07-31-2015, 11:39 PM
It's a factor of the huge amount of paranoia that this game is meant to have. There's a reason that we had an actual Paranoia game going after all. It's said that it's meant to be a less-obvious kinda Cyalume Saber, with the gibbing feature and whatnot. Part of not being an obvious traitor weapon is having the same sprite as a non-traitor item. Another way to explain it, I guess, is that this seems like arguing that the sleepypen needs to have a special colored in-hand sprite, instead of just the normal little pen sprite, or that the hacked mining charges should.