Cyborg Discussion (Cogwerks)

[mbc]

Basically, being tougher and stronger than any other player mob is bad and supposedly unfair. Since when was this game concerned with being fair? Weapon-wielding traitors aren't exactly fair against anyone else who doesn't have a gun. Changelings aren't exactly fair against non-lings. Wizards aren't fair against muggles.

Well, I think the point is that an antagonist will always have an advantage against a single enemy, unless they are a high priority target like the Captain, HoS, etc. People will always have to work together in some way to take them down. The security borg, however, ruins this dynamic.

A security borg can very easily single-handedly kill a changeling, traitor, vampire, and maybe even a wizard in the right conditions... But he is not a high priority target at all. Any assistant who feels like it can be a security borg, especially since researching was removed from robotics. And what does a traitor get for killing a security borg? Nothing, not even an ID! Whereas, if he had killed a member of security, or the captain, the traitor then has a lot of new options opened up to him based off of what he can loot.

I actually think the game is pretty 'fair'. Not player vs. player fair(because it's not supposed to be!), but more like good vs. evil fair.

In any case, as long as you don't case physical harm to people as a secborg under the three standard AI laws, this complaint is only going to be a nuisance rather than a real problem or strike against the module.

I think one of the main things this complaint has going for it is that, while the borg may only stun and jail a potential traitor/confirmed wizard/whatever... What will the crew do when they get their hands on them? Technically, a cyborg who brings a wizard to security only to have him killed by the captain is responsible.