Goonhub
04-14-2019, 01:36 PM
Meant to reply to this earlier, but the new suggested rules look good to me!
The only other thing I can think of that might be worthwhile is highlighting some details of Space Law in the rules somehow / recommending that people familiarise themselves with it as assumed IC knowledge? I don't think you really get a view of Space Law in game unless you're a Sec Officer / Lawyer & decide to read the book, but making it more widely known that, for example, the recommended punishment for clone-able murder is 4 minutes in the brig, not summary spacing, (and that spacing a suspect without a trial is a crime itself that should be cared about on RP1) might help discourage valid-hunting/vigilantism, or at least tone it down a bit, and help set expectations/norms. It might also make antagonists a bit less wary of interacting with the crew, and less inclined to go on a rampage vs. being arrested if cornered.
Also, I'll stick it in here but can split out as a separate suggestion if it'd be better: a few of us were spitballing on the discord about antagonist objectives on RP1, as they can sometimes encourage rampages etc. which go a bit against the server ethos, and had the idea of giving people the option to reset their own antag objectives for the first ~5 minutes of the round (I know nothing about the code so completely in the dark on how easy/difficult this would be).
That'd let antags set up their own challenge for the round that aligns to any RP ideas they have, means people don't get locked into rampage objectives, but still let people lock in goals in at the start & be judged against it by other players at round-end, which might help encourage more RP-aligned antagging. (Especially for wolves / vampires etc, where the standard objectives tend to boil down to Kill X people & don't get caught).
It'd probably make sense to make this optional, as it might be a bit much for a new players, so maybe hide it behind a commands button instruction like the 'set DNR' option?
(Though server 1 seems to be on extended most of the time now, so no antags - I assume that's on purpose to try and weed out griefers more easily? Is this likely to be a permanent change? Personally I like a mix of extended/conspiracy/intrigue to spice things up occasionally without getting to server 2 levels of chaos.)
The only other thing I can think of that might be worthwhile is highlighting some details of Space Law in the rules somehow / recommending that people familiarise themselves with it as assumed IC knowledge? I don't think you really get a view of Space Law in game unless you're a Sec Officer / Lawyer & decide to read the book, but making it more widely known that, for example, the recommended punishment for clone-able murder is 4 minutes in the brig, not summary spacing, (and that spacing a suspect without a trial is a crime itself that should be cared about on RP1) might help discourage valid-hunting/vigilantism, or at least tone it down a bit, and help set expectations/norms. It might also make antagonists a bit less wary of interacting with the crew, and less inclined to go on a rampage vs. being arrested if cornered.
Also, I'll stick it in here but can split out as a separate suggestion if it'd be better: a few of us were spitballing on the discord about antagonist objectives on RP1, as they can sometimes encourage rampages etc. which go a bit against the server ethos, and had the idea of giving people the option to reset their own antag objectives for the first ~5 minutes of the round (I know nothing about the code so completely in the dark on how easy/difficult this would be).
That'd let antags set up their own challenge for the round that aligns to any RP ideas they have, means people don't get locked into rampage objectives, but still let people lock in goals in at the start & be judged against it by other players at round-end, which might help encourage more RP-aligned antagging. (Especially for wolves / vampires etc, where the standard objectives tend to boil down to Kill X people & don't get caught).
It'd probably make sense to make this optional, as it might be a bit much for a new players, so maybe hide it behind a commands button instruction like the 'set DNR' option?
(Though server 1 seems to be on extended most of the time now, so no antags - I assume that's on purpose to try and weed out griefers more easily? Is this likely to be a permanent change? Personally I like a mix of extended/conspiracy/intrigue to spice things up occasionally without getting to server 2 levels of chaos.)