Goonhub
06-09-2020, 05:01 PM
Another idea I had pitched in an old Discord conversation and forgot to post.
I had an idea a few months back where a Drone Mothership/Assault Platform could spawn on the station Z-level in an unknown area and generate drones that aggro their way to the station (heat/energy/material gathering reasons?) The spawner would eventually go away after a timer went up, but destroying it earlier with pods or bombs would allow it to drop rare/common materials, pod parts, artifacts, blueprints, etc.
To make it a genuine threat, I would like to propose allowing Buzzsaw Drones to be able to destroy station related blocks/tiles depending on their durability so that they could chew through the station's hull in order to get to their objective and let other drones inside.
The platform could spawn after a warning minutes prior to give players time to prepare. This could be a good way to encourage the pod builders among us to shine without frustrating every other player on the station. It feels like the only point to making pods right now is to use it as an antag (which is frustrating) or to fight one. You could fight drones in the asteroid field for slim pickings or do it just for fun, but eh.
It's also good for people that like to build/repair things or want to use matsci to create defenses against an incoming invasion, both of which could always use some love.
I had an idea a few months back where a Drone Mothership/Assault Platform could spawn on the station Z-level in an unknown area and generate drones that aggro their way to the station (heat/energy/material gathering reasons?) The spawner would eventually go away after a timer went up, but destroying it earlier with pods or bombs would allow it to drop rare/common materials, pod parts, artifacts, blueprints, etc.
To make it a genuine threat, I would like to propose allowing Buzzsaw Drones to be able to destroy station related blocks/tiles depending on their durability so that they could chew through the station's hull in order to get to their objective and let other drones inside.
The platform could spawn after a warning minutes prior to give players time to prepare. This could be a good way to encourage the pod builders among us to shine without frustrating every other player on the station. It feels like the only point to making pods right now is to use it as an antag (which is frustrating) or to fight one. You could fight drones in the asteroid field for slim pickings or do it just for fun, but eh.
It's also good for people that like to build/repair things or want to use matsci to create defenses against an incoming invasion, both of which could always use some love.