Server Rooms

[Chum Is Fum]

As it is right now, it feels like the game leans heavily against the slackers. One big area I think could use improvement is server rooms. There are 3 things i would love to see changed with them which I think would help balance out the game.

1. In too many maps they are in a location which is too open, not near anything else, and only have 1 exit. The Copenhagen map is an example of this where the server room is at the end of a wide hallway, there are no other rooms or items to interact with near it, and there are windows looking at it from on of the main working areas.

2. Server room doors can be locked. I think this should be completely removed. I've been in too many games where the manager simply locks the door to the server room. This now makes a very risky and difficult move even more so. Now a sacker needs to go into the manager's office, take the keys, walk to the server room with them, and then do the server. Without being seen by anyone the entire time. I think locking doors if useful, but server room doors should be the exception.

3. There are no specialist tasks in the server room. That's it. If someone is in the server room they are a slacker. End of story. It would be very helpful if there was a less common task that specialists need to do in the server room. This could give slackers an out for server outages. The key to the task is it would have to be one which doesn't create a verifiable effect, and people would just have to believe you were in there for good.

Right now I think the best server room is the one in Springfield, OH. It handles most of these problems well. This server room has 2 exits. It also serves as a shortcut from one side of the building to the other as well as has the supply room attached to it which not only prevent it from being locked but also provide a reason to enter or exit. Because of this it's my favourite map and I feel it is the most balanced.

If you read the whole thing, thank you for reading. I sincerely believe these changes will help make the game more enjoyable. Have a great day at Dale & Dawson.

[Spawned]

1. This is an issue, I do think that all server rooms should at minimum have 2 doors.

2. This point is a little bit difficult. While the keys + door locking exist, the server room remains a good door to lock for managers. I personally only lock one side, allowing the slackers to go to the long side (and take a big risk) to disable the servers. Locking both doors is a very annoying move, since it means only the manager (if the keys aren't in play) to unlock the door to fix the servers. I think this is mostly a game issue involving the keys.

3. This is incorrect, as all server rooms include a filing cabinet. And now as of the camera update include a camera which can be utilized for the 'firmware update' task. Albeit 'firmware update' does not specify a camera to update, which I think should be changed. You are partially right though, there should be some sort of specialist task that directly affects the servers so that the slackers have an out.