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This isn't to complain, criticize or whatever, just to clarify.

It just occured to me...
Didn't the devs once say that they would like to refrain from using more stereotypical killer designs?
That came up on a stream once when someone asked if there could be a zombie killer.
Now i don't know about you, but a clown killer wouldn't exactly scream "original" to me.
And yes, he might be original as in that he has throwable toxic bottles. But that doesn't make the concept original.
Give a zombie the ability to spawn robots and that would be original, but it'd still be a zombie.

I'm probably looking too deep into this...

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  • Spiritbx Spiritbx
    They did say that, they also said that they would only make human killers.  
      
    Im hoping for a spider like killer next. Some thing like quelaag from darksouls but less sexy maybe...
  • Boss Boss

    @Spiritbx said:
    They did say that, they also said that they would only make human killers.  
      
    Im hoping for a spider like killer next. Some thing like quelaag from darksouls but less sexy maybe...

    Well, they said that they would only have Killers who WERE humans at least before the Entity.

  • Mrrgle_the_Mediocre Mrrgle_the_Mediocre

    Well, the fact that the Clown is nice and thicc helps keep things a little fresh, though fat clowns isn't exactly new.
    I think they should've gone with one of their prototype names, The Ringmaster, because that helps diverge from him being a Clown a bit because he isn't actually a clown, he's a mishmash of different Circus attire he was able to get his greasy hands on.

  • MinusTheBillie MinusTheBillie
    Spiritbx said:
    They did say that, they also said that they would only make human killers.  
      
    Im hoping for a spider like killer next. Some thing like quelaag from darksouls but less sexy maybe...
    Me too man. Here was my spider-esque killer idea. 

    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/2236/killer-concept-the-widow#latest

  • PigNRun PigNRun
    Honestly, no killer designs can be completely original because there is so much a human killer can be. A hunter with traps, a farmer joe, an old century nurse under a blanket, a semi-naked old lady, another hunter. A clown is no different.

    What I could see happening is the fact that out of all killers (even between the licensed ones), he is one of the most realistically looking. The only ones who get as close as him are Myers and maybe Leatherface. 
  • Master Master

    @Boss said:
    This isn't to complain, criticize or whatever, just to clarify.

    It just occured to me...
    Didn't the devs once say that they would like to refrain from using more stereotypical killer designs?
    That came up on a stream once when someone asked if there could be a zombie killer.
    Now i don't know about you, but a clown killer wouldn't exactly scream "original" to me.
    And yes, he might be original as in that he has throwable toxic bottles. But that doesn't make the concept original.
    Give a zombie the ability to spawn robots and that would be original, but it'd still be a zombie.

    I'm probably looking too deep into this...

    Devs say a lot to please the community, hatch closing mechanic, DS nerf etc etc
    In the end they only cater towards survivors and we end up receiving more and more weak killers such that the high rank meta has no variation at all (I have literally played against 3 or 4 clowns since the update)

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