Acid runner tweaks #6023
Acid runner tweaks #6023
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Acid runner is fine if a manager disagrees with me they can remove this label. The main complaint I saw of this was acid runners AFKing in hive which it seems like this PR wants to address. I believe it's a complete non issue. An AFK xeno is one not contributing to the game. If they want to just sit and wait for acid, they're doing nothing else. |
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| modify_acid(acid_slash_regen_standing) | |||
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| /datum/behavior_delegate/runner_acider/on_life() | |||
| modify_acid(acid_passive_regen) | |||
| if(acid_amount > 400) | |||
| return | |||
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You haven't tested this; this will break all the code below it because of this early return
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I don't think this change is necessary. It also makes the corrosive_acid ability that much more egregiously bad to use and the limit on passive regen is poorly communicated to the player (they'd only tell if they kept a close eye on their status panel and notice it doesn't grow most of the time). |
About the pull request
Makes it so you no longer get passive acid above 400.
Tailstab no longer applies acid.
Explain why it's good for the game
In the midst of nothingburgers, people have started complaining about acid runners. And i wanted to touch it up before anyone else did because half of the people complaining have never touched xenomorph in their life
Why didnt you touch the queen screech + acid bomb combo
Because an acider needed to farm one thousand acid, plus a queen, plus her being off ovi, plus coordination which i think all of that teamwork should be rewarded
Why didnt you make the runner bomb stop if he went into crit
With the amount of IFF, Grenades, and all the other doo hickeys we have its kind of impossible to run at marines without instantly getting into crit, and all that effort being wasted because of that doesnt feel good for the runner.
Why did you make it so you dont get passive acid above 400
So people dont stay afk in hive from the start to instantly bomb the front
Why didnt you make it so the tailstab doesnt apply acid
An attacked abiltiy that already dazes you with a caste that fast shouldnt reward you with an AOE stack ontop of it. personally it wasnt really an issue for me but i can see why it would be to other people
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balance: Tailstab no longer applies acid
balance: Passive acid gain for the acider strain now caps at 400.
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