Leisure

[Lo.M]

In ksp2 we could have leisure, and a level of happiness the more leisure the happier the kerbals would be and thus the more efficient their tasks would be.

Edited January 23, 2021 by Lo.M

[The Aziz]

Now you want me to start playing Surviving Mars again, huh?

Anyway, I think that may be too much for stock gameplay - if a mod could expand the mechanics, why not - but what's currently planned for the game sounds to me like enough. That said, I'm not sure anymore what was confirmed, what are my wishes, and what I made up and I think it's confirmed but actually isn't.

[starcaptain]

Kerbals play Among Us when they're bored.

[Misguided Kerbal]

Define 'efficient'. Like, do they pilot better? Collect more science? Do they work better? Unlock features?

1 hour ago, starcaptain said:

Kerbals play Among Us when they're bored.

They do sometimes, but they prefer Human Space Program.

[K^2]

1 hour ago, starcaptain said:

Kerbals play Among Us when they're bored.

You know? If multiplayer is sufficiently robust, that could be a fun mod. Have a colony that the team is trying to escape from, so everyone has to complete tasks to get the rocket ready, have everybody control a single kerbal with camera at a fixed distance and elevation, and then it's basically just Among Us, but with Kerbals.

I know there's no real point, but it could be good for a few laughs.

[The Aziz]

6 hours ago, Misguided Kerbal said:

Define 'efficient'. Like, do they pilot better? Collect more science? Do they work better? Unlock features?

Colonies are based on off world resources extraction and vessel production. So that. But again I think that would be covered by just having these farms shown in one of the videos. Food = work, no food = no work.

[kerbiloid]

The extraterrestrial colonists have the right to leisure.

They may have four hours of leisure in bed between digging the regolith, enforcing the walls, and cleaning the air filters from mud.

[Lo.M]

 

9 hours ago, Misguided Kerbal said:

Define 'efficient'. Like, do they pilot better? Collect more science? Do they work better? Unlock features?

The farm kerbals produce a little more food, the mining kerbals produce a little more resources, the engineer kerbals can build / improve / expand with less resources, the scientific kerbals produce more science.

[starcaptain]

15 hours ago, K^2 said:

You know? If multiplayer is sufficiently robust, that could be a fun mod. 

I know there's no real point, but it could be good for a few laughs.

Jeb was not the impostor. The vessel no longer has a pilot.

There is 1 impostor remaining. 

[Lo.M]

1 hour ago, starcaptain said:

Jeb was not the impostor. The vessel no longer has a pilot.

There is 1 impostor remaining. 

I have fun with those comments.

[Guest]

I'm in the "no" camp. It's a qualified "no" though, this could work as an element in a more involved simulation. In isolation though it just adds micromanagement and busywork; I can't see how it would be fun.

[starcaptain]

2 hours ago, Brikoleur said:

I'm in the "no" camp. It's a qualified "no" though, this could work as an element in a more involved simulation. In isolation though it just adds micromanagement and busywork; I can't see how it would be fun.

As mentioned before, i think the best option would basically be other game modes via mods.

Tank modes, race modes, cooperative team deathmatch orbital volleyball modes, comet chess, etc

[K^2]

8 hours ago, starcaptain said:

Jeb was not the impostor. The vessel no longer has a pilot.

You know? That'd be a good way to expand the AU formula. Say, you need to make sure you have a pilot and an engineer by the end of the game for a crew victory. You can try to guess what role each player has by the tasks they are doing. So now there's a reason for crew to fake their tasks as well and for impostors to pay attention to what tasks are being done. And a lot of, "You can't vote me out, I'm the last pilot left!" during discussion. Fun!