Should Ops Be Able To Sling Backpack In Suit Slot?

Steelpoint · Post by **Steelpoint** » Mon Feb 22, 2016 10:04 am #155971

Minor idea I had for Nuke Ops. Inventory management is hell for most people and the sop for Ops for space travel is to carry their backpack in their hands (or drag it) while using their jetpack for travel.

My proposal, to see if its a ok idea or if it's yet another one of Steelpoint's shit idea's, is to allow Ops to place their backpacks into their suits exoslot, or armour slot. This would free up inventory management significantly, that or limit it to Elite and Shielded hardsuits.

Your thoughts?

Super Aggro Crag · Mon Feb 22, 2016 12:06 pm

Just give ops bags of holding, heaven for-fuckin-bid they don't have an entire fusilade of syndie gear on them at any given time.

Gun Hog · Post by **Gun Hog** » Mon Feb 22, 2016 12:54 pm #155992

Take a full O2 tank from the dispenser once https://github.com/tgstation/-tg-station/pull/15604 is added. Use that as your fuel source for the hardsuit's jetpack. Now, not all Op hardsuits have internal jetpacks, so I feel the solution could be to give all Op hardsuit variants (elite, shielded) internal jetpacks, and leave the spare jetpacks on another spot in the ship to give to any reinforcement Ops. Barring that, you could just let them add their backpacks to the storage as suggested in the OP.

Cik · Post by **Cik** » Mon Feb 22, 2016 1:39 pm #155997

does anyone else here just not even use backpacks

i'd take it if i'm designated explosives guy maybe but i do just fine using my military belt full of ammo, a grenade or two, then pinpointer/emag in my pockets

i never felt the need to take a backpack, you can get more than enough shit in the military belt unless you are a specialist

Steelpoint · Post by **Steelpoint** » Tue Feb 23, 2016 2:34 am #156263

Ten to five is a nice voting pattern, I'll consider a PR for this later.

Post by **Shaps-cloud** » Tue Feb 23, 2016 3:40 am #156272

Why not make the jetpack fit in the belt slot instead? Honestly I always think it would make more sense to fit there anyway

Steelpoint · Post by **Steelpoint** » Tue Feb 23, 2016 3:46 am #156273

I would but I don't think it works, in fact I think the jetpack fits there anyway (Or it used to with the CE's Hardsuit).

Saegrimr · Post by **Saegrimr** » Tue Feb 23, 2016 3:47 am #156275

Shaps wrote:Why not make the jetpack fit in the belt slot instead? Honestly I always think it would make more sense to fit there anyway

Yeah this, most engineering hardsuits can use a jetpack from oxygen tanks stored there anyway. Hell make the syndie exos hold large weaponry like ion rifle and whatever too.

Helios · Post by **Helios** » Tue Feb 23, 2016 6:02 am #156316

Shaps wrote:Why not make the jetpack fit in the belt slot instead? Honestly I always think it would make more sense to fit there anyway

upvoted

TechnoAlchemist · Tue Feb 23, 2016 6:19 am

I thought the inventory management was part of making yourself the ultimate operator.

I never use backpack, just belt, gun in exosuit slot. You really don't need a backpack, and jetpack is essential.

onleavedontatme · Tue Feb 23, 2016 6:20 am

How much more shit do ops really need to be able to carry?

I dislike this whole trend of "quality of life" negating purposeful downsides/buffing the shit out of inventory.

imblyings · Post by **imblyings** » Tue Feb 23, 2016 7:36 am #156337

t a c t i c o o l c h e s t r i g s

no need for a bag

Steelpoint · Post by **Steelpoint** » Tue Feb 23, 2016 7:38 am #156340

A sort of chest straps akin to Colonial Marines or Baystation would be a good solution.

DemonFiren · Post by **DemonFiren** » Tue Feb 23, 2016 7:48 am #156342

Yeah, storage webbings for everyone!

Or at least engi, sec and ops.

onleavedontatme · Tue Feb 23, 2016 7:27 pm

I hope the series of nuke op rounds we were in last night makes you understand why I have a knee jerk response to adding anything at all to them at this point. Very overgeared and overdone already.

TechnoAlchemist · Tue Feb 23, 2016 7:36 pm

I miss the 25% winrate

callanrockslol · Thu Feb 25, 2016 9:04 am

Can we just go 90's comics and give literally every single slot a pocket or something.

Just carry everything and die like the loot pinata you were born to be.

Xhuis · Post by **Xhuis** » Thu Feb 25, 2016 1:07 pm #157042

For one, jet harnesses fit in backpacks after you're done using them. This causes a trade-off between space movement and inventory space while you're using it, which is the point of jetpacks. You can also use your suits's internal jetpack, which is more than enough for the station and back if you conserve.

So, no. I don't support this. Ops already have enough space even if they hoard to hell and back - they shouldn't have more.

Steelpoint · Post by **Steelpoint** » Thu Feb 25, 2016 1:11 pm #157043

Well the idea seems to have more in support than opposition.

I did notice my recent addition of the tank dispenser on the Op ship makes Jetpacks even more redundant.

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