Goonhub
03-14-2025, 12:27 AM
(This post was last modified: 03-14-2025, 12:30 AM by Lord_earthfire. Edited 2 times in total.)
Hello there,
To keep the summary simple: there are too many optional items in departments available roundstart.
I found in more and more rounds that many people, myself included, are able to get their hands on any utems they could ever need until the end of a round, without interwcting with other departments.
Every round you can get utility belts, gas masks are -everywhere-, everyone is running around with spectroskopic googles who don't really need them (scientists, botanists). Every engineer can get mesons roundstart. Recently genetics have been given pet carier so they don'thave to go out of their department for items -at all-. There are enough medscanner modules that everyone and their mother can fit themselves with fully upgraded health scanners. And don't get me started on security being so overstuffed with roundstart items a questionable culture of "don't utilize items given by crew' has developed.
I just think thats too much. You are mostly kitted out round start and don't have any reasons to aquire "upgrades" along the way. The upgrades are mostly absolutely busted stuff like e.g. omnizine.
Locking behind upgrades and advanced items behind manufacturers or other departments would enable to keep some gear progression for departments. It would also enable others to have interaction, e.g. cargo getting more orders or mining actually being asked to mine something. And last but not least, working with limited recources is a kind of fun in and of itself.
Scarcity would also help balancing things. Smoke and poisoned drinks are in an odd place, since half the crew is running around with spectros, for example.
To keep the summary simple: there are too many optional items in departments available roundstart.
I found in more and more rounds that many people, myself included, are able to get their hands on any utems they could ever need until the end of a round, without interwcting with other departments.
Every round you can get utility belts, gas masks are -everywhere-, everyone is running around with spectroskopic googles who don't really need them (scientists, botanists). Every engineer can get mesons roundstart. Recently genetics have been given pet carier so they don'thave to go out of their department for items -at all-. There are enough medscanner modules that everyone and their mother can fit themselves with fully upgraded health scanners. And don't get me started on security being so overstuffed with roundstart items a questionable culture of "don't utilize items given by crew' has developed.
I just think thats too much. You are mostly kitted out round start and don't have any reasons to aquire "upgrades" along the way. The upgrades are mostly absolutely busted stuff like e.g. omnizine.
Locking behind upgrades and advanced items behind manufacturers or other departments would enable to keep some gear progression for departments. It would also enable others to have interaction, e.g. cargo getting more orders or mining actually being asked to mine something. And last but not least, working with limited recources is a kind of fun in and of itself.
Scarcity would also help balancing things. Smoke and poisoned drinks are in an odd place, since half the crew is running around with spectros, for example.