Goonhub
07-15-2016, 09:59 AM
(This post was last modified: 07-15-2016, 09:59 AM by The Grim Sleeper. Edited 1 time in total.
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I have very mixed feeling about this topic.
On the one hand, I feel using bombs indiscriminately is a incredibly dick move. All but the smallest of explosions will devastate a sector, making life for the rest of the station hell.
On the other hand, the Rampage topic indicates a need for bystanders to be more proactive in fighting antagonists. Pipebombs (in particular, but also derivatives like mouse-trap bombs) are an easy-to-mass-build weapon with good stopping power if they hit the mark. They are obviously very indiscriminate, not to mention any combatant worth their PDA will run clear of the blast while innocent people go up in gibs. But when going after a fully loaded Miner-traitor or a rogue captain, a toolbox is not gonna make a dent.
(Just for the curious, there are other improvised weapons, the ol'staple staplegun, the flame thrower, the whatever-that-one-thing-is-you-would-make-with-a-workbench-but-can't-cause-nobody-told-me-the-secret-recipe, even the humble pie can be very effective at disabling somebody wearing a helmet.)
The most simple solution would be for players to label anybody carrying explosives around as a traitor, and for others to try and put them down like one, regardless of their actual antagonist status.
But I for one am in favor of a more proactive admin-stance on indiscriminate destruction.
On the one hand, I feel using bombs indiscriminately is a incredibly dick move. All but the smallest of explosions will devastate a sector, making life for the rest of the station hell.
On the other hand, the Rampage topic indicates a need for bystanders to be more proactive in fighting antagonists. Pipebombs (in particular, but also derivatives like mouse-trap bombs) are an easy-to-mass-build weapon with good stopping power if they hit the mark. They are obviously very indiscriminate, not to mention any combatant worth their PDA will run clear of the blast while innocent people go up in gibs. But when going after a fully loaded Miner-traitor or a rogue captain, a toolbox is not gonna make a dent.
(Just for the curious, there are other improvised weapons, the ol'staple staplegun, the flame thrower, the whatever-that-one-thing-is-you-would-make-with-a-workbench-but-can't-cause-nobody-told-me-the-secret-recipe, even the humble pie can be very effective at disabling somebody wearing a helmet.)
The most simple solution would be for players to label anybody carrying explosives around as a traitor, and for others to try and put them down like one, regardless of their actual antagonist status.
But I for one am in favor of a more proactive admin-stance on indiscriminate destruction.