Goonhub
06-09-2024, 11:13 AM
I think I see a lot of confusion on what kind of interactions are needed between antags and their potential victims. Many antags on Classic have an appearance alone that gives you the whole, "Oh! That's the bad guy!" This includes seeing a red and black clad Syndicate Agent/Nukie, a transformed werewolf, a wizard, shambling abomination, blob, flock, etc. In these cases, you know what is coming. The surprise from these particular antags can be just the sudden appearance of the blatantly obvious evil entity. What you do from that point onward is up to you.
I use to play medical doctor on Classic quite a bit, but I just got tired of wordlessly being murdered by none of the aforementioned antags. It genuinely made me paranoid about being near anyone which was meta and not fun to the point I just stopped playing Classic. While I don't need someone to escalate and say, "I'm going to kill you." on Classic specifically, I would like some interaction at the very least. It could just be, "Hey you got a fly on your back, let me get it off you." or "You're doing a great job, here's your reward." then proceed to pullout the weapon and murder me, sting me as a ling, etc. You'd still have the element of surprise like many antags want to have and I may very well likely get a laugh out of it and it makes dying enjoyable.
Another problem I've had is when John Staffy has already stolen all of medbay's first aid kits and hacked every vendor in medbay by minute 5, all without saying a single word. Never mind whether they're an antag or not in this case. If I am wanting to be a medical doctor, someone like John Staffy here defeats the purpose of my role if they just silently steal everything from my department. All I would want at the least in this case is just a simple, single sentence interaction: "Can I have X-Y-Z?"
I use to play medical doctor on Classic quite a bit, but I just got tired of wordlessly being murdered by none of the aforementioned antags. It genuinely made me paranoid about being near anyone which was meta and not fun to the point I just stopped playing Classic. While I don't need someone to escalate and say, "I'm going to kill you." on Classic specifically, I would like some interaction at the very least. It could just be, "Hey you got a fly on your back, let me get it off you." or "You're doing a great job, here's your reward." then proceed to pullout the weapon and murder me, sting me as a ling, etc. You'd still have the element of surprise like many antags want to have and I may very well likely get a laugh out of it and it makes dying enjoyable.
Another problem I've had is when John Staffy has already stolen all of medbay's first aid kits and hacked every vendor in medbay by minute 5, all without saying a single word. Never mind whether they're an antag or not in this case. If I am wanting to be a medical doctor, someone like John Staffy here defeats the purpose of my role if they just silently steal everything from my department. All I would want at the least in this case is just a simple, single sentence interaction: "Can I have X-Y-Z?"