New Feature: Cardboard Boxes

Something I pretty much thought about since the first Snowman event is having these inflatable snowmen as a means of mobile lockers be available in basegame. I think the game mechanic fits very well with DbD and especially nowadays aura reading is a little bit off the hands - this would be a mechanic introduced thats not locked behind a perk (Distortion) and there is still risks using them as survivor.

Cardboard Boxes

Now, inflatable Snowmen are fun and fitting for the winter event but clearly would feel out of place all year round. Here is my suggestion: simple (but big) cardboard boxes, kinda like this one (image source):

They would essentially work like the the snowmen (*not* like the broken ones from their first iteration that denied some killer powers completely). Probably would need to be higher than in the example picture especially if all killers can use them like the snowmen obviously. Also the animation should be rework and not just be a "jump in" - may even be a bit longer that currently to not make them to accessbile during a chase with short break of LoS.

Rats

An additional (not must have) idea i had were rats. There is already rats on some DbD maps but I would like to give them some actual gameplay mechanic instead of only being decorative:

So when survivors enter a box or are in there for some time, there would be an occasional rattle of the box as a risk to still be found by the killer and not make them too reliable as a stealth mechanic. Now on the other hands, rats may enter the box instead of character as well creating a false sense of someone being in there. Plus, if a rat enters a box that a survivor is in - the survivor would shriek a little bit (no full on hook scream please).

I think giving more general gameplay mechanics to all matches is something that DbD really needs to not make it seem stale as just adding characters/perks can only do so much. These boxes can be balanced to create stealth mechanics as well as introduce risks and be balanced with the other mechanics mentionend (rattles, sounds in boxes, rats).

for the upcoming Winter events, these boxes would be replaced by the known Snowmen obviously

My other concepts (Feedback and suggestions always welcome):

Killers: The Ice Queen, Hannibal, Charlie(The Darkness), The Blair Witch, The Firebreather, The Photographer

Survivors: Aria Morrison, Lukas Schmidt, Paitoon Saeli

Survivor Items: Piece of Chalk, Pocket Knife, Walkie Talkies, Lighter, Water Bottle, Sling Shot, Spray Paint Cans, Salt Pouch, Smoke Bomb, Voodoo Doll, Smudge Sticks

Game mechanics: Expanded survivor objectives, Exhaustion Rework, Spiderwebs, Cardboard Boxes, Item Rarity Removal, Smaller Chase mechanics, Vending machines