Is there a use for being the obsession?

[DuelShockX]

Outside of perks that give bonus towards or against obsessions is there any other point for it if a match has a killer and 4 survivors with no obsession related perks?

[TrueTrolleybus]

Оbsession gets 1,500 BP for escaping

[Feetlover20988]

its to help hide guys who didn't have d-strike since when you didn't have it there used to be no obsession iirc and that encouraged the killer to tunnel since there was no base kit BT either

[DuelShockX]

Originally posted by TrueTrolleybus:

Оbsession gets 1,500 BP for escaping

so nothing else obsession related happens for the rest of the match if the obsession dies first?

[Terrorize Exercise]

Extra points and you can force the killer into losing stbfl stacks.

[AsianGirlLover]

Bully the killer into losing STBFL stacks. Do it. Do it now.

[PewienCzlowiek]

Originally posted by Terrorize Exercise:

Extra points and you can force the killer into losing stbfl stacks.

Since STBFL is a perk, this counts as perk related.

[YoshiRed]

Using object of obsession grant you big bonus

[Astral]

There's also challenges tied into obsession, but it's most likely that it mainly exists to obfuscate if anyone is using obsession perks or not since if there's always an obsession you won't know that the killer/survivor are using obsession perks because it always shows up instead of only when it's needed.

[Beardless Man]

Before the new notifications in the UI, only the Obsession was a visual cue that the Killer was chasing someone. Being the Obsession had its benefits as the ONLY means of team communication. Now it's not as important now that there is a visual cue of twitching claws for anyone being chased. (Just the obsession is much more obvious to be seen.) It's no longer as important but does yield rewards for escaping as the Obsession, subsequently yields more rewards to the killer should they kill you first or have perks that focuses you.

There aren't many survivor perks that provide benefits being the obsession or utilizing the Obsession. Blood Pact, Object of Obsession being the only two known perks that utilize being the obsession (Or interacts with the obsession) to their advantage. There's ways to increase the odds of becoming the obsession (For the People, Mettle of Man, Sole Survivor, Decisive Strike)

As of right now, Survivors have very little interaction with the Obsession mechanic. It used to be important but now it's just vanity for survivors, critical for killers.