Devs, Consider Our Trickster Buff Ideas

The Trickster still needs a bit of a rework.

Like many others, I agree his power should be able to be tapped into like Oni's. But the knives are something that people can come up with lots of different (good) ideas on how to properly balance, so I hope people comment them.

Here's one idea for the knives: the knives are currently just a way to get a down. And since they decay quickly, this leaves The Trickster as a mostly m1 killer. To fix this, what if the knives had greater consequences? Being hit with a knife over and over (within the same timeframe as how long the Trickster has to get a down) could assess a speed penalty for hit survivors that would slow them down in gen repair, cleansing, healing, unhooking, etc. The "decay" would still happen, but it would only have to do with the Trickster being able to get a down. So once you're hit with a knife, you're slowed down and will progressively get more slowed down (up to a max penalty) the more successfully you're hit. The speed penalty on an afflicted survivor would be "reset" after getting downed (or maybe unhooked). This will allow the Trickster to be more competitive, and make his power more consequential. There are lots of little details to consider, like how much speed regression would be assessed per each successful knife hit within a given timeframe. And would the Trickster have to hit a survivor at least three times before it started kicking in? shrug But it's a starting point. What are your ideas?