Someone help me workshop this...
I was watching Rowby's new video
as you do...
when at some point he mentioned something about clown bottles being able to be bounced of stuff to create a different playstyle. (he mentioned in a "what would have been cool" kind of way)
Personally, I don't think that works for clown. the bottles exploding where they hit is better.
but it got me thinking... what killer would use a projectile that bounced of stuff?
sorta like how you play demoman in tf2 or how revolver ocelot works. or captain america's shield if you didn't get both of those references.
while I think it would be quite the unique playstyle, which is what we all want in a killer, I can't for the life of me think of a power that would make sense this way.
My first idea was a killer with a sling, you would use the sling to throw a rock and the rock would bounce in any wall or structure in the map X amount of times.
but a sling is kinda... puny...
My second idea was a jojo reference.
3rd was a futurisc killer, that used a laser thing that bounced on any surface that isn't the ground.
and then I got stuck. I can't think of any other thing that would bounce of walls.
anyone got any ideas?
TL:DR; - what killer would use a projectile that ricochets of walls?
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A monstrous Killer with an acid spit projectile or something? Starts out as a hard ball but explodes outward once it hits a surface, effectively as a "bounce".
I don't think it's a particularly good idea, though, TBH. It doesn't suit a lot of the game's maps and just giving a projectile a bounce doesn't really distinguish it from Huntress, Deathslinger or Clown sufficiently to justify a whole new playstyle.
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For the people of exquisite taste, there's the Chakram. Might work on a female warrior
princesskiller 😂Your laser idea reminds me of the Shredder shotgun of turok 2, that thing was a beast.
Inspired by "House of flying daggers" we could add a shinobi or anything else capable of hurling throwing weapons.
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Tbh, Blight is already kind of that bouncing projectile in killer form.
But if we're talking something like a rubber ball shooting killer, maybe you give it like a slingshot or pool type shooting mechanic, maybe he has an add on where he can see the trajectory of his power... I don't know if that would be to strong tho, I mean he could be getting free hits at gens pretty easy.. I kind of love the idea tho
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less powerful than that XD
chakrams are cool. but they don't really ricochet AFAIK.
I never played turok 2. and only the multiplayer of the first one. it was fun, but I had goldeneye so that's what we played 🤷♀️.
I like the shinobi idea, but how would it work different from huntress?
he is a human pinball machine indeed. but that's like saying saying trapper and deathslinger are similar, because one traps on the ground and the other essencially shoots a trap at people.
slingshot doesn't sound good. is the killer a child? the pool thing might be an angle to look at. but it did give me this idea
maybe a baseball bat? he uses a ball that bounces on walls that damages survivors as a projectile.
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Most conventiinal throwing weapons tend to not riccochet in rl, but does so in media. I pointed out the chakram bexause it did in a rather popular tv series in my choidhood ( xena ).
I'd say any " throwable weapon" version of your " bouncing projectile killer" would have the similarityry to huntress. In that case the projectile would need another effect than " deal 1 damage".
Sad thing is that " throwable weapon" is probably the way to go, as laser weaponry, spells (magic missiles) dont feel fitting for dbd.
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As for the shinobi idea, i have no idea how to concept them, as for a version with only the projectile seems a waste for the theme, but making them a stealth / ranged mixup seems hard to do, and would most likely end with subpar stealth and bad projectile,kinda like pig.
But since it's you wrecking your head for a concept and not me, It'd be interesting to add the GF-leaning mechanic while aiming to make it easier to shoot while circling corners.
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well, shinobi used their throwable weapons as distractions. so maybe, the shuriken or whatever, does a, let's say, 2 seconds stun. and then you go in for the damage with your weapon... which I was gonna say katana, but we don't need a third katana wielding killer. maybe a sai? or a kusarigama?
actually, the kusarigama would be great. the blunt end does a stun, and the kama does the damage
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I don't think having a bouncing type of power would would work
But I was thinking of a retrievable power
Like a Viking killer who throws an axe as a power but also uses the axe as the M1 attack
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That actually would be cool, but how would that work as far as mechanics? Is it a self pitch - hit at the right time- style of power?
Like maybe he tosses a baseball upwards in place, and if he hits it like a skill check, to gets max velocity? Maybe even an iridescent add on where if you hit someone with a "great skill check" baseball hot, it's an insta down? That would be a unique mechanic
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