Make the Elevator/Lift less lethal

[Carver]

In short; Remove the gibbing/mob deletion, replace with massive damage/non-head limb loss akin to teleporting into a wall or similar. It adds nothing to the game and is disturbingly more common (usually due to bugs or incompetence) than people using the gibber/crematorium (however much I equally despise those).

[greenjoe]

I'd also suggest a emergency exit door on the bottom level, with one way access leading out of it. access to get into it could be limited to engineering and medical, perhaps, for rescues.

[Carver]

1 minute ago, greenjoe said:

I'd also suggest a emergency exit door on the bottom level, with one way access leading out of it. access to get into it could be limited to engineering and medical, perhaps, for rescues.

Instead of solely limiting the access I'd also make it a one-way exit akin to medical's doors.

[CampinKiller]

I don’t know why being crushed by a massive elevator shouldnt result in instant death, to be honest

[Carver]

By the same logic, a gunshot to the head would always instantly kill you - or a crowbar swing to the noggin would knock you out and cause severe brain damage in one swing. But ultra-realism isn't something we stick to for good reason.

[greenjoe]

12 hours ago, Carver said:

Instead of solely limiting the access I'd also make it a one-way exit akin to medical's doors

Yeah, that's what I meant

One way exit to get out of it, with access to something like medical and engi to enter it for rescues

[CampinKiller]

11 hours ago, Carver said:

By the same logic, a gunshot to the head would always instantly kill you - or a crowbar swing to the noggin would knock you out and cause severe brain damage in one swing. But ultra-realism isn't something we stick to for good reason.

Yeah, but the difference between those and walking into an elevator shaft is that it’s very difficult to just accidentally yourself into that position, whereas being shot in the head can be an RNG thing

[Carver]

5 hours ago, CampinKiller said:

Yeah, but the difference between those and walking into an elevator shaft is that it’s very difficult to just accidentally yourself into that position, whereas being shot in the head can be an RNG thing

More than several times people have glitched into the shaft having a horrid time as a result, and using it as a murder tool is as tasteless and disgusting as using the crematorium or gibber. Instant kills should be relegated to the realm of high-end bombs and ship-v-ship weapons (notably the Leviathan), and should never be something you accidentally die from.

[Gem]

i'll look into this.

[Gem]

PR is up.

https://github.com/Aurorastation/Aurora.3/pull/15468

[Carver]

Thank you; I do appreciate the added door, but I do not consider it a solution to this suggestion to remove the gibbing/mob deletion.

[EJJ]

On 28/12/2022 at 17:20, Carver said:

n short; Remove the gibbing/mob deletion, replace with massive damage/non-head limb loss akin to teleporting into a wall or similar.

Yeah. It doesn't really help that if someone does get squished it just is a complete deletion.
Would like to see some change.

[WickedCybs]

Given that it's preventable and will be to an even greater extent with Gem's PR, I don't really see a reason to remove consequences like this and it doesn't make sense to be intact afterward. Would be like surviving after having an entire ship land on you after you walked onto a hangar pad.