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M3A1 Synthetic Utility Vest becomes light(er)weight (#6116)
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# About the pull request

This PR changes the M3A1 Synthetic Utility Vest to have a 10% slowdown
TLDR, I want more people to use this vest because its flavorful. I
conducted a poll last year to see why pretty much no one used it and its
because of the slowdown with nothing to show for it, as it is an armor
vest .. without the armor. Less than 1% of participants of the poll
cared about the storage space(which is quite laughable, at 1 slot)

Adding armor is not something I intend, but minimizing the slowdown is
something I intend, and I see it as intuitive.

If an armor vest weighs 25kg and you remove 2 inserts of 10kg armor, how
does it still weigh 25kg?!? It is a stretch to say it has any slower
movement at all.



You get: added storage(1 slot), a suit light
For: 20% slowdown

Because the main intended user of this is a USCM Synthetic, they don't
really benefit from the suitlight since they are usually with Marines.
Speed is key for any support role and for Synthetic it is especially
crucial, slowing yourself down for a single inventory slot is just
ridiculous. Granted, there is still a slowdown here.

Overall I'd just like to see it being used more under various
circumstances, whether its for flavor during preparations in dangerous
situations, or if its just part of someones outfit.

# Explain why it's good for the game

Despite many attempts to get more people to use it, the M3A1 is used by
borderline nobody because of the slowdown.

The description states that ALL ARMOR is removed(and indeed, all armor
is removed). Why does it weight as much as combat vests that ALSO have
lights and storage pouches? It just doesn't make sense. Armor weighs a
significant amount and removing it should lighten the vest
**significantly,** as described.

Making it more lightweight will hopefully have more people use it. It is
the only USCM styled Synthetic piece available.

# Testing Photographs and Procedure
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# Changelog
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balance: M3A1 Synthetic Utility Vest only has a 10% slowdown.
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QuickLode authored Apr 16, 2024
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/obj/item/clothing/suit/storage/marine/light/synvest
name = "\improper M3A1 Synthetic Utility Vest"
desc = "This variant of the ubiquitous M3 pattern ballistics vest has been extensively modified, providing no protection in exchange for maximum mobility and storage space. Synthetic programming compliant."
desc = "This variant of the ubiquitous M3 pattern vest has been extensively modified, providing no protection in exchange for maximum mobility and added storage. Synthetic programming compliant."
icon_state = "VL_syn_camo"
flags_atom = NO_NAME_OVERRIDE
flags_marine_armor = ARMOR_LAMP_OVERLAY|SYNTH_ALLOWED //No squad colors + can be worn by synths.
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armor_rad = CLOTHING_ARMOR_NONE
armor_internaldamage = CLOTHING_ARMOR_NONE
storage_slots = 3
slowdown = SLOWDOWN_ARMOR_VERY_LIGHT
slowdown = SLOWDOWN_ARMOR_SUPER_LIGHT
time_to_unequip = 0.5 SECONDS
time_to_equip = 1 SECONDS
uniform_restricted = null
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