Revolutionaries 2.0 #132
Revolutionaries 2.0 #132
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Honestly the vast majority of this is really good. Revs is pretty much just Katamari Damacy but with greytiders. An implementation of this proposal would give revs a far more unique feel that does a much better job at playing into the paranoia aspects of station antags. |
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I think its a really cool concept,the only way i see of "metagaming" revs is noting that suddenly a lot of people on station are wearing sunglasses or masks,but i like all the other concepts. |
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"revs arent allowed to do antag stuff unless someone is 'defending a head'" does not sound like a recipe for less admin involvement, that sounds like a nightmare |
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same type of weird situationally-dependent half-antag status that led the various iterations of gangs & thief on tg to be terrible |
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Possible mechanical way to help prevent murderhobo-ing would be to have killing someone cause a substantial station-wide negative effect on the killer's faction's influence. Possibly even greater effect for gibbing. Revs killing = less rev influence, non-revs killing = more rev influence. For situations where that's hard to track, it could be coupled with a more mild "martyrdom" bonus for one's own faction if you're killed. Edit: Overall I really like the proposal though, and would be very happy to see this implemented! |
I'm not sure that this is a better solution than just flashes, though. This feels very metagamable and abusable. A problem I've seen during rev rounds is people flocking to headrevs to get converted. In this case, they'd just stand near propaganda. I'm not sure I buy the strengths of this new system. I like the idea of the round ending when revs capture the bridge with AA. That is a good, satisfactory ending to a rev shift. I don't think some of these structural changes around it would work well, though I see the vision for the most part. |
I'll need to reword this section I think. Rev antags should work like normal antags; you have a goal but "don't be a dick" is still the overriding rule, if that makes sense :/ |
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when "dont be a dick" is the overriding rule you're essentially forcing admins to figure out "whos being 'a dick'" in every single ambiguous scenario instead of having it be handled mechanically |
if people want to throw the round to get converted you're not really stopping them without admin intervention, regardless of how conversion works. flashes create choke points in the same department(s) every single round which is really boring |
This would work very well imo, amazing PR eitherway. |
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there are lots of good bits and pieces mechanically here but any implementation that seeks to restrict what revs are allowed to do by just telling them "well dont go too far" and expecting admins (and individual players) to disambiguate what "too far" means situationally is not one that is going to work |
That's fair. My view is that converted Revs should be under tighter rules than normal antags, as to give a somewhat broad set of people (potentially with very low experience playing the game) RR rights is a very bad idea, even if this refactor is intended to reduce the number of Revs in general. I can consider some other mechanical way of making Revs not want to greytide the station; I'd be interested in hearing ideas. Making player deaths decrease conversion effectiveness is a bit game-y and fundamentally doesn't tackle the problem: the Rev hurts the Head Rev goal, not their own. Amendment ProposalWhat about a mental shock/morale factor when being exposed to a dying loyalist? If the Head Rev stays near their flock, this debuff is negated, but a lone Rev going out murdering people will flip back. |
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Honestly it does make sense for antags to remain consistent in being a license to grief; restricting converted revs via rules would make for a pretty confusing experience, especially for new players. It'd be better for extreme actions to be discouraged through means other than rules and hoping they're enforced (there's already really good discouragement in the form of Security. Plus, not having a good indicator of who's a rev or not means it's much harder for convertees to just blindly attack non-revs like revs currently tend to do, in turn meaning a high likelihood of friendly fire. Personally we feel it's already discouraged enough). Additionally, rev heads do have good reason to prioritize quality over quantity for conversions with this proposed rework (as stealth is actually meaningfully viable with this proposed rework), unlike current revs where quantity is vastly preferred (As all that matters in current revs is that heads die somehow. More bodies means overcoming resistance in making that happen). |
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Here are a few things I would like to note from both technical and gameplay standpoints. Clearly it has a few things that need to be worked out, but overall is a good idea and a much needed change. I would discuss this more with people more knowledgeable than I, it is completely possible that I missed some major technical issue in this review (and, of course, it is always good to get more viewpoints anyway.)
I think the major thing I noticed with this is the following: while this eliminates the old methods of metagaming to identify a revolution, it simply introduces new ones that work much in the same manner. This needs to be addressed, of course, because otherwise the entire point of this refactor would be meaningless.
That aside, I want to end on a positive note rather than leaving mostly negative comments. I think this is a really really cool concept, and yeah its gonna need some work, but change is absolutely needed and, quite frankly, I welcome them. An overhaul of revolutionaries is long overdue. Keep discussing with people, I'd like to see a finished product someday!
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| Being a Rev means you look slightly dazed and confused, which can be hidden by hiding your eyes. This effect will also be applied to some drugs in game like Mindbreaker Toxin. | ||
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| ### Killing the Heads is now not required for the Revs to win, instead requiring taking the Bridge and using all Head ID cards on the Command Console and defending the Bridge for a period of time. |
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I don't feel like this would work. The nuke disk works because, even when destroyed, it will be automatically respawned. There is also the case of spare head IDs that will makes things even more convoluted. I second the idea of a final target, but I see a lot of issues that could arise from this one in particular.
I do think it would be neat to have a system for a "Capture-the-Point" type thing, and this would allow that, however, once again, it has similar issues tied to it. The communications console in particular can not only be destroyed, but built using on-station boards. There is also more than one communication console on most stations.
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Good comments. One alternative for the cards I was considering was a retinal scan of each of the recognized Heads (meaning you can gib, murder or capture a Head and drag 'em to the Bridge) but I went for IDs as it's the universal security/ID chit.
For the capture-the-point problem: I'm sort of fumbling around with what exact terminal to use. One "uber terminal" that reflects the core Centcomm uplink is probably what would have to be needed, which would probably be made of completely indestructible materials. Like a couple of other points so far it makes me :/ as it is a bit video game-y
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What if for the round to end every "Head" (or someone with that head's access) must activate some thing on their office's computer terminal. Once a majority of the buttons are on, the bridge comms console then has a final button to press to have the station succeed from NT. This would mean the revs need to hold territory in the form of each head office and the bridge and if they allow defending loyalists to take over a majority again and disable them, they must take it back.
Revs Start > Take control of over 50% of Head Offices > Activate Computer Button > Take control of bridge > Activate comms console button > Win
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| 1. Get all the Heads ID cards. This must be their special ID cards, not HOP-manufactured ones. |
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| Your implant gives you access to the Syndicate radio channel innately. This can be changed to a unique Revolution radio channel, but given Nukies, Traitors and Revs are exclusive to each other, it should be fine to just use the Syndie channel. | ||
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| ### Influence |
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This hasn't been made very clear from reading through this, but when exactly does the conversion actually happen?
I saw it was mentioned that, with the implant, HRs could convert someone similarly to how the flash worked without the flash. This would work great if the HRs could see an influence meter above someone's head, which must be filled or above a certain threshold to be converted.
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Yep that's the idea. I'll add that as notes with maybe an image demonstrating it
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| Converted Revolutionaries have an obvious trait that can be inspected: | ||
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| “They appear slightly dazed and confused”. |
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With how many mentions there have been with metagaming, I feel it necessary to point this out: if someone is seen with that inspect status, they WILL be metagamed by someone at some point. It is pretty much inevitable. It is the same case of how it is now; security sees a passenger with a flash, they immediately call revolutionaries. Even if a security member did not call a revolution early (based on the sighting of this status), they certainly would if they see many people with the same status.
To address it being hidden: it's a neat idea, but that alone is not going to stop metagaming from occurring.
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I agree; it's currently the best idea for a drawback to being a Rev (that you're identifiable as valid by Security) I can think of.
There needs to be some drawback to being a Rev, otherwise people will go "oh, it's a Rev round, I'll be safe if I stand next to this poster then wander over to that particularly sus clown". Being valid is the best idea I have so far.
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not just by security but literally the entire station
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| ## Core Mechanics | ||
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| ### Propaganda |
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Really fun idea, but again, like above, will definitely be "metagamed." If you are walking around and see posters to join a revolution, you are going to call a revolution. I daresay at this point that this is not metagaming because it has a completely justified IC reason. I cannot see any reason why these posters would be used outside of a revolution, making them completely obvious when there is one.
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Misdirection by other antags and "funny comedy" by clowns and mimes aside, this is a fair point.
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Anything used as rev branding should be something that (at least at the start) can be masked as normal non-rev branding. That way it cannot be instantly meta'd as Revs. Could add plenty of options for service staff to add other propaganda such as TV presentations.
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Still think we need more propaganda than posters, other methods that arnt as overt. Could be as suggested on the discord as some sort of code phrase / chant the HRs can call out to cause influence gain, for example.
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revs should not be under tighter rules than other antags. there is precedent for this, anything that should be stipulated by rules beyond "dont murder your teammates" should be enforced mechanically |
I like the idea of grief, but this would curb a lot of strategic liberty HRs could have (In example, splitting people off into teams.) |
implement mood :godo: |
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just gonna comment that this document is quite lengthy and the actual changes being made do not feel super clear. This isn't a statement on the quality of anything proposed, rather just noting that it's hard to determine what exactly is being proposed and the specific mechanics of how those things would work. |
Despite the "no its not a maintainer meeting" in contrib vc, its essentially a maintainer meeting. If youre interested, we are discussing it. |
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Agree with EmoGarbage that this is a lengthy doc and I'll need an executive summary at the top. This is a full game mode rebuild and by necessity is more complex than normal. I've done a signficiant rework of numerous aspects of this PR:
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Just to stress in its own post: this mode is a rebuild but not a deliberate replacement of Revs 1.0 and I'd intend to code it to sit alongside that mode so that it can be feature toggled between; this rewrite will have players break it over its knees repeatedly and it's not fair to punish said breaking with "wow, we've now disabled Revs whilst we do a rebalance, enjoy less round types!" Hotfixes to the current mode are cool, like making flashing a bit better or having the game sodding end when all the Heads are dead please god |
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I was thinking introducing chem components like mindbreaker toxin to influence people (including revs and non-revs) |
shouldn't be innate, should be shown by a type of glasses |
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| 2. Input the cards and click the button to start the unlinking of the uplink. | ||
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| 3. Wait some number of seconds for the uplink to be disabled. This alerts the entire station over comms that the Revs are doing this: I hope you have fortifed the bridge! |
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This all seems like a much better way to end the game. Provides crew and revs with a clear goal and space to play around. The use of extra head IDs to speed up/slow down the countdown seems like a perfect tug of war.
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Only potential issue i CAN see is that it forces the bridge to become a battleground in every instance. Maybe discuss ideas for alternative locations to have this occur, could be any of the head offices so that, for example, revs setup in Medbay could work from CMO's and its then a medical rebellion.
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At the moment I'm focussing on the Bridge alone so there's a three-step structure to a revolution round: the plotting phase with a small number of Revs, the stealing of Head IDs which is the mid-round goal and then the attack on the Bridge as the end game.
Depending on how this mode works in practice then I could see allowing for the flag to be captured from the various head offices, but I'd worry that'd over-encourage one-department scheming, like a Rev round where the Revs just take over Science and fortify it ridiculously for two hours.
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At the end of the round there is likely to be a battle anyways and I think it's far better if it's around the bridge rather than just the evac shuttle getting bombed. Using the bridge as a more central objective point helps decrease the focus of antags from the evac shuttle at round end which will reduce shuttle bombings.
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Anything used as rev branding should be something that (at least at the start) can be masked as normal non-rev branding. That way it cannot be instantly meta'd as Revs. Could add plenty of options for service staff to add other propaganda such as TV presentations.
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| This terminal is the core security uplink between the space station and the rest of the universe (in fiction). It can send announcements and notifies who is the current chain-of-command. | ||
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| This console is indestructable, protected by military-grade force fields, immovable and powered by a nuclear engine that will outlast the star it's anchored to. |
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Is this not the existing Communications Console that's in the bridge and cap's office?
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There's multiple comms consoles but the one on the bridge needs to be upgraded to be the "special" one that is the logical centre of the entire space station, as it's the flag that the Revs want to capture
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Hmmm... Is it possible to implement that the head of the revolutionaries can "broadcast" his influence through the TV if he is shown on it and says something? |
For the psychologist I think it'd be funny if it's visible if someone's lying on, like, the psych's sofa. IDK if that exists yet as I know little about that role. I think that there's probably going to have to be some sort of eye-wear that spots rev propaganda but if there's clothing that shows off Influence levels that just means it gets co-opted by the HoS within microseconds of spawning. |
I'm not going to touch the Reporter/TV game as part of this (and probably won't touch Psychology either) as they're niche roles that don't affect most stations. It's a good idea though, especially for RP. |
Mindbreaker Toxin is in as an Influence-generating drug. I could consider a pacifying drug that Sec could administer, too... |
nah hear me out right spitballing here what if one of the methods to gain influence is to hear certain words… code words, if you will? That the head revolutionaries get (randomised)? So if you hear a guy with really repetitive speech patterns that might be an indicator that he’s a revolutionary |
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Maybe. This is already a huge PR though and without seeing the basics of Influence being broken by players it's gonna be hard to know how to tune the specifics. But more ways of generating or losing influence around the station can be added afterward; that's the entire point of adding a number specifically to track this. Code words is also a Traitor thing atm; I'm already stealing a Nukie gimmick with the round-win timer. Side note, some people have conflated this with a morale number atm: if that was the case, Influence would be renamed morale, and would start at a max number and decrease throughout the shift due to things like seeing dead people, being in an area with a power outage, etc. But that would be complex to write and is a big core system, and also gets into "oh man, I need to eat my favourite snack and hug three people to get my 5% speed boost" TGstation malarkey |
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OK, all reviewers so-far are re-requested Can I get some specific to-dos or blockers for this, please? My next job otherwise is to mock up the art and go through the to-dos for actually implementing this, but I need to know if the fundamentals are OK. As a top level plan I can see a few clear milestones: MILESTONE 1: WIN CONDITION
MILESTONE 2: REV BUFFS
MILESTONE 3: POSTER PROPAGANDA
MILESTONE 4: SEC FUN STUFF
These two items can be given placeholder effects (identify if a person is a Rev at the cost of nearly killing them, de-convert a Rev if exposed for a while). MILESTONE 5: INFLUENCE
MILESTONE 6: YEET MINDSHIELD META INTO SUN
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| 1. The Revolutionary Implant grants the owner the ability to see the Influence level of those around them. | ||
| 2. If the Head Revolutionary sees a crew member with a high enough Influence level, they can activate their implant's ability and click on the target. |
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Are there any prospective stats or demos for exactly how this will work? Could end up being no different to flashes or too powerful one way or the other so certainly needs prototyping.
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To-do for tonight is to make a prototype of this
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| Flashes are metagameable, confusing for newbies, hard to balance, and enforce too much reliance on manufacture by Science by the Revs for effective round flow. They also have no narrative justification beyond it being an Ur-mode from the dawn of SS13. There are people playing SS14 that are younger than the only good _Men In Black_ movie. | ||
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| ### Addition of Influence as a tracked player stat, and associated gameplay features |
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Is there going to be a way for a player to know their influcence level. Something vague would be ideal to keep away too much metagaming but equally you dont want to heavily impact players by something they have zero feedback on.
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Unless rev posters and randomly found about the station, having your influence change would instantly tell you what game mode is running
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| ### Influence ticks up when exposed to sources and slowly ticks down when not. There is a max Influence level. | ||
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| Addition of NT and Revolutionary posters and propaganda, that both sides, and traitors, can put up and take down across the station. |
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Could potentially tie into the proposal for tourists too, giving them another task that "baits" antag meta'ing
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| Posters can be be destroyed by spraying them with paint or tearing them down. | ||
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| ### Addition of Loyalty Loudspeakers in Sec |
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More themeatically might be to say these are "Mindshield Emitters, An experimental device utilising high power transmitters to project a small field of thought manipulation blocking rays similar yet weaker compared to existing Nanotrasen implants." or similar spess tech.
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Yeah, the fluff can be revised depending on feedback. I like the "funny" aspect - calming Revs down via a hokey solution like smooth jazz - but it depends on the implementer to come up with a specific idea and get it merged. I'll make a note that exactly the theme of the item is not fixed in stone.
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| These Loyalty Loudspeakers are audio emitters that reduce a player’s Influence level, even if they’re converted. If a player who is converted de-converts, their Influence immediately drops to zero. This is a new machine that requires quite a bit of power to run. A button is added to the Warden’s office to disable and enable all loudspeakers. The loudspeakers play calming, smooth jazz. | ||
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| These Loudspeakers cannot be made on the station. One of the key jobs of Sec is to ensure Sec remains safe; if it's been bombed and the Loudspeakers are inoperable, the Revolution is succeeding. |
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I'd argue allowing more of these to be constructed about the station to be fine as it gives the non-revs a midterm goal while waiting for the Head Revs to reveal themselves. Means that sec can fortify another department if they have trust in them not being revs, but doesnt completely nullify the ability for said dept to rise up against them later. Would also prevent revs just suicide bombing sec 2 mins in to remove the speaker and make it impossible to win for Sec.
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I can see the argument. The problem is that "IT'S REVS, COVER THE STATION WITH ANTI-REV MECHANICS" is a current problem with the round type.
So what we want is a limited number of auras of de-conversion that Sec can control the placement of and that can be replenished if Sec loses them, but that Sec cannot spam.
I think this ties back into power draw; these things should be sufficiently draining to be an engineering problem if abused.
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Yeah imposing soft limits on how many they can use is what i'd encourage to do. Makes it less gamey as they cannot spam them everywhere but also allows for repairs or expansions if the station is doing particularly well. Also encourages sec to work with other departments and not just glare at them all from the brig.
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| 3. Causes the lights to flicker station-wide. |
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Please no... Engineering cause that enough as is
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The lights flickering is a reference to it being an electric chair - the high power draw causing the town's lights to flicker is a common motif
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True but should leave that to the power system as is, if its overloaded then things power down. No need to artifically cause outages.
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It's not really causing an outage so much as creating a tell for the rest of the crew that the chair is being used. This could also be tied into the influence system, where overusing the chair results in the crew's influence dropping
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| This allows Sec to ensure anyone they're releasing from prison has a low influence level. | ||
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| It can be emagged to dramatically increase the power draw, EMPing the station for a period of time, and instantly frying any poor sod put inside it. |
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Fine but again wouldnt like it to be too integral to the whole station/gamemode. Having it simply be an extra tool with small benefits and drawbacks in the right uses is good. EMP should only be to a local area around it, not the WHOLE station.
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Agreed.
The use of a tool like this is for Sec to be able to test if there's a high amount of Influence in a suspect, but avoids making it too easy to use (the "just let the Sec HUD show it" solution)
Think I'll need to break a few of these proposals down into sub-documents
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| This removes one half of the round-removal problem and gives the Revs a clear final target that works a bit like the Nukie bomb. | ||
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| To compromise the terminal, the Revs need access to a Head Of Staff ID. Any will do: using them on the terminal allows for the Uplink to be disabled after a timer. |
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Also might suggest needing something more than one head-level ID and the bridge because that'd still be a quick way for any traitor to fuck with the WHOLE station or nukies to deviate from their actual objective? Perhaps some flavourtext about the HR implant being what enables the process and the ID only being needed to authorise it.
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Maybe. I do want the Revs to be able to end the round if a HR is alive somewhere (but captured, maybe) so it'd be any Rev able to do it, but that might be metagamey.
I'll break the round ending mechanic into its own PR so it can be discussed, as it's the first major step and is already a rework to the mode ("Revs 1.5" if you will)
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If the head rev is captured that should naturally cause it to be a revolutionry failure. They should be working their hardest to get their leader back before they're executed for their crimes. Having non HRs get game ending power would make it all to easy to be abused. And yes this probably could work as a standalone mechanic outside revs.
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| Once you’re confident it’s a Rev round - the HoS being missing or his ID being stolen is a bit of a clue - you need to find out who it is who’s been doing all the converting and stop them. That’s easier said than done - even de-converted revolutionaries might not know who the ringleaders are, but arresting and interviewing them after deconversion is a good place to start. |
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The lack of ANYONE knowing who the HRs are certainly helps the many cases where people have simply leaked who they are to sec
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That's the intent. Sec can keep the mutiny down but needs to round up the ringleaders by doing their job, or reacting well when the Revs make a play.
Because the powers are via an implant, an empty implanter can be used to ID a head rev if they get caught.
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Still think we need more propaganda than posters, other methods that arnt as overt. Could be as suggested on the discord as some sort of code phrase / chant the HRs can call out to cause influence gain, for example.
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TODO: Show off conversion mechanic in a prototype, break out round-ending mechanic into its own doc so it can be discussed/merged without the baggage of the conversion changes |
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Honestly? I like this a lot, no randomness, lots of dynamism, mind breaker is a great touch. My only real gripe is the complete severance of flashes from the mode when they're very, very iconic for the mode. It would be nice to still see them in some way even if minor but if they can't be fit into the big picture mechanically I'd understand too. |
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Flashes will still exist, and may even see more sec use as they are still blinding tools. However they are not longer the be all and end all of identifying revs. Gone are the days of 2 mins into the round someone getting flashed and HRs getting outed. |
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| - The endless feels-bad forced round-removal of discovered Head Revs and Heads Of Staff, sometimes for over an hour | ||
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| - A lengthy discussion at the 30th December 2023 Maintainer Meeting surrounding Revs, specifically flagging its problematic impact on Salamander/MRP |
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This shouldn't be used as a point here as it's not a part of the meeting.
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| 1. Gives the HR innate access to talk on the Syndicate radio. |
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Giving Private radio comms is strong in my opinion. Giving them private communication without a trade of sorts feels over the top. For traitors, they need to use their TC, a limited resource, to get it. and even then hope that other traitors (if they havent found any yet) also get it. Having it start for HeadRevs for essentially free, can make snowballing a lot easier.
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Thank you for the document. After discussion with admins and maintainers, we feel that the current proposal struggles to actually fix many of the issues that exist in current revolutionaries while also introducing some issues of its' own. I’m closing the design document as the issues are fairly major, and we feel the proposal would benefit from being revisited rather than having specific issues addressed. Outlined below are what we feel are the main issues with revolutionaries- both currently and with this proposal- and how they could be addressed for any future proposal you may give. Other maintainers or admins may have more specific opinions, but I’ve tried to leave it to what was reached as a consensus rather than throwing ideas at you. Please feel free to ask if you have any questions about anything I’ve outlined here. |
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Good writeup. Considering this is a closed maintainer discussion I'll refrain from revisiting this; it'll be up to those at maintainer level to architect a better mode - the experience with this has been a large number of contributors giving feedback, a lot of players getting over-excited about Revs being replaced, and it means I'm distracted from doing work that is shippable (i.e. fixes, small content additions). What is obvious from this discussion is that Revs at it stands is not fit for purpose; you flag the problems with it repeatedly in your review of this one. In absence of new design I'd encourage turning off the current Revolutionaries mode until a maintainer wants to step up and champion a new design. |
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There were some communication issues involving discord threads being shit. This is still open for discussion (for now) |
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Jezithyr missed the internal discussion (thanks, threads), but there was one previously which led to the reply I gave. We’re still going to be re-discussing this in a manner that hopefully won’t cause anyone to accidentally miss it and ensure this doesn’t happen again.
I’d also like to not let this discourage you. The closed discussion was simply to ensure that admins & maints are on the same page as to what the issues with revs actually were, but that doesn’t mean we aren’t open to ideas to fix it or reviewing more documents in the future. Of course if you’d still like to focus on fixes and such anyways, feel free. |
No, I understand that; from experience at work I know that there's a lot of hurdles that have to be overcome to get a large change through design, and it needs stakeholder buy-in and time to build consensus, and that's challenging when it's done via PR Hell. I think one thing to improve this process might be to limit who is able to review/comment on design docs - a lot of the chatter here has been from other contributors. It's maintainer/admin opinions that matter but it's hard to focus on specific feedback. Discord is a good place to have an open discussion. |
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After the chatter tonight in a thread on the Discord to go over folks' thoughts I've got a couple of actions to do:
In general the common agreement is that there's improvements needed to the mode, but the background statement I wrote at the top of the PR is not a consensus. There's been some debate about the exact point of the game mode and whether enforcing round removal is a problem or not. There are some aspects of feedback that are essentially wrecking amendments; they're not able to be fairly actioned by anyone without a fundamental rewrite of SS. In particular:
In terms of Influence it will need workshopping. I really like the idea, but making paranoia fun and fair for everyone is gonna be hard and will need a lot of selling, and posters are not really the most evocative and fun space thing to do as a feature. "oh boy I get to put up posters" is funny to me as someone who has visited Paris just before their elections and just looking at the total nonsense of posters everywhere, but most people don't have that perspective. So for Influence I will need to make it sound more fun when explained. |
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Overview
Revolutionaries is a classic Space Station 13 game mode, updated and revised for maximum chaotic fun. A cabal of Head Revolutionaries, specialist infiltrators from the Syndicate, have sneaked aboard the Space Station. Their job: deliver a functional space station into Syndie hands.
To do this, the Head Revolutionaries use their own guile like other traitors, but they also have access to tools that alter the loyalties of defenseless crew members. These tools provide a way of the Head Revolutionaries turning the staff against the station, creating a team of loyal operatives or a disposable human tide that can overwhelm the station.
Like all good political insurrections, the drama is in the betrayal.