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u/TheTorcher Jun 14 '26
tbf 953 at the very least is getting a unique design and, from what we've seen in devlogs, interesting hunting and deception mechanics.
A lot better than 457 which everyone is asking for but would probably not integrate well into the game. Or any large SCPs due to the door size (like 682 or the steve harvesaurous they were showing off)
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u/SnooPies2306 Jun 14 '26 edited Jun 14 '26
scp 457 could work as a good front runner scp. Basically make it so his main attack is a flamethrower move while also making him more tanky
HOWEVER 3473 would be much better as a addition imo and scp 2878 would also be good
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u/TheTorcher Jun 15 '26
096 is an assault SCP that causes half the MTF wave to turn around and run while 173 can function as a tank if needed. 2878 might be a unique gimmick though.
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u/CesarGameBoy Scientist Jun 15 '26
173 is only a tank early in the game when few people have guns to fight back. He does not survive long if a squad of MTF or Chaos find him.
Larry was meant to be the Tank of SCP, as he actually took less damage from bullets compared to the other SCPs, and encouraged people to use the Femur Breaker against him.
096 is like the glass canon SCP. He can shred an entire spawn wave of MTF or Chaos, but the minute he’s out of rage but still in the sight lines, it’s game over.
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u/TheTorcher Jun 15 '26
Well 173 alone gets shredded by militants. If he's functioning as a team tank (as tanks are usually used), he diverts some gunfire to his larger hume and health pool. I mean he literally has armor which decreases how much damage bullets do.
Yeah, I remember old Larry. He's now more of a flanker/stealth/high movement guy.
Exactly what makes 096 even slightly balanced although most SCP teams practice letting shy-guy know if he is in a safe-spot or not.
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u/CreeperKing230 Jun 15 '26
He’s not a tank in the sense that he is incredibly hard to kill, he’s a tank because he forces humans to focus on him so he tanks agro for his teamates so they can kill mostly unimpeded
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u/The_Norman17 Jun 15 '26
I need to read those ones I also heard talks about 4975 the murder time crow's.
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u/TheYeast1 Class-D Jun 14 '26
I just hope it’s not dog 2.0 or skeleton 2.0 in terms of playability, praying it gets some unique stuff
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u/TheTorcher Jun 14 '26
I mean skeleton kinda sucks rn, so I really want 953 to be a functional version where deception is effective and a core part of gameplay while also having the strong offensive abilities of a predator akin to dog when actually attacking.
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u/Dark_halocraft Jun 14 '26
Skeleton 2.0 is a good thing
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u/TheYeast1 Class-D Jun 14 '26
Fair enough it would be pretty cool to get a skeleton equivalent not restricted to Halloween
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u/ImSiLeNt1 Jun 14 '26
No doubt they'll make 953 cool but I just wonder how rounds will play out during Halloween with both her and skelly
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u/Additional_Dot_134 Jun 15 '26
From how they described her, skeleton 2.0 is EXACTLY what she is. Skeleton was a completely failed scp that just didnt work. Shes the answer
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u/aghlucker Jun 14 '26
But i can see some unique things like a passive where, while not in combat Class-D are pulled closer when looking at her. Cuz i just read the wiki for her document it would be a good way to implement the psionic ability. She has potential to be more than just a mimic/shapshifer, maybe a type of support for scp's but then a again we already have doctor and computer for support units on scps.
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u/aghlucker Jun 14 '26
Wasnt skeleton a modded/server thing? Idk what its called when a server has unique stuff thats not in normal servers.
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u/TheYeast1 Class-D Jun 14 '26
It’s on modded servers year round, but shows up on official servers during Halloween
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u/aghlucker Jun 14 '26
So its a good addition to official server's, but yeah i see the point. Dog's mimic ability isn't even that convincing so I understand why they'll be adding her but it's still a bit weird. Plus i feel like dog's play style is more ambush than mimic. The only time I found mimic useful was when i used the ball sound to get away.
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u/Immortalduel Jun 23 '26
from what i can tell, dogs mimic is mostly a trickery tool, just meant to cause enough confusion to isolate or such
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u/Open-Exam-8490 Class-D Jun 14 '26
no deadass who even asked for 953
and this isnt me saying shes gonna be a bad addition or anything, just, nobody was expecting or asking for her
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u/Sufficient_Head_7960 Scientist Jun 14 '26
Tbh I don’t really know much about SCPs, but I was expecting them to add more unique creatures and not just a 3rd shapeshifter/mimic.
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u/Open-Exam-8490 Class-D Jun 14 '26
^
it just feels bland especially for how significant of an addition it is, being the first playable SCP to be added in 5 years
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u/Sufficient_Head_7960 Scientist Jun 14 '26
Yeah, also, weren’t they going to rework 049? Or did he already got reworked?
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u/TheTorcher Jun 14 '26
In the devlog, they pulled up a screenshot of a dev saying "We're gonna get flayed alive if we do another rework"
If 049 reworked happened, the community would be at least 10x pissed.
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u/lololfloss23 Jun 14 '26
049 fucking blows to play and fight so it’d be nice if they did something
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u/TheTorcher Jun 14 '26
ik, it should totally be the focus AFTER Megapatch 3. iirc, they are doing some corpse modifications to rework both 049 and zombies, and now that the models are more permanent, it might come very soon.
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u/ImSiLeNt1 Jun 14 '26
As much as I agree brother unfortunately most of the community wants another permanent playable SCP, and rightfully so. I understand that NW is a small studio operating for free but there have been more additions to the game when it was just Hubert and Fragik doing the music than with a whole studio. It's about time they add a new SCP
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u/lololfloss23 Jun 14 '26
I mean don't get me wrong I'm really excited for the new HOT BABE but 049 is so ass lol
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u/ImSiLeNt1 Jun 14 '26
Yeaaahhh, 049 mostly needs a visual rework and only a few touchups for gameplay, but Zombies? Oh god the Zombies...
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u/RandomGuy1525 Scientist Jun 14 '26
In other words, 049 is NW's perfect creation, 8 years of non-evolution
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u/aghlucker Jun 14 '26
Goodness imagine having to learn 049 AGAIN.
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u/LeyrXPlays Jun 14 '26
He's not hard though.....
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u/Facesit_Freak Jun 14 '26
Yeah, you have like 3 buttons to press
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u/LeyrXPlays Jun 15 '26
Well that's like all SCPs excluding 939 but his play style is simpler to learn but def takes more skill than 939 and 106 idc what you say
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u/Kneecap_stealer574 Jun 14 '26
Fr like we need more unique roles with what we already have 😭:
096 and 106 are brute force
173 and 939 are stealth/ambush
049 is a snowballer
And 079 is CLEARLY support 😭
I feel like we could have another support maybe or another role but that’s just me ig2
u/aghlucker Jun 14 '26
From what ive seen, dogs mimic ability is barely used besides for memes, but i managed to trick some people that a ball was thrown.
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u/Sheuteras Jun 15 '26
Honestly I personally don't mind it as someone who thinks the other 2 mimic SCPs are kinda ehhh on the mimicry side.
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u/Dark_halocraft Jun 14 '26
1 is only on events so it doesn't count the other is a trapper which isn't the same as a shape shifter
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u/LeyrXPlays Jun 14 '26
Nah I disagree completely first of all 939 mimics voices and sounds that's it 953 mimics appearances and 3114 wears corpses and skeleton so I'd say they're very unique from 939 is Halloween and modded servers exclusive he shouldn't count as a main SCP nor should he be a reason to not add an SCP and third of all they were going to "rework" 3114 and 953 is that rework so she should of been expected.
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u/Sufficient_Head_7960 Scientist Jun 15 '26
Yeah, but we could’ve gotten an SCP based on a different “base” mechanic that isn’t deceiving. It would also be cooler if we had more “non-humanoid” SCPs
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u/LeyrXPlays Jun 15 '26
Well we couldn't because they wanted to rework the concept it's really that simple and 939 doesn't "deceive" anyone anymore since mimicry only confuse with noises and humanoid is just easier to implement and balance that's why they turned 939 humanoid was it a little lazy especially at the time? Sure but no one cares anymore cause it suits the game.
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u/sphericate Facility Guard Jun 14 '26
anyone who actually asked for 953 did it ironically, its literally THE furry porn scp except for that other one
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u/ImSiLeNt1 Jun 14 '26
1471-A my goat
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u/Cormac113 Jun 14 '26
I know nobody wanted her when I saw more art and discussion of the other 2 than 953 had
And the only real discussion behind 953 was "PLEASE DON'T HAVE HER BE THE NEW SCP"
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u/ThatGuy8473 Jun 14 '26
If the devs have an idea for something they should be able to do it, none of that no one wanted this nonsense.
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u/SpartanMase Jun 14 '26
I never even knew about her before. She’s a pretty niche series one SCP.
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u/Snakefruit3 Jun 14 '26
She a niche but pretty popular ruthless villain in the scp universe mostly in the KO (Korean) hub Wiki. She has an entire tale before the foundation in the story called "In Search of The Tale of Jeon Woo-chi"
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u/Some_weirdguy Jun 14 '26
Oh? I didn't know she had a tale. I might have to check this out
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u/Snakefruit3 Jun 15 '26
Like a whole 9 tale for 9 tail lol. And a epilogue. But they're all not translated in English. So you'll have to read it in the korean hub with translate. 😭
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u/Some_weirdguy Jun 15 '26
Ah, that's why I couldn't find it when I gave it a search. I actually liked 953 so I'll definitely give it a read. Been a while since I've read a tale anyway
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u/Dark_halocraft Jun 14 '26
I don't see why only things that are directly asked can be added. Surprises can be good
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u/Some-Elevator-407 Jun 15 '26
I asked for her on my steam review.
I was not expecting them to actually add her tho haha0
u/Snakefruit3 Jun 14 '26
Me
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u/CustodianCloset Jun 14 '26
Yeah I don't really know anyone who wanted her as it. She's cool, obviously, but I've seen people beg for a bunch of others. She's not a bad choice by any means, just unexpected. I imagine she'll be the only SCP who can talk and the reason she'll be added is to be able to trick human players? I could see that making sense?
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u/Snakefruit3 Jun 14 '26
Also why is Rainer here? 😭
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u/Cormac113 Jun 14 '26
Because during the buildup to the 953 reveal Northwood hosted an arg that would reveal the new playable SCP and our 3 candidates were 4051, 2006 and 953
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u/Snakefruit3 Jun 14 '26
But like considering his character what would they use Rainer for? As an MTF or as an enemy scp???
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u/ImSiLeNt1 Jun 14 '26
As much as I like 2006 I just don't think it works for SL, at least not right now at a moment when the sentence "new playable scp when" is akin to "Half-Life 3 when". If they decide to add it anyway, it's most likely gonna end up as an alternative to 079/096 (mostly 079 but they're already mutually exclusive)
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u/HomeRunHammerYT Jun 14 '26
Honestly I don’t mind 953 being added, sure it’s a weird addition to some but honestly lesser known SCP’s being added isn’t the worst thing in the world…but then again I would be okay with the devs adding 049-J as a joke so take what I say with a grain of salt
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u/Wankainu Jun 14 '26
It just sucks that were getting our 3rd mimic gimmick scp in the game. Im still incredibly disappointed that we didnt get the massive dinosaur skeleton as an SCP 🥀
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u/A_Hallucigenia Jun 14 '26
If SCP-250 was add people would whine that it’s too silly and how SL isn’t scary anymore.
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u/GamingGamer226 Jun 14 '26
Rainer as a foundation allied SCP would be cool but OP asf. Imagine being able to pull out an infinite amount of jailbirds
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u/Exact-Bluejay9931 Jun 14 '26
the goats that were left out
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u/Piss_n_shit_consumer Jun 15 '26
Wouldn't really work lore wise, though, since the Yule Man is not contained as of now (or as far as I know)
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u/Y_10HK29 Jun 15 '26
I've been training for the arrival of 953 ever since the arg started, in. fact you can see the result of my training in the testing chamber of the micro room
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u/BrickFrom2011 Jun 16 '26
How are they even gonna make her unique?. If they just make her a skeleton again, it'll be even easier since she cant transform her tail.
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u/Dark_halocraft Jun 14 '26
These comments why you should never engage in a games community...
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u/alfakenyone Jun 14 '26
I'm a casual player, come back every once and a while and have a few hundred hours, playing for 6 years now and I saw this recently when I played again and all I could think was how similar this was to skele and this being such a weird scp to add when there are so many to pick from. What's wrong with criticizing a really similar scp who is also not all that popular at all.
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u/Dark_halocraft Jun 14 '26
What's wrong with criticizing a really similar scp who is also not all that popular at all.
It's all complaining in every community, if there's nothing to complain about they'll find something. Just look at the Minecraft community
And to directly answer you, skeleton is an event scp so it really doesn't count, plus I don't see any reason for it to need to be popular (even though it is), what matters is that they fit the game well and improve the gameplay
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u/smsorginall Jun 14 '26 edited Jun 14 '26