Shaps wrote:Sometimes I just want to wander around maintenance and find all the cool shit hidden in there like gas masks, space cash, donk pockets, and other cool shit, but I can't do that if I'm a chemist who's supposed to actually be doing a job.
Who doesn't like having fun without contributing to the game itself? Can't you first just do your roundstart job-stuff for 10 minutes THEN go explore maint/space/do whatever you want?
Shaps wrote:Taking Maintenance away from Assistants would cripple their ability to explore and learn the layout of the station, plus it would limit experienced players with what they could do.
No, it wouldn't. With this logic all Assistants should have all-access, if it's really only about "learning the station's layout".
And I'm not sure what you mean by limiting experienced players, but how is it bad to
guide experienced players to other jobs that are more useful to the station?
Shaps wrote:Plus, you think everyone's just gonna stand around at the HoP's office every round to get basic access like that?
No, that's the point. I think people would get sick of that and join as a useful job next round.
Shaps wrote:Also, if you really want to do sneaky shit in Maint as an antag, just make a fake wall or something, 99% of the time no one will be the wiser and you'll have a neat little rape dungeon all for yourself
I haven't played antag enough to know if that's true or not, but you'd still need to drag your victim there, only to be stumbled upon one of the 15 assistants roaming there.