Predictably, Knight is still Not Fun

Knight still is the worst Killer to experience in both the Survivor and the Killer role and it's for good reason. No offense to the balance or design teams of The Knight, but no amount of changes you make to him in his current state will keep him from being played in the scummiest way, because that way is the most viable way to use him.

What is worse is that you made the scummiest way to play him even stronger by adding an additional 2.5% regression to the damage generator action of The Guards, which adds up over time.

Listen, I understand your design idea behind The Knight. It's to have a Killer who has three other characters doing different tasks from long ranges. But the execution of this Killer is just beyond miserable for the player experience on both sides. You guys need to stop acting like you can fix this with band-aids, because this cannot be fixed with simple patches to his base kit; he needs a full on rework to his power similarly to Trickster or Freddy.

If you guys actually value the potential of this Killer, and if you guys actually read these threads, heed these next suggestions and you will make everyone happy over the following months. It will cost money and development time, but this will pay off in the end.

• Rework: The Knight can now summon Guards by holding the Power Button and releasing it forward. Each Guard has a different method of casting and their own unique abilities to them.
• Rework: The Knight can now select between which of the Guards at will, and can cancel his power in the charging phase if he does not want to use them.
• Rework - Carnifex: Press and hold the Power Button to charge up the Carnifex. After fully charging the ability, release the button to unleash him and have him charge forward at breakneck speed.
  • The Carnifex moves at 20m/s with a maximum range of 15 meters.
  • The Carnifex will home in on Survivors within a 10 degree cone.
  • The Carnifex will destroy any pallets, walls or damage generators in his path before dematerializing. If he damages a Generator, he will apply a 5% regression penalty to it.
  • The Carnifex has a cooldown of 15 seconds after sending out.
• Rework - Assassin: Press and hold the Power Button to charge up the Assassin and generate a green spirit orb that you can plant up to a range of 64 meters. After charging the ability, release the button to cast the Assassin, who moves on a circular patrol path to look for Survivors.
  • The Assassin will initiate a Hunt toward Survivors, similar to how he functions now.
  • The Assassin will hunt Survivors for approximately 30 seconds, and has the capacity to hit the same Survivor twice before dematerializing.
  • The Assassin can be stunned by pallets or Head-On, and will dematerialize if that occurs.
  • The Assassin moves at 4.4m/s while chasing Survivors, and can vault windows and pallets.
  • The Assassin has a cooldown of 15 seconds after he finishes chasing or patrolling.
• Rework - Jailer: Press and hold the Power Button to charge up the Jailer and generate a blue fire you can plant up to a range of 64 meters. After charging the ability, release the button to cast the Jailer, who slowly moves about a 32 meter range.
  • Upon detecting a Survivor or multiple Survivors, the Jailer will shriek and any Survivor he finds will have Killer Instinct applied to them while within the 32 meter range of his location.
  • The Jailer will injure any Survivor that attempts to walk too close to him.
  • The Jailer grants The Knight a stack-able 5% increase in movement speed per Survivor located by him. This effect lasts 10 seconds.
  • The Jailer will remain on patrol for up to 30 seconds before dematerializing.
  • The Carnifex and Assassin can still be used while the Jailer is active.
  • The Jailer has a cooldown of 10 seconds after he finishes patrolling or alerting.

You know what these changes would do? These would make The Knight a significantly more interesting Killer than he is at the moment. His design is, for lack of a better word, lame.

And you can try to add so many things to try and prevent the lame gameplay loop of his, but nothing will fix the issue that the most optimal way to play him is to play like a scumbag. The above suggestions would make the Knight feel like he's an interesting Killer with a lot of depth and choice he needs to make in order to play at his most effective. And I think that is what most players want; a Killer who has choices and who can make good plays while still allowing Survivors to be able to play the game properly.

A suggestion like this is a tall order, but I'm willing to put my money where my mouth is and say that this would be better in execution than the current Knight we have in the game.