We got the first details on the upcoming Skull Merchant rework today, in the form of a Design Preview. This preview includes BHVR’s design goals for the Killer update, and goes into significant detail as to how that goal will be accomplished. It also confirms that the dev team’s current focus is still on QoL updates, and that therefore the Skull Merchant rework won’t show up for quite some time.
The main aim of the rework is to make the Skull Merchant both fun to play as and play against — BHVR has (correctly) identified that the Killer is both complicated to play, and frustrating to face. With that in mind, the updated version of this divisive Killer should make it more intuitive for Survivors to understand what the heck she’s actually doing, and add more interaction into her kit (as opposed to having lots of passive strength).
Here is a TL;DR summary of the currently planned changes:
Read on to see the full announcement!
Today, we want to dig into a topic that we know many of you have been yearning to know more about: our vision for the future of The Skull Merchant!
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