Chemistry nerfs

[nefarious6th]

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The overall goal of using data disks for chemgroups looks like a potentially good step in the right direction to counteract the issue of copy/pasting in things with minimal effort. Much like MechComp, a similarly powerful game mechanic, Chemistry should require significant in-game time investment, even if you know exactly what you want to do. I quite like this concept and am hoping my fleshing-out of it has done it justice, but it can absolutely go in directions other than what I've described here, such as hosting the groups on the mainframe and having to log in from a Chem Dispenser to use them, or to only be able to find existing groups instead of being able to make your own.

Aft and warc, this is a really brilliant suggestion. I am a Medicore Chem Nerd and this actually seems like it'd be tons of fun, for me at the very least. Balances a powerful tool and adds a sufficient amount of depth to the ~process~ of chemistry. Mirrors the analytical precision of IRL chemistry in a way that makes sense for a space-toot video game mechanic without having to add like.............titration stand mechanics and sit-and-extract-this-pepper-for-4-hours mechanics and fume hood mechanics (a hole in the floor CAN be a fume hood if I want!) and whatever else.

Vague-ish-ly related but I'd also be totally down if this is a sort of rework that happens for some more goal-oriented chemistry things that tie back into it. Zjd's artifact analysis stuff has me thinking up all sorts of other odds and ends. Running analysis of environmental chems from different azones or biomes or whatever, maybe trying to have reactions occur to create in situ chem products in samples; dissolving ore in acid to extract Useful Minerals was a cool idea too; shipping disks with the resulting groups out or taking them back to Central or something, maybe like a loose bounty system to reward creation and shipping of certain high-demand groups. That'd be fun...For me >:^)