Goonhub
11-19-2013, 08:10 AM
This is a thread where Clarks and Weavel are right about the things they do best: alchemical hijinks.
As it is (or, well, as I've been able to figure out from it), Chemistry is linear as heck: make this, add some of that, get some of these in 1-unit amounts or some of this in rationed amounts to add to foam, smoke, or a spray bottle. That's more or less it, save for the rising popularity of borg patches.
cogwerks has been moving in a direction with different reactions from the manufacture and use of chemicals, such as found in the unprotected production of crank and sarin, but where else does Chemistry really do an interesting thing other than in its weights and measures? Hell, I've been pushing for LIGHT TUBE CHEMISTRY for a while, but it seems to be on the back burner along with all the other Chemistry-related things. Chemistry ought to do more with its reactions and (un)intended consequences. Reagent-flavored ices that have all the slipping properties of foam with propagation of chemical transfer per tick? Reducing the slipperiness of foam to increase its spread? Ice that behaves like ice and not water?
If Clarks or Weavel appear smug, they're not. Apart from (I guess) SailorDave and a few other people, they know what they're talking about.
As it is (or, well, as I've been able to figure out from it), Chemistry is linear as heck: make this, add some of that, get some of these in 1-unit amounts or some of this in rationed amounts to add to foam, smoke, or a spray bottle. That's more or less it, save for the rising popularity of borg patches.
cogwerks has been moving in a direction with different reactions from the manufacture and use of chemicals, such as found in the unprotected production of crank and sarin, but where else does Chemistry really do an interesting thing other than in its weights and measures? Hell, I've been pushing for LIGHT TUBE CHEMISTRY for a while, but it seems to be on the back burner along with all the other Chemistry-related things. Chemistry ought to do more with its reactions and (un)intended consequences. Reagent-flavored ices that have all the slipping properties of foam with propagation of chemical transfer per tick? Reducing the slipperiness of foam to increase its spread? Ice that behaves like ice and not water?
If Clarks or Weavel appear smug, they're not. Apart from (I guess) SailorDave and a few other people, they know what they're talking about.