Goonhub
04-08-2013, 11:27 AM
So... yesterday I stole a pair of thermals. As I was walking around I saw a husk wedged on a lattice in space, half the screen away.
You see traitors bagging their items, changelings spitting, syndies in space. The only way to hide from a random jackass walking around with thermals is to be half a screen away.
The only real weakness of thermals is the lack of protection from flashes.
I wish thermals had a more specific use than keeping them on and having instant x-ray.
If they only showed mobs, but no turfs or walls - like blindness - it would be inconvenient enough that nobody would walk around with thermals; but they would still be useful to locate hidden or cloaked people, or to observe somebody if you are certain that he is hiding behind that wall.
They would be demoted to a support tool, but still useful for specific purposes.
The cloak should be used to hide yourself when things go awray and you have to run. Or to conceal when you want to get the jump on someone.
As it stands, it's used mostly to rampage unseen, until someone with thermals comes along, or a guy with a t-ray scanner gets a lucky chance to strike down the cloaker.
It could have a limited charge, a couple of minutes at most? Recharge would occur either automatically, like the radbow, or from a recharger, like energy weapons.
You see traitors bagging their items, changelings spitting, syndies in space. The only way to hide from a random jackass walking around with thermals is to be half a screen away.
The only real weakness of thermals is the lack of protection from flashes.
I wish thermals had a more specific use than keeping them on and having instant x-ray.
If they only showed mobs, but no turfs or walls - like blindness - it would be inconvenient enough that nobody would walk around with thermals; but they would still be useful to locate hidden or cloaked people, or to observe somebody if you are certain that he is hiding behind that wall.
They would be demoted to a support tool, but still useful for specific purposes.
The cloak should be used to hide yourself when things go awray and you have to run. Or to conceal when you want to get the jump on someone.
As it stands, it's used mostly to rampage unseen, until someone with thermals comes along, or a guy with a t-ray scanner gets a lucky chance to strike down the cloaker.
It could have a limited charge, a couple of minutes at most? Recharge would occur either automatically, like the radbow, or from a recharger, like energy weapons.