Goonhub
05-19-2017, 04:01 AM
Roboticist could be reworked, I think. I'd like to see them as either the dedicated surgery job, freeing up the medical doctors to handle the more basic matters like sticking patches on people and the like, or given more robot stuff to mess about with, like guardbuddies and such. I know eons ago someone was working on a semi-programmable bot but that project disappeared into the ether, that would be nice to see resurrected.
Borgs and AI are fine, though borgs will be better once that rework finally hits. One thing that I'd like to see that would benefit both AI and engineers alike would be the capacity to reroute power at more granular levels than just 'switch equipment/lights on/off' - maybe you could sap a bit of bridge power and reroute it to robotics so the fabricators work faster, for instance, or reroute the entire station's power to one set of doors to burn a rampaging ling to ash.
Speaking of engineers, in theory fixing up the station should be enough to occupy them for most rounds - it's just that none of them ever do so. More ways to augment the engine might be nice too but atmos is already a touchy subject even before you bring in the idea of moveable/constructable atmos pipes.
More useful/funny stuff for chef food/barman drinks would be nice too, so your options aren't limited to 'lethal/severely debilitating' or 'doesn't do anything notable'.
Botany could use more reasons to go out and interact with the station, even if it's just planting pretty flowers in the corridors or the like. One issue with growing stuff outside botany is that all the stuff you need to raise plants properly is in botany - seedfab, nutrients, plant pots, water tank, etc. - and if you want to grow plants outside, it requires significant effort to lug that whole support system around. I'd like to see the introduction of some kind of soil that can be sprinkled around the station and have hardier plants growing in them with little support, with the plant trays reserved only for plants that require more delicacy in growing. Then again, quite a lot of people like botany as a nice isolated job that can chill and grow weed while the station goes to shit.
QM does need a rework, I'd prefer if miners were kept separate though since mining can take up quite a bit of time if you're dedicated to it. I know people have a lot of ideas for how to improve it.
Chaplain most definitely, it's pretty much a perpetual gimmick job at this point - what happened to that 'chaplain rework' that was being proposed anyway?
Borgs and AI are fine, though borgs will be better once that rework finally hits. One thing that I'd like to see that would benefit both AI and engineers alike would be the capacity to reroute power at more granular levels than just 'switch equipment/lights on/off' - maybe you could sap a bit of bridge power and reroute it to robotics so the fabricators work faster, for instance, or reroute the entire station's power to one set of doors to burn a rampaging ling to ash.
Speaking of engineers, in theory fixing up the station should be enough to occupy them for most rounds - it's just that none of them ever do so. More ways to augment the engine might be nice too but atmos is already a touchy subject even before you bring in the idea of moveable/constructable atmos pipes.
More useful/funny stuff for chef food/barman drinks would be nice too, so your options aren't limited to 'lethal/severely debilitating' or 'doesn't do anything notable'.
Botany could use more reasons to go out and interact with the station, even if it's just planting pretty flowers in the corridors or the like. One issue with growing stuff outside botany is that all the stuff you need to raise plants properly is in botany - seedfab, nutrients, plant pots, water tank, etc. - and if you want to grow plants outside, it requires significant effort to lug that whole support system around. I'd like to see the introduction of some kind of soil that can be sprinkled around the station and have hardier plants growing in them with little support, with the plant trays reserved only for plants that require more delicacy in growing. Then again, quite a lot of people like botany as a nice isolated job that can chill and grow weed while the station goes to shit.
QM does need a rework, I'd prefer if miners were kept separate though since mining can take up quite a bit of time if you're dedicated to it. I know people have a lot of ideas for how to improve it.
Chaplain most definitely, it's pretty much a perpetual gimmick job at this point - what happened to that 'chaplain rework' that was being proposed anyway?