If both, should there be a certain point in time that changes the dynamic from predator to prey? A specific element like grouping up/Hiding?
How servers play around with this concept definitely leads to the power scaling of the crew and the antagonist.
Should Antags be something to fear, or a challenge to overcome?
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Re: Should Antags be something to fear, or a challenge to overcome?
I think they should be either or both, depending on the circumstances of the round.
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Re: Should Antags be something to fear, or a challenge to overcome?
when the antagonist is literally a japanese horror movie villain (you cant win!)
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Re: Should Antags be something to fear, or a challenge to overcome?
Depends on the antag because some were built with one more in mind than the other
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Re: Should Antags be something to fear, or a challenge to overcome?
Antags should be something to fear when I play them and a challenge to overcome when someone else plays them
Serious answer: I think there should be a mix of antags that start very fast, but wither under lategame station gear (Traitor's 20 TCs only go so far when the HoS convinces medical to implant X-ray Eyes and swaps between Sec Sunglasses and Sec NVGs)
antags that are a massive threat on their own at ANY stage of the game (Wizard, Nuke/Solo Operative)
antags that start pretty mellow but ramp up the more they're allowed to rampage (Heretic is the key example, but Changelings getting genomes + spiders counts, too)
That's before we address, of course, conversion antags, one of the most... controversial... antag varieties, in terms of popular opinion. They have unrelated problems.
Serious answer: I think there should be a mix of antags that start very fast, but wither under lategame station gear (Traitor's 20 TCs only go so far when the HoS convinces medical to implant X-ray Eyes and swaps between Sec Sunglasses and Sec NVGs)
antags that are a massive threat on their own at ANY stage of the game (Wizard, Nuke/Solo Operative)
antags that start pretty mellow but ramp up the more they're allowed to rampage (Heretic is the key example, but Changelings getting genomes + spiders counts, too)
That's before we address, of course, conversion antags, one of the most... controversial... antag varieties, in terms of popular opinion. They have unrelated problems.
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Re: Should Antags be something to fear, or a challenge to overcome?
I'm of the opinion that "overcoming" the threat antagonists pose is generally a bad thing to occur for a round.
It's why we have midround antagonists to ensure that the threat is never truly overcame.
We have enough players who early call because "im bored" already - a threat breathing down your neck is fine as a driver for conflict.
However, once that threat makes itself blatantly known via going loud, that's your challenge to overcome. Blobs getting noticed or announced, a traitor whipping out his desword and slapping on his anti-clown shoes, etc.
You're capable of driving your own story, antagonists are capable of driving the round's story - when these stories interact is when you should be thinking about starting to overcome that which lies in your way or something i dunno i dont have a design document
It's why we have midround antagonists to ensure that the threat is never truly overcame.
We have enough players who early call because "im bored" already - a threat breathing down your neck is fine as a driver for conflict.
However, once that threat makes itself blatantly known via going loud, that's your challenge to overcome. Blobs getting noticed or announced, a traitor whipping out his desword and slapping on his anti-clown shoes, etc.
You're capable of driving your own story, antagonists are capable of driving the round's story - when these stories interact is when you should be thinking about starting to overcome that which lies in your way or something i dunno i dont have a design document
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Re: Should Antags be something to fear, or a challenge to overcome?
It's more than that though.Omega_DarkPotato wrote: ↑Mon Dec 13, 2021 7:35 pm I'm of the opinion that "overcoming" the threat antagonists pose is generally a bad thing to occur for a round.
It's why we have midround antagonists to ensure that the threat is never truly overcame.
We have enough players who early call because "im bored" already - a threat breathing down your neck is fine as a driver for conflict.
However, once that threat makes itself blatantly known via going loud, that's your challenge to overcome. Blobs getting noticed or announced, a traitor whipping out his desword and slapping on his anti-clown shoes, etc.
You're capable of driving your own story, antagonists are capable of driving the round's story - when these stories interact is when you should be thinking about starting to overcome that which lies in your way or something i dunno i dont have a design document
Blob is you vs the station, so is Wizard. Nuke ops is you and your team against the world.
It's your job to make the round interesting, to make things fun. If you fuck up, and die 5 minutes in as wiz and end the round, you are disappointing everyone else.
As for being a traitor or changeling, it's just permission to fuck around
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