Goonhub
01-27-2023, 06:35 AM
Given how useful menders are in crises, I'd say we probably shouldn't touch them.
That said, I concur with this comment; sending any kind of medical produce to Medbay is something that, at best, will get you a response of "oh, cool," from the doctors on staff. And by that I don't mean stuffing it in the mail chute wordlessly - I mean literally walking into medbay, telling a doctor on staff what I brought, dumping it on the floor to show them and then putting it in the Reagent Extractor, and telling them that they should use it for things and stuff. There's, uh, not a lot of appreciation for it, at least outwardly. I guess I'd have to ask, but I doubt any of the synthmeat or varieties of Venne that I've sent over (the former of which is perfect for menders) ever actually gets used. And forget about making synthorgans - organ transplants are the stuff of RP, I don't think I've seen one happen a single time in classic. Unless you're trying to make wacky food (heartburgers, brainbread, etc.) it's better to stick to synthlimbs for when you invariably come across someone poor soul that's been delimbed by a katana wielding maniac or the crusher, since there's a fat chance anyone else will help 'em.
Patches do end up being useful for anyone that is caught outside of the sphere of influence of medbay and the medical borgs, but they're generally far inferior to menders. Same goes for hyposprays, simply because their chemical capacity is laughable (and you also can't get them from a Chemaster).
On the flip side, it's worth noting that the limit for the number of patches that can fit in a patch box is really high - a patch box can contain more medical chems in it than a single Automender could ever hope to have. (A box with 40 patches in it has a maximum 600u of chemicals that it can apply to patients, since patches only apply half of their contents to the patient, and I think the limit on patches held is higher than that.) However, having to manually click to take patches out means that it's rather cumbersome compared to a mender, so I'm sure a doctor would not favor patches over menders in nearly any situation.
(01-26-2023, 09:42 PM)Dhaidburt Wrote: I've honestly ran into the same thing as botany, making patches or other healing medicine and medbay just.. does not care. I think your efforts could be better used elsewhere, such as sending out patches to other departments who may need it or just in general. They don't have menders, and depending on the map they could be too far away from medbay to heal up before they die.
That said, I concur with this comment; sending any kind of medical produce to Medbay is something that, at best, will get you a response of "oh, cool," from the doctors on staff. And by that I don't mean stuffing it in the mail chute wordlessly - I mean literally walking into medbay, telling a doctor on staff what I brought, dumping it on the floor to show them and then putting it in the Reagent Extractor, and telling them that they should use it for things and stuff. There's, uh, not a lot of appreciation for it, at least outwardly. I guess I'd have to ask, but I doubt any of the synthmeat or varieties of Venne that I've sent over (the former of which is perfect for menders) ever actually gets used. And forget about making synthorgans - organ transplants are the stuff of RP, I don't think I've seen one happen a single time in classic. Unless you're trying to make wacky food (heartburgers, brainbread, etc.) it's better to stick to synthlimbs for when you invariably come across someone poor soul that's been delimbed by a katana wielding maniac or the crusher, since there's a fat chance anyone else will help 'em.
Patches do end up being useful for anyone that is caught outside of the sphere of influence of medbay and the medical borgs, but they're generally far inferior to menders. Same goes for hyposprays, simply because their chemical capacity is laughable (and you also can't get them from a Chemaster).
On the flip side, it's worth noting that the limit for the number of patches that can fit in a patch box is really high - a patch box can contain more medical chems in it than a single Automender could ever hope to have. (A box with 40 patches in it has a maximum 600u of chemicals that it can apply to patients, since patches only apply half of their contents to the patient, and I think the limit on patches held is higher than that.) However, having to manually click to take patches out means that it's rather cumbersome compared to a mender, so I'm sure a doctor would not favor patches over menders in nearly any situation.