Rumiluntti Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 There is no reason to have a mech in the escape shuttle and all I have ever seen them being used for is to drill windows, block hallway and to be a massive ding-dong. We could make it happen IC with changes to SOP. I have no idea if it's doable with some mapper magic, I'm no coder. End the mech shittery! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spacemanspark Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 I'd make an exception for Oddyssus'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrkiller59 Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 If im not mistaken, it's already against SoP to bring exosuits aboard the shuttle. But half of our players don't even know what SoP is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrFinnT Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 also, good luck stopig a person in a mech suit. yu would need emp weapons (or lots of lazors) and then the wrack of the mech is still in your way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrAzYPiLoT Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Finn, this isn't an IG problem. This is a problem related to the rules. The admins could always freeze the guy and delete the mech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDemonic Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 I would by far prefer mechs on the shuttle than mechs randomly vanishing when an admin notices, sort of breaks the immersion for me, however having an emp gun on the shuttle might be a ok idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taaketa Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Metastation escape shuttle has a cargo bay for mechs and equipement. I want a metastation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackmage199 Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 (edited) ... Should we not just deal with the person directly, should they grief with it before round end, instead of completely disallowing people to bring their creation to the shuttle. Seems like a slap in the face for any good roboticist, to me, whether or not that they're in it. Edited April 20, 2015 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bone White Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 How about a special mass driver for mechs to leave at round end without going on the shuttle? It would offer some interesting ways of escaping the station for antagonists, and prevent the mech abuse/bottlenecks on the shuttle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spacemanspark Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Metastation escape shuttle has a cargo bay for mechs and equipement. I want a metastation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumiluntti Posted April 20, 2015 Author Share Posted April 20, 2015 ... Should we not just deal with the person directly, should they grief with it before round end, instead of completely disallowing people to bring their creation to the shuttle. Seems like a slap in the face for any good roboticist, to me, whether or not that they're in it. Your creation has no function in the escape shuttle and you shouldn't be in a mech as a robotisist anyways. Is it possible to make shuttle floors to wreck mechs that step on it? It is next to impossible to remove a mech from shuttle without killing bystanders in the process after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fj45 Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Yes, the escape shuttle shows whats broken with mechs in every way. Maybe mechs just shouldn't be able to fit inside the shuttle. (Apart from the cargo bay if one was added.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackmage199 Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Your creation has no function in the escape shuttle and you shouldn't be in a mech as a robotisist anyways. I'm not saying it has a function. I'm saying it's a waste to let something that could potentially be a whole round project (looking at you, mining) behind. I also stated that it doesn't matter if the roboticist is in said mech or not, it's still a waste and a slap in the face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigercat2000 Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Code already exists, docking ports can prevent mechs from getting onto shuttles. But, it's a really bad idea to prevent people from bringing their mechs onto the shuttle, at best all you do is piss off roboticists and make round-end a bit more fair, I guess? At worst, you have people finding the most exploit-y way to get their precious mechs onto the shuttle, drilling holes into everything just to get on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox McCloud Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Code already exists, docking ports can prevent mechs from getting onto shuttles. But, it's a really bad idea to prevent people from bringing their mechs onto the shuttle, at best all you do is piss off roboticists and make round-end a bit more fair, I guess? At worst, you have people finding the most exploit-y way to get their precious mechs onto the shuttle, drilling holes into everything just to get on. Not to mention mechs are one of the very few ways to accomplish hijack objectives while the shuttle is actually in-flight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spacemanspark Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Maybe just prevent Ripley's from coming onboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZomgPonies Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Maybe just prevent Ripley's from coming onboard. Seems quite the snowflakey solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veganzombeh Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 I would suggest that all mechs are prevented from boarding the shuttle and the user gets a message like "Nanotrasen Mech Protocol forbids boarding of shuttles", unless the mech is emagged, in which case it can board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrAzYPiLoT Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Why don't we make some kind of a 'mech trunk'? Like the mech storage which was talked about? We expand the escape a little bit and put an extra room at the back of the shuttle. Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keilden Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Yeah a new escape shuttle would be nice, one where security does not need to drag criminal through half the shuttle to reach the holding room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plotron Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 We could make the shuttle a bit wider and even add-in passenger compartments separated with windoors for all these nasty bomb emergencies. You can even see people making DIY compartments themselves from time to time with glass and grilles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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