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Malkevin wrote:Allow the captain to set an MOTD so that new arrivals can be informed of any goings on or gimmicks the captain is running

newfren wrote:

Malkevin wrote:Allow the captain to set an MOTD so that new arrivals can be informed of any goings on or gimmicks the captain is running

Captains can do this with the automated thingo that announces what crew arrive at the station although he probably needs to know how to use NTSL to do it.

AnonymousNow wrote:Footprints are absolutely EVERYWHERE. WAY too prevalent.

PKPenguin321 wrote:

Anonmare wrote:Well the Queen is empowered by God so I suppose getting her blessing could technically be called God's blessing too

Back on topic: Could anything be done about laser pointer's hit rate? I mean, I know they're essentially ranged flashes but the success rate of a hit seems really weird. Like, I could be standing right next to someone and expend an entire charge trying to point it in their eyes and miss every single time, yet I could get lucky and blind somebody on the very edge of the screen on the first try.

Granted you don't want to make them too powerful but, correct me if I'm wrong, but only 2 jobs actually get laser pointers and they can't be found/made on the station. Plus it let's the Librarian be the hero we all deserve when the borgs go nuts and start going wild and unlikely heroism is what /tg/station is all about.

you can get laser pointers from mining vendors with your mining points

also could you make it so you can't waste charges by pointing at the floor, that shit's annoying. at least when you miss with guns the bullet keeps travelling and can still hit, but laser pointers have almost no cooldown and no actual projectile, meaning you can just poop away all your charges in an instant on accident

AnonymousNow wrote:PAI doorjacks are functionally useless; they need to be upgraded, ideally.

In fact, a PAI overhaul which gives them a list of neat features would be cool.

EDIT: Can we also fix cyborg super-stun, please? A flash shouldn't be able to disable a cyborg for 20 seconds, including blinding, from two tiles away. Thanks.

blobbernaut wrote:spear embedding.

60 damage, huge bleed, can't remove it yourself, you're just dead. Why not just change the embed chance to kill the person instead, because that's basically what it does.

Think about it, it's not a javelin, it's not balanced for throwing. It's a metal rod with a piece of glass tied to it, being able to throw it 1) In a straight, aerodynamic path and 2) with enough force to completely lodge itself inside somebody, is stupid as hell and only remotely likely if the person has an Olympic medal in javelin throwing

AnonymousNow wrote:Adminhelp response rate is pathetic. The server could have four, even six admins on it without even so much as an acknowledgement from the admins involved.

Zilenan91 wrote:

blobbernaut wrote:spear embedding.

60 damage, huge bleed, can't remove it yourself, you're just dead. Why not just change the embed chance to kill the person instead, because that's basically what it does.

Think about it, it's not a javelin, it's not balanced for throwing. It's a metal rod with a piece of glass tied to it, being able to throw it 1) In a straight, aerodynamic path and 2) with enough force to completely lodge itself inside somebody, is stupid as hell and only remotely likely if the person has an Olympic medal in javelin throwing

You can take it out but it does some damage to you. Click on yourself with help intent, then click on the underlined line saying where it imbedded into you. Once it's out, or before, gtfo to the medbay, because I'm not sure if taking it out makes you bleed even more.

Malkevin wrote:Uhh... thats not how things should work.

SJ212 wrote:Replace popup prompts with a chat prompt(eg posibrains) or a HUD based system. Irritating as shit to be typing something and all of a sudden YOU'RE THE HOLOPARASITE OF JOHN MCTATER or ERT.

Give golem runes a prompt or make it a preference. Irritating as shit to be following someone and all of a sudden YOU'RE THE ADAMANTINE GOLEM OF JOHN MCTATER.

Takeguru wrote:He's got a bad case of sec bias, that's well known.

Steelpoint wrote:Contrary to some belief Security are the force who most needs tools to help track down and engage antagonists.

invisty wrote:

Steelpoint wrote:Contrary to some belief Security are the force who most needs tools to help track down and engage antagonists.

Contrary to some beliefs, the station isn't meant to be designed for the minority who consider this a game of cops and robbers.

Jacquerel wrote:I swear some people think of this game as a team of "good guys" (security) fighting a team of "bad guys" (antagonists ans assistants) while everyone else is just there to play the part of the bystanders to protect or terrorise.

Gun Hog wrote:

Jacquerel wrote:I swear some people think of this game as a team of "good guys" (security) fighting a team of "bad guys" (antagonists ans assistants) while everyone else is just there to play the part of the bystanders to protect or terrorise.

Are you saying this is not the case? People very quickly get bored when the antagonists die or take too long to do anything. Security is very much the Cop side of things, and will gladly go out of their way to stomp on anyone they think is a bad guy. Similarly, it seems that most unarmed crew are just loot sacks, converts, and kill counts to antagonists. What you have described is very much how things seem from an observer's point of view. Sec is there to defeat antags; they are not mall cops. Antags are there to cause chaos. If they fail to do so, the shuttle gets called or assistants and the clown take their place. I would not at all be surprised to think that dedicated Security/Antagonist players see everyone else as support or sources of increased power - because it really does look that way when playing as a ghost.