Goonhub
11-08-2024, 02:47 PM
Currently (on classic at least) detective is played like a security officer but with lethals, I personally do not believe the detective should be played like this and should be encouraged to actually do detective work. I believe the detective should be brought closer to assistant than to officer with the gun being just a self defence tool rather than a method to go arrest antags. This "officer but with lethals" effect has caused detective to be one of the most popular mindhack targets because at least IMO its better than a secoff. I have had a few ideas to try change this, one of which I PRd:
1) Reduce the availability of lethal ammo. This forces detectives to more carefully consider when they can and cannot use lethal ammunition to encourage stunning to get away, rather than shooting to kill. (This is the one I PRd)
2) Remove the forensic scanner from the standard officer PDA. The forensic scanner on the PDA effectively makes the detective and utility token forensic scanners pointless because you can just scan your PDA to get a forensic analysis, this way an officer will have either had to buy a forensic scanner or call the detective over.
3) Give the detective some form of unique detective training to increase their effectiveness at solving crimes.
4) The nuclear option that I don't like: Give the detective a Mind protection implant.
I do not want to remove antag detectives, I do not want to remove the detectives gun, I just don't like how detective is treated like another officer loadout.
1) Reduce the availability of lethal ammo. This forces detectives to more carefully consider when they can and cannot use lethal ammunition to encourage stunning to get away, rather than shooting to kill. (This is the one I PRd)
2) Remove the forensic scanner from the standard officer PDA. The forensic scanner on the PDA effectively makes the detective and utility token forensic scanners pointless because you can just scan your PDA to get a forensic analysis, this way an officer will have either had to buy a forensic scanner or call the detective over.
3) Give the detective some form of unique detective training to increase their effectiveness at solving crimes.
4) The nuclear option that I don't like: Give the detective a Mind protection implant.
I do not want to remove antag detectives, I do not want to remove the detectives gun, I just don't like how detective is treated like another officer loadout.