Goonhub
12-31-2024, 11:31 PM
So. health and cloning implants. Gotta love em. If you're not aware, Health Implants alert medical PDAs when you're in critical condition, or if you've died after a short delay. This is a pretty great compromise. The roughly 30-60 second delay allows Syndicate Mann to get away from the scene before medical hears that John Staffie is dead after they saw the two waltz off into maintenance together. But I think we could go further with this. What if health implants were also the way for the cloning computer to keep track of your vitals? Currently, the cloning implant covers your vitals AND alerts the console if you've died, but health implants are what gives everyone your exact vital readings if you enter crit or die, so why don't we tie this to the cloning console information readout instead? If you decide not to take a health implant, the cloning computer won't be able to keep track of your exact vitals and will just be a binary "alive / dead". I often see most people completely ignore the health implant since it's optional to most jobs, but if this implant allowed for more direct vital monitoring from medical, I could see more people opting to get one.
And now we're onto cloning implants. Unlike the health implant, they immediately light up the cloner the moment someone drops. Isn't this a little strange? Why does the health implant take time to report, but the cloning implant doesn't, if they're the same kind of technology? I'm sure anyone who's been an antagonist or who has worked security or medical can remember at least one point where an antagonist has been executed in security and cloned instantly because it's so trivial for just about anyone to push every button on the console as soon as there's a red light. I figured if the cloning implant had a similar delay to the health implant, it would at least give everyone a chance to think about what they're doing before they hit the button, or give security a chance to explain who they just had a nasty fight with before someone just slaps the console.
Right now, this is just idle musings, but I was discussing it in the discord, and I feel like these two changes together could make operating the cloning computer just slightly more engaging than it is at present. Let me know what you all think.
And now we're onto cloning implants. Unlike the health implant, they immediately light up the cloner the moment someone drops. Isn't this a little strange? Why does the health implant take time to report, but the cloning implant doesn't, if they're the same kind of technology? I'm sure anyone who's been an antagonist or who has worked security or medical can remember at least one point where an antagonist has been executed in security and cloned instantly because it's so trivial for just about anyone to push every button on the console as soon as there's a red light. I figured if the cloning implant had a similar delay to the health implant, it would at least give everyone a chance to think about what they're doing before they hit the button, or give security a chance to explain who they just had a nasty fight with before someone just slaps the console.
Right now, this is just idle musings, but I was discussing it in the discord, and I feel like these two changes together could make operating the cloning computer just slightly more engaging than it is at present. Let me know what you all think.