Goonhub
04-16-2014, 07:06 AM
I don't agree.
Changlings are probably one of the most balanced antagonists. They're not meant to be a 1 vs 1 type creature, they're meant to be taken down with at least 2 other people. It was unfortunate that your other officer got spat and absorbed, but moving into deal with the ling without any back-up at all was a bad move. You could've gotten any passerby, a clown, a staff assistant, throw him a gun and tell him there's a ling there, and back you up if shit went downhill.
I normally alert an AI via PDA, once the AI isn't some sort of sadistic lunatic that will demand that I kill the ling and will actually help me capture it by shocking/locking doors.
THAT SAID
The situation you highlighted is very typical. No security back-up means that the opportunity of having back-up that isn't a clown is minimal. Having 2 officers (Including the HoS, excluding the detective as he could potentially be an baddie) is normally average, so one dies, the other officer is quite fucked against the ling.
Officer helmets (including the ones in the lockers, and the hos beret/hat) could perhaps be buffed against a ling spit. Not block it, but reduce the stun-time to a point where the ling would probably want to sting them afterwards and drag them out a window into space.
It's less "can't spit this officer because he's wearing a helmet"
and more "I'll spit this officer when i'm more prepared"
Changlings are probably one of the most balanced antagonists. They're not meant to be a 1 vs 1 type creature, they're meant to be taken down with at least 2 other people. It was unfortunate that your other officer got spat and absorbed, but moving into deal with the ling without any back-up at all was a bad move. You could've gotten any passerby, a clown, a staff assistant, throw him a gun and tell him there's a ling there, and back you up if shit went downhill.
I normally alert an AI via PDA, once the AI isn't some sort of sadistic lunatic that will demand that I kill the ling and will actually help me capture it by shocking/locking doors.
THAT SAID
The situation you highlighted is very typical. No security back-up means that the opportunity of having back-up that isn't a clown is minimal. Having 2 officers (Including the HoS, excluding the detective as he could potentially be an baddie) is normally average, so one dies, the other officer is quite fucked against the ling.
Officer helmets (including the ones in the lockers, and the hos beret/hat) could perhaps be buffed against a ling spit. Not block it, but reduce the stun-time to a point where the ling would probably want to sting them afterwards and drag them out a window into space.
It's less "can't spit this officer because he's wearing a helmet"
and more "I'll spit this officer when i'm more prepared"