Goonhub
06-26-2015, 01:30 AM
I believe that I was one of the people who suggested that Matter Eater be buffed to expand the amount of stuff you could eat, and I know that I was one of the first if not THE first person to eat the sun. While I will still hold that up as my finest accomplishment in my spaceman career, it probably isn't something you should be able to accomplish under normal circumstances.
That being said, it's been a while since I fiddled with genetics superpowers (or, hell, since I've fiddled with the game in general. damn summer vacation plans.) so I'm not sure how Matter Eater functions now, but if it behaves like it has behaves, this is kind of saddening. While being able to eat the engine and the communications consoles and the AI's turrets were all uproariously entertaining, that does indeed break rounds quite a bit.
I recall that, in my original suggestion to buff Matter Eater, I suggested that eating larger objects (walls, airlocks, etc.) would take time and broadcast to everyone that you're trying to eat the thing. This might help prevent some abuse, as well as the obvious flagging of really important objects as nonedible.
That being said, it's been a while since I fiddled with genetics superpowers (or, hell, since I've fiddled with the game in general. damn summer vacation plans.) so I'm not sure how Matter Eater functions now, but if it behaves like it has behaves, this is kind of saddening. While being able to eat the engine and the communications consoles and the AI's turrets were all uproariously entertaining, that does indeed break rounds quite a bit.
I recall that, in my original suggestion to buff Matter Eater, I suggested that eating larger objects (walls, airlocks, etc.) would take time and broadcast to everyone that you're trying to eat the thing. This might help prevent some abuse, as well as the obvious flagging of really important objects as nonedible.