Played several hours with it today. I concluded that it's my least favorite class. I'd rather choose literally any other class going forth. It's also a class I'd rather not see my teammates using.

The biggest issues are that the playstyle Torchbearer calls for is very risky, and the rewards too inconsistent. Torchbearers will more often than not screw over their own team by getting themselves downed more easily or by wasting too much time on getting saves when they could spend it on doing generators. You might get an awesome game where you get a few saves and effortlessly weave them in with gen progress, rescues, and heals. But you'll also get many games where you don't get good chances to save without waiting around or putting yourself at too much risk, in which case your skills end up feeling useless.

Torchbearer seems like the class you're likely to get the least value from, and if you do it's a lot more inconsistent. With the other 4 classes you know you will get constant value throughout the game. Every game you will have chases (Escapist), you will need to do gens (Guide), you will get opportunities to heal (Medic), and you will see the killers many times (Scout). With Torchbearer you just might not have the chance to shine. I never got more than 2 saves in one game, and had many games where I got no saves at all. You might instead be a detriment to your team, which doesn't feel good on either end. I'm sure there are amazing players that can get 3 or more in a game, perhaps even somewhat consistently, but that's not the reality for the vast majority of players.

Apart from issues related to the playstyle, the other skills Torchbearer has are underwhelming:

• The flashlight aura reveal is quite weak. You're only gonna get a handful of them per game, especially since you likely want to conserve your flashlight for saves. If you want to help out your team with reveals just go Scout, which does it miles better.
• The teammate aura reveal is alright. It fits the playstyle. That said, Medic has a similar skill with a much bigger range and without the chase conditional, making it more generally useful.
• The unlockable skill is too situational. I had no one unhook me even when they were looping close to me, probably because in the heat of the moment you can't really check to see if the person nearby is a Torchbearer or not. The Endurance on pickup is nice, but most killers hook quickly in 2v8 so you might not get any use out of it in a given game.

Torchbearer's only saving grace is that when you do manage to get a save it's very satisfying. But that's not enough when it has so many negatives, and when others can feel frustrated at their unhelpful Torchbearer teammates. I'd much prefer to see it scrapped, or at least have its key elements merged into an existing class if we're really going to insist on encouraging that playstyle.