The Skull Merchant Rework So Far?

So Far(from what I can remember):

The Skull Merchant will be getting a rework possibly this year and the last design preview used the drone dash and EMP explosive system to easily claw trap survivors and then damage them at a distance.

I personally see the preview as a good suggestion as it makes the killer significantly more approachable for killer players and the system is much easier for survivors to understand(you can outplay both the charging drones and the EMP explosives).

Last I heard of the rework they said that they were going to look it over again. If anyone has more info on the rework please comment below(I haven’t been paying much attention to the latest DBD news due to my life being very busy, thank you commenters for any info)

Personal thoughts:

The current laser scan system has you tracking the drones position, the drones lasers, the rotation of the drones, while also managing survivors who can make your power useless by either using all the garbage on the map or just crouching(and the rewards for scanning people three times aren’t even that good as even if you injure someone body blocking and flashlights exist to completly nullify any progress you made). To me this is not fun at all this is more akin to a chore.

I was one of the few people who really liked the original skull merchants active zone power. Its ability to go through walls, floors and apply a medley of status effect based on the add ons you were using was heavenly for me(especially since it nullified the threat of dead hard). The amazing ability to track survivors at almost all times combined with stealth perks made for some very enjoyable games where I would scare people by just appearing from around a corner. Were it up to me I would have the drones in the rework either deploy the active zone but make the zones pure information only(no exposed three gen and no more fickle lasers) or make that active zone a very rare or even an iridescent add on. As for the red light green light power suggested in the rework instead of the easily countered power just make it like a really big active zone that will detect people no matter where they are or what they are doing which is really useful in identifying the highest priority objective(or at least make it an add on if not base kit)

All in all my thoughts can be summarized as this: Drone crash and EMP explosives are interesting ideas that I would personally like to see and in my opinion the drones should have that active zones retuned and have it only be info based and only add ons can apply status effects like exhausted and blindness (no exposed though we already experienced that nightmare once and that was enough for everyone)