Goonhub
02-17-2015, 10:50 AM
Gotta be the devil's advocate here cogs..
As cool as this system is, ask yourself why security records, medical records (and the email system) are largely ignored?
That's because goonstation plays at a very fast pace. Sure the detective could see that 2 engineers are missing, but so is probably half the crew from every other threat that lies on the station from various unrelated incidents.
A counter-point may be: "so what if it's not effective, what if it's fun", and I would then say great, but is it used? This could be one of those things that are coded and becomes largely ignored due to the fact that it's not effective AND it's time consuming. And that would make me sad, because i'm one of those players who actually like detective work.
Don't get me wrong here, I love this idea, but I feel like this would be adding another clunky computer based system ontop of another computer based system. Start stream-lining security records so that fingerprint + dna analysis is actually viable, give an ACTUAL use for medical records (and the email system), then this system would tie in with them and hey presto: you've got yourself computers people actually use for good reason that aren't QM and Genetics.
As cool as this system is, ask yourself why security records, medical records (and the email system) are largely ignored?
That's because goonstation plays at a very fast pace. Sure the detective could see that 2 engineers are missing, but so is probably half the crew from every other threat that lies on the station from various unrelated incidents.
A counter-point may be: "so what if it's not effective, what if it's fun", and I would then say great, but is it used? This could be one of those things that are coded and becomes largely ignored due to the fact that it's not effective AND it's time consuming. And that would make me sad, because i'm one of those players who actually like detective work.
Don't get me wrong here, I love this idea, but I feel like this would be adding another clunky computer based system ontop of another computer based system. Start stream-lining security records so that fingerprint + dna analysis is actually viable, give an ACTUAL use for medical records (and the email system), then this system would tie in with them and hey presto: you've got yourself computers people actually use for good reason that aren't QM and Genetics.