pAI's Running SL Equipment!

[ChickenShizNit8]

Summary (a quick, 2-3 sentence summary):Do to an awful lot of people in Dead Chat asking I post this after I thought of it, here it is: pAI's should have the ability to use and maintain a piece of equipment that the SL can download onto their armor at any point. This would give the pAI a more vital role then "Hey, you, turn on your flashlight and run around kthx".

Benefits (How this will benefit the server and game as a whole):It would allow pAI's to be more used and respected. The SL could download a Shield Capacitor that, when the pAI got orders to turn on, and does so, would put out a... 2x2 or so tile shield that lasts about.... 5-8 seconds or so without being hit? A charge or mass amounts of damage would drain the pAI's power, and shut it down though, so it isn't so OP. It would be like the Aliens plasma meter! And there is /so/ many different options we could have for equipment! Speed -Boosts, Thermal scans, motion detectors, and so, SO much more!

Details (Description of how you think this would work, the benefits, etc):The SL would put their helmet and armor on, and they get a new option. They would get a list, where they get to pick 1-2, or however many the admins/devs would want them to have. They select it, and get a pAI, they put the pAI into their helmet (Would need to implement that as well), and the pAI would then have the option to turn it on, or off! Would need to be watched though, maybe make it so the SL has to hit a button or something to keep pAI's from doing it WHENEVER they want.

Implementation (Optional, if you have an idea how to implement it):No clue :c

[Bachri]

I play a pAI pretty often, so I would love to see some more versatility added to them. Plus, Xenos have pheremones now, so it's not completely outlandish to give the Marines a form of ranged buff. However, the Marines are already fairly OP, and I know this would put a pretty big workload on the devs, so +1 with a side of meh.

[GingerCultLeader]

Well, aliens been spanking marines a bit for the past week.

[ChickenShizNit8]

Trust me, if anyone can find a way to balance this, it's the Abbs I think the pAi should only have a limited power supply and has to break now and again before doing it, so they can't just spam a shield while running into the caves. Once it is on, it's on, and you will not be re-funded power if you realize you didn't want to use it and deploy it.

[Gamerofthegame]

Door jack and mobile flashlight is already pretty damn useful as is, gotta say.

Letting the pAIs do more might be a boon, but in the same breath when it comes down to it pAIs are (probably) just dead marine players who don't want to be aliens for whatever reason. Giving marines a boon for losing dudes isn't really what we're after, especially when aliens lose what they need the most in the process; numbers.

[ChickenShizNit8]

The thing is: Door-Jacks are /fairly/ useless on this map, gotta say :/ Not only do they leave you sat still while the pAi does it, but it is not /really/ supporting the squad. A pAI could now trigger a speed bump for anyone within a range of the SL, and a shield when things get messy on an evac. Say as you will guys, I just posted this to get it off my chest.

[Abbysynth]

It's an interesting idea, but we're probably going to overhaul pAIs (or possibly remove them) sometime in the future.

[TR-BlackDragon]

Pais are extremely useful for the cl it would be sad to see them go

[ChickenShizNit8]

Nice to see you take some interest in this idea Abbs, sad though that it may never see the light of day if you decide to remove pAI's. Thx for looking at it Abbs c: