Goonhub
08-18-2024, 11:37 AM
I'm entirely in favor of this PR and have actually been wanting something like this for a while (wig stapling).
I can't really see any reason not to add this in some way.
From a gameplay point of view, this doesn't really raise any concerns. Mutantraces can already wear protective gear by just swapping the wig out; Giving them the ability to wear the wig and headgear at the same time wouldn't make the gameplay any more unbalanced in their favor, since the "real" hair offered by this implementation won't give thermal resistance.
While this could mean spy thieves have one less trinket objective to go after, since this wouldn't spawn you with a wig trinket, the pawn star trait already does this.
From a lore point of view, most mutantraces are technically just humans. It makes perfect sense for them to want to wear hair.
From a realism point of view, it should be noted SS13, especially Goonstation, isn't meant to mirror real life entirely. While I do believe some respect for realism is important for a game like SS13, especially in roleplay, it's not a top priority in most cases.
Also, you can staple butts to your head. If you can do that, it stands to reason you can glue wigs to your head. Furthermore, you can wear hats over wigs in real life.
From a roleplay point of view, this is a benefit for mutantrace players. More customization options are great for making characters, and it doesn't negatively effect roleplay in any way.
Some other points:
While hair is the "human thing," I don't see this as a reason to bar it from mutantraces. Hair for regular humans and hair for mutantraces aren't mutually exclusive, so why throw one out in favor of the other?
Lizards on Paradise and Monkestation already have real hair, and while I'm not advocating that codebases should all be brought into parity with each other, these changes have seemingly caused little to no trouble there; People still play humans frequently, even with hair being avaliable for other species.
Also, sorry if this is poorly written. This is my first actual post on the Goonstation forums, not counting that one time I got the profile picture thing.
I can't really see any reason not to add this in some way.
From a gameplay point of view, this doesn't really raise any concerns. Mutantraces can already wear protective gear by just swapping the wig out; Giving them the ability to wear the wig and headgear at the same time wouldn't make the gameplay any more unbalanced in their favor, since the "real" hair offered by this implementation won't give thermal resistance.
While this could mean spy thieves have one less trinket objective to go after, since this wouldn't spawn you with a wig trinket, the pawn star trait already does this.
From a lore point of view, most mutantraces are technically just humans. It makes perfect sense for them to want to wear hair.
From a realism point of view, it should be noted SS13, especially Goonstation, isn't meant to mirror real life entirely. While I do believe some respect for realism is important for a game like SS13, especially in roleplay, it's not a top priority in most cases.
Also, you can staple butts to your head. If you can do that, it stands to reason you can glue wigs to your head. Furthermore, you can wear hats over wigs in real life.
From a roleplay point of view, this is a benefit for mutantrace players. More customization options are great for making characters, and it doesn't negatively effect roleplay in any way.
Some other points:
While hair is the "human thing," I don't see this as a reason to bar it from mutantraces. Hair for regular humans and hair for mutantraces aren't mutually exclusive, so why throw one out in favor of the other?
Lizards on Paradise and Monkestation already have real hair, and while I'm not advocating that codebases should all be brought into parity with each other, these changes have seemingly caused little to no trouble there; People still play humans frequently, even with hair being avaliable for other species.
Also, sorry if this is poorly written. This is my first actual post on the Goonstation forums, not counting that one time I got the profile picture thing.