Goonhub
06-12-2014, 08:23 AM
One of my biggest gripes with this game is the fact that engineers basically never fix shit up. I know it is very boring and could potentially make rounds last forever if they did. But when meteors strike the station the shuttle is almost always called due to things going to absolute shit and the lag atmospherics causes in the process, there are other similar scenarios too, like when the station's been bombed to a crisp in twenty places and everything is absolutely fucked to the point where you can't go down the hall as a new arrival without nearly dying from decompression in the process.
My solution to such occasions is giving the Engineers' a supply of spray-based version of the metal-foam grenades, sort of like a repairs fire-extinguisher I guess. Not only would this be a really shitty and easily ruined solution to leaking air, I could see it being weaponized too. Spray yourself a shield from a crazy chainsaw wielding madman so you can gain a few seconds of running ahead, or trap people in a box and throw a grenade at it that they can't likely escape from. Mainly though I just like the idea of a space-station being held together by metal-glue and desperately hoping that it doesn't crack or tear. I asked about the idea in IRC and apparently foam may just clog up fire extinguishers at the moment, which is kinda really crappy in my opinion.
My solution to such occasions is giving the Engineers' a supply of spray-based version of the metal-foam grenades, sort of like a repairs fire-extinguisher I guess. Not only would this be a really shitty and easily ruined solution to leaking air, I could see it being weaponized too. Spray yourself a shield from a crazy chainsaw wielding madman so you can gain a few seconds of running ahead, or trap people in a box and throw a grenade at it that they can't likely escape from. Mainly though I just like the idea of a space-station being held together by metal-glue and desperately hoping that it doesn't crack or tear. I asked about the idea in IRC and apparently foam may just clog up fire extinguishers at the moment, which is kinda really crappy in my opinion.