Goonhub
07-13-2020, 12:55 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-13-2020, 12:55 PM by Lady Birb. Edited 1 time in total.)
Finally, someone actually criticizing this so I can come up with ways to improve it.
First thing I thought of as an explanation for how the crew will know who the chosen ones are before the terminator arrives. If someone can come up with something better go for it.
Spawning on the station naked was just for the sake of the terminator reference. Could have them spawn as a normal crewmember like lings do instead.
30 minutes was cause at the time I made this thread gang rounds autocalled at 30. Now that gang autocall has been removed the autocall can be pushed back or removed.
The tyrant was mostly designed just to be a plot device that explains why there is a killer robot going after these specific people and why it is important that the crew protects them. The idea of the more bad shit getting sent to the past as chosen ones die/abandon is pretty good though and I might look into that more later.
Being easily exposed is intentional. They are meant to just use their disguise to get close to their target before revealing themselves then running away to disguise again if things get too hairy, unlike lings who are supposed to stay hidden for prolonged periods of time.
Flashes were only included cause they can stun borgs. In hindsight they should definitely be flashproof, and maybe have more stun resistance as well.
This was meant to be a way to make the station gradually become more dangerous to the chosen ones the longer the terminator is alive, encouraging crew to deal with the threat fast instead of hiding until the shuttle arrives.
This was meant to encourage the crew to stick with the chosen ones instead of trying to hunt down the terminator themselves. Considering OMJ also disliked this part I would like to see more people give feedback regarding this one though.
(07-12-2020, 07:16 PM)DJ-Fireball_did_this Wrote: Ok but for real, I have some actual input. Mostly little stuff but still.
Why wizzies?
Why are the wizards so heavily involved with this whole thing? Why are they aware of events that have not happened yet? IIRC their lore doesn't include anything relating to time-travel.
First thing I thought of as an explanation for how the crew will know who the chosen ones are before the terminator arrives. If someone can come up with something better go for it.
Quote:Teleporting onboard.
Look I get that the terminator needs to get on the station somehow, but I'm not sure spawning as a consistent human or without a disguise is a good way to do it. Very quickly, the crew will mob it. Even if it nabs a costume before they can do anything, the crew will know to mob the person it killed from that point on and anytime it kills anybody after that. The only exception being maybe if it leaves the person it copies alive. Maybe instead it could be able to use a randomized one or start with one "free" disguise it doesn't need to photo.
Spawning on the station naked was just for the sake of the terminator reference. Could have them spawn as a normal crewmember like lings do instead.
Quote:Auto-shuttle call.
30 minutes seems kinda early. Maybe it could be after 50 or something? Alternativly it could just allow a shuttle call instead of forcing one, so the round doesn't need to end at pre-determined time, and the crew can take their time defending the chosen ones or killing the terminator. It could also be like old blob where the shuttle can be called as soon as the terminator as dead, since the chosen one prevents the hyperspace jammer and shit from even existing.
30 minutes was cause at the time I made this thread gang rounds autocalled at 30. Now that gang autocall has been removed the autocall can be pushed back or removed.
Quote:The tyrant himself.
I'm very interested in this little part. Why is he sending robots? Is he an AI like the inspiration? Could the fact that this is from the future have a bizzare impact on the round? IE if a chosen one dies, the tyrant sends more bad shit to the past.
The tyrant was mostly designed just to be a plot device that explains why there is a killer robot going after these specific people and why it is important that the crew protects them. The idea of the more bad shit getting sent to the past as chosen ones die/abandon is pretty good though and I might look into that more later.
Quote:Chemical immunity.
I love this part, an antag that can't be instamemed by chemicals as much would be nice.The fact that it doesn't react to chemical burns is also interesting. However, the immunity to styptic powder might make it insanely easy to expose.
Being easily exposed is intentional. They are meant to just use their disguise to get close to their target before revealing themselves then running away to disguise again if things get too hairy, unlike lings who are supposed to stay hidden for prolonged periods of time.
Quote:Flashes.
Why do they work? I'm not sure they should lore-wise. Also, an easy ability to be stunned might take away from the crew mob thing since if you stun enough one guy can just beat it to death.
Flashes were only included cause they can stun borgs. In hindsight they should definitely be flashproof, and maybe have more stun resistance as well.
Quote:Hacking borgs.
This ability seems kinda...pointless. Lore-wise it's weird. Can the terminator just take over robots due to being another robot? And this antag is going for the "whole crew vs X" thing, which should probably include the synthetic crew. It also doesn't really make sense that it can also hack smaller robots for...some reason. Maybe it could just spawn a couple hostile critters instead? The EMP thing that screws up electronics is kinda cool, though.
This was meant to be a way to make the station gradually become more dangerous to the chosen ones the longer the terminator is alive, encouraging crew to deal with the threat fast instead of hiding until the shuttle arrives.
Quote:Chosen one powers.
Like somebody else mentioned, these seem kinda pointless. It would also probably be more interesting for the crew to defend a guy themselves without anything "special".
This was meant to encourage the crew to stick with the chosen ones instead of trying to hunt down the terminator themselves. Considering OMJ also disliked this part I would like to see more people give feedback regarding this one though.