Goonhub
09-05-2021, 08:57 AM
First impressions of arc fiend: I felt like a miscreant more than an antagonist, a very different experience compared to a vampire or a changeling. I like that engineering now has their own antagonist, I have never really dealt with engineers before as they are so isolated from the rest of the station.
Some ideas I had that could improve the enjoyability of this antag:
- Remove the 2000 hard cap for absorbed power. It felt so confusing when at some point my meter just stopped moving. It felt very unsatisfying. Instead of a 2k cap, there could be an "overcharged" state once you go past 2k current power: you would emit sparks to make yourself an extremely obvious Arcfiend, and you could gradually lose power until you reach 2k cap. In any case, I think the Arcfiend should be well rewarded if they can suck power for a long time.
- Give the Arcfiend a power progression like the vampire. Something like maybe a 500 costing EMAG single use once you have sucked more than 5000 power? Or an EMP? Right now Arcfiend feels like a weird mix between antags who don't get strong over time (Like Wizards, werewolves etc.) and those who get rewarded with permanent benefits after being an asshole (such as vampire and changeling)
- Allow them to suck power cells directly. I found it very odd when I just could not refill myself with power cells I found lying around. They have power in them too you know!
Overall I love the concept of this new antagonist, but I feel that it needs more work.
Some ideas I had that could improve the enjoyability of this antag:
- Remove the 2000 hard cap for absorbed power. It felt so confusing when at some point my meter just stopped moving. It felt very unsatisfying. Instead of a 2k cap, there could be an "overcharged" state once you go past 2k current power: you would emit sparks to make yourself an extremely obvious Arcfiend, and you could gradually lose power until you reach 2k cap. In any case, I think the Arcfiend should be well rewarded if they can suck power for a long time.
- Give the Arcfiend a power progression like the vampire. Something like maybe a 500 costing EMAG single use once you have sucked more than 5000 power? Or an EMP? Right now Arcfiend feels like a weird mix between antags who don't get strong over time (Like Wizards, werewolves etc.) and those who get rewarded with permanent benefits after being an asshole (such as vampire and changeling)
- Allow them to suck power cells directly. I found it very odd when I just could not refill myself with power cells I found lying around. They have power in them too you know!
Overall I love the concept of this new antagonist, but I feel that it needs more work.