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Removal of maintenance cameras
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I will preface this with saying this was made in response to quite a few discussions i've participated in on the RP gooncord chat, and to which i've seen a few people echo the sentiment that maint cameras are not ideal for gameplay reasons, as well as some people who's antag rounds i've watched end very much earlier than one would expect on RP through little fault of their own.

With that out of the way, i dislike maintenance cameras. They take away a lot of the intrigue aspect of antagonists, since at any point anyone doing any sort of evil deed in a quiet out of the way place can be randomly crossed by the watchful eye of the AI, and expecially on lowpop, i've seen people bolted in place and have security called on them 20/30 minutes in. Snipping a camera is quite visible and more often than not just alerts the AI to your presence, and more than that, it's completely out of your control if you will be spotted by an AI randomly patroling, or even if this AI will decide to be lenient to you. There is little to no counterplay to this, besides being very luck based, and it takes away from the one spot an antag could consider halfway safe for evil deeds. The maintenance tunnels feel more like shortcuts through the station than shady places.

It's simply too much power for a single player to be able to completely cut short an antagonist round and the only thing stopping it from happening half the rounds is the expectation that the players won't do it. It is my belief that most maps would function better for intriguing and more balanced games without maintenance cameras, but i would also like to hear what everyone has to say, expecially considering my view on the matter is mostly from RP experience.

Edit: I would also like to add that i don't think it's malice from the part of a lot of AIs that causes this a lot of the time, simply that even with what would otherwise be quite a normal reaction for an AI to have can has a tremendous consequence on an antag's round, such as being bolted in place or having your position constantly tracked for security after they ask the AI for it.
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Removal of maintenance cameras - by colossusqw - 03-13-2023, 05:57 PM
RE: Removal of maintenance cameras - by Kotlol - 03-13-2023, 06:04 PM
RE: Removal of maintenance cameras - by DioChasek - 03-13-2023, 06:11 PM
RE: Removal of maintenance cameras - by DioChasek - 03-13-2023, 06:26 PM
RE: Removal of maintenance cameras - by Kotlol - 03-14-2023, 06:12 AM
RE: Removal of maintenance cameras - by Kotlol - 03-14-2023, 07:04 AM
RE: Removal of maintenance cameras - by Kotlol - 03-14-2023, 02:08 PM
RE: Removal of maintenance cameras - by Sord213 - 03-14-2023, 02:51 PM
RE: Removal of maintenance cameras - by Cheffie - 03-15-2023, 03:05 AM
RE: Removal of maintenance cameras - by valtsu0 - 03-15-2023, 06:11 AM

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