tgstation/-tg-station — pull request #4402 by paprka (2014-08-13 00:29:40+00:00)
Title: Buff to condensed capsaicin (pepperspray, teargas)

- Condensed capsaicin has been buffed.
- Pepperspray will now weaken as long as a flash (5) if the target has no eye or mouth protection.
- If they have mouth protection, it will weaken for 3.
- If they have eye protection, it will not weaken but you will still get a minor blurry screen effect.
This also applies to teargas grenades and 'buffer overflow' in the waste disposal loop, if you are in a tile with the capsaicin smoke you will take the effect as if you've been sprayed.

This makes teargas grenades viable. An antag not having mouth or eye protection is so rare, that NOBODY used pepperspray. Even if you sprayed someone without eye protection, the effect was worse than a flash. Considering flashes work on people even with eye protection (as long as they're not tinted like sunglasses) there's virtually no reason to use pepperspray over flashes.

Now, with the ability to use them as limited-ammo non-rng longer-range flashes (which are still countered even easier than flashes), they will definitely see more use.

And let's not forget how pepperspray doesn't even affect monkeys... https://github.com/tgstation/-tg-station/issues/3936