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The captain can already blow assistants now that ERP is unbanned

Apparently, a spider generation virus exists on another codebase. We must port it. At once.
https://i.4cdn.org/vg/1448503247272.png

a spider what. How does that even work.

It works just like the bee or butterfly viruses, except with spiders. You cough up spiderlings, much as a changeling does.

port immediately and toss it in a virus crate.

Repeat from long ago. Fridge magnets. Stick them on things. Putting them on the AI and Borgs adds harmless Ion laws for each one.

Actually not a bad idea, but only if you EMP the magnets first (to, uh... put ionic charge in them?).

ThanatosRa wrote:Repeat from long ago. Fridge magnets. Stick them on things. Putting them on the AI and Borgs adds harmless Ion laws for each one.

yeah this would be pretty funny

let's make xenos always have the GODMODE flag on at all times, move 4x faster, and have infinite plasma. also, let's let all the abilities of every xeno type be used by all xenos, because it only makes sense. also, the queen should have four times her current health, and have a passive jetpack effect so she cant get lost in space. it's only fair because she's supposed to be the strongest, right? let's also let xenos do everything humans can do, literally everything, but also do it 8x faster. it's only fair, they're the superior species, right? also, there should be no delay on making facehuggers (why would a xeno lay eggs? its an alien, sheesh! they dont need eggs!), facehuggers should have 20x their current range (and be able to burrow through obstacles), completely ignore any kind of masks or shields, and instantly turn the target into a xeno instead of having them have a chance to remove the larva. it's only fair since xenos are so reliant on facehuggers in the early game, right guys? gosh, xenos are so underpowered.

also, does anybody know how to make new species selectable at roundstart?

--wjohnston

The one about giving them a jetpack isn't actually that bad. They do need some way to manoeuvre in space - so many aliens accidentally space themselves and can't get back.

TheNightingale wrote:The one about giving them a jetpack isn't actually that bad. They do need some way to manoeuvre in space - so many aliens accidentally space themselves and can't get back.

Having said that, spacing the queen is an important plot point in Aliens as a final way to get rid of it. Giving them jetpacks would make them much more powerful and remove them further from the film canon.

I'd say give them an ability on a timed recharge, gives them a boost in a direction a la fire extinguisher

>joke about buffing xenos in the shitty ideas thread
>people are now seriously talking about buffing xenos

Skeletons should be healed by drinking milk

Make all pet's fox's, dogs are too expensive to breed in space.

Wizards should be able to get a finger gun. makes a pew sound effect when fired, cannot be dropped, and has infinite ammo.

Wizards should be able to designate an arch-enemy for an extra magic charge and make another Wizard who is in direct opposition to the original Wizard.
Their arch-nemesis has just as many charges as they do and roughly the same abilities but they both don't have access to certain abilities, like Lich. The Rival's goal is to kill the original wizard and accomplish their objective to prove that they are the superior Wizard while the original's objectives remain unchanged.

Both spawn on the wizard ship but can't hurt each other because neutral ground/contract magic/fiat from powerful arch-mages known only as "Admins".
For bonus fun, both take an apprentice for extra fun

Anonmare wrote:Wizards should be able to designate an arch-enemy for an extra magic charge and make another Wizard who is in direct opposition to the original Wizard.
Their arch-nemesis has just as many charges as they do and roughly the same abilities but they both don't have access to certain abilities, like Lich. The Rival's goal is to kill the original wizard and accomplish their objective to prove that they are the superior Wizard while the original's objectives remain unchanged.

Both spawn on the wizard ship but can't hurt each other because neutral ground/contract magic/fiat from powerful arch-mages known only as "Admins".
For bonus fun, both take an apprentice for extra fun

Wrong thread, it's like Ragin' Mages but better.

peoplearestrange wrote:pet's fox's

neither of these needed apostrophes and i thought it was important that you know

AI needs a holostamp it can use to stamp papers

newfren wrote:

peoplearestrange wrote:pet's fox's

neither of these needed apostrophes and i thought it was important that you know

Thank you! I see my copywriter is on point with his duties.

>your copywriter

You're replacing me?
You're in breach of contract. Pay me 1500 lizards.

Make the voice changer a mic system that can be placed in any (maybe make it impossible to remove the bug for balance's sake). If Sec suspects you of having traitor gear they'll test for everything half the time so this just protects against the gasmask=suspicious meta.

1g88a wrote:Make the voice changer a mic system that can be placed in any (maybe make it impossible to remove the bug for balance's sake). If Sec suspects you of having traitor gear they'll test for everything half the time so this just protects against the gasmask=suspicious meta.

why did you post this in this thread, metabreakers pretty rarely count as shitty suggestions

1g88a wrote:Make the voice changer a mic system that can be placed in any (maybe make it impossible to remove the bug for balance's sake). If Sec suspects you of having traitor gear they'll test for everything half the time so this just protects against the gasmask=suspicious meta.

Actually this isn't a shitty idea. I agree, a major deficiency in stealth/disguised traitor gear is that everyone knows what it looks like and makes you look suspicious. Like an Assistant wearing brown shoes or a HoP carrying a gasmask in their backpack.
Speaking seriously for a moment, I'd like if the no-slips come in a random colour and the Chameleon Jumpsuit comes as part of a set (I.E. Jumpsuit, Shoes, Gloves, Hat, Exosuit, Headset and belt)

For balancing; the headset would be useless and incapable of transmitting or receiving (By default: looks like a non-departmental headset on examine), the belt is also completely decorative but can look like anything from a toolbelt to a medibelt or a military belt if you're an utter meme (looks like a black fannypack when not calibrated), the exosuit can look like most other exosuits but can hold a greater variety of items - like an O2 tank when it's disguised as a labcoat which makes it look odd. Similar to Changeling fleshclothes come to think of it but can be calibrated and removed with the downside of going haywire when EMP'd.

Add an emag effect to the gravity generator to have it randomly move the gravity left, right, up, down, pinning players and objects against the walls...

Only if all players turn blue.

Additional objectives for traitors that by nature can't be tracked and are just there to encourage them to antag in an interesting way/give them an alternative if they don't like or care about getting greentext for their primary.

People who don't roleplay should lose rule 1 protection. :3

invisty wrote:People who don't roleplay should lose rule 1 protection. :3

Not sure if wrong thread...

Double Agents only the traitors must kill ALL of the other traitors for their greentext. Dress it up as some sort of Tiger Cooperative secret gladiatorial competition using NT property as their arena.

To celebrate the release of the new Star Wars movie, add a crossguard to the energy swords.

Traitor/Ops WP grenade. Weak explosion that sends out several shards of white phosphorous shrapnel that embeds+sets target on fire until removed.

InsaneHyena wrote:To celebrate the release of the new Star Wars movie, add a crossguard to the energy swords.

might be funny to make a joke item like this where if you attach a an energy dagger to an esword, you get the whole T shaped esword and every time you swing it you take some burn damage with a message saying it cuts into your hand

What if we added clown borgs that couldn't be synced to AI laws, their only objectives being to Honk the crew

They would have infinite, 5 minute cooldown banana dispenser
Look like a clown
Have a water sprayer
Airhorn cannon that makes people deaf and stuns them
blow-up cuffs that can be broken out of in 5 seconds
Made by putting 10 bananium in a cyborg exoskeleton then tossing in a brain

Is this the worst idea ever?

Zilenan91 wrote:What if we added clown borgs that couldn't be synced to AI laws, their only objectives being to Honk the crew

They would have infinite, 5 minute cooldown banana dispenser
Look like a clown
Have a water sprayer
Airhorn cannon that makes people deaf and stuns them
blow-up cuffs that can be broken out of in 5 seconds
Made by putting 10 bananium in a cyborg exoskeleton then tossing in a brain

Is this the worst idea ever?

i actually wholly support this, though i know it will never happen =/

They should only be slaved to an AI if it has been carded into a HONK.

Make the Hand of God gods the deities from a certain popular color-coded space pantheon.

that's godus you're talking about right?

Zilenan91 wrote:that's godus you're talking about right?

More severe Ion Storm variant that just takes the current law list and shuffles them around.

Ionic laws sets inspired by
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on the topic of AI laws and shitty ideas:
ASCII-mov, which forces the AI to speak in images and only obey orders from people who communicate with symbols.

Hacking the mining equipment vendor gives miners the ability to purchase a swarmer shell to use on the asteroid.

PKPenguin321 wrote:on the topic of AI laws and shitty ideas:
ASCII-mov, which forces the AI to speak in images and only obey orders from people who communicate with symbols.

Related: Tamarimov, where you can only speak in allegory. "Shaka, when the walls fell." "Temba, his arms wide."

bandit wrote:Hacking the mining equipment vendor gives miners the ability to purchase a swarmer shell to use on the asteroid.

There's like 4 or 5 mining vendors on Box alone
If we don't want every round to turn into swarmers, we could always make it so that if you emag an alien toy it can dispense an alien embryo into people. Aliens are way way easier to deal with than swarmers.

mining vendor should give you an mp3 player that can be equipped on your ear and plays a loop of dwarf fortress music

Zellion wrote:mining vendor should give you an mp3 player that can be equipped on your ear and plays a loop of dwarf fortress music

This is the poor idea thread, not the good idea thread.

Is there even a word for posting good things ironically?

Saegrimr wrote:More severe Ion Storm variant that just takes the current law list and shuffles them around.

This isn't a bad idea though? This is an excellent idea.

PKPenguin321 wrote:on the topic of AI laws and shitty ideas:
ASCII-mov, which forces the AI to speak in images and only obey orders from people who communicate with symbols.

Only if admins still ban humans and lizards that try to communicate back in symbols, unless they type the full name out for each one.