The Strelka

[Sundance]

I'm not against having changes done to the strelka - the issue is that removing/changing it would further limit our current options to pod related activities (regardless of it being abused by people).

the big problem right now is that currently pod fights are basically 90% phaser duels, 5% laser/taser fights, and 5% the other rare/expensive weapon systems. Rather than remove a singular pod/weapon, why not spice it up by making it easier for people to get things to deal with it? I recall there used to be some fun pod weapons in the virtual arena thing - bringing some of them back might be fun.

1001% this. I'm heavily against completely removing any features where a more subtle balancing approach can be taken. Sure, if something is flagrantly bad (i'm looking at you, TK Cthulhu wizard) then nerf away, but the Strelka isn't overpowered - it just has no competition if security/HOS isn't present. That can and should be changed.

Additional experimental weaponry for pod weapons could absolutely be dotted around z-levels or bought from traders. More types of pods(& subs) too! This should naturally encourage pod fights where just a straight ol nerf kind of leaves a void in its stead.