Potential changes proposed in the Q&A regarding Freddy
First things first - gotta say I like the idea of non-tunneling Freddy who has control over other survivors and can choose whether he wants to grow his power by bringing more survivors into the dream realm or chase the one he found first.
That made me think and I'm gonna continue the "what if" by bringing some of my ideas that came to mind when I listened to those potential changes, so:
What if by bringing more survivors into the dream realm - your power would grow in regards to your action speed / recovery?
So 1 survivor into the dream realm would do nothing. 2 of them would give you a slight (2-3% ?) bonus of, say, pallet stun recovery and/or break speed. 3 of them would make it harder to escape the dream realm (again like 5-10% longer ?) and if all 4 of them are inside of the dream realm (first thing I thought is - every survivor would hear his laugh map wide, sorta "here comes your doom") and he would gain an ability to apply the newely added "broken" status to survivors upon hit (but only if they remain in the dream realm - as soon as they are out - you can be healed back to full)?
Also I would like to introduce a new mechanic - escaping the dream realm on your own - it would be a held action (like cleansing a totem, so if you don't perform it from 0 to 100 the progress is reset) that would result in you escaping the dream realm at the cost of you being injured (and if you already are - you're on "Borrowed time" timer, so if you don't heal before the timer runs out - you are put into the dying state (or maybe back into the dream realm?)) and making a loud noise notifying the killer of your location. It would obviously take longer than being waked up by someone else (x5 or even x10 times slower?). And with it we remove the ability to wake yourself up by failing a selfheal skillcheck. You could still, however, wake yourself up by failing a generator skill check, but this mechanic would shine in post game when all of the gens are done and the exit gates are powered.
I think these would make him a lot of fun to play as/against making it more enjoyable experience for both sides.