Assistant as a priority job

[Poorman]

Hoenstly, I like to play real jobs but I'd like the option of just letting it be a toggle. I have to assume that they had to make that change at one point, but I really don't understand how it could be productive. Letting someone keep assistant on their possible role list instead of the only job they can take if they want to play it seems like a reasonable thing.

[Saegrimr]

Theres already a toggle for "Be assistant if no jobs available" rather than "Random job if no jobs available"

This is what you're asking for right? If you don't get to be a roboticist then it just makes you a greyshirt?

[Poorman]

No, I'm talking about it just being like a regular job, something you can set to a priority.

[Saegrimr]

So you want it to have a higher chance to roll assistant but still have other jobs selected below it, I understand now.

[Poorman]

Yes

[Jalleo]

That is difficult under our current setup.

[CPTANT]

That is difficult under our current setup.

Why is assistant handled different from the rest of the jobs?

[Zero Ziat]

Yeah, I'd like for the ability to play as Assistant when latejoining to be a thing again, too.

[Jalleo]

Its the last job to be handed out anyone in the list at that point can only get assistant.

[Remie Richards]

Assistant is literally hardcoded to be the last possible job you can be given.
Even the randomjob proc deliberately rolls again if it hits assistant.

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/datum/subsystem/job/proc/GiveRandomJob(mob/new_player/player)
	Debug("GRJ Giving random job, Player: [player]")
	for(var/datum/job/job in shuffle(occupations))
		if(!job)
			continue
		if(istype(job, GetJob("Assistant"))) // We don't want to give him assistant, that's boring!
			continue

		...

[PKPenguin321]

That is difficult under our current setup.

Why is assistant handled different from the rest of the jobs?

aside from the reasons listed, it's also because there is used to be no cap on assistants, meaning that if you wanted to be an assistant, you could, guaranteed. Because it was the only job that was guaranteed, there was no point in making you have to roll for it with a low/med/high priority system, so they put it on an On/Off system.

[Gun Hog]

Assistant is supposed to be the "job" that gets assigned when there are no other options, or for newbies. They are the lowest of the low, common and uninteresting. Population caps and anti-greytide measures have resulted in them having a limit, but it is still meant to be the slot you get for when you can find nothing better.

[Takeguru]

I wish I could latejoin as assistant again.

Late join cargo tech is the next best thing but then I'm sort of expected to actually DO something and I don't like that

Also, the shorts are ugly as piss and I don't like needing to change out of them

[DemonFiren]

Latejoin as lawyer, librarian, chaplain.

[Takeguru]

Librarian is awful, and I crash whenever I try to use the external archive.

Chaplain is an RP job some people actually enjoy, so I avoid taking it so they can do their stuff.

I do join as lawyer a lot, but not having maint access blows and I can't be arsed to ask for it.