What killer categories have the devs not done yet?

A killer that isn't humanoid. I know, I know... It'll take too much work for the devs to bother making a killer like that (they said it in nicer words).

Random killer ideas:

A red light, green light killer.

A mastermind killer (RE 3 type thing).

A killer that can teleport survivors.

A mechanical killer.

A fire type killer.

An ice type killer.

An illusion killer (probably would be super annoying for survivors).

Mind control killer.

A respawning killer that survivors can fight off and each respawn can yield a slightly different killer type.

I'm really surprised that the devs haven't done what League of Legends has and made super complicated killers and experimented more. Well now that I think about it Freddie is probably the closest thing they have to a complicated one and the twins is an experiment.

I think Trickster is a category with a lot of potential for fun: sabotage, illusion, shapeshifting, etc. Powers that could trick the survivors into acting against their own interests somehow, or powers that let the killer disguise themselves as a survivor, or trap interactable items, etc.

Perhaps a Killer that can tinker with every single interactable on the map.

Standing at a vault location, pallet, totem, generator, hook, locker, chest, or whatever else, then use your Killer Power button to tinker with it.

How you'd change the interactable i don't know, but i could see a Killer that completely edits the map to their liking.

We´re missing robots. Like Terminator or Death Machine.

I don't believe that was the purpose for them doing it that way at all. They simply liked the idea.

Handling a hooking animation for a smaller killer isn't really an issue. I can think of multiple roundabouts for that.

There was a post I saw about a year ago, I cant remember that guys name but he talked about how Crows could be a good idea to be implemented in a killers power. Like his power would be to teleport between crows and even make them stick around survivors to give away their possition and/or slow them down.

It was a great idea he had but as most of the times It didnt make it because those threads get pushed to feedback and suggestions where nobody really reads anything...

A time travelling killer isn't something I see talked about ever. They could cause things to revert to the state they were in 10 seconds ago for a short period of time, maybe letting them return a healed survivor to the injured state with their power before downing them with an m1, or even undoing a recently finished gen.

Also, since old Freddy got reworked, there's a slot open for map-wide locator power that Shattered Mirror only kind of fills.

A rhythm game killer. Like, I don't know, the killer could release waves into the ground that the survivor has to time with a rhythm in order to not get slowed or something. Call it The DJ and have the music team go to town.

Or maybe a killer than can teleport survivors to a special area outside the map where they would have to solve puzzles or something. If they solve the puzzle, they can come back unharmed. If they fail, they take damage. Then they would just plop back into the main trial grounds.

Honestly, I just want another killer with a truly unique power. Like, nurse levels of unique. Something completely different, like 150% base movement speed or something crazy like that. It would be difficult to balance them, but if gotten right, it would create something completely new for players to sink their teeth into.

A Telekenetic killer, who can Vader fingerpinch your throat from cover stalking-style. The longer the hold the longer to recover from it, or if uninterrupted you go down. I'd have it apply some kind of Knockout effect as well, like blacking out.

We have an illusion killer already that being "The Doctor"...

Although now that you bring it up its kinda weird that we don't have an ice themed killer despite having two ice themed maps (Lery's outside and windows /Ormond).

probably lust killer to avoid the AO rating

Why not one that can mimic survivor actions and sounds? Like a red lizard that takes the voice of their prey?

I was thinking along the lines of something like SCP-939 but less animal more sentient. The Thing will be fun to see though!

The next killer is currently in development.

probably too complex without redoing the game for them, they have trouble with new mechanics depending on what's done I think not a knock on them just how the game is. I thinkt he easiest way to handle a burn mechanic would be if you can nail a survivor with a power the next time they touch agen they scream from the damage on their hands. But that would just be a variant on an already recent perk from blight you just place it on the survivor and not a gen, so it's more of a variant or repeata nd kind of dullt hat way. But what would make the most sense from that angle would be akiller can heat up a generator and make the survivors touching it scream and face a great only skillcheck (with regression like old ruin if they don't hit the great check) on their next skillcheck with a 120 second cd on it as a perk. They would scream again if they stop repair on it and begin again after the skillcheck while it was still heated, but would only face the skillcheck on it once per survivor per use of the perk on the gen. That would be something fresh. Instea dof regressing the gen that would apply on the next kick after a hook or something, so it couldn't be abused by combing with pop to draw games out too long. I mean instead of instant regression, normal decay should still start after the kick.

Maybe give it a minute to last on a generator it's used on (or 45 seconds they would have to run it on the test server obviously and not just take potatoe's word for it) to make up for the long cd and to allow time to maybe get some actual use from it or deter repair of it long enough to matter in a match. Maybe make it 180 second cd if it would be too much of a problem. If they o the skillcheck successfully and stay on the gen they wouldn't scream again, untilt heys topped repairing it or another survivor came and had to got hrough the routine too. The skillcheck wouldn't be a problem since it would only occur once at the most every 2-3 minutes per survivor with those cooldown times and not be a constant thing. If they would still complain about that I don't know how to help them since they clearly won't help themselves.

A few ideas I thought of:

-Classic Movie Monsters (Werewolf/Dracula)

-Water Monster (i thought of something that can traverse through water on different sides of map). This would redefine a traditional 3 gen as it could traverse to the other map very fast.

-Hunter that utilizes a bloodhound. It can track survivors and down them 2x a match only. Bloodhound is AI so it'll differentiate from Twins

-Ring girl would be interesting (in the similar vein as water monster/Doctor/Freddy combo). TVs are scattered throughout the map and she can traverse them and she can cause madness similar to Doctor where survivors see images of the video superimposed on screen and they have to snap of it.

-Zombie. I think having a mini hoarde of zombies would be interesting (say 3 slow AI zombies and 1 active zombie that moves faster 4.1 m/s and regular zombies move 3.8) player can have AI zombies cover certain areas of map and can attack players who are within a certain range. Alternatively, zombie player turns survivors into zombie AI. Timer starts and say 5 minutes into match they will turn and attack team. It's either gen rush or get turned. NOED would be fun here especially as it puts survivors into 2 difficult situations (rush gens/activate NOED or risk being turned)

I don't like the idea of kinesis powers personally or flamethrower. I don't think they would have the traditional horror feel (which btw was a key theme in the latest survey).

As far as licensed vs. Original characters i would prefer more original characters

That's an incredible idea. It balances against veteran survivors and doesn't disadvantage rookies.

I've been thinking about how a power like that would work and this is what I came up with:

"Your mere presence drives your prey to insanity, making it harder for them to escape you." All survivors have an Insanity meter over their portrait that starts at 0% and can increase up to 100%, with various effects being applied based on Insanity level. Survivors gain 1% Insanity per second if they are within 16 meters of you and are in your terror radius (undetectable and oblivious prevent this passive gain). This increases to 2% per second if they are within 8 meters of you. If the survivor can also see you the Insanity gain is either doubled or 1% per second depending on if they are within the passive range. Insanity only decreases when a survivor is outside your terror radius and can't see you, at a rate of -1% per second. Dying and hooked survivors do not gain or lose Insanity. When a survivor is unhooked they immediately lose half of their current Insanity.

Survivors do not suffer any impairments at less than 10% Insanity. At 10% Insanity, survivors start getting more difficult skill checks at a higher frequency, scaling based on Insanity level. At 25% Insanity survivors can no longer track your exact movements, instead appearing to rapidly teleport around. The frequency of this 'teleporting' decreases based on the victims Insanity, making you progressively harder to track. At 50% Insanity survivors start whimpering and hyperventilating, making them easy to hear when nearby. At 75% Insanity survivors lose the ability to perceive their fellow survivors and their auras from further than 16 meters away. At 90% Insanity survivors will scream whenever they look directly at you, revealing their position. At 100% Insanity survivors become Exposed.

Ability: Horrible Sight: Press the power button when looking directly at a survivor over any distance to force them to look directly at you for 10 seconds. They can still move and perform actions, but their camera will be locked on your position. 30 second cooldown.

Ability: Obstruction: Press the active ability button when looking at a pallet or vault location within 16 meters to block it with otherworldly tentacles, preventing survivors from using it for 10 seconds. It takes 2.5 seconds to block the object in question, during which your movement is slowed slightly. You can still vault blocked windows and break dropped pallets that have been blocked. Only 1 object can be blocked in this way at a time.

I didn't want the Insanity to be compared with the Doctor's madness, so I tried to differentiate the effects of it as much as I could.