Goonhub
05-01-2024, 03:06 AM
Just wanted to voice some concerns about MedSci which are both my own and others I've heard which I may to some degrees attempt to address and would like second opinions.
Medsci has been in a rather weird position for a while, each part for completely separate reasons. Science has near no demand in regards to crew responsibilities, other then artsci formally. Medical while protected by rulings on RP has really bad tiding culture on classic which gives powergamers a hoarded supply that either results in them avoiding medbay or the staffing itself for the rest of the round, crippling doc numbers due to the lack of demand from them being ignored (medborgs also render docs obsolete due to internalised creation of heals to all 4 damages). I'm not going to get into robotics here cause I know that there's a active solution attempt there (augmentations).
This is what I really want input on for this topic before making anything:
1. Do you like the laidback/carefree lack of responsibility that science currently has? Would people want more responsibility/accountability as science?
2. I am considering adding Scientist Training as a trait, which from what I can look at in order to make scientists more depended on for certain access may be things that could be anti-QOL as following.
Making Artifact markings scientist only (I doubt that John Tide the staffie IC would be able to recognise the markings of a anomaly, feels like anyone unqualified touching a artifact should really have a fuck around and find out aspect anyway.)
Chemical accidents (Bartender would also be exempt medical considering 3.) (going back to John Tide the staffie, while their player may have the full knowledge on a spreadsheet OOC, is the untrained John Tide really able to perfectly pull off perfect pouring of volatile chemicals without any chance of risk without a OOC mistake?) I can tell this would be controversial cause anti-QOL, please give better alternatives if you got one.
3. What are people's thoughts on Pharmacies? Medbays usually don't run out of their supplies except maybe char but I feel like most demand that Chem could ever get from anywhere on station is made naught from this private one, pharmacies are also very tided due to medical goon1 culture crippling demand to chemists (bar too as well).
4. Should medicals stockpile get nerfed? alot of firstaid kits being tided give people a lack of a need to return to medical without surgery or a long duration from already obtained supplies. I don't remember the last time I've seen a empty nanomed either.
5. Thoughts on taking away medborg surgery to give human doctors a guaranteed demand in medical?
6. Do you like the merged technicality of MedSci, would you like them to be seperate?
7. Any solutions to the things I've brought up that I haven't made a dot point?
Medsci has been in a rather weird position for a while, each part for completely separate reasons. Science has near no demand in regards to crew responsibilities, other then artsci formally. Medical while protected by rulings on RP has really bad tiding culture on classic which gives powergamers a hoarded supply that either results in them avoiding medbay or the staffing itself for the rest of the round, crippling doc numbers due to the lack of demand from them being ignored (medborgs also render docs obsolete due to internalised creation of heals to all 4 damages). I'm not going to get into robotics here cause I know that there's a active solution attempt there (augmentations).
This is what I really want input on for this topic before making anything:
1. Do you like the laidback/carefree lack of responsibility that science currently has? Would people want more responsibility/accountability as science?
2. I am considering adding Scientist Training as a trait, which from what I can look at in order to make scientists more depended on for certain access may be things that could be anti-QOL as following.
Making Artifact markings scientist only (I doubt that John Tide the staffie IC would be able to recognise the markings of a anomaly, feels like anyone unqualified touching a artifact should really have a fuck around and find out aspect anyway.)
Chemical accidents (Bartender would also be exempt medical considering 3.) (going back to John Tide the staffie, while their player may have the full knowledge on a spreadsheet OOC, is the untrained John Tide really able to perfectly pull off perfect pouring of volatile chemicals without any chance of risk without a OOC mistake?) I can tell this would be controversial cause anti-QOL, please give better alternatives if you got one.
3. What are people's thoughts on Pharmacies? Medbays usually don't run out of their supplies except maybe char but I feel like most demand that Chem could ever get from anywhere on station is made naught from this private one, pharmacies are also very tided due to medical goon1 culture crippling demand to chemists (bar too as well).
4. Should medicals stockpile get nerfed? alot of firstaid kits being tided give people a lack of a need to return to medical without surgery or a long duration from already obtained supplies. I don't remember the last time I've seen a empty nanomed either.
5. Thoughts on taking away medborg surgery to give human doctors a guaranteed demand in medical?
6. Do you like the merged technicality of MedSci, would you like them to be seperate?
7. Any solutions to the things I've brought up that I haven't made a dot point?