Mrs Dobbins Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 (edited) they're called the greytide for a reason. Edited February 26, 2015 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkvA Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Greytide's not a good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Dobbins Posted February 26, 2015 Author Share Posted February 26, 2015 I know its not. Making them all of the flavors of the rainbow doesn't change the fact that Greytide isn't a thing. Besides, it makes them easily recognizable. Non-greytiders are easily visible because of clothesmates or custom appearances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streaky Haddock Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 I like rainbows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkvA Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 People may deny it, but I think civilians not being grey does stop them from triggering. It's for the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Dobbins Posted February 26, 2015 Author Share Posted February 26, 2015 So wearing grey causes people to be agressive? Theres a multitude of causes for civvies to be violent. 1. A lot of civvies are new players and don't really understand the game so they run around with a fire extinguisher. 2. Grief squads are a thing. 3. Why do you think the main tactic in Planetside is zerging? People don't know what to do so they follow each other. That leads to the most basic kind of greytiding (but it is possible that them all being uniform contributes to that) Claiming that not wearing grey correlates with less civilian based violence seems shaky at best (I have no idea about the ban statistics, so I can't even see the correlation). The truth is, inexperienced players, grief-squads and zerging will exist no matter what they wear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streaky Haddock Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 grey triggers violence in the wearer. It's due to a chemical used in the manufacture of the suits, there have been studies on this and everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earthdivine Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 On one hand, I do not like that there are "Civvy's" on a highly secluded research station doing illegal research. On the other hand, I'm glad you can be an assistant without getting thrown out of a department now since Assistant is an actual job you can bug the HoP for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spacemanspark Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 When we hit 70+ players, it turns into NSS psychedelic. Revert please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomzy Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 When we hit 70+ players, it turns into NSS psychedelic.Revert please. It's not an urgent issue or something that's a grave problem/needs to be fixed or worked upon in our to-do list. I haven't been on in a while, but I'm sure you can get vended grey jumpsuits, and when those come out, even more from cargo? If not? It really doesn't matter. If people in differently colored jumpsuits bug you, I'm not sure what wouldn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streaky Haddock Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 civilians are individuals why are you trying to make them conform Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spacemanspark Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Nobody said they couldn't use the clothing machines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomzy Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Nobody said they couldn't use the clothing machines. That was actually my point. ... Wait, is there seriously going to be an argument on people not getting to spawn in a grey damn jumpsuit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Dobbins Posted February 26, 2015 Author Share Posted February 26, 2015 Nobody said they couldn't use the clothing machines. Agreed. If the greytide dislike being 50 shades of grey then they can use a clothesmate. besides, I remember reading through the PRs on /tg/ and they have a config option for rainbowtide. I'd find the PR if I wasn't on my phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox McCloud Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Nobody said they couldn't use the clothing machines. Agreed. If the greytide dislike being 50 shades of grey then they can use a clothesmate. besides, I remember reading through the PRs on /tg/ and they have a config option for rainbowtide. I'd find the PR if I wasn't on my phone. And it's off, by default; it's just an option for downstreams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fj45 Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 At the very most the biggest change to rainbowtide should be giving them a few more jumpsuits that aren't completely crazy colours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spacemanspark Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Nobody said they couldn't use the clothing machines. That was actually my point. I was meaning they could use the clothing machines to get the colored clothing, if they really want it. It's kind of annoying to see a wave of rainbow flying at you. The reason this change was made in the first place, according to /tg/, was to prevent assistants from becoming their own department, in a way. It didn't accomplish this purpose here. Most of them don't really care if they spawn with grey or random colors, so it wouldn't be an issue to change it back in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomzy Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 I mean, then it wouldn't be an issue to keep it. It's a very, VERY minor "problem" if you would even call it that. If you can just go get colored jumpsuits, I'm not sure why it's a problem to get a grey one. All in all, it's not a very important subject, so don't be surprised if this suggestion gets buried. I know I sound like an asshole here, but really, this is a very minuscule problem. You might ask, if that's a very minuscule problem, it's not gonna affect anything if we revert, but really, it's not gonna affect anything if we don't revert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldflame Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Just make the jumpsuits grey by default with coloured ones available in the lockers at arrival (which I believe they are). That way new players can be easily identified without encouraging greytiding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fj45 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Civvies are very easy to spot even with the rainbow suits, they have a specific style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streaky Haddock Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 but i like the colours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spacemanspark Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Color the floor with crayons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Dobbins Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 but i like the colours Why not add Power Ranger costumes to the Clothesmate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZomgPonies Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 I like the colors also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox McCloud Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 I didn't port this over to necessarily reduce "greytiding"; if it does have that effect, then I'm glad. That said, the reason I did it is to add a little variety and encourage interaction between players a bit more. Adding in 20+ alt job titles for civvie just so you could select your isn't really a viable thing--so the next best thing is making them spawn in with a random color. As an added bonus, if you don't like your color, it encourages you to trade with people who have a color you like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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