Why does it seem the devs only know how to create 3 gen killers?

Honestly, Singularity and Unknown aren't much better at holding 3gens than any other killer with mobility. 3gens are always a favorable position for the killer given that they don't need to waste time patrolling gens across the map and can drain the resources in a smaller area to shorten future chases.

So, I feel like those 2 aren't that impressive at 3genning but 3gens in general are pretty good for the killer.

With the anti 3 gen mechanic in place, it is mostly manageable though.

Unknown and Singularity are a little different imo

Singularities EMP's make his camera's useless for anything but info, which isn't that useful in three gen situations. That said, 3 Genning Singularity was still pretty stupid before the regression cap.

Unknown can only have a few hallucinations out and each tp gets a cool down so survs can dispel them with ease afterwards. He's fine imo, even with snipes, as he has a pretty long cool down and can't pressure all three gens at once.

I'm guessing they weren't ment to 3 gen but the strongest perks in the game make you want to 3 gen pop just make them trade all game same with pain rez and grim everyone of these perks are verry strong and basically encourage 3 genning they need to make regression perks activate aff the amount of time chase not hook trading

singularity does not camp hooks. he camps slugs. that is one of his strongest suits. it is the fact that if you hook someone, you lose infection and that hook person is drawback to your camera's. If you slug someone, you keep infection which buffs overclock and you get no penalty for camera's. You also spread infection because when other survivors pick up slugs, you infect them with slipstream and when they're infected with slip stream, guess what happens next? You get teleported on. Just like a hag trap.

I also made an error in my original post. when i was talking about hook camping, i meant unknown clones. Not singlurarity. My mistake.

other killers that camp have an opportunity cost in map presence to camp. unknown can put a clone at the hook, leave hook, chase someone else, return back to the hook.

Hag for example can do this as well... however hag is 4.4 m/s, i.e very bad chase killer. Sadako can do this as well with TV tp but again, very bad 1vs1 chase killer. Twins can do it as well with victor but then your m1 killer, so again weak chase.

unknown is like offensive hag. he can be in two places at once, at the hook & find chases but also has chase power. your never going get safe uncontested saves with unknown. as soon as you unhook, he's basically immediately there. tedious play-style to play vs as survivor.

It seems that way because players will flock, generally, to whatever shortcuts they can find, and that means a lot of killers' powers are bent into being used for tunnelling, camping, and 3-genning.

It's got very little to do with what the powers are actually designed to do or what they excel in - with the exception of release Skull Merchant, none of these killers actually excel at holding 3 gens imo - and more to do with how much value these tactics can give for how little effort.

Take a look at these four killers again. They all have pretty wildly different powers and different intents for using them, with only mild similarities between some of them. Unknown and Singularity both have a teleport, for example, but the specifics of the hows and whys are completely different. Singularity and Skull Merchant both place monitoring-style objects, but again, the way they're used and the things they do are completely different.

There's not much that actually connects these four killers, if people are using them to 3-gen, it's because they view 3-genning as an easier and simpler shortcut to value than using the powers to their full potential.

TL;DR, it's not how they were designed, it's how players are using them.

Its less of BHVR and just the mechanics of the Killers that can be used.

Trapper- Cannplace bear traps all around a 3 gen

Wraith- Usain Bolt level patrolling

Hillbilly- Chainsaw dash patrolling

Nurse- Nurse

Huntress- Can throw hatchets at fleeing Survivors

Can go down the whole list and find someway to 3 Gen with them. Same way you can argue camping, or tunneling. Some are just more effective. BHVR has made a good step though with the kick limits

you cant stop killers from being good at defending zones

huntress is one of the best at defending 3 gens if the set up is an open area with a hill to look at all 3 gens

i dont think she was designed for that instance