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A Minor Trapper Buff That Remains Simple

Mentally_Mechanical
Mentally_Mechanical Member Posts: 58
edited March 2024 in Feedback and Suggestions

I put this on the DbD subreddit, but after finding out about the forums, I decided to put it here too.

Trapper Has been a fairly weak killer that hasn't received many changes, but this is one that I think would help the big man while keeping him very simple: traps spawn pre-activated. Simply put, rather than be inactive, the traps that spawn across the map are automatically set up from the start, cutting down on setup time and giving the opportunity for some early-game value.

Additionally, escaping traps should be much harder than it is currently, to give Trapper an actual chance to reach his victim. Maybe no guaranteed escape, or at least a reduced chance of it, anything would work honestly.

I want to enjoy Trapper, and I think with just a couple buffs he'd easily become one of my mains, but what are some thoughts you all have?

UPDATE: I put my hypothesis into practice, and I'm very happy to report that, yes, random traps and harder escapes made a world of difference.

On Eyrie of Crows, one of the least Trapper-friendly maps in the game, I brought the addons that make escapes take longer and leave survivors in deep wound, and placed traps randomly across the map, with a few in strategic areas. The amount of value those traps gave me, be it from an unexpected catch or a disarm letting me know exactly where a survivor is, was much better than what they currently offer. I genuinely think that this would be the ideal buff to Trapper, and while it wouldn't make him shoot up high on the tier lists, it'd make an underperforming character work and feel so much nicer.

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Comments

  • xltechno
    xltechno Member Posts: 1,026

    It's certainly not a strong killer, but there is a possibility that unexpected incidents may occur. This is a very good suggestion.

  • Mentally_Mechanical
    Mentally_Mechanical Member Posts: 58
    https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/3663889#Comment_3663889

    I'm glad you agree. It absolutely won't bring Trapper up to the same level as Nurse or anything wacky like that, but it would address the weakest parts of his power, being long setup times and easily disabled/ineffective traps.

    I'll still probably play him every now and then as he is though, because I like whacking people with a machete and having a random trap on the other side of the map catch some poor sucker.