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Realistically should've made this post earlier but eh what can you do.
With the current way spooktober works, to my knowledge from years prior and not hearing about any changes to it this year when spooktober is toggled on ALL of the exclusive jobs are available for latejoins, this is a list of *nineteen* different gimmick roles. Nineteen. That's a fucking lot and from previous spooktobers the gimmick jobs did eat into a lot of the playercount every round. I think it'd be a lot healthier to limit their numbers to a few random ones per round or alternatively having them be tied to days of the week like the daily jobs are already. Also makes it so you don't have Pickle Man:tm: every round and it's more of a treat
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(09-27-2025, 02:42 PM)Danger Noodle Wrote: Realistically should've made this post earlier but eh what can you do.
With the current way spooktober works, to my knowledge from years prior and not hearing about any changes to it this year when spooktober is toggled on ALL of the exclusive jobs are available for latejoins, this is a list of *nineteen* different gimmick roles. Nineteen. That's a fucking lot and from previous spooktobers the gimmick jobs did eat into a lot of the playercount every round. I think it'd be a lot healthier to limit their numbers to a few random ones per round or alternatively having them be tied to days of the week like the daily jobs are already. Also makes it so you don't have Pickle Man:tm: every round and it's more of a treat
He's right and I dont know why it's 1 star. I get the fun of spooktober but every gimmick job is essentially "Staffy with outfit and possible powers."
I'd say limiting them and having haunted toys is enough. I don't say tie them to daily/weekly jobs.. but more or less each shift it picks 4 of them. (+2 haunted toys)
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I would be totally fine with this. October is a fun time, but it can sometimes lead to some interesting crew dynamics on lowpop with essential roles unfilled and most Halloween gimmick roles full. It isn’t a HUGE issue, but can make skeleton crews a little more awkward to run as the Pickle and a discount superhero refuse to contribute to the singuloose incident, or something.
That being said, these situations can also be really funny— which is why I think the use of a limit on which spooky jobs are available during October is a fair solution. Still allows for silliness!
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Another simple idea....
Compile those without powers into "costume wearer" and then when you spawn you PICK your outfit.
Now the limits are removed in having similiar outfit wears, but still only have 3 people doing it.