06-13-2016, 07:33 PM
I distinctly remember emagged borgs used to be unable to be killswitched, so it's probably a recent change. Not inherently against the idea - for the most part unless you've got a paranoid head or a vigilante looking to get his valids on even visibly emagged borgs usually get a pass from the crew if they're just faffing about doing nothing wrong. (Although I do wish there was an easier way to hide it, the lightning crackle bypasses anything you wear.)
My main annoyance is how little borgs (and the AI, for that matter) can do to mitigate it. The robotics killswitch console cannot be disassembled - screwdrivers simply bounce off it. Pretty much anything that the AI/borgs can do to guard it without resorting to posting a guard all shift round can be undone by anyone with a full toolset and insulated gloves. The only way to take it offline permanently is to blow it up, which is a bit much for borgs trying to lay low. And a backup robotics mainboard is located in the bridge, so it's remarkably easy to just grab that one, bugger off to space and killswitch everything from the safety of the debris field.
I do think people are way more trigger-happy re: borgs and that's an issue that will probably never be fixed because everytime the issue is brought up the only contribution is 'borgs are bad, remove borgs' but that's a topic for another thread.
My main annoyance is how little borgs (and the AI, for that matter) can do to mitigate it. The robotics killswitch console cannot be disassembled - screwdrivers simply bounce off it. Pretty much anything that the AI/borgs can do to guard it without resorting to posting a guard all shift round can be undone by anyone with a full toolset and insulated gloves. The only way to take it offline permanently is to blow it up, which is a bit much for borgs trying to lay low. And a backup robotics mainboard is located in the bridge, so it's remarkably easy to just grab that one, bugger off to space and killswitch everything from the safety of the debris field.
I do think people are way more trigger-happy re: borgs and that's an issue that will probably never be fixed because everytime the issue is brought up the only contribution is 'borgs are bad, remove borgs' but that's a topic for another thread.