pazneria12 Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 I come up with a lot of ideas right before I got to sleep, and I post one of them once in a while, this time what I've thought of is a form of so holopad in each department, and when used would summon a "tutorial ai" (ghost) and it would tell the ghost what department and such so the ghost would know if it knows what the summoner needs. I'll flesh this idea out in the morning or forget about it. Most likely forget about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liran424 Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Don't we have mentors for that? or we had fed them all to the kraken? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleBigKid2000 Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Dey tuk er jerbs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazneria12 Posted July 14, 2016 Author Share Posted July 14, 2016 right.... Mentors... Forgot about those... I dont wanna remove the point of them.. but this would be a good IC way to learn your job.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
necaladun Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 ...I actually quite like the idea as a way to do things in a more hands on and direct IC fashion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vivalas Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 This would be cool as some sort of green newbie helmet with neurotransmitters or whatever in it that the HoP and department heads start with that they can give to newer players for a ghost (or mentor) to talk directly into their head and help them out. The helmet also tells everyone you're a newb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SigholtStarsong Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 ...I actually quite like the idea as a way to do things in a more hands on and direct IC fashion. Mentor only prompt/"Karma" role? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vivalas Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Karma locking this will make it unused, as nobody (or maybe just me) would be okay with spending karma on something like this, unless it's like 1 karma or something. I think a player age limit and the ability to jobban people from this would be enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SigholtStarsong Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Karma locking this will make it unused, as nobody (or maybe just me) would be okay with spending karma on something like this, unless it's like 1 karma or something. I think a player age limit and the ability to jobban people from this would be enough. I was actually suggesting the role be limited to Mentors, as I don't think (admitted bias here) that it'd be wise to let Joey McGreytide who played once in 2014 access to a role that purely exists to help new players / help people learn jobs. That's why us Mentors exist, after all. We're trusted to be knowledgeable about a significant portion of the game' s mechanics and systems. Also, of we did this as a Role, I'd suggest that the AI have absolutely no control capability over the Station, and be lawed against divulging knowledge that is not specifically request/will effect the round except for training. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liran424 Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 That's why us Mentors exist, after all. We're trusted to be knowledgeable about a significant portion of the game' s mechanics and systems. [spoiler2]Don't the admins feed you every week, like.... to the dark gods or something...[/spoiler2] This would be cool as some sort of green newbie helmet with neurotransmitters or whatever in it that the HoP and department heads start with that they can give to newer players for a ghost (or mentor) to talk directly into their head and help them out. The helmet also tells everyone you're a newb. The newblet can just mentor/adminhelp if he has any queastions... that's why we don't need neurotransmitters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazneria12 Posted July 15, 2016 Author Share Posted July 15, 2016 Mentors and admins, and I think thats all that really should be able to use this, if its implemented, because it just doesnt make sense that a person just hired would just need to stare at an object for a few minutes to figure out how to do anything with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexpkeaton Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 I actually like this idea as sort of a pAI 2.0. To all those who say "we have mentors for that"- sure, but seeing what someone is doing and being able to make comments on it is a big deal, especially when something is complex or potentially dangerous. Plus, this can be a short-term way to return to the round. The only drawback I see is antags/validhunters teaming up to take advantage of the pop-in/pop-out nature of this to jump in from dchat to their buddies still alive so they can blab about who is an antag, or "sec's on to you", etc. Maybe that's just me being cynical, and of course anything close to that will get you permabanned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purpose2 Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 I do really quite like the idea of a newbie-helmet, even if that tells me as an antag that I probably shouldn't wreck this guy -too- hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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