Make the Neighbor able to grab items flying towards him if he is directly facing it

[stable rapids]

With all the combat buffs kids have been getting, I think it's time to give that old weirdo in gloves some love.

I think that if you Neighbor was able to grab an item if it was coming at him from the front would make combat require more skill from both the kids and the Neighbor. For the kids, it would encourage attacking the Neighbor from different angles and swerving around him. For the Neighbor, it would encourage concentration so that he'd be able to deflect an item.

[carmine field]

I think that would be way to overpowered

[stable rapids]

remember he can't really do it all of the time since he drops whatever he is holding to grab the item

he just needs some sort of combat advantage because now kids are a bit too effective

[dapper crane]

i am against adding any more features related to combat at all

instead id prefer if they just continued making the game stealthier and combat based less

since adding stealth kills i think thats what their going for anyway

[stable rapids]

The base gameplay loop has both combat and stealth imbedded into it. I'd say just buff the Neighbor honestly to make combat more discouraged. I can tell they're trying to make him stronger than the kids but a 1v1 between a kid and a Neighbor is strangely balanced, which it shouldn't be.

[dapper crane]

i just feel like the neighbor should have more ways to split them up and combat should only be as a last resort/when you have 3+ kids in a group