snowtg wrote:I never thought of this as such a controversial change, as one could always have someone take medicine in a cup, and the only time you really NEED a syringe is when they're unconscious.
So what you're telling me is that the solution is to ignore the change altogether?
snowtg wrote:I personally enjoy the change, and a syringe case felt nice to carry around, perhaps pre-loaded with different medicines. It was never tedious or anything, and I thoroughly enjoyed the realism of it. Infections have always been a thing you have to avoid by medical staff, and personally, I don't see why this one extra layer of caution should be rolled back. Medical in VOREStation is slow, so it's no problem to take it slow as a doctor and take the steps necessary to do something right. Extra clicks don't bother me as long as it's a mechanic that's realistic and true to the SS13-Style gameplay of something that borders between realism and cartoonishness.
Infections are hands down, the worst ailment in the game, constant status messages, a long span of time both to take it's course, and to heal. During all of that you
could be doing something infinitely more valuable with your time, but you're not, because you either got infected, or you're a doctor stuck with one. Simply because something is slow does not mean that it should be made slower, keep in mind that people are here to RP, not to sit around and mechanically make sure they didn't accidentally give someone late stage tuberculosis because they double tapped their syringe.
Draycu wrote:I personally enjoy the realistic touch that using a metal needle being injected into someone would lead to an infection in another person. I also enjoy the syringe case, and generally didn't run into too much trouble with running out of safe syringes.
Okay, but does any of that streamline your gameplay or make it less tedious? I fail to see the joy in knowing that there's a .01% chance of the worst ailment in the game if you accidentally click someone twice with a syringe, or forget that you're not playing on the server with the
good syringes (That being anywhere but here). Carrying around the syringe case also just ends up taking up a pocket slot, something that is typically held by a PDA, or a flask, or another RP item that's far more enjoyable and usable in normal RP.