Skegal Posted August 13, 2020 Posted August 13, 2020 Hello fellow irradiated spess men. i totally dont get why mechanic is 30KP when you have a brig physicisian at 5 only which is literally a personal doctor for security and mechanics, well, they just do space pods, repair pods and thats all folks. Can someone enlight me about this? Link to comment https://www.paradisestation.org/forum/topic/19268-why-is-mechanic-job-so-expensive/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meow19 Posted August 13, 2020 Posted August 13, 2020 The topic of mechanic was actually talked about in the last community meeting and yeah I doubt anyone thinks the price is fair compared to what You can do, and that's on top of no engineering or EVA access, I don't think anything changed since then regarding mechanic but i assume there are more important things to take care of rather than a role you can play voluntarily, things that affect many more people at once so the mechanic players have to just wait...or not, I don't speak for coding people... Link to comment https://www.paradisestation.org/forum/topic/19268-why-is-mechanic-job-so-expensive/#findComment-147472 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skegal Posted August 13, 2020 Author Posted August 13, 2020 (edited) 58 minutes ago, Meow19 said: The topic of mechanic was actually talked about in the last community meeting and yeah I doubt anyone thinks the price is fair compared to what You can do, and that's on top of no engineering or EVA access, I don't think anything changed since then regarding mechanic but i assume there are more important things to take care of rather than a role you can play voluntarily, things that affect many more people at once so the mechanic players have to just wait...or not, I don't speak for coding people... Oh ok nice, yes there is more important things to take care before. I still hope the cost will be reduced lol. Edited August 13, 2020 by Skegal Link to comment https://www.paradisestation.org/forum/topic/19268-why-is-mechanic-job-so-expensive/#findComment-147474 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esenno Posted August 13, 2020 Posted August 13, 2020 Probably because you can get lots of loot from playing it. As for EVA/engineering access most HoPs will just give you it with out question and if you need anything from engineering more often than not they'll help you out. Link to comment https://www.paradisestation.org/forum/topic/19268-why-is-mechanic-job-so-expensive/#findComment-147479 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veterankyl Posted August 13, 2020 Posted August 13, 2020 There's certainly a bit of a disparity between the cost/complexity of the job. All the time, I see the job boil down to just building a space pod for yourself then flying around space till you find something. Even then, most of the loot you find is contraband and can't even be used by non-antags. Which is where the other side of the issue comes in. Mechanic is a VERY powerful antag. You get access to off station locations to hide or collect loot, have easy access to space and all locations connecting to space, and can essentially vanish after completing your objectives if security is after you. So essentially, mechanic is near useless to the crew but powerful as an antag. I think that's where most of the pricing comes in. 1 1 Link to comment https://www.paradisestation.org/forum/topic/19268-why-is-mechanic-job-so-expensive/#findComment-147492 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyet Posted August 14, 2020 Posted August 14, 2020 19 hours ago, Skegal said: Hello fellow irradiated spess men. i totally dont get why mechanic is 30KP when you have a brig physicisian at 5 only which is literally a personal doctor for security and mechanics, well, they just do space pods, repair pods and thats all folks. Can someone enlight me about this? There is really no good reason. I have been considering making them a job anyone can take - removing their karma lock and refunding anyone who bought them. Link to comment https://www.paradisestation.org/forum/topic/19268-why-is-mechanic-job-so-expensive/#findComment-147496 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skegal Posted August 15, 2020 Author Posted August 15, 2020 On 8/14/2020 at 1:37 AM, Veterankyl said: There's certainly a bit of a disparity between the cost/complexity of the job. All the time, I see the job boil down to just building a space pod for yourself then flying around space till you find something. Even then, most of the loot you find is contraband and can't even be used by non-antags. Which is where the other side of the issue comes in. Mechanic is a VERY powerful antag. You get access to off station locations to hide or collect loot, have easy access to space and all locations connecting to space, and can essentially vanish after completing your objectives if security is after you. So essentially, mechanic is near useless to the crew but powerful as an antag. I think that's where most of the pricing comes in. Yeah that's a justification acceptable, a better justificaton than Esenno said (personally, considering the fact that you can easily EVA the ghetto way) you got a big point, even if you can do the same as explorer but its harder as explorer when you dont have a mechanic available to build you a pod. (sorry if i express myself very badly, im not sure what i said is clear) Link to comment https://www.paradisestation.org/forum/topic/19268-why-is-mechanic-job-so-expensive/#findComment-147529 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Posted May 2, 2021 Posted May 2, 2021 Yes mechanic job is very expensive. Everytime I bring my car to a mechanic they rip me off hard. Last week I went for an oil change and for an estimate of changing the brakes and I still had to pay $841. This is outrageus. 2 1 Link to comment https://www.paradisestation.org/forum/topic/19268-why-is-mechanic-job-so-expensive/#findComment-154975 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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