Some thoughts on wraith

[Roomba]

A good wraith is terrifying in a way that no other antag is.  Part of that is simply because wraiths can only be killed if they make a mistake.  No matter how clever you are, no matter how well-equipped you are, no matter how robust you are, if a wraith is playing carefully enough you can't do a damn thing to it.  They are, more than vampires and lings, horror villains.

This is the crux of the issue with buffing wraith. They are one of the least satisfying antags to fight - tediously sprinkle the station with salt, hope the wraith slips up somewhere in sight, and even when you beat it till it disappears you never know if it's dead, so you're constantly on edge. It's not scary, it's rote and boring. Unless something is done to make fighting the wraith less of a chore, people will react tp the new improved wraith in much the same way as the old one - calling the shuttle at the earliest opportunity.

(and no, giving the wraith more 'spooky' features does not actually make it more fun for those on the receiving end, only for the wraith.)