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Monkey Trait? - TheRealFlapJackson - 04-26-2021
I'd like if we could get a 'start as monkey' trait or spacebux purchase. Is that possible?
RE: Monkey Trait? - Gerhazo - 04-26-2021
Possible: very easily.
Personally I'm opposed since monkey players aren't very conductive to player interaction due to language barrier and increasing their amount would be overall disruptive.
RE: Monkey Trait? - TheRealFlapJackson - 04-26-2021
(04-26-2021, 12:30 PM)Gerhazo Wrote: Possible: very easily.
Personally I'm opposed since monkey players aren't very conductive to player interaction due to language barrier and increasing their amount would be overall disruptive.
Fair, i get that.
RE: Monkey Trait? - babayetu83 - 04-26-2021
(04-26-2021, 12:30 PM)Gerhazo Wrote: Possible: very easily.
Personally I'm opposed since monkey players aren't very conductive to player interaction due to language barrier and increasing their amount would be overall disruptive.
it could have a high point cost and also have one of those translators. or it could have a special translation implant.
RE: Monkey Trait? - KikiMofo - 04-26-2021
A lot of monkey players USE to use monkey genetics as a way to power game. Dunno if thats still a problem but I can see why people wouldnt be down for this trait. The current cost for being a monkey is to get lucky and get the genetic power to make someone a monkey instead of having it immediately from round start.
RE: Monkey Trait? - babayetu83 - 04-26-2021
sure, but not *every* monkey player will do that. making it like 3 points might do the trick since having something so costly might turn people off from it, unless they wanna load up on potentially debilitating flaws and weaknesses
RE: Monkey Trait? - kyle2143 - 04-26-2021
Requiring negative traits wouldn't do much. And letting people start as monkeys and then giving them ways to talk to people basically negates most of their uniqueness.
RE: Monkey Trait? - aft2001 - 04-27-2021
Monkeys are, in my experience, dangerously robust and slippery in the hands of a competent player, which is why I honestly despise test subjects most of the time. They are able to:
Hop over tables without assistance
Mail themselves to places
Abuse a smaller sprite, making them harder to hit
These don't seem like a lot but it makes them SO hard to catch. I would prefer for people to *not* have the ability to start out as a monkey. Also, the language barrier mentioned before hits even harder on the RP servers, where communication is essential.
RE: Monkey Trait? - babayetu83 - 04-27-2021
well, what about a different breed of monkey? ones that aren't bred for endurance and agility that would be suited towards rigorous laboratory work. these ones could be more bred for docility. make their sprite a bit wider and fatter so they're easier to hit, and require an action bar thing to maneuver through tables, rather than being able to just run through them as if they're not there
RE: Monkey Trait? - Brixx79 - 04-27-2021
Switch all the monkey's for orangutans
RE: Monkey Trait? - DimWhat - 04-27-2021
(04-27-2021, 09:24 PM)babayetu83 Wrote: well, what about a different breed of monkey? ones that aren't bred for endurance and agility that would be suited towards rigorous laboratory work. these ones could be more bred for docility. make their sprite a bit wider and fatter so they're easier to hit, and require an action bar thing to maneuver through tables, rather than being able to just run through them as if they're not there
I'd sooner die than have to make another set of monkey sprites.