Goonhub
07-21-2013, 09:14 PM
Item: Emergency Supplies
Cost: A lot more than they're worth
Basically, traitors who were caught in unfortunate situations could spend their crystals on things they could, under normal circumstances, acquire on the station, but didn't and are now fucked without. For example, Bob Mctraitor has just been hit by a bomb. He's lost an arm and is in crit and barely conscious. With no assistance, he bleeds to death and the round is over for him. But, he had his PDA with him and crystals in it. The syndicate can beam him guns and gadgets. Why can't he get an emergency medical kit containing medicine and something to cauterize his stump with? It should cost a lot to discourage people from using it to be lazy and to force people to make a trade off between saving themselves and buying cool traitor shit. I think that traitor PDAs should, in addition to their current weapons and gear, offer a selection of useful but overpriced mundane items. Like medical supplies, toolkits, internals; that sort of thing. If the AI bolts you into a room and you've got ten crystals in your PDA you shouldn't have to resort to buying a bomb and setting it off on the other side of the room in the hopes that it will take down the wall without shredding you. You should be able to get an overpriced door-hacking kit and bust yourself out in exchange for 4-5 crystals. As it stands you can get a gun for as little as 2 crystals but if you're stuck in an airless room then you can buy guns, bombs, cloaking devices and all kinds of cool shit but none of that can help you nearly as much as an air tank and a breath mask.
Cost: A lot more than they're worth
Basically, traitors who were caught in unfortunate situations could spend their crystals on things they could, under normal circumstances, acquire on the station, but didn't and are now fucked without. For example, Bob Mctraitor has just been hit by a bomb. He's lost an arm and is in crit and barely conscious. With no assistance, he bleeds to death and the round is over for him. But, he had his PDA with him and crystals in it. The syndicate can beam him guns and gadgets. Why can't he get an emergency medical kit containing medicine and something to cauterize his stump with? It should cost a lot to discourage people from using it to be lazy and to force people to make a trade off between saving themselves and buying cool traitor shit. I think that traitor PDAs should, in addition to their current weapons and gear, offer a selection of useful but overpriced mundane items. Like medical supplies, toolkits, internals; that sort of thing. If the AI bolts you into a room and you've got ten crystals in your PDA you shouldn't have to resort to buying a bomb and setting it off on the other side of the room in the hopes that it will take down the wall without shredding you. You should be able to get an overpriced door-hacking kit and bust yourself out in exchange for 4-5 crystals. As it stands you can get a gun for as little as 2 crystals but if you're stuck in an airless room then you can buy guns, bombs, cloaking devices and all kinds of cool shit but none of that can help you nearly as much as an air tank and a breath mask.