Automatic freeing job slots for important roles like doctors/command

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Automatic freeing job slots for important roles like doctors/command

Post by Xenomorph Dominatrix » 16 Apr 2016, 03:55

Summary (a quick, 2-3 sentence summary):
If someone in a really important and number-limited role like a doctor or CMO/engineer/CE/commander/bridge officer/RO/etc goes SSD in a random place for over 30 minutes and isn't put in cryosleep, free the job slot anyway without someone needing to dump their body in cryosleep.

The reason being, a lot of these dicks are selfish and don't cryosleep themselves before logging out and leave it for someone else (same mentality as people who litter in real life really) - and what's worse is a lot of them have ID locked or hidden from view places that no one else can find them in (or run down to the planet and die to the dropship on first arrival like I saw a MP do, which breaks a job slot for an entire round)

Benefits (How this will benefit the server and game as a whole):
Less massive doctor queues, more leader roles not staying unfilled in long rounds, leading to more interesting stuff going on than people wandering around aimlessly shooting and squad leaders shouting at each other for dominance

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Re: Automatic freeing job slots for important roles like doctors/command

Post by Jeser » 16 Apr 2016, 04:03

Totally agree. 30 minutes is enough, I think. +1
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Re: Automatic freeing job slots for important roles like doctors/command

Post by Wickedtemp » 16 Apr 2016, 04:36

+1
On an action-based server like CM, half an hour of inactivity means you'd be missing a LOT. This would also be nice for when the CMO decides to go SSD IN THEIR OFFICE.

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Re: Automatic freeing job slots for important roles like doctors/command

Post by Arachnidnexus » 16 Apr 2016, 14:50

This would be amazing especially for medbay since sometimes SSD docs hide themselves in really dumb places (locker near evac, wtf?) and it's important to have active people filling those slots.

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Re: Automatic freeing job slots for important roles like doctors/command

Post by SpanishBirdman » 16 Apr 2016, 21:37

+1

I've found several people stashed in lockers or maint, and many people don't even know that sleepers free up your job. I actually didn't until this post, I just put people in them as a doc for the sake of having them out of the way.

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Re: Automatic freeing job slots for important roles like doctors/command

Post by Snypehunter007 » 20 Jan 2017, 07:03

Just put them in cryo. It's simple.
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Post by Swagile » 20 Jan 2017, 08:53

This isn't just for cryo, its also to solve the problem of rambos / bad assaults and or defences leading to a huge loss of command staff / vital staff such as combat engineers / medics / doctors.

Admins cannot be there all the time and this would solve the problem of these cases as they'd naturally weed themselves out to be replaced by a new join that is hopefully more knowledgeable.

Personally I was once a SL and I had to immediately go due to a personal reason, and I went SSD planet side on ice colony in a obscure place. My squad most likely had no one leading them after I lead due to the lack of a leader helmet + my special headset and ID for the rest of the round, but there wasn't much I could do except ahelp and was told to just place my body in the nearest place possible to topside.
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Re: Automatic freeing job slots for important roles like doctors/command

Post by Snypehunter007 » 20 Jan 2017, 10:03

Staff don't do anything in regards to SSD unless it is a disciplinary thing.

The whole point of the game is having a limited amount of everything against a horde of xenos. If they die, they die. There are no replacements except for standards.

If you feel that someone wasted a role, ahelp it to staff online or make a player report.
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Re: Automatic freeing job slots for important roles like doctors/command

Post by forwardslashN » 20 Jan 2017, 18:35

I don't see the need for this. The suggestion is from months ago as well. Denied.
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