Springtrap will have something unique ! Like every other killers, Wesker is the first killer to grab and throw, Alien has the tunnels (they have a lot of utility/nuances compared to someone like Demo) and turrets, Chucky has the illusory footsteps and the Chuckspots, Dracula has shapeshift etc, etc.

My guess would be that Springtrap will be a paranoia/confusion inducing stealth killer with some tracking abilities. Maybe based around Agony or the Phantoms.

Whatever it is tho, im up for it, i trust the design team and especially Scott. FNAF is in my top 5 favorite IPs alongside Alien and Silent Hill so i will main it no matter what.

i think the best course of action for the phantoms make them walk around or be more active/agressive the more gens get completed and if hit by one you get a certain debuff (think something like oblivious) wich you can get rid of by going to 1 of the 4 control panels and then resetting your debuff (like they work in fnaf 3)

Honestly, they ran out of original concepts years ago. I mean, there really is a killer for everything.

You wanna run around like a crack addict? Blight.

You wanna be invisible? Spirit.

Your brain goes BRRRR? Billy.

You want to tag team survivors? Knight.

You want to play a FPS? Huntress.

You want to feel like a mastermind pulling the strings behind the scenes? Hag.

You want to play the game without actually playing the game? Nurse.

You don't like survivors? Legion.

You don't like yourself? Skull Merchant.

There are only so many things a killer can do that don't require changing the entire game to accomodate for it. Of course those things will repeat and generally people like to play mechanically demanding and very mobile killers, so it's not too surprising that multiple killers do something that.

Pretty much this. And it almost feels like people are wanting a completely new killer ability as a way to (idk) balance the game. What they're really looking for, if that's the case, is a new win/loss condition. We haven't seen something like that since Sadako and her Condemned mechanic. So I understand where they may be coming from. But like you said, there's only so much you can do in this game without completely changing the make-up of it.

You're definitely right about those killers being hated. They're different, and they were universally exciting when they came out, but now people just decide they're not fun.

Pinhead had unique anti-loop and then the box for slowdown, but people abhor killers having slowdown at base, so they got everything about the box nerfed. Knight summoning guards was cool, but it got boiled down into "unfair, 2 killahs chasing you," so now his already weak guards (due to the AI) got nerfed almost to unusability. Twins did the 2 killers in 1 thing long before him, and were hated because they could slug, even though Victor gets killed no matter what as long as 2 survivors are running together. Well, any mobility killer can slug, and Twins were pushed to play like that because killer loses by wasting all that time walking to pick up and hook. Xenomorph was seriously so weak, between the free turrets and the inconsistent tail, and the reason for his further nerfing was noobs not being able to react to his tail. We've all seen that before.

Sadako and Singularity can bounce around the map all they want, but they either have to mostly ignore their power, or go full-in on their power, or else they lose. In fact I'm convinced those killers are unviable except for being forced to slug. Dredge and Hag are supposed to be to killers, but because there's so much delay between the survivors being in range and you being able to hit them, they're always safe, and Hag is more frustrating because she's a set-up killer like Singularity, whose power can just be destroyed/nullified all match long. The teleports should be instant. And Skull Merchant similarly is a set-up killer, but because people self-fulfilling prophecy themselves, they claim she's either unbeatable or is boring to go against. Seems like their problem is they don't even strategize or have patience or have team play vs a strategy based killer, go figure.

And I could guess a lot of people saying that we need a drastically new killer power want it to be weak so they can beat it, because they look at killers like Wraith, Freddy, Pig, or Doctor and say, "Wow, what great design!" Yeah, because they're always so easy for you to beat, and nobody plays them at high level.

Someone you didn't mention, look at Chucky. 110% killer, so basically guaranteed to be mediocre, with a dash attack, slide under pallets/over windows, and a bit of stealth that he tells you he has. Not very impressive, but they made him out to be the most game breaking killer of all time, even citing his 3rd person view as being way too strong. They think his stealth is too strong. They thought his manual Scamper was a guaranteed hit (it wasn't), and got it nerfed. And "high level players" were agreeing with it all! Now he's like bottom 2 killers. So maybe some of these people asking for a different kind of killer just don't know what they want, because that's what Chucky was and they ended up ruining him.

We have 38 killers, soon to be 39. There are only so many things that can be thought of, and with so many killers these days, there will always be some aspect of killers that are similar to each other.

There are limitations to the game. All killers will have a degree of overlap.

I think giving survivors a camera system to use can be a pretty fresh idea, especially if they're placed on gens and the interaction gets redefined.

I don't think a Wesker comparison is likely, mainly because Springtrap doesn't seem like the character to get a dash ability. While the past few killers have gotten backlash for samey power designs, I think there's still more than enough room for a FNAF Animatronic to stand out. Whether that does happen remains to be seen, but it's hard to imagine Springtrap with a version of another killer's power imo

Overall, I'm not wanting anything specific from Springtrap. Just hoping the horror vibe of classic FNAF is brought over instead of a cartoony tone like Security Breach had, and the power not being something like the Fireaxe which has literally no presence in the actual source material.