What does this suggestion change/add/remove:
Let's SCP-079 do more with its powers, especially with regards to computers and electric power sources. [I.E. Printing Rogue Documents, displaying cognitohazards on the monitor.]
Has something similar been suggested before? If so, why is your suggestion different?:
Not to my knowledge, nothing on the dev tracker and the search function didn't yield any results.
Possible Positives of the suggestion (At least 2):
- Allows SCP-079 to do more with computers besides just draining their power.
- Lets SCP-079 be as powerful as it should be. (XK-VIP SCP and under 2 CL4 doors... currently sucks.)
- Could allow for more gameplay for technicians since lord knows they don't do enough.
Possible Negatives of the suggestion:
- Someone could turn a computer into a cognitohazard during an RP scenario and it could disrupt the flow of it.
- Devs have to code this and they are pretty swamped.
- Someone who is good at 079 can become a real nuisance to every foundation server.
Based on the Positives & Negatives, why should this suggestion be accepted:
Now before you skim through and -Support out of principle (or perhaps even hatred of 079), let me plead my case to the people of CN and also the content team.
First, more to do with its powers:
SCP-079 is currently a somewhat weak SCP. Now I am not one to often harp about balance because I think things are currently balanced pretty well at the moment... That being said, SCP-079 could use a tune up or two.
Why is that? Well, SCP-079 is locked behind XK-VIP, which costs 80 GPB. It is also an SCP locked behind not one, but two CL4 doors. With that kind of prestige, you'd think that its breach would be catastrophic... but it isn't.
Currently, SCP-079's best way to earn energy is to run around breaking cameras and messing with keycards till they eventually level up enough to breach an SCP. It would be more interesting if 079 had more to do with the electronics around site, such as displaying cognitohazards on PCs (You can already do this with a TE-5) or printing pictures of cognitohazards (3078... or 096 if it's on.). Furthermore, it would be interesting if some kind of re-design could be worked for its re-containment (I'd leave that up to Content tbh. I think the hack is fine but I know it has haters).
Some other ideas I had and could possibly implement:
SCP-079 and RP implications
Next to no one RPs with this goddamn thing, and why would they? You cannot physically interact with the SCP, you cannot sample the SCP, and if it breaches, the only way to contain it is to do a CL5 hack inside its chamber where it cannot even defend itself. It is entirely reliant on an opposing faction or another SCP to defend it. How does this lead to RP? Well after the dust has settled, what is the impact of the breach? What has 079 done to the site?
Its breached an SCP or two, it jammed a door or two, and it probably caused a couple deaths in the process.
Personally, I think SCP-079 should send the site into disrepair. Something that would require coordinated effort from site staff, MTFs, and other site personnel. I don't think 079 should info-leak or set off the nuke, but it should throw foundation for a loop or two when it does get breached.
Thesis statement:
079 is a CL4 SCP that canonically has the potential to be site ruining if it spread out, but currently, it feels like its main job is to turn the lights off, breach SCPs, and jam a whole lot of doors, and while that is deadly, it certainly isn't divergent gameplay-wise or interesting for RP.
Let's SCP-079 do more with its powers, especially with regards to computers and electric power sources. [I.E. Printing Rogue Documents, displaying cognitohazards on the monitor.]
Has something similar been suggested before? If so, why is your suggestion different?:
Not to my knowledge, nothing on the dev tracker and the search function didn't yield any results.
Possible Positives of the suggestion (At least 2):
- Allows SCP-079 to do more with computers besides just draining their power.
- Lets SCP-079 be as powerful as it should be. (XK-VIP SCP and under 2 CL4 doors... currently sucks.)
- Could allow for more gameplay for technicians since lord knows they don't do enough.
Possible Negatives of the suggestion:
- Someone could turn a computer into a cognitohazard during an RP scenario and it could disrupt the flow of it.
- Devs have to code this and they are pretty swamped.
- Someone who is good at 079 can become a real nuisance to every foundation server.
Based on the Positives & Negatives, why should this suggestion be accepted:
Now before you skim through and -Support out of principle (or perhaps even hatred of 079), let me plead my case to the people of CN and also the content team.
First, more to do with its powers:
SCP-079 is currently a somewhat weak SCP. Now I am not one to often harp about balance because I think things are currently balanced pretty well at the moment... That being said, SCP-079 could use a tune up or two.
Why is that? Well, SCP-079 is locked behind XK-VIP, which costs 80 GPB. It is also an SCP locked behind not one, but two CL4 doors. With that kind of prestige, you'd think that its breach would be catastrophic... but it isn't.
Currently, SCP-079's best way to earn energy is to run around breaking cameras and messing with keycards till they eventually level up enough to breach an SCP. It would be more interesting if 079 had more to do with the electronics around site, such as displaying cognitohazards on PCs (You can already do this with a TE-5) or printing pictures of cognitohazards (3078... or 096 if it's on.). Furthermore, it would be interesting if some kind of re-design could be worked for its re-containment (I'd leave that up to Content tbh. I think the hack is fine but I know it has haters).
Some other ideas I had and could possibly implement:
- 079 being able to knock out generators: 079 was able to do this back when it was an invisible TE-5 with noclip. I understand why this was not implemented into the modern version as using energy is way easier than a successful CL6 hack. I believe the best way this could be implemented is at max level for 079, using up the most energy to knock generators out.
- 079 and Site Power: Not sure if he was able to do this back then, but 079 should at least be able to knock out power for electronics such as tesla gates. This is supplementary to the whole generator stuff I mentioned in the previous point, but this would make his breach far more deadly, as not only would he turn off the lights, but also enable other SCPs to get through tesla gates unharmed.
- 079 and the PA system: Let 079 make bogus calls on the PA system. Do not let it change Codes, but it'd be funny if 079 could cause site disruption by requesting people around site where they aren't needed. Perhaps even add specialized calls that are designed to disrupt site activity.
SCP-079 and RP implications
Next to no one RPs with this goddamn thing, and why would they? You cannot physically interact with the SCP, you cannot sample the SCP, and if it breaches, the only way to contain it is to do a CL5 hack inside its chamber where it cannot even defend itself. It is entirely reliant on an opposing faction or another SCP to defend it. How does this lead to RP? Well after the dust has settled, what is the impact of the breach? What has 079 done to the site?
Its breached an SCP or two, it jammed a door or two, and it probably caused a couple deaths in the process.
Personally, I think SCP-079 should send the site into disrepair. Something that would require coordinated effort from site staff, MTFs, and other site personnel. I don't think 079 should info-leak or set off the nuke, but it should throw foundation for a loop or two when it does get breached.
Thesis statement:
079 is a CL4 SCP that canonically has the potential to be site ruining if it spread out, but currently, it feels like its main job is to turn the lights off, breach SCPs, and jam a whole lot of doors, and while that is deadly, it certainly isn't divergent gameplay-wise or interesting for RP.
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