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    Thread: Ways to Deafen Near Death Gasps.
Post: RE: Ways to Deafen Near Death Gasps.

This should probably be a thing for the 'paralisys' status effect as well.
colossusqw Ideas & Suggestions 10 911 12-09-2024, 01:24 PM
    Thread: Fishing could stand to not be a job tied thing
Post: Fishing could stand to not be a job tied thing

That's about it, botany already has a lot going on and fishing seems like something more of the crew could stand to enjoy, it's already a pretty mobile job with where you need to go for each fish so i...
colossusqw Ideas & Suggestions 4 572 10-14-2024, 09:08 AM
    Thread: Lever Action Weapons?
Post: RE: Lever Action Weapons?

I'd love to see some kind of SOMEWHAT available varmint rifle thing. Like a .22 two handed gun that you need to pump/cock between shots, but can have the 10 rounds a mag carries in it..
colossusqw Ideas & Suggestions 8 784 09-30-2024, 07:47 AM
    Thread: Gas Mask QoL reduction
Post: RE: Gas Mask QoL reduction

I feel like some minor visibility loss could do the trick, similar to how the steel masks work atm. It's relevant to non-antags, but it doesn't disrupt most non-combat related activities. Want to work...
colossusqw Ideas & Suggestions 14 1,298 09-25-2024, 07:43 AM
    Thread: Overlooked and possibly undertuned chems
Post: Overlooked and possibly undertuned chems

We have quite a lot of chems, but relatively speaking, not all that many that generally gather much attention or love when compared to the whole, some barely seeing any use at all. While a part of tha...
colossusqw General Discussion 6 971 08-27-2024, 05:48 AM
    Thread: Locker-Knight: Ned Kelly DIY, Staff assistant built this in a maint, with scrap etc.
Post: RE: Locker-Knight: Ned Kelly DIY, Staff assistant ...

I was working on something on the way of staffie armor a few days back, with the following concept: - it takes a big-ish amount of metal plates to make(with a welder) - it can't be stored in backpac...
colossusqw Ideas & Suggestions 9 882 08-08-2024, 07:48 AM
    Thread: Deep maintenance Z level
Post: Deep maintenance Z level

A thing i've noticed with maintenance tunnels, especially within a lot of the smaller maps, is they tend to have this shallow feel to them, not in the content shallow sense, but in the sense that no m...
colossusqw Ideas & Suggestions 21 2,257 08-06-2024, 09:15 AM
    Thread: More varied changeling stings
Post: More varied changeling stings

A bit back, we had a short lived solipsizine sting, which was quickly found to be 'UH-OH' due to people stacking it with the capu sting and that being very powerful. I really like the idea of a solip...
colossusqw Ideas & Suggestions 9 1,058 07-29-2024, 07:55 AM
    Thread: Thoughts and suggestions on medical department
Post: RE: Thoughts and suggestions on medical department

Hmmm, i gotta agree with that, tbh.
colossusqw Ideas & Suggestions 41 5,633 06-22-2024, 10:49 AM
    Thread: Thoughts and suggestions on medical department
Post: RE: Thoughts and suggestions on medical department

Giving death more impact should definitely be a thing, and cloning in it's current form is just kinda anthitetical to that. I've been running puritan on most of my characters for ages and hadn't had p...
colossusqw Ideas & Suggestions 41 5,633 06-22-2024, 09:04 AM
    Thread: Have miasma clouds from rotting corpes include chems from the body
Post: RE: Have miasma clouds from rotting corpes include...

It would also be an interesting incentive for people to actually preserve bodies with formaldehyde or the morgue.
colossusqw Ideas & Suggestions 14 1,485 06-19-2024, 08:33 AM
    Thread: Have miasma clouds from rotting corpes include chems from the body
Post: RE: Have miasma clouds from rotting corpes include...

Oooh boy that sounds delightfully devilish.
colossusqw Ideas & Suggestions 14 1,485 06-18-2024, 07:53 AM
    Thread: A new "Classic-RP" server variant
Post: RE: A new "Classic-RP" server variant

I think it'd be good to reiterate something i've said a few times, that is: - A lot of what makes SS13 fun and complex, the systems that require preparation and interact with eachother and the rest o...
colossusqw Ideas & Suggestions 56 7,227 06-11-2024, 08:46 AM
    Thread: Should cat ears get a resprite?
Post: RE: Should cat ears get a resprite?

Yess a resprite feels absolutely necessary. They don't really fit with some of the newer sprites rn.
colossusqw Ideas & Suggestions 8 1,003 06-11-2024, 08:36 AM
    Thread: The Phaser Rifle! (No PR just Idea Goofing.)
Post: RE: The Phaser Rifle! (No PR just Idea Goofing.)

I do agree that having a less heavyweight, but still two handed and bulky version of the phaser would be very interesting, something that works as a reliable belt slot gun is something i've been wanti...
colossusqw Ideas & Suggestions 3 1,525 06-01-2024, 01:51 PM
    Thread: idead for new fish " Puffer fish "
Post: RE: idead for new fish " Puffer fish "

Attempt at a pufferfish implementation: https://github.com/goonstation/goonstation/pull/19119
colossusqw Good ideas! 12 1,921 05-23-2024, 12:48 PM
    Thread: idead for new fish " Puffer fish "
Post: RE: idead for new fish " Puffer fish "

Ooh i had something similar i was testing, with batrachotoxin, the poison dart frog chemical, but this seems more interesting than that, even. I could probably try my hands at it for a nice angler/che...
colossusqw Good ideas! 12 1,921 05-22-2024, 01:52 PM
    Thread: Current chemistry's main probable issue
Post: Current chemistry's main probable issue

When i see people talking about what they think chemistry's main source of trouble currently is, one thing that sometimes is brought up is it's being "directionless" in the sense that you don't really...
colossusqw General Discussion 13 2,374 05-22-2024, 01:45 PM
    Thread: Energy Drink Reagent deals minor kidney damage
Post: RE: Energy Drink Reagent deals minor kidney damage

Lord_earthfire Wrote: (03-21-2024, 02:05 AM) -- I mean, it is kinda nice touch. Then again, energy drink is not often used because if its heart-stopping drawback (and meth existing). It would be a ne...
colossusqw Ideas & Suggestions 5 704 03-22-2024, 05:41 AM
    Thread: Chemistry rework thoughts/feedback
Post: RE: Chemistry rework thoughts/feedback

I've had some more time to think about these changes, and IMO, the main thing i've come to conclude from them is: - Yes, making chems is a part of the fun, but it's combining them in interesting wa...
colossusqw General Discussion 13 2,773 03-18-2024, 08:59 AM
    Thread: Emagged shuttles and RP
Post: RE: Emagged shuttles and RP

Sharing my few cents on the matter: I'd go as far as to say the shuttle control being a IC thing, as opposed to an OOC vote in general is far from ideal. The decision to keep playing a round or not...
colossusqw RP Discussion 13 2,322 03-08-2024, 09:46 AM
    Thread: Salvager captain role
Post: RE: Salvager captain role

What about a "Salvager Operator", basically a guy somewhere else in a computer room. They can swap out between each salvager's helmet cam, talk to them via radio or send them text messages, have some ...
colossusqw Ideas & Suggestions 16 2,334 01-14-2024, 10:15 AM
    Thread: latte machine overhaul ideas
Post: RE: latte machine overhaul ideas

Not exactly the same but it would be nice if the tea and coffee vendor was more of a dedicated coffee machine, having those plastic foam cups that are always the same independent of what you put in th...
colossusqw Ideas & Suggestions 5 790 01-14-2024, 10:05 AM
    Thread: Lower the time investment for gimmicks/things generally?
Post: RE: Lower the time investment for gimmicks/things ...

Honestly, I see the issue the opposite way. I remember old 2 hour rounds and the current pacing worked really well for them, you always had plenty of time to work on everything you needed for a gimmic...
colossusqw Ideas & Suggestions 13 2,054 01-14-2024, 09:58 AM
    Thread: Full-range skin color for Blattodeans (and maybe everyone?)
Post: RE: Full-range skin color for Blattodeans (and may...

I don't have anything to add, the original comment says it pretty succinctly. And I'd have to agree with Solenoid, a trait specifically to enable that kind of customization would be wonderful in the s...
colossusqw Ideas & Suggestions 11 1,642 01-14-2024, 09:52 AM