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## About The Pull Request This PR rebalances borg combat. It is first part of broader set of changes that I talked about with armhullen, which was then discussed in discord player project channel. Ultimately arm decided to rewrite the complete rebalance and grab combat, but to help with testing, and to measure reaction to that changes, I wrote this much smaller change, that should be usable as a TMd test. Main points that changed: - Flashing cyborgs for the first time blinds them, and scrambles their movement. Flashing them while they are blinded immobilizes them as it used to, but still allows them to talk, and use radio. - Emping cyborgs still turns them completely off, but the code behind is _slightly_ changed, because of how utterly incomprehensible cyborg code is - Borg stunarm deals 60 stamina damage, costs 200 energy (SUBJECT TO CHANGE AS SOON AS I DECIDE ON HOW TO), and applies confusion, stuttering, and jittering. - Robot consoles used by humans can now lock down only one borg at a time, they exhibit increased power draw while doing so. The borg is also informed of the location of the console. If left alone, the borg will unlock itself in 10 minutes, to avoid leaving it permanently locked down in some faraway place. If the console gets destroyed (or depowered), the borg will get unlocked - laser pointer only blinds borgs, without the paralyze component. If you flash a borg blinded this way it will paralyze it, so comboing it is possible. - Throwing things at borgs slows them down Not planned, but possible if testing shows its required: - Changing borg health to malfunctions - Whatever people convince me to add - Portable lockdown solution for sec, or a way for them to do basic check on borg. - Usage of bucket/something else to restrict radio usage of cyborg If you have ideas what would make this change better please use [discord channel](https://discord.com/channels/326822144233439242/1113145741788065924), or comments. Almost everything that I wrote here is subject to change, as requested or suggested. ### DISCLAIMER I had to change few functions in background of how borgs work. This WILL have changes I couldn't predict, since some of them aren't linked in any obvious way in code. I am aware of that, and will try fixing what needs fixing when pointed out. PS: Borg code is a nightmare ## Why It's Good For The Game Borg combat sucks. It is absolutely binary, there is 0 capacity for talking, because both sides fear losing in one click. Sec can't really feasibly ask the borg to state laws while flashed, so their only solution is to kill it and revive it. - Turning most instastun solutions into less lethal versions should lessen the pressure, since it reduces the chance that person that reacts first survives. - It causes minor reduction in traitor's capacity to emag borgs with only a flash, but EMPs still hardstun, and they are plentiful both in uplink, and in ghetto form, so that shouldn't be a problem. - Since it allows borgs to scream for help while being flashed, it also increases the potential of AI helping it, or at least noticing its death. - Lockdown console changes reduce its capability in completely turning off malf ai, and leave it still highly capable of being an useful tool in stopping emagged cyborgs. ## Changelog 🆑 balance: Flashing borgs requires two consecutive flashes to fully immobilize balance: Flashed borgs can speak balance: Remote lockdown on cyborgs lasts 180 seconds balance: Cyborg stun arm works like normal baton, and costs less energy /🆑 --------- Co-authored-by: ATH1909 <42606352+ATH1909@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Jacquerel <hnevard@gmail.com>