Remove the Ability to Surgically Implant Items

[NoahKirchner]

Summary (a quick, 2-3 sentence summary): Remove the ability to put flashlights and what-not into people's chests.

Benefits (How this will benefit the server and game as a whole): That's pretty goddamn powergamey, and while I'm normally against removing options for one side to be better than the other through careful use of resources, this is really kinda dumb.

Details (Description of how you think this would work, the benefits, etc): Disallow people to implant things into chests like flashlights

Implementation (Optional, if you have an idea how to implement it): Delete __defines

[TheMaskedMan2]

+1 As kinda silly and fun at times that this is, there were a few rounds in the past where I saw this being a normal thing. Which is pretty damn powergamey. If this problem is witnessng a resurgance then... well I think this is once again one of those scenarios of why we can't have nice things.

[Crab_Spider]

-1 HELL FUCKING NO YOU SONS OF BITCHES! KEEP IT THE WAY IT FUCKING IS!

[NoahKirchner]

-1 HELL FUCKING NO YOU SONS OF BITCHES! KEEP IT THE WAY IT FUCKING IS!

lol why so you can implant flashlights into people?

[Crab_Spider]

lol why so you can implant flashlights into people?

Yes

[SpecialAgentOrange]

-1 HELL FUCKING NO YOU SONS OF BITCHES! KEEP IT THE WAY IT FUCKING IS!

He just likes to insert flashlight shaped objects into sweaty marines.

[NoahKirchner]

Yes

Powergaming is a style of interacting with games or game-like systems, particularly video games, boardgames, and role-playing games, with the aim of maximising progress towards a specific goal to the exclusion of other considerations such as storytelling, atmosphere and camaraderie. Powergaming includes, but is not limited to, performing actions outside your assigned job. Your skills or background DO NOT matter prior to the round - a standard marine with "a brother in Engineering" does not know how to hack an airlock.

[Jroinc1]

Is this ACTUALLY an issue?

[TheDonkified]

Is this ACTUALLY an issue?

Not really... Pretty sure 90% of doctors don't even know how to implant, or how it works.

[MrJJJ]

Implant a marine with a ultra-chem mix that kills all xenos around him and sets them on fire

Kill my life +!

[TheDonkified]

Implant a marine with a ultra-chem mix that kills all xenos around him and sets them on fire

Kill my life +!

lol, when has this happened?

[NoahKirchner]

Is this ACTUALLY an issue?

Well you can tell by one of the responses in this thread that it's being done

[TheDonkified]

I've never seen any doctor in the Almayer implant people with anything, let alone flashlights.

[kmsxkuse]

What is this and how do I *cough* someone else do this "implantation".

Plus, Doc's are far too busy cooking chems for the medics or running around the medbay setting up the place.

Speaking of the medbay, now that there's the checkpoint from briefing to the hanger, I haven't seen a marine in medbay/surgery area other than the medics before the first drop.

[Sarah_U.]

I don't see a reason why to remove this feature. If anything, it's like head re-attachment. Why the hell would you freakin' remove it when at worse it adds fluff and gameplay?

Can you guys fucking stop removing surgical features for the sake of removing content? Thank you?

-1

[NoahKirchner]

I don't see a reason why to remove this feature. If anything, it's like head re-attachment. Why the hell would you freakin' remove it when at worse it adds fluff and gameplay?

Can you guys fucking stop removing surgical features for the sake of removing content? Thank you?

-1

Removing a surgical feature with literally 0 use aside from memes, whose only purpose is to powergame with something that would be both anatomically and physically entirely impossible? Or against the rules? It serves 0 purpose, the ONLY time it can ever be used is to A. add flashlights so people can see further without an armor light, or B. to add BOMBS INTO PEOPLE'S CHESTS which only serves to harm the suicide bomber.

[Crab_Spider]

Removing a surgical feature with literally 0 use aside from memes, whose only purpose is to powergame with something that would be both anatomically and physically entirely impossible? Or against the rules? It serves 0 purpose, the ONLY time it can ever be used is to A. add flashlights so people can see further without an armor light, or B. to add BOMBS INTO PEOPLE'S CHESTS which only serves to harm the suicide bomber.

One of those are a valid reason to remove it, the rest is RP and if it's used for griefing, it can be investigated. Instead removing the problem as a whole, you can patch up flashlights having the ability to be used while embedded

[NoahKirchner]

One of those are a valid reason to remove it, the rest is RP and if it's used for griefing, it can be investigated. Instead removing the problem as a whole, you can patch up flashlights having the ability to be used while embedded

then sure, but if we're looking to stop removing things that can be used for RP I don't think a meme feature is where to start

[Jroinc1]

Removing a surgical feature with literally 0 use aside from memes, whose only purpose is to powergame with something that would be both anatomically and physically entirely impossible? Or against the rules? It serves 0 purpose, the ONLY time it can ever be used is to A. add flashlights so people can see further without an armor light, or B. to add BOMBS INTO PEOPLE'S CHESTS which only serves to harm the suicide bomber.

Armor can't be removed by ayys,, and adding a flashlight won't up the light radius.

We don't have chem grenades or atmos bombs.

What're you gonna implant?

[Crab_Spider]

Armor can't be removed by ayys,, and adding a flashlight won't up the light radius.

We don't have chem grenades or atmos bombs.

What're you gonna implant?

Lots of things.

[Swagile]

Doctors almost never have time to do this due to the new update anyway, considering they are busy giving new limbs, fixing fractures, collapsed lungs, and patients with fractures x3 on ONE person with a list of 20 others just like it.

[NoahKirchner]

Armor can't be removed by ayys,, and adding a flashlight won't up the light radius.

We don't have chem grenades or atmos bombs.

What're you gonna implant?

Armor can't be removed by ayys, no, but when devoured your light goes out.

I have had smutt put into my chest before, but fair enough.

[Snypehunter007]

I have to agree with Noah here.

+1

[Crab_Spider]

I have to agree with Noah here.

+1

NO NO NO! THIS DOES NOT NEED REMOVAL! WE'RE KEEPING IT!

[MrJJJ]

Armor can't be removed by ayys,, and adding a flashlight won't up the light radius.

We don't have chem grenades or atmos bombs.

What're you gonna implant?

A marine inside a marine so that marine can be eaten by a xeno so that the xeno will suddenly burst and there will be a marine popping out with another marine popping out of THAT marine so they can collectively fuck shit up