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Standard Cyborgs at Round Start - Chike101 - 02-02-2014
The title essentially says it all. The purpose of light cyborg sets were for making faster cyborgs with a low resource cost. The downsides to this is that they look really weird AND they're really weak compared to Standard borgs.
In summary: Make Standard borgs the roundstart borgs for convenience and coolness. No good reason not to.
Re: Standard Cyborgs at Round Start - Embolism - 02-02-2014
The primary purpose of Light Cyborgs is actually, I think, to nerf people who round-start as Borgs hoping to become rogue and be robust. It obviously isn't for saving material because that's never a problem for Roboticists.
Also as someone who plays round-start Borg a lot I prefer the light frame, it looks cooler and is faster.
Re: Standard Cyborgs at Round Start - Spy_Guy - 02-02-2014
Embolism Wrote:The primary purpose of Light Cyborgs is actually, I think, to nerf people who round-start as Borgs hoping to become rogue and be robust. It obviously isn't for saving material because that's never a problem for Roboticists.Agreed.
Also as someone who plays round-start Borg a lot I prefer the light frame, it looks cooler and is faster.
As someone who also plays round-start borg I find the light frame sturdy enough to get into shenanigans with and also prefer not being painfully slow like the standard borg.
Plus, if a borg doesn't like its scrawny frame, then that's just more to do for the roboticists who tend to be pretty starved for work otherwise.
Re: Standard Cyborgs at Round Start - epicdwarf - 02-02-2014
Idea: Have it be a 38% chance for someone to spawn as a standard Borg. Also, can we please have some more customization at spawn? Usually robotists don't take customization requests of borgs.
Re: Standard Cyborgs at Round Start - Chike101 - 02-02-2014
epicdwarf Wrote:Idea: Have it be a 38% chance for someone to spawn as a standard Borg. Also, can we please have some more customization at spawn? Usually robotists don't take customization requests of borgs.I remember the one time I painted a borg, and the ensuing ooh's and aah's as a result. Crimson red super borgs looks spectacular.
But yeah, a neat ass compromise would be an option at round start, or at least that percentile of a chance.
Re: Standard Cyborgs at Round Start - KikiMofo - 02-02-2014
Chike101 Wrote:I love when I'm HoS and I'm borgged and put on the beret and have someone color me red. It looks so cool.epicdwarf Wrote:Idea: Have it be a 38% chance for someone to spawn as a standard Borg. Also, can we please have some more customization at spawn? Usually robotists don't take customization requests of borgs.I remember the one time I painted a borg, and the ensuing ooh's and aah's as a result. Crimson red super borgs looks spectacular.
But yeah, a neat ass compromise would be an option at round start, or at least that percentile of a chance.
Re: Standard Cyborgs at Round Start - TheNewTeddy - 02-03-2014
I'm still new, but as someone who is frequently a borg, I actually think this is a bad idea IMO. In exchange for getting all-access at the get go, you are stuck with a "standard" body. I consider this so-called standard stuff to be a bonus. Perhaps a simple re-wording of the parts is needed to make clear what's standard and what's bonus.