Traitor item cost/balance chat

[Captain_Bravo]

Can we change the way the earplugs work, then? As it stands, the only thing a box of sonic grenades gets you is items subpar to what you can make yourself, and an item which is literally exactly the same as the three or four earmuffs sitting around the station. If the earplugs allowed you to hear talking, albeit really tiny because it's muffled, it would be a lot better. You still wouldn't be able to use a radio, keeping the main drawback of relying on sonic-based weaponry. But they would be a definite improvement over the item which is already available on the station.

I mean, there's nothing I can really think of to balance or change the grenades. They are what they are, and if you have the time you can easily make better things in chemistry, but if you beefed up the other thing which comes in the box, it might see a bit more use.