[Emmaged mediborgs hug you... TO DEATH!]

I love this idea. Very silly

[New minor midround event. Cursed Maint Loot.]

Sounds like a cool idea, but perhaps without the whispering and they should seem like regular items. If this mid-round event spawns a single revolver that lets the one person that picked it up murderbone as much as they can with the limited 6 bullets, I don't really see an issue. That's fairly close to the chaos caused by other mid-round events like meteors or power outages, but with much more flexibility and combat.

[Lethal Shotgun Shells???]

Shotgun slugs (the white shells) and buckshot (red) were both removed for what I've been told was "balance problems". Now, unless you go to science to ask for custom-made shells you have to craft, you're stuck with Incendiary Slugs for lethal ammunition.

I'm willing to agree that buckshot might have been overly effective against melee monsters, esp. terror spiders. Aside from a few cases, buckshot isn't much better than laser guns because of the pump/reload time and limited ammo. If it was removed for being too powerful, then NERF IT.

I can definitely agree that shotgun slugs were too powerful. There was a very high chance that when they hit an unarmored target it would cause IB and/or broken bones. The damage it dealt was manageable. I remember taking a single slug and teleporting away as a vampire only to slowly die from the IB, because no doctors or cargo techs would do surgery on me.

Currently the only easily accessible shotgun shells are incendiary slugs, which are really only great for people who enjoy themselves and everybody else in the room with them being on fire.

I've noticed a lot of stuff being removed from the game and not much being added. I think it's crazy that buckshot shells and slugs were completely removed rather then getting some sort of nerf. Leaving in incendiary slugs, which are a specialized form of regular slugs with less damage, doesn't make sense to me.

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I didn't make this, but WHEW whoever made this is a genius

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wow. well done with the demon cow.

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the HOS stole the comms

[Returning to after a long absence.]

Can't say I remember you, but welcome back

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7 people trespassed in Bridge

Magical morph at everything

Became the ultimate cult-chaplain

Space 'murica

Wonders of mining

[Abydos2: Warn for something I said I was going to do]

I'm not sure how warnings work. If its part of my permanent record this is a problem,as in the in-game conversation he said it was for breaking laws. If it's just a reminder, then I'm alright with it. 

Also, I'm pretty sure he saw my message with the chat log(?) showing that I told the AI that I was going to scam the prisoners, because he started typing on it, but then I guess he ignored the messages for a while (10min+) until I opened a new admin ticket where he told me the warning sticks. Not cool man

[Abydos2: Warn for something I said I was going to do]

Admin(s) Key: Abydos2 @Abydos
Your ckey (Byond username): jColborn

Date(s) of incident (GMT preferred): 6/23/2020 1:00 AM GMT

Nature of complaint: misapplication of rules
(Select all that apply: EG - clarification required, misapplication of rules, misconduct, abuse of powers, feedback, other)
Links to all relevant ban appeals for any bans related to this complaint:

Brief description: Abydos claimed that I broke my cyborg laws when it's quite clear that I hadn't. They warned me for something that I said I was going to do in the future, while there was evidence that I wasn't going to and was lying.

Less brief description:

1) Tell perma prisoner I'll give them freedom if they pay me

2) Ask how much money perma prisoner has

3) Request perma prisoner's account number and PIN for confirmation

4) Leave perma and never speak with the prisoner again

5) Profit get warned and told off by an admin

Full description of events:

As a cyborg, I had just obtained the captain's account number, and set about making money for them as I was on a Corporate Lawset. I informed the AI that I was going to "attempt to scam the perma prisoners into giving it(me) their account details" and proceeded to go into perma. I found the prisoner, and they asked "Are you here to rescue me?", which I responded by saying "This unit is willing to give you freedom for credits". The prisoner gave me their account details, and I left perma and attempted to access an ATM. However, I got this error: Artificial unit recognized. Artificial units do not currently receive monetary compensation, as per Nanotrasen regulation #1005. I wouldn't be in violation of this because I intended to get the money to the captain. I then went to the captain and the following exchange occured: 

CorpoR.A.I.t whispers quietly, "This unit has aquired $3900 for you"

CorpoR.A.I.t whispers softly, "It is in Account #690377, PIN 6508"

CorpoR.A.I.t whispers softly, "This unit is unable to use ATMs its self, so you must take it"

 

Admin exchange: 

Follow-up: Abydos warned me because they believe that telling an EoC that you will break them out in private, with only the borg and AI knowing about it, somehow disrupts security. This makes no sense at all. If the warning was because you believed that I was indeed going to follow up and release the prisoner, then there is evidence that I never intended to do so as I am not required to keep promises, and after acquiring the money releasing the prisoner would not increase profits. Abydos ignored my request to check synthetic chat logs, and therefor missed out on important details and evidence.

 

Also, calling my decently thought out and perfectly executed scam a joke? Rude