Devs, The Trickster Update is WILD

First off, I just want to say that I'm liking what I'm reading in the update about Trickster. It's a really good direction you want to take him and I'm enjoying a lot of the updates he has. It's wild.

But I do have a couple concerns, as a Killer main, regarding some of the aspects of the kit that may need adjustment in the final release:

Rapid Fire

What I like about the changes is that Trickster no longer has recoil and now naturally throws blades faster than before. This is a very fun and exciting change that I'm looking forward to, even if Trickster has to take a little longer to down a Survivor by hitting them 8 times again instead of 6.

What I'm wary of is the laceration decay delay. I'm thinking that it should go back up to 15 seconds while in chase but down to 8 seconds when no longer in chase, which is to make it so that Trickster still has time to hit the Survivor while chasing them without worrying that the decay occurs.

Fast Paced

I'm loving the changes; Trickster going from 4.4m/s to 4.6m/s with a larger terror radius makes him not only a significantly more volatile threat, but it allows him to actually make use of his Starstruck perk a lot more than before.

But one thing I do want to say is that I think he needs to be a little more fast-paced and have something more to compliment his quicker throws. What I suggest after the PTB is that you reduce his time to exit the throw state to 0.5 seconds (down from 1.25) to allow him to more effectively get back into chase quicker.

Main Event

These changes are spicier than Ji-Woon's greatest hits. While I'm loving the direction that this is going, there is something I've got to pull up as a major concern and that's the ability to acquire it too frequently. I think that 6 hits is too little to charge an ability that significantly increases throw speed and makes it much harder to get away from, especially since he'll have a 30 second window.

What I suggest is that this is increased to 15 hits to obtain Main Event, which is always just 1 shy of downing a Survivor, but to compensate, you can now restore the duration of Main Event's charge by hitting Survivors with his blades outside of it, by 1 second per blade. This would give Trickster players the ability to skillfully hold onto Main Event as long as they can and use it at the most opportune moment.

Add-ons

I'm really loving these changes you've introduced to the add-ons. They really add more life into this superstar killer than before and I can't wait to try them out. But there are some suggestions I'd like to make for a post-PTB launch, including new add-ons that weren't mentioned prior (in bold):

• Trick Pouch - Increases the maximum number of Blades by 12
• Memento Blades - Decreases the time between Blade Throws by 10%
• Killing Part Chords - Increases the Laceration damage of Blades by 15%
• Caged Heart Shoes - Increases movement speed while in the Throw State by 5%
• Diamond Cufflinks - When a Survivor's laceration meter is above 5 bars, their aura is revealed for 6 seconds
• Bloody Boa - Main Event reloads all of Trickster's Blades once it ends

A lot of these changes would make these add-ons also feel fresh and goes with the same design principles shown in the changes to Trickster.

Death Throes Compilation

This add-on has its own special category because what I'm going to suggest next is one of two changes to the add-on as Bloody Boa takes its effect. This is because I don't think reloading through Main Event is a good effect for an Ultra Rare and thus the effect needs to be changed.

There are two ideas I'd like to suggest, both of which would fit the rarity of the add-on and make Trickster so much more interesting to play:

• [Idea #1] - For each consecutive blade hit, the throw rate of Blades is increased by 5% and the damage dealt by Blades is increased by 10%. This stacks up to 10 times and resets upon missing a blade.
• [Idea #2] - Activating Main Event no longer triggers an automatic rapid throw. Main Event now increases your movement speed to 5.2m/s for the next 15 seconds while not throwing blades, and your throw rate is reduced to 4 Blades per second. You must manually throw your blades during Main Event.

Both of these ideas would be an incredibly interesting and potentially powerful effect gained through the add-on but would make Trickster more interesting than simply reloading his blades.

Please do consider at least some of these changes, because while I do believe the Trickster update is incredible and a step in the right direction, some things are either overtuned or not touched up on to make them more interesting too.