Pens for heads

[justdie12]

About the PR

Make some funny stuff for heads. I will make more, for clown or mime, but now i PR'd this.

Why / Balance

In emergency everybody needs a pen! (QM is a businessman, he urgently needs money)

Technical details

Media

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HRsDyp97hmL2DK1-Wf5W7R5CRk4OWekn/view?usp=sharing

Requirements

• I have read and am following the Pull Request and Changelog Guidelines.
• I have added media to this PR or it does not require an ingame showcase.

Breaking changes

Changelog

[github-actions]

RSI Diff Bot; head commit 87c49d9 merging into 7e526da
This PR makes changes to 1 or more RSIs. Here is a summary of all changes:

Resources/Textures/Objects/Misc/pens.rsi

State	Old	New	Status
o1			Added
o2			Added
pen_CE			Added
pen_CMO			Added
pen_HOS_off			Added
pen_HOS_on			Added
pen_QM			Added
pen_RD			Added
pen_RD_ink-unshaded-0			Added
pen_RD_ink-unshaded-1			Added
pen_RD_ink-unshaded-2			Added
pen_RD_ink-unshaded-3			Added

Edit: diff updated after 87c49d9

[deltanedas]

clown gets luxury crayon instead of pen

[beck-thompson]

It would be nice if you wrote out the change along with the video!

[justdie12]

It would be nice if you wrote out the change along with the video!

i do, but it's so big...
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HRsDyp97hmL2DK1-Wf5W7R5CRk4OWekn/view?usp=sharing
there

[ps3moira]

what would be the point of unique pen's for every single head 🤔 do we really need 7+ different kinds of pens?

[KaiserMaus]

New Thief sleal objective?

[ArtisticRoomba]

Pen thief objective would be a good excuse to have cool custom pens for each head.

I like it, but my only gripe is that the art style of the pens clashes with the current pens (HoP and Cap) in the game. They seem too thick.

[UbaserB]

this is kind of weird

[justdie12]

Pen thief objective would be a good excuse to have cool custom pens for each head.

I like it, but my only gripe is that the art style of the pens clashes with the current pens (HoP and Cap) in the game. They seem too thick.

ooookay, i go to re-sprite

[pheenty]

I'd remove self-recharging from everyone but CE

[justdie12]

I'd remove self-recharging from everyone but CE

they very slow self-recharges itself in cause of emergency. 10 minutes for self-recharging, kinda slow?

on the other hand, it is better to make them non-rechargeable from charging stations

[justdie12]

Resprited and reviewed. Added some cool stuff like animation

[Plykiya]

balance feedback

[Plykiya]

For very obvious balance reasons this can't be in the game as a one or even two hit stun. It out classes stun batons, the HoS shotgun, disablers, rigged boxing gloves, any kind of meme bola combo, etc. and makes the HoS nearly unkillable solo. The pen basically outclasses their energy shotgun in usefulness.

Whether it should even deal stamina damage, maintainers will probably mention something about that...

[Plykiya]

It would be nice if you wrote out the change along with the video!

i do, but it's so big... https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HRsDyp97hmL2DK1-Wf5W7R5CRk4OWekn/view?usp=sharing there

a changelog for this kind of unassumingly large content PR is going to be necessary, especially when it affects game balance

[ArtisticRoomba]

Wow I thought they were just regular pens... After looking at the diff, good lord.

[justdie12]

balance feedback

[Aisu9]

balance feedback

weren't taser removed from station spawn and T3 security research tho

[LankLTE]

I don’t personally think each head needs their own unique pen, but especially not ones that have side-effects that are this strong. From the looks of it the RD’s just completely invalidates the CHIMP research and the HoS’s is just a stronger baton. These are pens, they should be for writing.

[ps3moira]

I agree it's pretty unnecessary for individual pens for each head and comes off bloaty.

[justdie12]

I don’t personally think each head needs their own unique pen, but especially not ones that have side-effects that are this strong. From the looks of it the RD’s just completely invalidates the CHIMP research and the HoS’s is just a stronger baton. These are pens, they should be for writing.

c.h.i.m.p. which recharges for 10 minutes devalues the game? Well, or a stanbaton that rolls back 66 minutes?

[ArtisticRoomba]

Yeah after reading the diffs, it would be way better for these pens to not have abilities at all. I'm not going to reiterate what others have said, but it's just too much.

I'd prefer it if they simply got a better looking pen with no abilities.

[UBlueberry]

this PR is slightly misleading, at face value it just seems like pen reskins but - surprise! - please find stun baton attached.

also the lore of this is kinda wild when you think about it. there's an entire blender in CMO's pen?!

[LittleNorthStar]

If they're going to get unique abilities they need to be minor things which are already accomplished by other stuff
what I would do for example
CMO pen can be used for cauterizing injuries
RD pen can scan anomalies (make it take longer than a normal scanner if possible)
HOS pen can hold 5 units of a liquid (for the enterprising alcoholic or combat medicine)
CE pen can pulse wires like a multi tool
QM pen has integrated Accepted / Denied stamps

and since it would be only fair
Hop pen can check the access on a card (no editing)
captain pen can have a built in lighter (for burning all the documents before the IRS get in)

[justdie12]

RD может сканировать аномалии (есл

If they're going to get unique abilities they need to be minor things which are already accomplished by other stuff what I would do for example CMO pen can be used for cauterizing injuries RD pen can scan anomalies (make it take longer than a normal scanner if possible) HOS pen can hold 5 units of a liquid (for the enterprising alcoholic or combat medicine) CE pen can pulse wires like a multi tool QM pen has integrated Accepted / Denied stamps

and since it would be only fair Hop pen can check the access on a card (no editing) captain pen can have a built in lighter (for burning all the documents before the IRS get in)

i do some of this functions.

[beck-thompson]

I actually think the QMs ability is fine, it should just be a lower cap! I was thinking HOSes should be like low power flashlight or something.

[UBlueberry]

If they're going to get unique abilities they need to be minor things which are already accomplished by other stuff what I would do for example CMO pen can be used for cauterizing injuries RD pen can scan anomalies (make it take longer than a normal scanner if possible) HOS pen can hold 5 units of a liquid (for the enterprising alcoholic or combat medicine) CE pen can pulse wires like a multi tool QM pen has integrated Accepted / Denied stamps

and since it would be only fair Hop pen can check the access on a card (no editing) captain pen can have a built in lighter (for burning all the documents before the IRS get in)

even this is too much IMO. my issue that is that the pens are too overpowered, it's that they shouldn't have power in the first place. they're pens.
what if every head's flash got a "special feature"? would it make sense if the RD pulls out a flash to scan an anomaly instead of using an anomaly scanner?
if you think that's a bad idea, then why should a pen do the same?
flashes are for self-defense. pens are for writing. let them stay that way, please