What does this suggestion change/add/remove: Gets rid of his syringe swep for a far more lore accurate extended hand swep, making the hazmat suit less powerful against him by making the change to kill 50% instead of 10% (or negating it's affect all together).
SCP-049 is far too weak in his current form, and needs a buff to be balanced. His very poor 15000 hp, along with a low range and low damage melee weapon, and his main ability which is almost completely countered by a simple hazmat suit, renders him the one of the weakest breach queue SCP's in the server (aside from 096), which makes other scp's not want to breach him in a breach consisting of multiple people.
Has something similar been suggested before? If so, why is your suggestion different?: I didn't see another suggestion like mine, when I went over the resolved suggestions.
Possible Positives of the suggestion (At least 2):
1. Far more lore accurate. Every single piece of popular media that 049 is depicted in (even the official wiki describe skin contact).
2. If the buff is implemented and the extended arm/hand swep is also implemented, 049's balance would be improved.
3. More enjoyable for 049 players. Other SCP's will be more likely to breach him during mass breaches, currently he almost never gets breached over other SCP's like 106, 173, 096, 682, 7722, 035, or 079. In his current state, he can be surrounded by a team of MTF, and be unable to do anything but get stunlocked by guns and beams for the neutered duration of his HP.
Possible Negatives of the suggestion:
1. Development time would be mostly negligible considering all it requires is some simple script edting, and a hand swep (which im sure you can probably find on the work shop), along with a simple extended arm animation (like in SCP: Containment Breach) to be played when equipping it.
2. Allowing the new hand swep to go through the hazmat suit would technically not be lore accurate, because his wiki page states only direct skin contact can kill.
Based on the Positives & Negatives, why should this suggestion be accepted:
This suggestion should be accepted due to more lore accuracy, SCP-049's weakness making him highly unlikely to be breached by others. Even though buffing him would making him slightly less lore accurate, a minor inconsitency should be allowed for the sake of balance. Additionally, even with the inaccuracy, 049 would still be far more lore accurate and true to his original depiction then a random syringe with a mysterious liquid.
SCP-049 is far too weak in his current form, and needs a buff to be balanced. His very poor 15000 hp, along with a low range and low damage melee weapon, and his main ability which is almost completely countered by a simple hazmat suit, renders him the one of the weakest breach queue SCP's in the server (aside from 096), which makes other scp's not want to breach him in a breach consisting of multiple people.
Has something similar been suggested before? If so, why is your suggestion different?: I didn't see another suggestion like mine, when I went over the resolved suggestions.
Possible Positives of the suggestion (At least 2):
1. Far more lore accurate. Every single piece of popular media that 049 is depicted in (even the official wiki describe skin contact).
2. If the buff is implemented and the extended arm/hand swep is also implemented, 049's balance would be improved.
3. More enjoyable for 049 players. Other SCP's will be more likely to breach him during mass breaches, currently he almost never gets breached over other SCP's like 106, 173, 096, 682, 7722, 035, or 079. In his current state, he can be surrounded by a team of MTF, and be unable to do anything but get stunlocked by guns and beams for the neutered duration of his HP.
Possible Negatives of the suggestion:
1. Development time would be mostly negligible considering all it requires is some simple script edting, and a hand swep (which im sure you can probably find on the work shop), along with a simple extended arm animation (like in SCP: Containment Breach) to be played when equipping it.
2. Allowing the new hand swep to go through the hazmat suit would technically not be lore accurate, because his wiki page states only direct skin contact can kill.
Based on the Positives & Negatives, why should this suggestion be accepted:
This suggestion should be accepted due to more lore accuracy, SCP-049's weakness making him highly unlikely to be breached by others. Even though buffing him would making him slightly less lore accurate, a minor inconsitency should be allowed for the sake of balance. Additionally, even with the inaccuracy, 049 would still be far more lore accurate and true to his original depiction then a random syringe with a mysterious liquid.
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