Goonhub
Yes, you have fallen for my clickbait title. A nerf!
Jokes on you, this is actually a fairly reasonable and minor suggestion that just keeps players only slightly more on their toes than the current implementation.
Door hacking as it stands:
Pulse every wire until you find the one that disables the test light. If wearing gloves, just spam through it without repercussion. If not wearing gloves, you'll probably be electrocuted, but no biggie, just go to a different door and don't pulse that same wire again, you dingus.
You have found the one that disables the test light. It is the white wire, second down, in this example. Congrats, now you can hack all the doors on the station with your eyes closed. Just pulse the white wire and crowbar.
My suggestion is twofold:
1. The positioning of wires is randomized on every door.
No, not the function (that would suck) - the order. So the white wire will not always be second down. Its position will be entirely random. This will require the hacker to actually be a little bit more vigilant and actually remember the color rather than just the order.
2. Command (Blue) and Security (Red) doors have their own separate functions each.
This will mean it won't be the white wire for Command or Security. Both have their own separate functions (i.e Red wire for Command, Purple wire for Sec, etc). If you want to hack into the bridge or into security seamlessly, it would be advised to figure out the wire on one of those blue or red doors away from prying eyes, such as figuring it out on the teleporter door or a security outpost respectively.
..Why?
Straightforward door hacking is mind numbingly trivial. It gets complicated when there's something wrong with the door or if the door has been previously messed with, but only slightly.
This suggestion isn't really a nerf at all, but rather a proverberbial banana peel that is designed to trip you (or shock you) if you're not paying attention.
Jokes on you, this is actually a fairly reasonable and minor suggestion that just keeps players only slightly more on their toes than the current implementation.
Door hacking as it stands:
Pulse every wire until you find the one that disables the test light. If wearing gloves, just spam through it without repercussion. If not wearing gloves, you'll probably be electrocuted, but no biggie, just go to a different door and don't pulse that same wire again, you dingus.
You have found the one that disables the test light. It is the white wire, second down, in this example. Congrats, now you can hack all the doors on the station with your eyes closed. Just pulse the white wire and crowbar.
My suggestion is twofold:
1. The positioning of wires is randomized on every door.
No, not the function (that would suck) - the order. So the white wire will not always be second down. Its position will be entirely random. This will require the hacker to actually be a little bit more vigilant and actually remember the color rather than just the order.
2. Command (Blue) and Security (Red) doors have their own separate functions each.
This will mean it won't be the white wire for Command or Security. Both have their own separate functions (i.e Red wire for Command, Purple wire for Sec, etc). If you want to hack into the bridge or into security seamlessly, it would be advised to figure out the wire on one of those blue or red doors away from prying eyes, such as figuring it out on the teleporter door or a security outpost respectively.
..Why?
Straightforward door hacking is mind numbingly trivial. It gets complicated when there's something wrong with the door or if the door has been previously messed with, but only slightly.
This suggestion isn't really a nerf at all, but rather a proverberbial banana peel that is designed to trip you (or shock you) if you're not paying attention.