Goonhub
09-28-2019, 09:34 AM
I think that the lawgiver should totally replace the egun that the HoS gets now, instead of having it be a job reward that replaces your egun.
Reasons this is good:
- The lawgiver is more difficult to use than the egun, requiring a lot more thought generally and "thinking ahead" because changing modes with it takes longer, so you're incentived to swap to whatever you think you might use before a fight. With the egun, it's always "set it to stun and use that, unless I want to kill them, then I swap to lethals with a button press after they're stunned". I think forward thinking and awareness like this fits the HoS role very well, since the HoS is supposed to be a very experienced sec position. It's also more rewarding to use, since you get the satisfaction of making a good choice with it ahead of time.
- The lawgiver is much more unique and cool than an egun, it makes playing as the HoS and fighting against the HoS feel more unique and interesting. The egun is already the captain's thing, so it feels quite a bit less special. The whole "it alerts you when it's switched between various modes with an audio cue" thing is great and makes fighting it a lot more fun since you're more aware of what's happening.
- You can scan your egun and make more, so you can get around the lawgiver restriction of giving up your egun if you prep ahead. I haven't seen an HoS do this, but it's kind of lame that you can.
You could make the lawgiver spawn on the HoS' belt and make the antique version still a job reward, and make the egun that spawns in the locker a taser instead. (So people can't steal the lawgiver from the locker with packets, or you could put it there and let packet nerds have it if you wanted)
Also maybe let it fit on sec belts to compensate.
Reasons this is good:
- The lawgiver is more difficult to use than the egun, requiring a lot more thought generally and "thinking ahead" because changing modes with it takes longer, so you're incentived to swap to whatever you think you might use before a fight. With the egun, it's always "set it to stun and use that, unless I want to kill them, then I swap to lethals with a button press after they're stunned". I think forward thinking and awareness like this fits the HoS role very well, since the HoS is supposed to be a very experienced sec position. It's also more rewarding to use, since you get the satisfaction of making a good choice with it ahead of time.
- The lawgiver is much more unique and cool than an egun, it makes playing as the HoS and fighting against the HoS feel more unique and interesting. The egun is already the captain's thing, so it feels quite a bit less special. The whole "it alerts you when it's switched between various modes with an audio cue" thing is great and makes fighting it a lot more fun since you're more aware of what's happening.
- You can scan your egun and make more, so you can get around the lawgiver restriction of giving up your egun if you prep ahead. I haven't seen an HoS do this, but it's kind of lame that you can.
You could make the lawgiver spawn on the HoS' belt and make the antique version still a job reward, and make the egun that spawns in the locker a taser instead. (So people can't steal the lawgiver from the locker with packets, or you could put it there and let packet nerds have it if you wanted)
Also maybe let it fit on sec belts to compensate.