Hijack Decisions

[makhnovtsi]

If marine-to-xeno ratio is 3:1, xenos get to vote whether to hijack, or NOT to hijack. If the latter wins, then round will end in 10-15 minutes.

Unsure about the ratio.

Discuss. I AM coming back to the server eventually hence my continued investment

[spear]

how can you be this addicted without having access to the server

[klforever]

bro is dedicated to shitpost

[RainbowStalin]

I mean, we have had this convo like 2 times, and what we get is “no”.

[BasilHerb]

Yeah skipping hijack as a feature isn’t ever happening for the forseeable future

[makhnovtsi]

Is there a reason why? I couldn’t find a thread dedicated to this particular idea, just hijack improvements/changes in general

@spear

how can you be this addicted without having access to the server

Because I’ve been learning DM for about 2 months now and CM is the only server that I find interesting enough (so far) to want to try and PR stuff on. So I’m throwing ideas at the wall until something seems accepted enough for me to spend time dev’ing it

Plus I do these posts on my phone, I’m currently on 12 hour shifts & deployed to the desert so there’s not fuck all much else to do @ work

[szymonalex1231]

This man couldn’t cook up a good suggestion even if his life depended on it.

Maintainers/coders already said hijack will stay and probably be unskippable, can’t find the quote or post on the forums, but its been said many times before.

[RainbowStalin]

@Drulikar

Hijack isn’t going away, nor would I ever accept giving the power to queen to just skip it. In most cases I am never in favor of removing something when there’s still plenty of things that could be explored to make it more interesting and engaging.

Xeno endgame for example I think will mix this up, but won’t know until that starts getting TM’d (which it should soon - its just awaiting its initial review now; I just don’t currently have a lot time at this moment). What I mean is if the round has gone on long enough that the xenos have managed to get a destroyer, bringing that caste to the ship should end hijack quickly.

If you’re a xeno player and you don’t want to participate in hijack there’s a system in place to allow someone else to take over your mob if you ghost. If you’re a marine player and you don’t want to participate in hijack there’s nothing stopping you from finding a evac pod or just cryoing. But of course we would want that stage of the game to be engaging to people so they do want to stick around.

Ultimately hijack is in xeno favor despite the long hallways that can be shot down largely because of the confusion, pipe explosions, and ratio of xenos to marines. Its a way for marines to make their last stand, and it may be the only combat shipside personnel get to see in the round. They get to see first hand the consequences of the marine force failing to push back the xeno threat and now its a scramble to get away with your life.

While i have this qoute, the King part of it was sure something else (It only matters if they get king out before hijack, which is like 20% of hijacks).

[efzapa]

it’s been decided for the most part where we are going with hijack FTL Hijack Objectives - HackMD

just a matter of wyci