Freddy Dream Demon rework speculation [Spoiler for Paragraph IV]
Just thinking what it could be like, would it be dramatic or would it still mostly be the same.
From what the 3 year anniversary showed how auras worked have been swapped like previously mentioned in a dev stream. Where survivors the Nightmare is not engaging are the ones revealed instead of the survivors he's chasing that's pulled into the dream world.
Theory crafting and spicy speculation. The ability will be split into four main parts. A what if.. more than anything.
Engagements.
The NM isn't forced to engage survivors anymore by needing to pull them into a dream state first. But instead can attack and engage like any other normal m1 killer.
Invisibility and Energy bar.
The act of pulling survivors into the dream world gives the NM The energy can then be used by the NM to travel into through the Dream World.
Lullaby, Dream World and Heartbeat radius.
When the NM is inside the Dream World the heartbeat radius drops to 0 meters and with only the Lullaby radius active. Becoming invisible to survivors who are still awake for whatever duration of charge Dream Demon has been collected. Survivors who are already asleep will still be able to see the NM phasing in and out of Dream World.
Alternately being inside the lullaby radius could also be like the microsleep sequences instead of the NM going full invisible.
Debuff and Reveal.
With The Dream Demon ability now instead of pulling survivors into the Dream World simply just applies a temporary debuff (hopefully more engaging to play against than what The Legion or he has atm.) and reveals their auras of the other survivors in (or preferably outside) the NM's lullaby radius.
Though this should be able to stay mostly the same the debuff aspect of the NM's kit pre-work is mostly considered not too bad as a stall mechanic. It was just the requirements attached to it that made it seem weak. With the other parts of his kit brought up this will likely stay mostly the same.
If Waking Up is a mechanic that still stays, then it something that can only done by generator repair skill checks, healing from another survivor and with the help of a woken survivor. And no longer an option from self-care like so many people have asked for.
These changes together. Hopefully means helps with the NM in being able to properly engage the survivors they want meanwhile being able to spread himself out and apply pressure other survivors. Alleviating from pressure fatigue from the one survivor whom the killer who in the current version needs to tunnel one by one.
But eh who knows. The bar could just give the NM long stretchy arms to hit survivors over low pallets like in the Craven series of the movies.
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