Goonhub
02-06-2013, 06:39 PM
IF we ever bother to add reagent gas, I would prefer the whitelist of chemicals rather than requiring the traitor to have an emag. This really feels like chem grenades all over again for me, and being a terrible, terrible chemist myself, I know it would get abused horribly.
I see napalm gas as different from, say, a hacked hypospray full of napalm in two main ways. For one, people know who's doing it right away with the big huge letters screaming that you are a terrible person for everyone to see, and that maybe they should apply a fire extinguisher liberally to your face. By making people breath napalm, there's no way of knowing who they need to murder.
Second, it affects way too many people for the effort involved. Whip the gas up, get it into the system, and watch everyone's lungs get set on fire. I can see this happening round after round and that simply is no fun for anyone.
tl;dr even requiring an emag free-reign reagent gas is a Bad Idea.
I see napalm gas as different from, say, a hacked hypospray full of napalm in two main ways. For one, people know who's doing it right away with the big huge letters screaming that you are a terrible person for everyone to see, and that maybe they should apply a fire extinguisher liberally to your face. By making people breath napalm, there's no way of knowing who they need to murder.
Second, it affects way too many people for the effort involved. Whip the gas up, get it into the system, and watch everyone's lungs get set on fire. I can see this happening round after round and that simply is no fun for anyone.
tl;dr even requiring an emag free-reign reagent gas is a Bad Idea.