Bug #1207

Drone Deployment Broken for Skull Merchant in Shack

Status:	Open
Priority:	High
Added by:	icebaltel7727 on February 5, '26
Assigned to:	Unassigned
Due date:
Reported for:	9.4.1
Actual Result:	A bug that make Skull Merchant even more usless, and breake her gameplay
Expected Result:	Just a more fair aproch to her power, playing her is hard alredy just make her more smooth and less frustrating
Severity:	Major
Reproducibility:	Always
Platform:	Windows Store
Additional Notes & Comments:	I know she is not popular, i know the rework maybe is never going to come, and i know even part of the team also don't like her, but please, just fix somethings with her, so me and the other 6 skull merchant players can at least have a little fun in our 1k matches

Steps to Reproduce

1. When a survivor is hooked in the basement, try to deploy a Drone in the second floor
2. When a survivor is hooked in the basement, try to deploy a Drone outside shack or close to the window
3. The drones still don't deploy in some situations, even when the animation triggers

Explanation

The Drone deploying is still broken with Skull Merchant, even when the limit with deployment is set to 12m, in certain situations this hurts her gameplay, especially in end game, when you are in shack and try to secure a kill in the basement, the drones don't deploy, at that point it make no sense to keep this restriction on her power, because you ended up with no other option but just M1, why is this intended? to make her already more usless? it feels unfair, especialy when other killers like Trapper, Hag or Singularity can use their power and secure a zone, i feel is not about being entitled, just asking for fairness

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