Bottom post of the previous page:
Okay, stay with me here, this is probably going to be confusing.As it stands right now, antags have freedom to ignore their objectives on MRP. I don't think that should necessarily change, but I do think that letting antags do things that directly contradict their objectives without a valid IC reason is unhealthy for the state of RP on the server.
Example: A heretic decides they will kill people who are trying to stop a blob from expanding and consuming the station. They have little to no actual IC justification for doing this aside from "The crew wants me dead, so I'm helping the blob so it'll kill all of us". The issue here is that their justification feels weak considering that the blob will, upon winning, kill them. You can't ascend if you're dead, so It's my opinion that if you're going to help another antagonist that is undoubtedly going to kill you and prevent you from your stated IC goals, you better have a really good reason.
For the record, I would be perfectly fine with something like "A flesh heretic thinks the blob is the return of their god and that it wants to consume everyone". That's cool! I love that idea! I'm fine with it! It's just that the reasoning shouldn't be something like "I felt like it" or "I don't like the crew". You have an IC reason to be an antag. For this example, it's ascending. Why would you act directly counter to that objective without a valid reason for doing so?
This isn't meant to mandate the requirement that antags be always trying to push towards greentext. I still think that's unhealthy for the game and shuts out a lot of very interesting situations. I just think that actively working against your interests as an antag shouldn't be something you do lightly.
For example's sake:
* A traitor helping nukies kill people to blow up the station, with their justification being "They're also Syndicate members, I feel like it'd be logical for me to assist them" - This fits well within their IC reasoning.
* A heretic helping nukies kill people to blow up the station, with their justification being "I hate them and want them to die" - Kind of flimsy, but assuming there's RP to be had between the nuke ops about letting them live/escape with them, this could be acceptable.
* A changeling refusing to absorb anyone because they're vegan - Silly, but okay, I guess I could see it.
* A traitor helping defend a malfunctioning AI that just pulled delta because they were nice to them or helped them earlier - This is fine.
* A traitor helping defend a malfunctioning AI that just pulled delta for literally no justifiable IC reason - This is not.
Keep in mind that none of this is meant to punish players for playing sub-optimally or doing things that don't help them greentext, it's meant to encourage people to have a good IC reason if they intend to prevent themselves from being able to do their goals for the sake of helping another antag.
E: Also none of this applies to team antags, there's already rulings against doing things that actively harm your team.
