Goonhub
11-27-2014, 02:30 PM
This change was intended to try to convince people to work together. However, the port-a-sci is an entirely necessary tool to complete certain areas (the pit, the, uh, other pit) and is basically the only thing that actually a LETS people work together.
Without a reliable means of sending someone back, you're forced to leave someone behind to man the computer, and that isn't fun. It's like going to a sick party but being unable to participate because you're the designated driver. Someone is now required to be left out if you don't want to risk your only hope of operating the computer accidentally get mauled by a space bear.
If I might make an alternative suggestion, maybe limiting the portasci's SCOPE instead of its RELIABILITY would fair better.
make it so you can't operate the remote with the remote inside the portasci.
This will place the minimum number of people for a low pop no-engine no-portal at 2 and heavily encourage people to better manage manpower and resources AS WELL AS being a significant trust-fall test requiring people to learn to use the device as a team.
Without a reliable means of sending someone back, you're forced to leave someone behind to man the computer, and that isn't fun. It's like going to a sick party but being unable to participate because you're the designated driver. Someone is now required to be left out if you don't want to risk your only hope of operating the computer accidentally get mauled by a space bear.
If I might make an alternative suggestion, maybe limiting the portasci's SCOPE instead of its RELIABILITY would fair better.
make it so you can't operate the remote with the remote inside the portasci.
This will place the minimum number of people for a low pop no-engine no-portal at 2 and heavily encourage people to better manage manpower and resources AS WELL AS being a significant trust-fall test requiring people to learn to use the device as a team.