Goonhub
03-01-2023, 09:59 AM
This is pretty much what the title says. From an RP player perspective, i see so many people running around with gas masks all the time, from assistants to captains, not just in situations where one would be needed but all the time. While i don't think it's bad for one to like the aesthetics and look of the item, it does bother me how much of a universal buff it is. They block all inhaled smoke and hide ones identity completely, at the cost of a small amount of view tint that can be disabled in the configs.
This can pose issues, mainly to completely invalidade a lot of chemical smoke's effects. It's a hard thing to try and build up to a smoke bomb with anything but cyanide and saxitoxin in it on RP if everyone has a gas mask and will just completely shrug it off. The same can be said on the other side of the situation, where scientists that already start with gas masks can just be completely safe from smoke through the whole round with no downsides whatsoever.
For me, the way to balance gas masks would be similar to how bio suits were balanced, by adding SOME(even if minor) debuff to them. Because as it stands gas masks are a complete buff that is extremely easy to get your hands on and has no catch whatsoever.
Some ideas for possible ways to add a counter effect to balance them i had were:
- Make your screen foggy or limit your vision if you are low on stamina.
- Reduce your stamina regen slightly when worn(2).
- Give a view reduction overlay, akin to welding masks but with twice the view range as to not be as punishing.
Implementing all of these at once would be way too much, but i'd like to know which of them makes the most sense, or what any other counterbalance option you folks could give.
This can pose issues, mainly to completely invalidade a lot of chemical smoke's effects. It's a hard thing to try and build up to a smoke bomb with anything but cyanide and saxitoxin in it on RP if everyone has a gas mask and will just completely shrug it off. The same can be said on the other side of the situation, where scientists that already start with gas masks can just be completely safe from smoke through the whole round with no downsides whatsoever.
For me, the way to balance gas masks would be similar to how bio suits were balanced, by adding SOME(even if minor) debuff to them. Because as it stands gas masks are a complete buff that is extremely easy to get your hands on and has no catch whatsoever.
Some ideas for possible ways to add a counter effect to balance them i had were:
- Make your screen foggy or limit your vision if you are low on stamina.
- Reduce your stamina regen slightly when worn(2).
- Give a view reduction overlay, akin to welding masks but with twice the view range as to not be as punishing.
Implementing all of these at once would be way too much, but i'd like to know which of them makes the most sense, or what any other counterbalance option you folks could give.