Goonhub
07-19-2019, 08:43 AM
I think that reworks take more effort but typically achieve better results, whereas easy tweaks (moving the robust-tec, for example) usually just improves balance, but not as much as reworks can.
Since a rework would take time, perhaps it would be wise to temporarily relocate the robust-tec to a more difficult-to-access location? As it stands, the current danger you are exposed to when acquiring the robust-tec implants is moderate, but low if you know what you're doing. As the Robust-Tec is a powerful implant, it should be more difficult to acquire, for sure, rather than simply relocated - as soon as the first person finds it and tells everyone where it is, then we're back to square 1. Getting to where the implant is should be fairly easy - actually getting in there and making it out with the implant, alive, is the hard part.
My current possible propositions (so, not having to use them all) for making the robust-tec harder to acquire are as follows:
1) Make acquiring it time-sensitive. You would only have a certain amount of time before something happens (e.g a self-destruct sequence initiates on the ship it's in, and by accessing the room it's in, you inherently trigger this sequence), or you have to restart if you mess up/don't complete the puzzle/problem in time.
2) Randomization. Enough to the point where you don't know exactly what you have to prepare to handle, but not too much to the point where it's just utterly unpredictable and impossible to prepare for. I'm not sure how this could work, but perhaps relocating the implant to a station/structure in the debris field which has a randomly determined layout, hazards, and treasure locations. I think that this latter option could be rather interesting - a maze/labyrinth of sorts which is unique from round to round, with new hazards and possibly loot that isn't guaranteed (e.g you may find a laser gun in a wall safe one round and some skulls in another round). The robust-tec would likely be located in an area that is themed around medicine/research and such, of course.
Since a rework would take time, perhaps it would be wise to temporarily relocate the robust-tec to a more difficult-to-access location? As it stands, the current danger you are exposed to when acquiring the robust-tec implants is moderate, but low if you know what you're doing. As the Robust-Tec is a powerful implant, it should be more difficult to acquire, for sure, rather than simply relocated - as soon as the first person finds it and tells everyone where it is, then we're back to square 1. Getting to where the implant is should be fairly easy - actually getting in there and making it out with the implant, alive, is the hard part.
My current possible propositions (so, not having to use them all) for making the robust-tec harder to acquire are as follows:
1) Make acquiring it time-sensitive. You would only have a certain amount of time before something happens (e.g a self-destruct sequence initiates on the ship it's in, and by accessing the room it's in, you inherently trigger this sequence), or you have to restart if you mess up/don't complete the puzzle/problem in time.
2) Randomization. Enough to the point where you don't know exactly what you have to prepare to handle, but not too much to the point where it's just utterly unpredictable and impossible to prepare for. I'm not sure how this could work, but perhaps relocating the implant to a station/structure in the debris field which has a randomly determined layout, hazards, and treasure locations. I think that this latter option could be rather interesting - a maze/labyrinth of sorts which is unique from round to round, with new hazards and possibly loot that isn't guaranteed (e.g you may find a laser gun in a wall safe one round and some skulls in another round). The robust-tec would likely be located in an area that is themed around medicine/research and such, of course.