of the nurse playerbase lol
As the guy who asked for this thank you! the effort you put in is astounding! I actually quite enjoy these changes. im a masochist so harder equals more fun and reward!
Didn't need to know that last part..
my bad my bad. ive already been diagnosed with head trap syndrome by angry quentin i dont need more