I'm starting to think Trickster was slapped together quickly without much thought put into him.
Like think about it, only a month after his release we get teased at who's the next killing's going to be, and a month after that the full reveal will be made on stream. This is the first time we've ever seen this happen, and it's with a major horror game franchise. Trickster's power is unoriginal and very weak, it's almost like the devs set aside a small group to make a killer for this chapter so that they could put most of their resources into making a Resident Evil chapter for 6 months instead of the usual 3.
Most of his add-ons are just plain average, his power is weak and just an inferior version to other killers, and he's just the repeat of "insane artist" trope. His name has nothing to with his power (Similar to Legion), etc. Does this just sound crazy?
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I agree with every word you said, he is probably the weakest killer right now. His power can easily be countered by loops with high walls and objects, his add ons are the only good thing about him. His main event is dog water because you have a limited amount of time to activate it, plus when you use it you can’t stop throwing them unless you end it which causes a stun which a survivor can somewhat gain some distance from. He needs a buff.
At least with legion it makes SOME amount of sense because there's 4 of them. Even if that has nothing to do with his power. But Trickster I absolutely agree. It's a shame because now the name of a potentially really cool killer has been wasted on a worse version of huntress.
The dev's work very far in advance. The resident evil chapter probably mostly done content wise and they're just doing bug fixing/balancing.
The next chapter after RE is probably already got some content work going on.
The chapter after that probably has some concepts floating about but no actual work.