Goonhub
07-28-2016, 03:02 PM
I just came back from a Monster Hunter-induced hiatus, and immediately remembered why playing as an Engineer on Goonstation is an exercise in frustration. Just as I was almost done, some shithead opens Both canisters on the cold loop until they were empty, attached plasma (which I heavily suspect was my HOT LOOP FUEL) to the auxiliary cold port, and proceeds to flip all the valves. This lead to the engine stalling out and dying before it even got do run, since I was too busy stopping a non-engineering-related plasma-fire.
Said asshole then got himself stuck in the plasma storage room and went brain dead, because he doesn't realize that adminhelp is a thing.
This is a problem I have noticed all the goddamn time. I love setting up the engine without resorting to "kinda easy mode" hellburns, but with engineers being able to just waltz in and fuck over is too easy. The fact that by the rules we cannot beat the shit outta these saboteurs and use their corpses as furnace fuel because of server rules is not only enraging, but may be the reason why nobody ever picks the job anymore. Either we need a simpler engine setup, or a means of locking out people during the setup time.
Said asshole then got himself stuck in the plasma storage room and went brain dead, because he doesn't realize that adminhelp is a thing.
This is a problem I have noticed all the goddamn time. I love setting up the engine without resorting to "kinda easy mode" hellburns, but with engineers being able to just waltz in and fuck over is too easy. The fact that by the rules we cannot beat the shit outta these saboteurs and use their corpses as furnace fuel because of server rules is not only enraging, but may be the reason why nobody ever picks the job anymore. Either we need a simpler engine setup, or a means of locking out people during the setup time.