Goonhub
08-03-2024, 12:25 PM
I'm confused about this proposed change, it seems the reasoning given is primarily "I don't like that they are different and I would prefer if they weren't." rather than giving an actual reason as to why it's necessary.
I can't recall any egregious instances of RP-Sec access abuse in recent history that would warrant this. If there was an outbreak of rookie officers waltzing into departments looking for evildoers I'd understand it, but primarily the way trouble gets handled on RP is that people specifically call in crimes via radio or PDA, and then Security will arrive on scene. Most of the time that's mid-crime and then being locked out of a chase because you don't have access is a massive hindrance. Besides that, SecOffs spend the majority of their round chilling in the office or talking to people in hallways.
Like people mentioned, RP behaves significantly different than classic when it comes to handling antags. On Classic, it's not uncommon to do a "shoot first, ask questions later" approach, while on RP you sometimes have lengthy interrogation sessions that last longer than the actual prison time. On Classic, people will just radio "AI Law 2 open door", while on RP people are going to be a lot more wordy when asking for access, and by that time the antag got away. Not to mention that I personally dislike forcing the AI to be even more of a glorified door opener than it already is.
I also can't remember the last time an antagonist was executed for being a nuisance unless there was a lot going on and someone had to die to make it manageable, but that's biased on personal experiences.
I can't recall any egregious instances of RP-Sec access abuse in recent history that would warrant this. If there was an outbreak of rookie officers waltzing into departments looking for evildoers I'd understand it, but primarily the way trouble gets handled on RP is that people specifically call in crimes via radio or PDA, and then Security will arrive on scene. Most of the time that's mid-crime and then being locked out of a chase because you don't have access is a massive hindrance. Besides that, SecOffs spend the majority of their round chilling in the office or talking to people in hallways.
Like people mentioned, RP behaves significantly different than classic when it comes to handling antags. On Classic, it's not uncommon to do a "shoot first, ask questions later" approach, while on RP you sometimes have lengthy interrogation sessions that last longer than the actual prison time. On Classic, people will just radio "AI Law 2 open door", while on RP people are going to be a lot more wordy when asking for access, and by that time the antag got away. Not to mention that I personally dislike forcing the AI to be even more of a glorified door opener than it already is.
I also can't remember the last time an antagonist was executed for being a nuisance unless there was a lot going on and someone had to die to make it manageable, but that's biased on personal experiences.