(Woops I posted this in the wrong topic. This was supposed to be posted in the ideasguy section.)
We have all been there. Playing CC when some guy comes over shoves you to the ground. Then for the next 10 minutes you have to chase him to get your camera back. Perhaps during combat you got lurkered and rushed to fob. Then you have to go find your camera hopeing a marine did not assume you where perma and took it.
I prepose that the camera has a maghar attached to it per instaled at game start. Since this item is not a weapon I don’t think this would be broken. The reason why I suggest this is obvious. Since a CC ususaly always has this vital item in his hands it really easy to lose it. Marines have the same issue with there gun thats what maghars are for.
By extention of this logic I think things like the CO ipad thing, all spec weapons, the CL briefcase and maybe the CE nail gun. For smaller items they should autoamticly go inside the user backpack instead of holster slot. The reason being that there is only one of these item in the game at any time. Each one is extremly usefull but easily dropped. Plus I don’t think it beyond the budget of the USCM to put a safety strap on these things.
Yes I know you can already put maghars on spec weapons. But come on there specs dont make them also have to go to req to get one. Just give them one.
Most of these items are unmeltable and that is why they are irreplacable, dropping them turns them into objectives that xenos can attempt to deny and marines can attempt to retake.
the only thing you mentioned that IMO maybe deserves one is the CC’s camera, but equally not losing your camera is the main incentive as CC to not get hit by xenos/die-- it incentivizes keeping yourself safe and not dying stupidly.
I thought the main incentive of trying not to die was death. Bit odd that a marine who’s main job item the gun can have a maghar but a CC cannot. The CC is a roll play job so if he lives or dies does not effect the marines. At worse you could get capped but that in itself is a good incentive to be carefull. I assume mostly players know to avoid the giant murder bugs. If a new player does not know that then I think the warrior ripping there head will teach them enough.
Also this is to not punish you for being carefull but failing. Like i said better hope that as your on the operating table a marine does take your camera or a xeno melts it. This is war zone and even armed marines struggle to stay alive. Even if you play it safe you might still die but at least now you can get defibed and know your camera is safe.
My final point is that humans love to steal your camera. This way they can’t just knock you over and take it. When I play CC someoen trys to take it every other round and half time they win. On two occasion I have had my camera permantly stolen from me. Both times they simply pushed me over and grabbed it. In case you were going to say that CC players need an incentive to learn how to not have there camera stolen I ask why. Why should they be required to learn such a thing.
I honestly thought taking it would break the rule of “Don’t be a dick” and “Don’t greif other players” Specially if you are that role and they stole it permanently for the entire round from you, making your round completey useless. I do agree with you tho, have a strap on it to act like a magharn
For reference both of them where cause I RP working for a non america new station. First time was by the CO or maybe it was an XO cause I worked for moscow night news. The second was by the CL cause during my interveiw with a CLF agent I said my country had a revoltion aginst WY too.
Either way my points on xenos still stand. Althought I’m not sure what happens now. Has a thread like this ever been accepted into the game before.
The first time command took your camera because you where sending fottage of USCM miletary operations to the UPP.
And the second time you got your camera taken by the CL, because you 1. Sympathised with a terrorist group that is classefied as “shoot on sigth”, and 2. Slandered WY who funds part of the ship you where currently on.
Why are you suprised they took your camera?
Also, if you want to make those things able to have a mag harn just do it.
Nobody is barred from making PRs.
And what your suggesting is pretty easy to do. Just nead to add the line that paths to magharn in the attchment list.
Here is everything about how you can start.
If your having trouble you can always ask for help on the discord in the dev channel and the coder channel.