Really Unhappy with Trickster... He has potential.

ShadyNicNack

Ok, right away... I m saying this is not click bait. This is my personally opinion and really want the devs to know how truely disappointed I am about this killer. Currently I play on console, and admit this killer is tad bit better on PC then on console itself. Love the look, design and attitude of this killer. However, his powers and him as a Killer is absolute terrible.

Again, don't get me wrong, his design, cosmetics, and his special attitude is awesome. It's new, cool and fresh. But his powers and play against survivors are terrible. It takes 8 knives to hurt a person, which you have to throw 8 of them as fast as possible just to hurt a survivor. When on console, the aim on controller is every where!!!

It takes time just to hurt a survivor, where as if have huntress, just throw are and hits, they are damaged. Throw like 10 knives and missed even 4, nothing even happens and the survivor possibly get away. It takes too much time and no special add on that can bring them down or show auras for a long period of time or anything of the sort. There is also nothing that helps make knives stick or even have the power apply special pressure. Even is special power of throwing knives even faster than ever is junk. I mean it basically does nothing, especially if you get survivors that know how to just duck or turn corners right away. Overall his powers and even his special power takes TOOOOOO long to even hurt a survivor and as a killer, time is something that we cannot afford. And that is why we keep depiping.

Now Devs. I do have some ideas for you that could help improve. Take them all or use a couple ideas, that is cool with me, but please please please at least hear them out. Here is a couple ideas that might improve the trickster:

- When trickster hits with his knives, instead of the knives time runs out, why don't we have survivors "MEND". If you doing 8 hits still, each hit with a knife they will have to mend like 3.75 seconds to up to 30 seconds total. This mending acts like as if survivors are taking trickster's knives out of their bodies. And think about it, legion uses a small knife to stap people and makes people mend, so why don't we keep the same idea of small knife usage.

- Speed up Trickster from 110% to 115%. Speeding up the trickster will make him more of his own character instead of a wannabe Huntress that take 8 hits to even hurt one character. Again, I feel trickster feels like more like legion and feel as if his his skinny physique and his cock attitude makes Trickster move a bit faster, like legion. Huntress is this BIG killer and she is slow and hums to her lullaby. It fits her. Trickster is not no Huntress. He has a mind of his own.

- This is a far reach idea, but here we go. Take the knives hits from 8 to 4. 4 hits to hurt someone. It speeds up killers time and it down survivors quicker than he already is. Again, time is the eccence with the killer. Please real realize it.

- Again another far reach idea. Throw in some one down add on, or make his Special "Special" attack to include a quick down. Maybe when he uses his absolute special attack, after 8 hits, they go down. Or his special attack cuts his knives in half. This idea is still in the making but it is an idea.

Well that was my point of view. Please devs, read this post. This is what some of us want (not all but some). We feel that Trickster has alot of potential, he looks really really cool, and his cocky popular attitude is awesome, but still needs work. Like I said, he has tremendous amount of potential. Please buff him a little, he is so cool but just not fun to play cause of his power. Please, please, please devs.... We are asking for the buff and soon!

Overall.... I wouldn't quite purchase Trickster, especially on Console until they improve on his abilities, even if it is just a bit. Just wait before you spend the $7.99. Cause right now, I played him alot and he is literally the worse killer right now in Dead By Daylight.

Hope this helps and get to you devs.

mintchapstick

I disagree with 4 hits to hurt someone, that would be kind of instant--but I do agree with the speed issue.

kaeru

I agree that Trckster is weakest killer right now. And he probably gonna be buffed when dev get more data.

I can tell my thoughts on your proposal.

1. Mend would be a little buff, but it's not a good way to buff killers. Mending is most annoying mechanic in game, and that is the reason why Deathslinger and Legion probably most hated killers.
2. Speed up is a good idea, but speed difference between 4.6 and 4.4 is not much. He still would be a weak killer because of how much effort he has to put to injure survivor with his ability.
3. Make him hit 4 knives instead of 8 is a great idea. I've been thinking about it myself. I think Trickster would be fearsome killer if he could throw 8 blades to actually down survivor. I think one this change would be enough to make him balanced.
4. If I understand correctly, it will be instadown addon. Not really good idea. if devs add instadown addons, they have unrealistic conditions. Probably clown's and huntresses' instadown addons will be nerfed someday.

I have my own thoughts how to buff Trickster.

1. When you cut survivor with blade, make him slowly progress the injure when he run. I mean increase lacereation meter instead of decrease. And when it filled to maximum, throw one blade to take one health state. Changing health state resets laceration progress. If survivor injured and healed, laceration meter reset. If survivor healthy, there is no way to stop or reset lacereation.
2. Make his blades slow down survivor on hit. Like 3.8 meters on half second with each hit. Solwdown is not cumulative. Survivor can't be slowed more than on half second. I mean if you hit survivor again before slowdown is over, next hit will reset slowdown to half second.
3. Hits should interrupt actions. it's sucks when survivors are able to finish gen while you machinegun them with knives. What the ######### is this bullshit? Probably knives should prevent any actions such as saving, healing, cleansing, throwing pallets, vaulting and opening gates at least for 0,2 seconds.
4. Add some addon to make him throw knives without recoil.

kaeru

5. Infinite blades. Maybe make blades resetting with time 1 blade per second. And when out of blades, make it reset faster to 4 blades per second. Maybe add it as addon that replace Main Event.