ling is shite right now, this everybody knows.
This is my suggested rework of changelings, I have completed the disguise ability. (and already have conflicts ;-;7)
It's based around the idea of an antag who goes loud multiple times but has many abilities to lose heat. This is generally pretty hard normally.
The chief ability of this antag would be a buffed disguise ability:
1. copies DNA (appearance, race, mutations, etc)
2. Copies all clothing a la abductor, but not broken easily. The antag is equipped with "flesh" items that are renamed and resprited to match the apperance of the person they stung. These are NODROP and offer no protection or functionality at all, but look exactly like they should. Clothing that the person is currently wearing is not dropped, so you can copy parts of a disguise just by wearing clothing in those slots. (im currently debating on whether there should be proper flesh PDAs and backpacks, the main obstacle to the former is that it would be annoying to code.)
They would also get all powers for free. This just makes it so things dont go unused.
However, a bunch of powers will be removed:
- Armblade, probably.
- Hallucination sting (dumb griff power)
- Transformation sting (dumb griff power)
- armblade sting (dumb griff power)
- Spiders will be changed a lot at least, currently they fall into the category of dumb griff powers.
- MAYBE mutesting?
- Stamina dart (neurotoxin-like dart that does a lot of stamina damage)
- Power that makes them invisible while standing still
Lings might also become a secondary antag like abductors instead of being in so many rounds.
P.S. i doubt i can make lings worse than they are.