Goonhub
12-11-2014, 08:35 PM
I think, speaking in a more general sense, that one of the best ways to help the bar and kitchen become relevant aside from inane shenanigans is to actually give purpose to the shit they make. The threshold for food-healing is laughably low and doesn't heal any meaningful damage, most of the drinks either do nothing, bad things, or get you godawfully drunk, and the most that the chef can do to actually help the crew is stuff omnizine into cakes.
Basically, my overarching suggestion is to make the cafeteria serve as, basically, a poor man's medbay in the event that the actual medbay is completely fucked, which it probably will be during any given round. Introduce more drinks and foods with significant, helpful effects while still keeping a balance of food that is silly and/or dangerous. Spiking my drinks with stuff like ants and glitter and such always gets a chuckle out of me, and that is a crucial component of the cafeteria. But, right now, that's sort of all the cafeteria is: Chuckles and the (admittedly amusing) wasting of time.
Basically, my overarching suggestion is to make the cafeteria serve as, basically, a poor man's medbay in the event that the actual medbay is completely fucked, which it probably will be during any given round. Introduce more drinks and foods with significant, helpful effects while still keeping a balance of food that is silly and/or dangerous. Spiking my drinks with stuff like ants and glitter and such always gets a chuckle out of me, and that is a crucial component of the cafeteria. But, right now, that's sort of all the cafeteria is: Chuckles and the (admittedly amusing) wasting of time.