Goonhub
08-03-2024, 09:07 AM
I sincerely do not believe this would really improve the conditions on the rp servers at all.
The simplest way to put it is: classic and rp are fundamentally different. Trying to apply the same practices to both, specifically in this avenue, is sort of ignoring those differences entirely for little to no benefit on the player’s side.
Secoffs on rp unlike those on classic are required to spend time interacting with people and reacting in a proportional manner to the threats they encounter which naturally takes up more of their time if this time was spent having to go through bureaucracy just to go through doors then this would just be unfun for all involved. There is also an expectation set on them to not go around hacking doors or carrying around a bunch of tools unless necessary for a situation. Officers on classic can carry whatever they want with far less eyebrow raising and hack open a door as they see fit or just handle antags however they need as they do not have these restrictions, so the lesser access works for them. Opening doors or begging for access additionally is not “good rp”, it is a frustrating arbitrary time sink that disproportionately affects newer sec players and the officers who do not immediately go for hacking tools. Easiest way to exemplify this is by posing the question “How much RP do AI’s get from door open requests?” answer being, not a lot.
I also agree with the three posts above in that this would also just put a bunch of random pressure on HoSii who barely get time to enjoy the game as is between managing the chaos and that this is a power lich of a horse that keeps rising from the grave to get beat once again.
To summarize, we should not cut the allocated antag-sec rp timeblock down to replace a portion of it with a “door rp” timeblock otherwise antag-sec interactions would just get worse as a result of being constantly rushed .
The simplest way to put it is: classic and rp are fundamentally different. Trying to apply the same practices to both, specifically in this avenue, is sort of ignoring those differences entirely for little to no benefit on the player’s side.
Secoffs on rp unlike those on classic are required to spend time interacting with people and reacting in a proportional manner to the threats they encounter which naturally takes up more of their time if this time was spent having to go through bureaucracy just to go through doors then this would just be unfun for all involved. There is also an expectation set on them to not go around hacking doors or carrying around a bunch of tools unless necessary for a situation. Officers on classic can carry whatever they want with far less eyebrow raising and hack open a door as they see fit or just handle antags however they need as they do not have these restrictions, so the lesser access works for them. Opening doors or begging for access additionally is not “good rp”, it is a frustrating arbitrary time sink that disproportionately affects newer sec players and the officers who do not immediately go for hacking tools. Easiest way to exemplify this is by posing the question “How much RP do AI’s get from door open requests?” answer being, not a lot.
I also agree with the three posts above in that this would also just put a bunch of random pressure on HoSii who barely get time to enjoy the game as is between managing the chaos and that this is a power lich of a horse that keeps rising from the grave to get beat once again.
To summarize, we should not cut the allocated antag-sec rp timeblock down to replace a portion of it with a “door rp” timeblock otherwise antag-sec interactions would just get worse as a result of being constantly rushed .