There's no point nerfing an already weak killer
We have a killer The Skull Merchant and everything about her is weak haste/hinder being her 2 weakest effects since Clown does it better. This is why her killrates are insanely high shouldn't you guys/gals be addressing the survivor issues because there's nothing wrong with this killer
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The only reason she has high kill rate is because her reputation is a little damaged and so survivors try to kill themselves on hooks
Not fun to deal with honestly
Whether she's weak or strong is irrelevant, her playstyle / power is generic, boring, and lacks meaningful counterplay - that's why people struggle on hook against her. She gains far too much for free without actually interacting with survivors. Plus the fact that you could be actively screwed over by teammates on the other side of the map was problematic as well.
Not to defend the changes in this latest dev update because they're very bad, but there are problems with Skull Merchant specifically.
Think about how many people tell you her power lacks counterplay, or how many talk about her power in a way that makes it clear they don't understand how it works. I'm not interested in blaming them for that - it's the game's fault for making her power too opaque and lacking clear tells for it.
BHVR's listed changes have exactly one worthwhile thing in them, which is removing the stealth mode for drones. That'll help survivors be more aware of her drones to better counter them, but it comes alongside absolutely no other adjustments to this area and with crippling nerfs that dismantle her core gameplan.
I think we shouldn't downplay the issues Merchant's kit actually has, they do exist and they do warrant fixing. We just need to be firmly aware of what those issues are.
The killers the decide to nerf and buff are so nonsensical it boggles the mind. They refuse to touch S tier killers like Nurse Blight and Spirit for YEARS and then when they do they barely do much of anything at all. Ooh they knocked blight's addons from S tier down to S tier.
They won't touch the bottom either. I know they have plans to look at Myers and Freddy but Trapper is one they could have and should have given attention by now.
Meanwhile they buffed an already strong killer(Huntress) to the point where survivors now have to dodge 7 hatchets in a single chase in order to actually escape, and already well balanced killer(Nemesis)
It is clear they don't have the slightest idea what characters are the most in need of attention nor do they understand what the problems of every killer even are.