Goonhub
10-14-2021, 06:34 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-14-2021, 06:45 PM by TheMaskedMan2. Edited 1 time in total.
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Okay, you may consider this a slight salt suggestion, but I am still going to suggest this. First let's talk about the Port-a-Brig.
To put it simply, I think the port-a-brig is way too convenient and kind of cheesy and unfun. Let me give you an example. You can stun someone for two seconds, and have enough time to permanently lock them into the port-a-brig with two easy grabs.
You can summon the port-a-brig to you exactly with one pda-click, stick someone in it, and send them deep into Sec to never see the light of day again in an easy three seconds at most.
Applying handcuffs alone takes longer than that. I have even seen the port-a-brig used in combat lately where a slightly disoriented antag is grabbed and stuffed inside within a second, and EVERY sec officer has the ability to summon it instantly. I was just in a round where I was in the port-a-brig for 30 minutes, and the HoS kept summoning it back to him just to reset the timer on it.
I may have the personal opinion that Security is way too overtuned lately, but this is definitely one of them, so I have a few ideas of how to make it less cheesy without entirely removing it.
Option 1: Restrict the File-Program to the HoS, so at the very least not every Sec Officer has an instant Super-Handcuff Summoner. They can still drag it around and use it if they want, but no easy get out of jail free cards.
Option 2: Force people put inside to have to be handcuffed first. So you can't just stun someone for two seconds and slap them inside.
Option 3: The amount of time to put someone inside should be a lot longer. At LEAST as long as getting into a pod.
Option 4: Remove it.
Maybe someone else has better ideas, but I really just think the Port-a-Brig is unfun and too powerful in addition to all of the other tools Security has.
To put it simply, I think the port-a-brig is way too convenient and kind of cheesy and unfun. Let me give you an example. You can stun someone for two seconds, and have enough time to permanently lock them into the port-a-brig with two easy grabs.
You can summon the port-a-brig to you exactly with one pda-click, stick someone in it, and send them deep into Sec to never see the light of day again in an easy three seconds at most.
Applying handcuffs alone takes longer than that. I have even seen the port-a-brig used in combat lately where a slightly disoriented antag is grabbed and stuffed inside within a second, and EVERY sec officer has the ability to summon it instantly. I was just in a round where I was in the port-a-brig for 30 minutes, and the HoS kept summoning it back to him just to reset the timer on it.
I may have the personal opinion that Security is way too overtuned lately, but this is definitely one of them, so I have a few ideas of how to make it less cheesy without entirely removing it.
Option 1: Restrict the File-Program to the HoS, so at the very least not every Sec Officer has an instant Super-Handcuff Summoner. They can still drag it around and use it if they want, but no easy get out of jail free cards.
Option 2: Force people put inside to have to be handcuffed first. So you can't just stun someone for two seconds and slap them inside.
Option 3: The amount of time to put someone inside should be a lot longer. At LEAST as long as getting into a pod.
Option 4: Remove it.
Maybe someone else has better ideas, but I really just think the Port-a-Brig is unfun and too powerful in addition to all of the other tools Security has.