Wicked rework is horribly flawed
The basement is supposed to be a punishment for survivors and a big swing of pressure for killers. Hard to escape and easy for the killer to continually guard.
... and now we have Wicked, where survivors are REWARDED for being hooked in the basement. Free unhook every single time, so no one has to come get you, destroying killer pressure. You are healed up to 50% after the unhook, so you can reset in less time, destroying killer pressure.
Oh yeah, and you can combine it with Resurgence for a FREE BASEMENT SELF UNHOOK THAT INSTANTLY HEALS YOU TO HEALTY.
This alone is a completely absurd balance change. Instead of the basement being dangerous, it's now just a free self unhook that heals to healthy with a combo, so everyone can keep doing gens. You are being rewarded for being hooked in the basement.
To do this in a PTB where weaker killers are already struggling even harder to gain pressure... this has truly convinced me no one on the dev team actually thinks.
Oh, just don't hook in the basement you say? Well how about I run Resurgence and Breakdown instead, so I can get unhooked and healed in 2.5 seconds, along with breaking the hook for 90! Even more killer pressure destroyed!
Everything about this PTB is so utterly flawed. It's laughable
Posted Nov 5, 2025, 1:54 AM UTC