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The Apocalypse (Future Killers?)

RangerDanger
RangerDanger Member Posts: 21
edited August 2021 in Feedback and Suggestions

How cool would it be to have a year for the apocalypse where the new killer releases would be based off the four knights of the apocalypse?? There can be several events throughout the year with this as the main theme, ending the year with an incredible apocalypse event. Since these killers are from stories of old, survivor additions could potentially be original characters complimenting the lore.

First knight (killer), The War. (Wearing Western style plate armor and a longsword) The killer can place 7 traps around the map. The killer can also trap generators, totems, pallets and windows. The traps will cause the survivor to lose one health state. (Traps would look like a tripwire and cause a minor explosion when tripped or look like a nitro cell when placed on a totem, gen or pallet)

Second Knight, The Famine. (Starved man-weapon undefined) Survivors have to constantly battle starvation throughout trials as their hunger meter depletes over time. Any action will use more energy and speed up the hunger meter. Once the hunger meter is full, the survivor received the broken status effect and the hunger meter resets. If the survivor does not "Eat food" found around the map, the survivor is placed into the dying state. Hunger meter pauses while in chase however.

Third Knight, The Death. (Classic "Grim Reaper" wearing long black cloak and wielding a scythe) Power- Creates up to 5 illusions of 2 different types (Unknown to the survivor) of himself. First illusion type- When within range the illusion will auto attack the survivor and continue to chase until the survivor is out of the detection range. Second Illusion type- The illusion will grapple the survivor preventing them from moving until they can struggle free- after becoming free of the grasp- the illusion disappears. Both illusions have a detection range of 16 meters and will quickly chase after the survivor. (Killer can change the type of illusion the same way the clown changes bottles)

Fourth Knight, The Pestilence. (The ever needed Plague Doctor costume- Weapon undefined) Power- Being around the Pestilence makes all survivors in terror radius sick over time. Once the gage fills up the survivors receive a broken status effect. The pestilence can erect up to 4 totems that have a radius of 16 meters that will infect survivors as well. Broken survivors can interact with the totems to remove the broken status effect and Destroy the totem but will remain injured. A healthy survivor interacting with the totem will become injured for 30 sec, and then become healthy.

But how cool would it be to have a yearly theme "Apocalypse" in Dead by Daylight? These killers have such a wide array of cosmetic opportunities, potential for amazing powers and perks, and would introduce another story (Lore) for the already intriguing mythical story of the Four Knights of the Apocalypse? Are these powers fun any changes that would look cooler?

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Comments

  • TacitusKilgore
    TacitusKilgore Member Posts: 1,380

    We already have killers that represent each of those concepts, they'd likely just release themed skins for them


    Oni: Horseman of War


    Hag: Horseman of Famine


    Plague: Horseman of pestilence


    Nurse: Horseman of Death

  • RangerDanger
    RangerDanger Member Posts: 21

    I can understand the resemblance to the theme but they do not have a major connection to the other killers. Oni, Plague, Nurse and Hag are from completely different timelines and dont have anything in common. Id definitely enjoy seeing new killers with the proposed powers, although the Horseman of war is basically trapper that can trap other objectives.

    Yes, the killers have semblance to other killers already a few killers have similarities in the powers anyway, different lore and base power, but different nonetheless. But with an idea to create these killers it would be harder to tell which killer is in the game. The Famine would share similar UI to the Plague, which will create slight confusion to who the killer might be, even if its just for a short duration.