Content Suggestion On-Site SCP Rotation

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Jun 26, 2022
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What does this suggestion change/add/remove:
Add a weekly/bi-weekly rotation of on-site SCPs (Including Inanimate). Some SCPs could stay a staple part of the facility (SCP-173, SCP-049, etc..) while swapping out other SCPs at a regular interval.

Has something similar been suggested before? If so, why is your suggestion different?:
Unknown, at most this would be akin to other suggestions for brand new SCPs to be added. I believe this suggestion is different in that it remains open ended on what SCPs could be added and requests instead a system of cycling the available SCPs.

Possible Positives of the suggestion (At least 2):
  • Encourages originality of research. Having an SCP be onsite for the week will increase its odds of being tested on as it is unknown if it will be there again the next rotation. Testing will be more urgent as players are now effectively on a time limit to test that SCP.
  • Adds variety to breaches. Different SCPs being on site allows for different breach combinations adding to the SCP vs Human combat rather it being the same SCPs each time.
  • Overall server freshness. Keeps things even slightly interesting for all players. Knowing what SCPs are on site, not knowing, etc..

Possible Negatives of the suggestion:
  • More SCPs would need to be added in order to keep the pool of SCPs from being too small and allowing more than 1-2 SCPs be swapped out each rotation.
  • SCPs locked behind any kind of paywall could be affected and effectively bar a person's access to them for a week or more depending on the rotation.

Based on the Positives & Negatives, why should this suggestion be accepted:
This has been a problem since I had started playing back in 2022 and was made even worse after sampling was added. 90% of SCP gameplay consisted of just sitting AFK in your cell until your breach happens, the remaining 10% (Or worse for some unpopular SCPs) is spent performing tests which are about a 50/50 between sampling or a test that has been performed 100 times before. Once in a blue moon a new test will appear and be fun for all players involved but this happens too little. This is simply a consequence of having the same SCPs always be around, I believe implementing a system like this will increase the RP potential for all parties involved.
 
Inanimate rotations are already done by GMs

The problem with doing that for playable SCPs, is what about the VIP ones? - Not to mention needing to have the content ready for them

I wouldn't mind having like variant SCPs (i.e. for something that has specific map content exclusive to it like 8837, maybe instead make 8837 a collective of space-themed reality benders and swap out between -1, -2, -3, etc.) and you make differences to its loadout, reality bending and model each time, etc. That could be interesting and probably the most you'd get out of an idea like this

Anyway, serious reply aside, you can already rotate the SCPs. They turn left and right. I wouldn't mind being able to rotate the inanimate SCPs, though.
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I would love to see this, only problem is VIP roles being troubled with something like this because lots of people get VIP to access certain SCPs.
This was the main issue I kept thinking about when writing my suggestion. My only thought would be to keep the current paid SCPs at all times and for future SCPs that are behind a paywall to be grouped in their own paid category. Like if 3 paid SCPs were added of the same nature, then they would have a paid access where, whenever one of those 3 SCPs is on site, a person with access to those SCPs could play that on site SCP.
 
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I like this idea.
Specific paid SCPs (8837 and TGs) would have to be a staple alongside whitelisted ones, BUT I wouldn't mind having VIP level SCP swapped with other VIP exclusive SCPs.
I love interacting with 049, but a week vacation to another site wouldn't hurt anything.
The randomness and variety would really help the RP on multiple fronts - what tests, how D Class interact with, how MTF combat breaches...