MattAtlas

Directives can be reimplemented easily but we'd need quite a few to make sure that there's little variation. I think the problem we'll run into is repetition. Maybe give head loys an option to choose a default announcement or make one themselves.

You're part of a freelancing mercenary team who just picked up a distress beacon coming from the Aurora. You have no affiliation to anyone, but you sure do want a quick buck. This is the welcome message now. I guess I'll make it so that they're very biased towards NT.

I'm not taking away options though. This is why I'm asking for a substitute name for the new alt title, which would fit what maint tech was used for before.

Title, reasoning in PR: https://github.com/Aurorastation/Aurora.3/pull/7343 Someone said that there should be a job or alt title that just handles menial tasks. I agree so I need a crowdfunded name before I can implement it.

Holdover from tg that cult doesn't need at all to function. Get rid of it imo

https://github.com/Aurorastation/Aurora.3/pull/7332/ Give me more ideas if you have them.

I think combat borgs are too much for malf but security borgs would be fine.

The rest you said hinges on what you said being true. Which it isn't. This is why this thread is going to go in circles. I'm gonna say this is my last post before the testmerge, because there's nothing more to be gained out of responding.

Clearly, if officers are talking to different people in different departments every shift, then surely... they have a bigger presence... in every department...?

How is talking to different people a bad thing, again? I thought you guys "patrolled" down halls to talk to different people... or am I wrong?

It's pretty funny how hard a person can twist "I didn't get this role, so I'll go for this one" into something negative - in addition to how a person can also completely omit any chance of things possibly changing. At this point I think the discussion has ran its course. The pro- side won't change anyone's mind and the anti- side won't either. Only a testmerge will actually yield results.

The Frontier really needs much more representation than it currently gets, in addition to a more noticeable standing on the Ceti stage. I support this application on the basis that I know your writing is solid from the lore you've submitted and that I know you're a good teamplayer and probably won't get in any slapfights in lore. +1

This is what I found out too. Most important is the point that Watson/Siskin/Harper are fundamentally the same character archetype with changes only relating to backstory as far as I can see. Externally, they all act the same, they all are almost visually the same.

There have been several instances in which you've acted the opposite of what you promised. The last and most significant one is our interaction on the medical server. You said this: the issue isn't that you're nerfing things lmao it's that you're nerfing the wrong things in the wrong way, too much or too little you're taking a hammer to anything that moves instead of applying the slightest bit of critical thinking I call it the Burger Method I'm not sure I need to explain how unneeded this entire block of "criticism" is. You didn't even read the comments in my PR nor did you read the forum thread that I linked explaining my reasoning, yet you called me out on the basis of completely made up knee-jerk sentiments. How can I trust you to work well with other people in the lore team when this is the kind of behaviour you display while criticizing others' work? If you can't do the minimum work required to understand someone's position, then I'm not sure I'd like to see you part of the lore team, which currently needs anything but this kind of attitude.

It still holds true that you didn't read the PR. The code in the PR is very easy to understand. You don't need code knowledge to look at the files and go "Oh there's an engineering security headset now, and all other versions, so the security officer gets it now". Whereas in the discord you got told a complete lie about the PR and bought it instantly (stationbounced radios). But let's skip that. I'm willing to say it was just a fluke. You said you can leave the department at any time. Then you go and say that you're removed from freeflow patrolling. No, you're not removed, it's just not the main focus anymore. It's really that simple. It's a better option because, like I said, you get to roleplay more with specific departments and the people in them. Also: freeflow patrolling as an RP tool is laughable. You damn well know that's just an excuse to do nothing, and patrolling doesn't lead to any RP in sec. You, chief among the people who go on "patrols" through maint then AFK at the end of hallways waiting for wardens to call people to the armory should know this. "Freeflow patrolling" is a flimsy excuse to hide behind when it consists in doing the same route every minute until something happens. You're not gonna lose on interaction because there was none with patrolling. None of what I posted had any "need" in it. You keep saying how people "need" to be in this department for interaction, when that's just not true. Facilitating interaction isn't a bad thing. Just because I make something doesn't mean I make it because I need it.

It does nothing to facilitate new RP because you're still stuck in an extremely narrow mindset. It doesn't railroad you- this is something you made up because you can't fathom the idea of being able to leave the department if you want to. You can either stay or leave. Humans are social beings - why is it that you can't talk to people to tell them "hey I'm going on a break" on an online game? This is all it takes to leave the department. How are you being railroaded with this in mind? People will interact with you if you're part of the department. If you've ever played any other department, you'll know this. People of your same department react better to you attempting to make a conversation with them as opposed to if you weren't. I can't give you examples of how people roleplay. This is a stupid thing to ask for. "Arbitrary decision making of a few people" Yet I see the majority here being in clear support?

Departmental officers get access to security radio and dept. radio. Sec radio includes hos/warden.

It was tested and then the PR died. People are acting as if there weren't any changes between this PR and the last one, which there were - the map is entirely new. I'd rather have departmental security tested for a week. The last test was only one round and there's absolutely no way you get used to changes so big in just one round, plus with a timeframe so small you get tons of kneejerk reactions from the affected role's mains that help nobody. I'd argue this PR gives me more choice and more ways to RP with people in departments in ways I wouldn't really have access to. Considering I can probably play cargo officer and go "hey I'm taking a break and walking around for X time", I'm 99% sure they'd let me. Which means I can patrol the same as before. There's no "railroading" from my perspective, it just adds onto the current amount of RP that you can do. The problem of "security can't be coordinated" has already been resolved. They get stationbounced radios.

Stop posting if you're not involved. This is the LAST warning. Staff will decide the policy here. Someone going in and saying "Well others did this too!" is not constructive and doesn't help. If a complaint warrants new policy, then policy will be made.

We've come to a resolution that this behaviour isn't in line with the rules. As we investigated the logs we found the player's behaviour to be more towards LRP, in addition to the jobhopping. A warning will be applied. Since this is an HRP server, we expect characters to not break the atmosphere and for characters to be believable, hence to not jobhop. There is more information of this in our rules. This complaint will be locked in 24 hours.

I really like your stances so far. I think they're the ones that best represent what Tajara should be and I personally believe you to be one of the best for the job. You've always had a clear mind with goals, so I really doubt there'll be any issues Make Joker canon in Adhomai please. +1

Cnaym and I are taking this complaint. Expect a response today or tomorrow.

Why not make them separate gamemodes?

For the record, I will fix the synthskin issue.

Hello, I'm the one continuining Poze's work. Some things I noticed during the test and have fixed: aliens being unable to select bodytype and shells having ethnicities. I'm considering removing the cold ethnicity as it looks really bad and making the default Warm w/ skintone 45. The reason that skintones are 30 to 220~ is because this system works based on a colour base to which we apply the tonality. This means that a skintone of 0 with a white base is just a chalk human. Re: synthskin, I guess I could fix it but I would have to see how they work. It might end up delaying the PR.