Yeah, and we're probably looking at several months before this even makes it to PTB, so there's plenty of time for refinement.

But I do feel for SM mains who put in a ton of time learning to play her, because if nothing else, this indicates that old SM is dead.

Nah, all of you are being defeatist and are willing to ignore things right in your face to hate this killer before they come out.

The ONLY issue I have seen be talked about that is accurate to what they've told us so far, is the lack of stealth. Don't get me wrong, It's sad she's less stealthy, however she is still OBVIOUSLY a trap killer. You can still put stealth perks on her if it really means that much to you. Heck, she might even have add-ons that give her extra stealth- they haven't even shown those yet. Out of everything, being upset she is less stealthy is the ONLY remotely justified complain I have seen so far. Everything else feels more like looking for a reason to be upset, to the extent of making stuff up.

If being able to hurt a survivor with the "trap" meant you weren't a trap killer, then even TRAPPER wouldn't be considered one.

"oh but it moves" yeah, if you spend a resource to make it- which runs out passively when controlling it and most likely will do so even more when you try and move it. It's like if people said Death Slinger isn't a ranged killer because you can hit a survivor in melee with the attack. It's added utlity, not the entire point of the power. Not every trap has to be "stay right there and do 'X' when someone steps on you", that would be painfully boring design-wise to work with. That restriction might is probably a good reason why we don't have MORE trap killers. Other than teleporting like hag (and to a much lesser extent dredge), we have almost no killers who place something in an area to make it more dangerous. It doesn't help that once you know the 'threat range' of a trap their usefulness goes into the gutter (again, see trapper, poor guy can't lock down a loop to save his life and that's his gimmick) at least the mobility it gives makes that a changing variable. Heck, like they said it also grants counter play and engagement.

Most of you ignore the fact it still detects survivors like before- it's just now they can't see the area as easily. It's "stealthier" now than it was before, and that's without considering the potential to see a survivor trying to sneak by and get a quick injure. (technically you could do this with red light green light, but I don't hold much hope for that change as they've described it).

Other than the insane amounts of status effects survivors hated, she's not nearly as different compared to what people say- just streamlined, improved, and plenty extra added on top.