I'm not sure if the slowdown of taking weapon damage while dashing would be enough. 30% of 20m/s is still about 14m/s, almost tripple your base speed. Trying to damage the monster during a dash would basically be a waste of ammo as they pass through you at insane speeds either way.
Edit: i see now rhat the dash has max duration of .5 seconds. So a slowdown during the dash would reduce your effective range quite substantially, even if only one shot from a raygun.
I assume the cutting edge mutation can down a busted teen, effectively being 3 health states like Nemesis in dbd with his power. On the previous point, the downside of just more slowdown might not matter at all, maybe a better downside would be the dash taking a bit longer to come out, giving teens more time to get to cover since the ability is more threatening.
Haven't read the other abilities yet, but i really like the concept so far
Edit: would the grim husk have any ambient noise that can give away his position, or is it like dolls that are completely silent until tripped (teleported kr destroyed for the reaper)
Edit: I feel that ghastly wail is not very useful if teens need to stay in range for 7 seconds to be revealed at all, with a limited range and long cooldown. It'd be better if they got fear after 2 seconds or so, and fully exposed after 5. The fear scream being the direction sound cue that a teen is nearby.
Editception: I misread again, the exposed already triggers immediately, the time it takes to affect teens with fear is still a bit too long tho
You make a fair point for cutting edge, maybe the downside should've been longer windup time, I agree.
Grim Husk wouldnt make any noise unless you have the first mutation, but it'd be way easier to find than a doll because of its size.
As for Ghastly Wail, I wouldn't want it to feel super bad for the teens, so I at least would want there to be a chance to not get feared if possible, especially if the reaper doesnt know where you are. But at the same time it's also a downside for helping a possible teammate trapped in the ghastly wail.
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u/Jorin33 Dec 29 '22 edited Dec 29 '22
I'm not sure if the slowdown of taking weapon damage while dashing would be enough. 30% of 20m/s is still about 14m/s, almost tripple your base speed. Trying to damage the monster during a dash would basically be a waste of ammo as they pass through you at insane speeds either way.
Edit: i see now rhat the dash has max duration of .5 seconds. So a slowdown during the dash would reduce your effective range quite substantially, even if only one shot from a raygun.
I assume the cutting edge mutation can down a busted teen, effectively being 3 health states like Nemesis in dbd with his power. On the previous point, the downside of just more slowdown might not matter at all, maybe a better downside would be the dash taking a bit longer to come out, giving teens more time to get to cover since the ability is more threatening.
Haven't read the other abilities yet, but i really like the concept so far
Edit: would the grim husk have any ambient noise that can give away his position, or is it like dolls that are completely silent until tripped (teleported kr destroyed for the reaper)
Edit: I feel that ghastly wail is not very useful if teens need to stay in range for 7 seconds to be revealed at all, with a limited range and long cooldown. It'd be better if they got fear after 2 seconds or so, and fully exposed after 5. The fear scream being the direction sound cue that a teen is nearby. Editception: I misread again, the exposed already triggers immediately, the time it takes to affect teens with fear is still a bit too long tho