Goonhub
08-08-2023, 02:04 AM
My problem with forensics, you never do an autopsy ever. And if you do it gives only "the true cause of death"
My problem with forensics is the following: "Wear gloves, it can take all shift to even find the criminal."
I do like going through the records for partials but the thing is... time + effort.
There is NO POINT in doing extensive forensics as the time and pay out do not match. By the time you uncovered a possible lead, two more murders occured.
Why the detective has bloodtrack wich is amazing. It's too easy for an antagonist to clean themselves and get rid of any evidence.
Wear gloves , kill, then take shower. And if you are in an AI blindspot, you hope no one saw you.
Basically put in SS13 everything moves so fast, that time and effort do not match that of the antagonist.
Let alone single murders tend to be forgotten as before you know it... a giant slime is going to destroy the station on classic.
In my opinion... forensics needs to be faster and the effort and time needs to lead to more concrete evidence.
THAT SAID... the antagonist must also put in MORE effort and TIME to hide evidence.
As for your suggestions, I like em so far. But there is no counterplay for the antagonist to make the "Perfect crime" now.
Antagonists who put in the effort need to be uncatchable for a single murder. Where as detectives/security can do more extensive forensics (wich is faster) to find the culprit.
Even with something like "Removing the victims guts to check if they inhaled a piece of hair that might lead to the murderer's idenity"
Wich now adds the whole: "Cloning the victim and throwing their body into the reclaimer for biomass" or "Do an autopsy for extra evidence"
It just means more choices.
Anyway this is a good route, but I like to add just adding more =/= fix the problem. It's the time spent of the antagonist vs the time spent the detective needs to do. And they just don't add up.
I still think then Antags need more tools to be able to hide evidence like: "Using acid to clean the body of anything" that kinda stuff. More effort from the antagonist to cover their tracks... more good comes out of it.
My problem with forensics is the following: "Wear gloves, it can take all shift to even find the criminal."
I do like going through the records for partials but the thing is... time + effort.
There is NO POINT in doing extensive forensics as the time and pay out do not match. By the time you uncovered a possible lead, two more murders occured.
Why the detective has bloodtrack wich is amazing. It's too easy for an antagonist to clean themselves and get rid of any evidence.
Wear gloves , kill, then take shower. And if you are in an AI blindspot, you hope no one saw you.
Basically put in SS13 everything moves so fast, that time and effort do not match that of the antagonist.
Let alone single murders tend to be forgotten as before you know it... a giant slime is going to destroy the station on classic.
In my opinion... forensics needs to be faster and the effort and time needs to lead to more concrete evidence.
THAT SAID... the antagonist must also put in MORE effort and TIME to hide evidence.
As for your suggestions, I like em so far. But there is no counterplay for the antagonist to make the "Perfect crime" now.
Antagonists who put in the effort need to be uncatchable for a single murder. Where as detectives/security can do more extensive forensics (wich is faster) to find the culprit.
Even with something like "Removing the victims guts to check if they inhaled a piece of hair that might lead to the murderer's idenity"
Wich now adds the whole: "Cloning the victim and throwing their body into the reclaimer for biomass" or "Do an autopsy for extra evidence"
It just means more choices.
Anyway this is a good route, but I like to add just adding more =/= fix the problem. It's the time spent of the antagonist vs the time spent the detective needs to do. And they just don't add up.
I still think then Antags need more tools to be able to hide evidence like: "Using acid to clean the body of anything" that kinda stuff. More effort from the antagonist to cover their tracks... more good comes out of it.