Research Suggestions!

[ChickenShizNit8]

Summary (a quick, 2-3 sentence summary):

I just feel like Research really needs some love right now, feels a bit like a chore trying to do certain things.

Benefits (How this will benefit the server and game as a whole):

Would make playing Research not as much as an ass pain.

Doesn't seem like it would be that hard either, a fifteen minute remap and you're done.

Details (Description of how you think this would work, the benefits, etc):

- Add an Autolathe
- Remove that shite Sample Containment no one ever uses for more room
- Add a tool box and spool or two of wire

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

Simple re-map

[Azmodan412]

Autolathe: Build one.
Toolbox: Steal Medbay's.
Wiring: Get a pair of insulated gloves and a multitool. Hack your way into an engi-room and take theirs.

But yea, Research is an asspain.

Edit 1: That 'Sample Containment' IS a pen for Xenos if marines catch them alive.

[ChickenShizNit8]

Autolathe: Build one.
Toolbox: Steal Medbay's.
Wiring: Get a pair of insulated gloves and a multitool. Hack your way into an engi-room and take theirs.

But yea, Research is an asspain.

Edit 1: That 'Sample Containment' IS a pen for Xenos if marines catch them alive.

I WOULD make one, and it isn't even that hard, but STILL, it takes some good amount of time.

Also, let's be honest, marines rarely fucking catch Xeno alive anymore

[Azmodan412]

I WOULD make one, and it isn't even that hard, but STILL, it takes some good amount of time.

Also, let's be honest, marines rarely fucking catch Xeno alive anymore

Yea, its all HURR DURR ME KILL U.

[Mac]

Auto lathes are easy to make but the issue with capturing an alien alive is that there is no way to stun them really. Any previous way such as ethanol has been removed.

[monkeysfist101]

We need a net of some kind that you can throw on it when it's stunned. It can still use the resist command to break out similar to a marine breaking out of a nest.

[Azmodan412]

Indeed. Imagine the coding nightmare though.

[ChickenShizNit8]

I am simply suggesting that we add a new autolathe for simplicity.

YES, it is easy to build, but it's still a pain in the ass.

[Edgelord]

+1 for adding more shit for Researcher to do. I also think that it should be CM canon that the researcher works for Weyland-Yutani in the hopes of opening up some roleplay options.

Though we need to be careful, lest we incur the wrath of Bigby Tactical Nukes again...

[apophis775]

Denied. Yes, research is suffering, but Research should literally be "make occasional circuit-board to fix things" and "Clone people".

If anything, I'm going to be nerfing Research EVEN MORE after the recent grenade shenanigans. Possible removing custom grenades all together.

Research will EVENTUALLY get their update. We've got a lot of stuff planned for researching alien bodies, it just needs to be coded and my main coder is on hiatus.