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Antag idea: "The Rival Company"
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(03-30-2023, 04:36 PM)Kotlol Wrote: The cargo thing is gonna make people meta around the cargo, to prevent this. There will always be 1-2 inflitrants.
Aka people who are hired by NT, but are there to help the company. They will have a company headset and their PDA can mail to the company.
Inflitrants will always be a QM.
They can also print "Stickers" to re-route packages to the "business" from their PDA.

Next change:
INTERACTION.

While theft is fun and all and causing chaos too. I think this company needs another way of doing business and incentive players to interact that isn't "KILL"
"Selling things"
Take the chaplains contracts but make em actual contracts.
Like a life insurance that pays out the moment you die kinda stuff.
Have players want to "help" antagonists to get things in return.

Having it locked to a specific job will limit things, but it also means the informant would need more flexibility. Stickers can be obvious, so I suggest the additional options to either:
A. Have a special barcode modifier you can secretly apply to crates in order to send them out
B. Put a tracker inside of a shipment in order to deliver it to your location instead
C. Have either the option to pay extra for a shipment to go directly, or to have the specific shipment be looped back to the station so you can send it at a more appropriate time.

(03-30-2023, 04:36 PM)Kotlol Wrote: But how will these antags reach their targets? "SPAM MAIL on PDA"
Yep.... thats what I am going with. Pretty much players who have "bounty" stuff on them, can recieve spam mail from these antagonists to setup a deal with them.
"Have a spare Liver? Trade it in at XXX Company for a [insert reward], Come to "LOCATION" and meet a representative."
Heck some of these rewards can be items/stuff that can help a lot during your shift. Aka chemicals or materials that are hard to find.
But the antagonist can also just kill you and swipe it after.

Last but not least:

MLM business models! Cause why not add a pyramid scheme to the company.
The company will have to order items in bulk and sell em off to make their profits. They cannot "BUY 1 ITEM" They have to buy 50 and sells them off.
But this dumb mechanic is just a fun "maybe"

Ah, glorious spam. But spam e-mails aren't the only way people try and get you to buy things right? Why not have various options depending on funding, with the cheapest being PDA spam? Paper fliers can be sent out or thrown out like gangs do, maybe even have a promote-bot who runs about the station with flashing lights and loud noises telling you to get this man's liver!

Basically a way to ensure that people can still get the word even if they throw their PDA away out of frustration.
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Antag idea: "The Rival Company" - by Kotlol - 03-29-2023, 04:24 AM
RE: Antag idea: "The Rival Company" - by Kotlol - 03-30-2023, 04:36 PM
RE: Antag idea: "The Rival Company" - by Dhaidburt - 03-30-2023, 08:13 PM
RE: Antag idea: "The Rival Company" - by Kotlol - 03-31-2023, 03:01 AM

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