tgstation/-tg-station — pull request #739 by Ikarrus (2013-06-08 18:40:58+00:00)
Title: Slightly raised the traitor scaling coefficient

To compensate the additional traitors added by latejoining antagonists.

the problem is it just increases the number of antagonists overall
I'm just talking about a slight increase, like from 5 to 6
has late join antagonist even been turned on yet?
last i heard it needed a server config switched on, and I don't know if it ever actually happened
SoS told me he was aware of it, but is electing not to turn it on, probably because he felt that we have enough traitors as it is
which is why I'm thinking about balancing it out by raising the coeff
the thing about "enough traitors" is that it's entirely subjective and depending on how much hell the traitors choose to raise/are capable of raising
you can have a round with one traitor that ends with 80% of the station dead, you can have a round with 8 traitors that lasts 2 hours because they're all quiet
that's why I want it to scale a bit more naturally, incoming
it'd be better to scale the number of traitors as the population grows
than starting a lot at first but doesnt grow at all
morning rounds are especially awful
since you typically only have 1-2 starting antagonists
but hte round drags on for 3+ hours because the population balloons to 50+
yeah that stuff stinks
on the other hand, keepting the coeff as it is now while leaving latejoin antags in could overwhelm the station with antagonists
in high pop rounds