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Make Trainee roles be tied to how much you've played in that job department - Mikeistaken - 08-23-2025

Issue
As the title says, trainee roles are tied to total rounds played, and not total rounds in the department.

Why this is an issue
Some newbees may have extensive experience in some departments, while completely lacking experience in others before being locked out of all trainee roles, Causing them to feel less welcome to go and try the jobs they where saving to a later date.

Suggestion to fix the issue
Make the trainee roles tied to department rounds played instead of total rounds played to prevent total lockout of all trainee roles. Doing this will make getting into jobs that have trainee roles that you would have been locked out of more easy to get into, as it would no longer be locked. I suggest splitting the 75 round Limit into a 20 round limit per department attached to the trainee roles. (ex. scientist trainee rounds would include scientist and RD while medical trainees would be just medical doctor and medical director included, not just trainees)


RE: Make Trainee roles be tied to how much you've played in that job department - Agent reburG - 08-24-2025


Huh, that definitely makes sense. 
I actually thought it works this way.


RE: Make Trainee roles be tied to how much you've played in that job department - Cleaverwolf - 08-24-2025

Saw somebody complaining about this in the discord, it was interesting to hear this perspective from someone who was new. I think it's a reasonable and good idea to try out.


RE: Make Trainee roles be tied to how much you've played in that job department - WyrdDoe - 08-24-2025

Big ups from me. I'm a creature of habit and wiped out my trainee rounds on medbay before I even touched a second department, and it definitely had a chilling effect on my confidence trying out engineering. I think this is a great solution.