Why original killers should stay "original" and not a homage.

Actually they wanted to have leatherface from the start, but couldn't get the license so they had to make the hillbilly instead. Not sure if I'd call that an homage.

Did they announced ring killer power will be phasing or something?

Sure both Hilbilly and Bubba have chainsaw as their powers, but they are incredibly distinct from each other. Hilbilly is a high mobility killer with lots of map pressure and the ability to instadown survivors. Bubba can't go nearly as fast or as far, but he has much more control over where he goes. He can also potentially down multiple survivors with one use of his power, which allows him to punish survivors for grouping up. BHVR has shown themselves capable of making powers that are similar, yet distinct. I have confidence that they will manage to make the power for the Ringu killer distinct from Spirit's.

The first time I've met Oni... Man, I remember how scared I was. Hearing him from away, "RAAAWR", then seeing him coming to me with his big weapon and the whole red smoke around him...

I agree Trickster isn't as scary as some other Killers tho. But what do you think of Legion? I don't find them scary, except when they wear the Silent Hill bunny costume (but because it reminds me the park from Silent Hill 3).

Maybe Trickster could have been more scary like... Like Huntress can be with her outfits full of raw meat...

Legion has a rather ridiculous design as well. A mouth-breathing edgy teen with spindly arms and a mask? He would have gotten his face caved in by David King or Jake Park or Meg in an instant. It feels almost insulting to just run away from Frank or anyone from his gang, instead of turning around and slapping them.

How often do you see Twins and Blight in your games compared to Trickster? He wasn't designed to be scary, he was literally made to appeal to the fans of anime villains.

The problem with legion and trickster don't being that scary is in there very Natur cause they are your every day gay that just snapped. I think trickstery whole theme of being a musician and a psychopath is nice and they deliver it quite good and I think legions problem is that they are designed as a pack of killers hunting together but thats not possible in dbd atm. I think twisted looking human killers like trapper are nice but I also like simply normal humans cause they are scare aswell Michael and ghosty are normal humans two and they also wear ridiculous outfits but they are classic killers so we learned to fear them I would say when you leave Ghostface reputation out of it he looks even more silly the frank.

In the Legion's case, it's not even that "they just snapped". They are a gang of teen criminals, who got all giddy about the idea of doing whatever they want without getting punished - and they would have gotten shot by the police if the Entity didn't take them in. They're just evil little shits, who would've gotten what they deserved after coming across someone stronger than an elderly janitor.

Trickster didn't snap as well. He was born a sociopath and he too went only after victims weaker than him. He doesn't have an intimidating presence and height, like Myers and his showman-y look doesn't really help to build an intimidating image. It feels like the only reason he managed to score kills was that he paralyzed his victims prior to killing them, otherwise he would've gotten his pretty face ruined extremely fast. So, running away from him doesn't feel as terrifying as running away from the Oni, Myers, the Hillbilly, the Clown or the Hag - it feels annoying. Why be afraid of the giggling K-Pop singer who never tasted a proper punch and would probably throw a screeching fit after getting hit?

And to be honest, I feel the same way about Ghostface. Never liked his type in the movies.

The Plague isn't just a normal human. Aside from her being extremely tall, she is rotting alive, half-consumed by the disease, oozes dangerous amounts of vomit, and stays alive only because of the Entity. This is disturbing already. The Deathslinger may not be as creepy or scary as the Doctor, but he sure isn't handsome - he looks like a sinister undead from the Wild West.

Freddy is also not a typical crazy human - he is a crazy spirit, a literal dream demon. His human self got destroyed by a mob of angry parents, so now he is more of an incorporeal presence that haunts people and makes it dangerous to fall asleep or even think about Freddy.

I already said what I think about GF, but the Pig is...well, I just hate facing her in trials because I have no love for the entire SAW franchise and Jiggsaw's pretentious games. Therefore, I don't find her scary at all.

Spirit being a Japanese girl’s ghost is I think the only similarity to Sadako from the Ringu. They don’t look alike, Spirit’s weapon is a sword and Sadako is … well, who knows? If Sadako has a teleport it’ll probably be totally different from Spirit’s, and as far as we they they’ll have completely different abilities. And we have zero reason to think one is better or worse than the other at this point.

Also, most of DbD’s original killers aren’t even similar to anybody in particular at all. Wraith, Huntress, Doctor, Deathslinger, Blight, Trickster, Artist, they’re all unique. Trapper and Hillbilly are the ones that were clearly homages, Spirit is at best vaguely similar to The Ring,

Is there any evidence Spirit is specifically based off of either of these famous onryo characters from films and not just based off the Japanese myth of the onryo, a vengeful spirit?

Also a killer I never see get brought up in these "homage" discussions is Blight. Behavior admitted Blight is inspired by Jekyll and Hyde.

Yes, their mortality does add a lot to the scare factor. This is why scary movie characters are either given supernatural abilities that make it impossible or futile to get the police involved (Myers) or shown as extremely cunning and smart or operate in areas where the police is unavailable and protagonists have to count on themselves (Trapper).

Of course, people will talk smack about his design. It's a game about running away from a scary killer, something that should look like you're supposed to run from it. He doesn't have to be a hulking brute. The Hag is a small and thin creature, but she is absolutely terrifying, so nobody wants to get chased by her and nobody even thinks of trying to fight her. Trickster, though? I guess, his stupid pervy giggling is supposed to creep people out, but all I feel when chased by him is an extreme annoyance because it feels like this MF giggles because he knows that players are compelled to run away from him through the power of plot and gameplay, even though he looks like some an OnlyFans model doing the villain challenge.