Content Suggestion Final Gambit Vest (CI Warfund usage.)

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What does this suggestion change/add/remove:
[As a special use of war funds and to add value to a otherwise undervalued asset, I would like to see Chaos Insurgency get 2 new vest (or 1 of at least)

1. Suicide Vest.
The suicide vest will be equipped and give the wearer a swep "detonation cord" which when used will immediately blow up the wearer and cause a large explosion.
2. Remote Detonation Suicide Vest.
This vest when equipped will drop a swep to be grabbed by CI to remotely detonate the wearer, causing a large explosion.

Now. Before people react there's a catch. These can only be used, on 1 class. D-Class. Reason being:
1. Makes it so CI still value themselves and their own people's lives
2. Prevents CI from just deploying the hoard of Civis to vents to get some quick kills in
3. Prevents rescue raids from becoming redundant.
4. Prevents failrp techs, chefs, teaming, ect foundation or GOC from just "getting captured" to be used as bombs.
5. Makes D-Class trading both more valuable to CI, and more dangerous to foundation making negotiations for them more reasonable.
6. D-Class booking it to CI may now rethink the value their disguise is when they escape to surface.
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Has something similar been suggested before? If so, why is your suggestion different?:
[Probably. But with War Funds now existing and the desire for CI to develop more I think this will add more to the table for negotiations and tactics.]

Possible Positives of the suggestion (At least 2):
[1. D-Class are more valuable
2. More Warfund use that isn't the super ultra mega deathray 9000
3. It's funny
4. Easy to add because we already have the code from MRP (they won't complain they're dead).]

Possible Negatives of the suggestion:
[1. TDD (Total D-Class Death)
2. Someone may cry about it.
3. D-Class won't be as trusting to run to CI
4. CI buff (not really)]

Based on the Positives & Negatives, why should this suggestion be accepted:
[Honestly the positives outweigh the negatives, and with the stipulations of D-Class only being able to wear it this shouldn't become a detriment to server health.
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+Major Support
I acknowledge the concerns previously raised, but ultimately believe that the fun potential outweighs the abuse potential. We now have warfunds implemented as we kept wanting - And one of the big reasons given in the past as to why we couldn't have warfunds, was that they needed to have significant weight behind them to be worth something. I think a tool like this is reasonably within CI's arsenal to be obtainable and could provide significant amounts of RP and general server enjoyment, while also being reasonably gated off.

As for FearRP issues, aside from any other given solutions, one could be to make the bomb vest a specific exception - Although I think it would have to be restricted to CI/D-Class/Events. FearRP as a rule is intended to enforce realism. You know what else is realistic? Terrorist suicide bombers. IMO, this could and should fly. If it's abused to just basically do MRDM, then that's just MRDM. We have more than one rule on the server.
 
-support

The only basis for this suggestion is “it’ll be funny” and yeah it would, until it puts every MTF member on the Norwood scale.

However, a lovely plus support IF the vest was visible on the person AND / OR if the person was shot they’d blow up.
 
However, a lovely plus support IF the vest was visible on the person AND / OR if the person was shot they’d blow up.
Oh yeah absolutely be visible. But with how I imagine it's usage, I do think blowing up on hit would be a bit much especially if it is a war fund deployment.
I WOULD meet you in the middle here however, what if, it removed all body armor? Because how are you gonna wear a vest underneath it?
 
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Out of character for CI's #1 complainer to suggest such a thing. I don't know what you see coming of this exactly, it'd be funny of course but serves no gameplay purpose (maybe when the floor 2 elevator plagued CI a bomb vest would have been nice...) and poses no RP opportunities other than in hostage situations, which foundation would be even more inclined to ruin because explosion haha funny. CI also already has the bomb drone which was a curious addition - its currently used to bomb the front of medbay from vents (W RP) and that seems to be the extent of what this would be
 
Out of character for CI's #1 complainer to suggest such a thing. I don't know what you see coming of this exactly, it'd be funny of course but serves no gameplay purpose (maybe when the floor 2 elevator plagued CI a bomb vest would have been nice...) and poses no RP opportunities other than in hostage situations, which foundation would be even more inclined to ruin because explosion haha funny. CI also already has the bomb drone which was a curious addition - its currently used to bomb the front of medbay from vents (W RP) and that seems to be the extent of what this would be
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