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Military PDA tweak - Silent Majority - 05-14-2025
Hi ho. The military pda available for syndie purcase at syndie base should, i feel, be tweaked slightly
1: immune to detomatrix.
2: untrackable by packets.
3: better speakers so a sous cart won't burn it out.
Just some random suggestions to spice up and make it useful-er!
RE: Military PDA tweak - Lefinch - 05-14-2025
Probably on all three, certainly on number one. It does not seem most people enjoy the "Well, guess I'm finding the guy who hit my own PDA and killing them/going hard traitor mode" over the years and it seems to put a bit of a crimp on people's antagonism, and we like antagonism.
RE: Military PDA tweak - Kotlol - 05-15-2025
Spiefs, traitors. I just think removing the thing that allows you to do your main antag stuff is rude.
So if someone tries to det a traitor PDA, it will be blocked and it will REVEAL to both who tried to blow you up and who resisted it.
Wich means it can be used to detect other antags.. but the fun part there is... you waste a deto charge and you reveal yourself to someone else.
Great if you want to team up or want to be the last antag standing.
So I am for being immune to deto's
RE: Military PDA tweak - Silent Majority - 05-15-2025
Maybe you could transfer your tator/spief pda status to syndie pda?
RE: Military PDA tweak - aft2001 - 05-15-2025
Being able to remove the uplink from your PDA or headset would be really spiffy, actually. Shove it into a new PDA or radio or headset and toss out the old one when you want to assume a new identity.
RE: Military PDA tweak - Kotlol - 05-15-2025
Having a new uplink would be amazing or change it... or such.
RE: Military PDA tweak - RSOD - 05-16-2025
(05-15-2025, 01:46 AM)Kotlol Wrote: Spiefs, traitors. I just think removing the thing that allows you to do your main antag stuff is rude.
So if someone tries to det a traitor PDA, it will be blocked and it will REVEAL to both who tried to blow you up and who resisted it.
Wich means it can be used to detect other antags.. but the fun part there is... you waste a deto charge and you reveal yourself to someone else.
Great if you want to team up or want to be the last antag standing.
So I am for being immune to deto's
i feel this is a very fun take, as detos now also turn into a "syndie seeker" tool alongside causing ruckus among staff. if you're lucky you'll find your team and get along, otherwise you either get a bunch of crewmembers upset or a csaber through your stomach because "There can only be one".
RE: Military PDA tweak - Lefinch - 05-16-2025
If you went down that route: I'd say make sure the detomatix still costs a charge when it picks up a syndicate target. Just for the basic premise that knowing exactly who another traitor is should have direct cost/benefit fee. You could argue buying the detomatix is that fee, but honestly without it I feel like this is a bit of a stealth "new syndicate item" wearing a detomatix skinsuit and could probably just be separated entirely from it with its own costs.
RE: Military PDA tweak - JORJ949 - 05-16-2025
Its important to note the original suggestion was for the Military PDA found in the syndicate vendor, NOT for any uplink PDAs. But I think making both immune is good, I still remember my spief clown shift where my pda instantly exploded.