Is BHVR Suffering From A Lack Of Creative Design?

I already explained how Legion is one of the few with uniqueness in his Power, thought it is a small amount of uniqueness.

Plague is not unique: she uses projectile attacks and has a unique object Survivors can interact with. Fun fact, Freddy will also have a unique item to interact with upon his rework, so I need to add him to that list as well. Also, part of the small tweaks that make Plague who she is limits her potential in being a viable Killer because the Survivors have control over half of her perk. Sure, she has a ranged attack that is easier to hit than Huntress in some cases, but it doesn't deal damage unless the Survivors allow it to do so. This is why Plague is much worse than Huntress, as good Survivors can just not get hit or deal with being sick and still win.

Legion likes to go fast and stab people, the unique part being he can interact with vaults and pallets like a Survivor does when is Power is active. When Legion was first teased at TGA I thought we would be getting a Killer who acted as a Survivor and had to trick Survivors and put their mask on before attacking them, which would then change their model to their Killer model. Needless to say, I was disappointed.

I just listed in my OP all the ways that show that they are being uninspired and lacking creativity, so it is not a fact that they are lacking or are not lacking in creativity.

It is a topic of discussion, and in your own topic you mentioned a new Killer idea, but why would you do that if BHVR doesn't like creativity and you would want to see them expand more?

Don't get me wrong, I like you idea of heavier illusions than just pallets, but I'm just stating that there is a clear discussion to be had and your own topic reflects this.

Aha, an actual discussion!

I would label Doctor as having a ranged attack, considering his Shock Therapy is a much longer distance than his Melee attack. Sure, it doesn't deal damage, but it is still something that needs to hit and is outside of Melee range.

I can see where you are coming from with Clown not counting as a ranged Killer, but once again his Power is something that needs to hit and is outside or Melee range, thus making his Power in specific ranged-based.

Plague's Corrupt Purge is just a ranged attack with and augmented hitbox to act more like the fluid she is spewing. In that sense, her Power does not differ that much from Huntress, and sadly that is where she is most powerful and it often gets completely shutdown by Survivors controlling the game. Her previous power works similar to getting a ranged attack on a Survivor except that it takes longer and had the added effects of the Survivor having full control over whether that hit counts or not and being able to spread that to others. Minus the Plague puking on either a Survivor or on an item they interact with, Plague has no control over whether the first part of her even succeeds in being a first hit or spreading to others.

Funnily enough, I thought it was clear that I was talking about just the Powers, not the play-style that is encouraged by the Power, since that is personal preference and often play-styles that are different from the intended one end up being the norm. Then again, I will admit that Clown's area-denial is part of his Power. However, area-denial and chase shortening is not unique to the Clown, as both the Trapper and the Hag attempt to deny you from going through certain areas and every Killer wants to shorten the chase (some to the point where they try to have no chase at all, hence the stealthy play-style).

As for Freddy, I think it's fair to include him since I'm solely basing this on repeated mechanics that keep getting applied to Killers. He will be able to teleport (Hag), set traps (Hag and Trapper) and place fake pallets (Doctor). The things that make this different are that he can't pick where gens are placed and he takes a longer time to teleport with a clear sign he is doing so. I'm not sure has his traps work, so I can't say how they differ from Trapper or Hag. The difference from Doctor is that Freddy will be able to supposedly pick where the fake pallets go, making the Doctor even more obsolete as he needs an add-on just to have them randomly placed. Freddy was sadly very unique and his current state is a result of having a knee-jerk reaction to your player base's reaction without letting the content breathe long enough to make a proper decision.

I have no argument with with you on Billy and Bubba. It's clear that Billy was their Bubba before they could get Bubba. There are tweaks that make them slightly different, but even then it's the same basic idea.

Once again, I disagree with you on Ghost Face and Myers, I just find Ghost Face as extremely uninspired. Whatever you may think of why he is how he is, to me he is a mesh of two previous characters with a few tweaks and yet again is another Killer who suffers because of it.

Now for the personal ideas. I will admit, those two ideas are very much taking from things already in the game. It's not inherently bad to reuse ideas and resources and implement them differently. My issue is that I feel like this is happening exclusively. As for my ideas I mentioned, they were ones I thought up of immediately as I was making the post and I even acknowledged what they took from. This issue here is that it is that it is actually that simple to take an old mechanic and put a new spin on it, which makes it seem even worse on BHVR's end when they have multiple minds and ample time and they still come up with something this uninspired.

I didn't want to give away too much of my idea here as this isn't really the place for it, but the Obsession-based Killer idea was a Witch Doctor woman who used Voodoo. She would have the option to hit a Survivor with an attack that would do no damage to them, but would allow her to take a piece of their hair and use that with her doll to curse them. This cursed player would suffer certain penalties until the Killer decided to curse another player, in which case they would be freed from the curse. I've already thought of many ways to properly balance it and how players would try to outsmart or work around the mechanic, but once again I'm not sure this is the best place to discuss it.

Also, the Dr. Jekyl/Mr. Hyde idea would incorporate mechanics not yet used in DBD for both forms depending on the main idea I would choose to go with. This would make him play much different from Myers,to the point that you would have to dumb him down much more than I may have on my OP to compare them. The other Killers you listed don't really apply here, as they either debuff the Survivor or have an active skill rather than a passive buff that can be increased. The best one you mentioned is Legion, who temporarily buffs his speed for as long as his power is active.

Since I started this discussion, I'll do well to post my finished ideas in the proper section and then link them here.

Ahh, someone who gets me.

Like I said, it's fine to take something you've already done and mix it up. People do that all the time to avoid boredom. It's why I acknowledge that the Killers who have the same base do have tweaks and play differently, but it doesn't change the fact the base is the same.

Even if the ideas you mentioned are from another game, I love the ideas we have here. I think you are right that they are limiting themselves. I just don't know what it is that is limiting them. It could be money or time or resources, but they seem to be rather successful, so is it really a lack of these things or is it greed?

Man, I REALLY don't like their reasoning on that considering how successful they seem to be now, but maybe that could change down the line.

Even so, with just humanoids, there is so much you can do that they haven't delved into yet and each new Killer seems to just take a previous concept they already have done and taken a new angle. They can only do that for so long and they really need to spice it up.

I love all the people coming in here and being cynical when I offered a legitimate discussion. I feel like people really don't like to question the developers of games they like. Be careful of that, or you could end up as the next Pokemon fan base.

I appreciate all those who have offered genuine discussion though.