Goonhub
05-05-2024, 02:30 AM
I would say there are msinly three different motivator for doing chemistry:
1. Puzzle solving. This is there at the beginning. You got a chemical with different reaction paths, fail-states (called by some wrongly "noob-traps") and other conditionals. You want to get there optimally. You optimize the way it works for you at best (or actually just get there for some stuff like secret chems). Like some people do chemicompiler scripts, while e.g. i do chemmacros. Other people like bulk-crafting in barrels. There are whole ganes which scratch that itch, like opus magnum.
2. Interaction with others. This means doing the chem gives you RP-moments with other people or throw you in whacky situations. Or they simply make you leave your departments and open you up for situations. This is mostly what we are talking about when we talk about "interdepartmental cooperation".
3. Mechanical rewards. This is mostly the chems themselves. For non-antags, this is very often an enabler for gimmicks, but beyond that trying out your chemicals on a monkey is a neat dopamine rush, which has not much of repeatability.
I think looking at this three motivators can describe why different people have different interests and opinion with chemsci. Some people just want the chems to use them themselves, and the chemgroup removal and chemrework made that more involved. They also don't want to bother with medbay or other people's requests.
Other people want chemistry to be involved/gimmicky, so they can map out their way for optimising it. Like "it's about the way, not the result". I have an excel file with chem-macros for many chemicals, like one which turns 20u of welding into ~30 perfluorodecalin with a single press. These people don't care about the chemicals really, they jusy want the problem-solving aspect. Chem requests are at that point simply applying the routes quickly.
The other group of people want others to interact with them. Very often, you simply don't find them in chemistry, because noone needs them for all.the reasons in this thread. If the other two motivators don't get them into chemistry, they won't play it.
And the last grouo not playing chemistry is the reason why you cannot rely on scientist.
1. Puzzle solving. This is there at the beginning. You got a chemical with different reaction paths, fail-states (called by some wrongly "noob-traps") and other conditionals. You want to get there optimally. You optimize the way it works for you at best (or actually just get there for some stuff like secret chems). Like some people do chemicompiler scripts, while e.g. i do chemmacros. Other people like bulk-crafting in barrels. There are whole ganes which scratch that itch, like opus magnum.
2. Interaction with others. This means doing the chem gives you RP-moments with other people or throw you in whacky situations. Or they simply make you leave your departments and open you up for situations. This is mostly what we are talking about when we talk about "interdepartmental cooperation".
3. Mechanical rewards. This is mostly the chems themselves. For non-antags, this is very often an enabler for gimmicks, but beyond that trying out your chemicals on a monkey is a neat dopamine rush, which has not much of repeatability.
I think looking at this three motivators can describe why different people have different interests and opinion with chemsci. Some people just want the chems to use them themselves, and the chemgroup removal and chemrework made that more involved. They also don't want to bother with medbay or other people's requests.
Other people want chemistry to be involved/gimmicky, so they can map out their way for optimising it. Like "it's about the way, not the result". I have an excel file with chem-macros for many chemicals, like one which turns 20u of welding into ~30 perfluorodecalin with a single press. These people don't care about the chemicals really, they jusy want the problem-solving aspect. Chem requests are at that point simply applying the routes quickly.
The other group of people want others to interact with them. Very often, you simply don't find them in chemistry, because noone needs them for all.the reasons in this thread. If the other two motivators don't get them into chemistry, they won't play it.
And the last grouo not playing chemistry is the reason why you cannot rely on scientist.