What could The Alchemist's power be?
I think his power (or part of it) would be similar to Plague's fountains.
There would be Alchemy Stations around the map, and the Killer can see their Auras. After walking up to one of the stations and performing a short interaction, the station will start producing a serum and its Aura will be revealed to Survivors.
The Survivors can go to an activate station to sabotage it, which will could slow its progress down/stop it temporarily/remove some progress (or possibly even a mixture of those 3). The Killer will receive a noise notification once the sabotage is complete (due to breaking glassware or something). Perhaps the Killer could also return to the station to speed it back up if the devs went with the slow-down route.
Once the serum is complete, Survivors can't do anything to it. The killer will have a limited time to collect the serum, which he then injects into himself to gain a temporary power boost, similar to Myers/Oni/Plague. I think the serum should expire after some time so he can't have every station completed at once. Maybe it could last as long as the power-up does so he has plenty of time but can't chain them together.
I think he could also have an additional power to use in chases while he waits for the serum to finish. Maybe a weaker version of what he's able to do when he does have the serum.
So what do you guys think his power could be?
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If they dont make a powerkess m1 killer that will get loop for eons im fine
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As long as he's not a better Clown, then I really don't care what his power is.
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As long as survivor don't cry for a nerf after release I'm fine, I'm sick of people crying for nerfs just because they are bad, please let him be, let Deathslinger live and Pyramid Head ffs
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It does seem likely that he's going to be a "power burst" type killer in the same vein as Oni, Plague, and Myers, but it's nearly impossible to anticipate where his power up is going to come from. I'm tempted to guess that there will be certain structures around the map that act as alternate hooks, and he gets his power up from hooking someone at one of these stations. It would be very reminiscent of the old Halloween events. I have no idea what kind of increased power they could give him, though.
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It all started by this one guy and now its annoyingly stupid. Preach brother
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I think he needs a nerf
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You're probably right.
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I think something along the lines of Dr. Jakle Mr. Hyde
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Whatever the killer happens to be, you gotta remember he has to have 3 teachable perks, and the same goes for the accompanying survivor.
At this stage, the only way to make that happen is to really introduce at least one new mechanism into the game. Otherwise both the killer and the survivor will be stepping on other perk's shoes so to speak
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judging by his short stature and his previous status as a survivor it wouldn't be surprising if he could vault pallets like a survivor as a part of his power.
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Not necessarily. Two of PH's perks for instance are pretty simple yet unique.
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Alchemists special ability: Nerf - Any Survivor afflicted by "Nerf" has their perks reduced to joke level tier for the remainder of the match
DS no longer stuns the Killer, Instead it merely causes a minor inconvenience ear ringing for 3 seconds
Self Care no longer heals a full health state
Bond only reveals one Survivors aura if they are within 1 meters range of the Killer and you happen to be also in that 1 meter vicinity
Sprint Burst is reduced to "Jog" at quarter the speed of Sprint Burst
etc
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The minor inconvenience is the survivor screaming in your ear after getting tunneled.
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I mean, I get PTB Gearhead was busted but that was to make up for his lack of gen pressure, then survivors cried because players were trash with cages, I only caged second hook and left a rite there to make sure I can FINAL JUDGEMENT the survivor later in the game, that's all
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Assuming the new killer is a Jeckyl & Hyde type character he might have two forms: one "passive" form where he move around relatively normally but has maybe some sort of improved tracking or stealth ability because of his heightened intelligence and smaller stature, and another "brute" form where he is strong in a chase somehow, maybe having sort of a built in Endurance or Brutal or moving at a bit of a faster pace.
Hopefully whatever their abilities are though it will be something mechanically new, I'd hate to see a reskin of Oni's sprint or Demogorgon's Shred for instance. I'm optimistic though because for the most part all the killers play quite differently, aside from the chainsaw instant downs there's really not a ton of overlap in killer abilities.
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