“Tracking” Killer idea
A killer, perhaps a hunter that has dogs, that has/have the ability to track survivors based on their movements.
I know Gunslinger exists, but I’m using a hunter with dogs as an example, and to also implement the ability for AI to track survivors.
Since survivors generate scratch marks, part of this killer’s power is the ability to track survivors locations based on scratch marks WHEREVER the survivors are.
So again with the dogs example: think of them as Nemesis zombies.
Hunter killer sets their dogs loose, the dogs (bats, lizards, whatever doesn’t have to be dogs per se) then roam the map. As soon as they detect scratch marks in a certain radius, they then start howling. And if they locate the survivor they trigger killer instinct.
Again, doesn’t have to be dogs, but the whole idea is a killer that has the ability to track survivors wherever they are based on their movements or “smell”.
I know Skull Merchant exists, but she only tracks when you enter her zones or disable a drone. This killer idea tracks survivors based on their existence - their “smell” or movements, and it can track all across the map at any time using its “dogs” or other power, but I like the idea of 1 or 2 AI doing it like Nemesis zombies.
That is all. :)
Comments
So skull merchant but with an animal rather than drones? Hard hard hard pass from me.
We need a chase killer next.
Tbh we already have a lot of chase killers
Yes, and everybody loves playing those killers. Do you see any threads about how much people hate the powers of wesker, blight, billy, etc? Chase killers are the most fun and interactive killers to play as and against.
Why do you think there was an absurd amount of hate for knight and the “dull” merchant? They are beyond boring to play.
Yes, quite a bit about blight and occasionally wesker
I don't think there can only be chase or information killers though, it can be a mix or something new entirely
I’m not talking about the “nerf blight’s addons” posts. I’m talking about the concept of the chase oriented power.
What about the hate for the kind of killers like SM? It VASTLY overwhelms any type of negative towards all chase killers combined. That isn’t something you can ignore.
So what? You just need to add some cool gimmick to it. We have killers for all possible categories:
movement: Hillbilly, Nurse, Spirit, Blight, Wesker
stealth: Wraith, Shape, Pig, Ghost Face, Onryō
chase: Cannibal, Demogorgon, Oni, Twins, Knight
ranged: Huntress, Deathslinger, Plague, Executioner, Trickster, Nemesis, Artist
anti-loop: Nightmare, Clown, Cenobite, Dredge
tracking: Doctor, Legion, Skull Merchant
defensive: Trapper, Hag
some killers fit into multiple categories, which is where killer design start.