[A rollback on the lava land nerfs.]

People who complain about lava land loot being over powered don't do mining on lava land. 

The mining nerf was way to harsh. Legion cores need to be able to heal internal bleeding and return limbs because on lava land it is easy to gain those effects. If you are unlucky the first Goliath that hits you can give you internal bleeding or break a bone. You need medical supplies in the pod because it is really easy to take damage on lava land and settling for going back to med bay after every fight with a regular mob is stupid. Nerfing lava land while keeping the same difficulty with the mobs is just ridiculous. Patches are genuinely made better than legion cores now. It shouldnt have to be a tradition for miners to raid medbay for medical supplies for survival on lava land. There isnt even a source of burn patches inside the vendor reward. Only brute force kits. Lava land is in a state now where it isnt worth doing because none of the loot is worth taking the time to amass the resources to try and get. This was starting to become a problem since mining was updated to make it closer in line with other lava lands since the ai was made more difficult with bosses. Now this only exaserbates the issue since most of the loot you get now from mega fauna is kind of pathetic and not worth the effort taken to receive. The spectral blade, most of the effects of the drakes blood potion, Fireball wand, lava staff, the colluses in general, the ash storm staff, etc. All of the later rewards are no longer worth the effort to try and get.

a lot of the peoples problems with lava land and the loot people get stem from them being an issue with the players themselves and their use of their gear. There are rules in place to prevent people from just valid hunting antags and if there is a problem with the player themselves doing that then it can be admin ticketed. They also have a problem with mining turning into monster hunting instead of just mining, but how about instead of just nerfing all the things miners need to survive how about we just reverse mining to just the asteroid again. Id kind of prefer that than lava land in its current state. Sure it was boring but the difficulty matched the possible rewards you could get.

[A nerf to Russian operatives]

I spent an hour trying to get a laser gun approved as a gateway explorer just to find out that the Russians take almost the full charge of the gun to take down. You seemingly cant disable then either to make it easier or disarm. Or get guns from them after death. So I think it would be more fair to nerf their health signifigantly. Or reduce their damage because we get crippled and get injured from getting shot but they are apparently pumped up morphine and hulk serum. Maybe make it so that the Russian station has wireless laser guns like on the syndie station with the terror spiders. Or at least give us some body armor in the sec lockers you can open their because it makes no sense that even after killing them they have nothing on them (implying that they dont have body armor but can take laser shots). And maybe let us take their pistols even if you have to break immersion and put one in their pockets or something instead on in their hand. 

[How long does it take to get a reply on your ban appeal.]

I'm just wondering on average how long does it take to get a response on your ban appeal. Ive waited roughly just over 24 hours since I posted. Is this a normal amount of time?

[Name complaint Dio Brando]

4 hours ago, magentaformula0 said:

It might be around 11pm gdt only sure though.

 

Sorry also forgot to include the date. It was on 5/29/19.

[Name complaint Dio Brando]

It might be around 11pm gdt only sure though.

 

[Name complaint Dio Brando]

Admin(s) Key:Breenland
Your ckey (Byond username): Magentaformula0
Your Discord name (if applicable): N/A

Date(s) of incident (GMT preferred): around 10pm gmt

Nature of complaint: Misapplication of rules. 
(Select all that apply: EG - clarification required, misapplication of rules, misconduct, abuse of powers, feedback, other)

Brief description (tl;dr here. Just the critical elements): Breenland believes my name goes against the rules. I disagreed. We argued about the rules and what it implies. He did not originally point for me to complain to the forums instead pointing me to speak to a head admin. Because I actually read the rules I came to complain on the forums here. 

Full description of events:

I have the name Dio Brando. Breenland contacted on 2 separate occasions on this. The first time I asked for a reason and he did not respond. The second time he said it goes against the rules without sitting a specific rule until I responded after I reviewed the rules. Rule 2 says that i must be possessing a name that is appropriate. While the only stipulation in rule 2 having to do with references is roleplaying in character as said reference. So I believe since I was not actively roleplaying said Dio Brando my name is not inappropriate in accordance to rule 2. 

[Dio Brando]

8 hours ago, Spacemanspark said:

Use the complaint format. 

Sorry I will repost after reformatting. (Sorry unedited reply I misread).

[Dio Brando]

The admin Breenland believes that the name Dio Brando goes against rule 2 and that I must no longer use it. I disagree since the rules only say when regarding names that it must remain appropriate. While rule 2 only stipulates that if my name was containing a reference that the actual roleplay does not become obnoxious (i.e. naming myself after groot and only saying groot).