Goonhub
02-06-2020, 01:13 AM
(This post was last modified: 02-06-2020, 01:25 AM by Enakai. Edited 1 time in total.)
Hello! I've been trying to wrack my brain a bit about the current state of the armory and its contents. In my opinion, it isn't in a very "useful" spot right now. The tools inside are used for very niche, almost impossibly rare situations or they're just...not good. In my eyes, I see the armory as the final "trump" card of security. If you have a serious threat that ordinary equipment won't cut it for, you go into the armory. However, it feels incredibly bare bones at the moment. I've decided to post this thread after a little bit of discussion yesterday on discord with the hopes of promoting my opinion and suggestions I have, and also getting the wonderful opinions of all you lovely people!
Breaching Tool:
As someone who regularly plays security, something I tend to commonly run into are Rogue AI's/silicons. This tends to occur in most of my rounds, with a lot of situations becoming increasingly difficult to deal with and respond to due to the AI/silicon ability to bolt an airlock down and keep it permanently bolted if they're robust/experienced enough. I would like to suggest that some form of shotgun breaching ammo be added to the Ammo-tech vendor. This ammo type would be effective at "shredding" the bolts on a door, allowing it to either be crowbarred open or potentially even destroying the door completely. This would both give the shotguns in the armory some much needed usage, as well as give security the ability to confidently fight back against rogue tincans.
Pulse Rifle:
This one may seem a little bit...strong. And I can completely understand why, but I would still like to suggest it. Currently, the lawgiver that the HoS possesses has a "pulse" function (which I absolutely adore and advocate for more widespread usage of amongst HoS players). This function allows for the effective disarming and disabling of an opponent with a dangerous, lethal weapon. It's a form of knockback that causes them to fly back several tiles and drop their weapon. I think that having a lower capacity "rifle" variant (for the sake of a good looking sprite) added as a form of countermeasure against nuclear operatives would give security that extra edge against them. To prevent usage with the barrier, perhaps it could be made two-handed?
This is all I could really come up with for now. I'm sure I'll have a few more suggestions down the line. Please, please participate in the discussion if you agree/disagree or even provide your own suggestions! Thanks for taking the time to read.
Breaching Tool:
As someone who regularly plays security, something I tend to commonly run into are Rogue AI's/silicons. This tends to occur in most of my rounds, with a lot of situations becoming increasingly difficult to deal with and respond to due to the AI/silicon ability to bolt an airlock down and keep it permanently bolted if they're robust/experienced enough. I would like to suggest that some form of shotgun breaching ammo be added to the Ammo-tech vendor. This ammo type would be effective at "shredding" the bolts on a door, allowing it to either be crowbarred open or potentially even destroying the door completely. This would both give the shotguns in the armory some much needed usage, as well as give security the ability to confidently fight back against rogue tincans.
Pulse Rifle:
This one may seem a little bit...strong. And I can completely understand why, but I would still like to suggest it. Currently, the lawgiver that the HoS possesses has a "pulse" function (which I absolutely adore and advocate for more widespread usage of amongst HoS players). This function allows for the effective disarming and disabling of an opponent with a dangerous, lethal weapon. It's a form of knockback that causes them to fly back several tiles and drop their weapon. I think that having a lower capacity "rifle" variant (for the sake of a good looking sprite) added as a form of countermeasure against nuclear operatives would give security that extra edge against them. To prevent usage with the barrier, perhaps it could be made two-handed?
This is all I could really come up with for now. I'm sure I'll have a few more suggestions down the line. Please, please participate in the discussion if you agree/disagree or even provide your own suggestions! Thanks for taking the time to read.