Among Us Discussion: New Roles

[ShockingPsychic]

Among Us got updated with four new roles; The Shapeshifter, Scientist, Engineer, and Guardian Angel.

New keys/profiles may be in order.

 

[ShockingPsychic]

So, what's there to cover:

•Whether or not the new roles need new profiles or just new keys.

•The Guardian Angel gets Forefield Generation as well as all the powers of the Ghost Crewmate.

•The Scientist gets (limited?) Information Analysis by being able to check vitals on the go.

•The Engineer doesn't really get anything besides perhaps the venting speed of the Impostor.

•The Shapeshifter gets nothing different from the Impostor except using Shapeshifting in-character.

 

[James_Plays_4_Games]

I have yet to check out the content from the update itself, so I only have the announcement video to go off of. Speaking of which, it will be good for linking evidence.
I think the roles should be different keys, following the normal keys, using "as before" to convey that the roles add abilities on top of what was in the previous key. This also means Crewmates get more optional equipment, or the Crewmates will have key separation in the Standard Equipment section.
Crewmates should have an upgrade to intelligence. Any of the crewmates are able to be an engineer or scientist, so Crewmates being smart is no longer just a likely idea (which is what is currently expressed on the page). Now I am certain that the Crewmates are smart.
Engineers would get possibly subsonic travel speed like the Impostor. It is already conveyed to be a possibility on the Impostor page.
To be percise, Impostors already shapeshift in-character before the game begins. Shapeshifter Impostors just do it more.

 

[Aguywhodoesthings]

Cool, i'm gonna play the new update soon
I also think the roles should be different keys, thought the profiles would get a little messy with all the keys so i could also understand new profiles
Also the guardian angel would be 9-B with shields for blocking impostor attacks

 

[Ned_the_outer_god]

Also the guardian angel would be 9-B with shields for blocking impostor attacks

Wouldn’t only the durability be 9-B with the shields?

 

[Aguywhodoesthings]

Wouldn’t only the durability be 9-B with the shields?

yes that's what i meant

 

[Ned_the_outer_god]

yes that's what i meant

Okay

 

[James_Plays_4_Games]

I played Among Us with the new update, and it's the most fun I've had with the game. Even the little changes like the reorganization of the buttons are very good changes. Anyway, after playing, I think that due to the nature of the way roles work, I am confident that the characters should get new keys instead of new profiles. It doesn't matter if it will seem a little messy at first. There have been messier key distinctions, and I'm sure we can work something neat out with dividers inside of dividers. We don't even need to do this in the usual key distinction way. For example, with speed, we can write "possible Subsonic travel speed as an Engineer ([evidence])" for Crewmates. For Intelligence of Crewmates, we can factor in all of the roles into one explanation since any Crewmate has a chance of having one. (It won't be a composite though, since they can have only one role at a time. So above average instead of gifted.)

 

[James_Plays_4_Games]

While playing, I also found out that the Impostor can prevent Guardian Angels from using shields by doing Comms Sabotaged. I don't have footage because I don't record myself playing and I have not looked at Among Us videos about the update because I preferred to experience it myself. Would this be power nullification for Impostors?

 

[Aguywhodoesthings]

While playing, I also found out that the Impostor can prevent Guardian Angels from using shields by doing Comms Sabotaged. I don't have footage because I don't record myself playing and I have not looked at Among Us videos about the update because I preferred to experience it myself. Would this be power nullification for Impostors?

I guess it would be power null, that or the shields are somehow radio based which isn't likely

 

[James_Plays_4_Games]

I have something else I need to mention. Cosmetics now have names, and one of the masks are called Blocks Toxics. I am pretty sure that is a resistance to poison.

 

[Psychomaster35]

I agree with granting the Crewmates new keys.

 

[Aguywhodoesthings]

I updated my old calc for the Skeld destroying asteroids, i made it assuming the asteroids are roughly 1 meter in radius because that's the size of the smallest ever discovered asteroid

 

[ShockingPsychic]

I assume the keys would end up looking like

Crewmate | Scientist | Ghost | Guardian Angel

With Engineer just having a note under speed and intelligence?

 

[Aguywhodoesthings]

I assume the keys would end up looking like

Crewmate | Scientist | Ghost | Guardian Angel

With Engineer just having a note under speed and intelligence?

i think the Engineer would still be a key, but not every key would have their seperate segment in the statistics to keep the page from being too messy

 

[Aguywhodoesthings]

Also since the guardian angel can prevent all impostor kills that should include the impostors lasers too, would that make them scale to the lasers? Or would that just be a possibly rating

 

[Psychomaster35]

Haven’t the Monokuma Units been labled as every other unit on one key when giving them ratings to avoid it from being messy? I’d say to keep their keys at the bottom the same, but just add tabs on their different abilities to save the trouble.

 

[Aguywhodoesthings]

Made a sandbox for the crewmates with the new roles

 

[James_Plays_4_Games]

Made a sandbox for the crewmates with the new roles

That is great, but remember to add Vitals as optional equipment. Remember to add limitations to the new roles in the weaknesses section.

 

[Aguywhodoesthings]

That is great, but remember to add Vitals as optional equipment. Remember to add limitations to the new roles in the weaknesses section.

Added stuff to weakness section

 

[ShockingPsychic]

Wait, the Ghost Crewmates can still do the trash task that gives them 9-B. Can't we change their Unknown to 9-B?

 

[Aguywhodoesthings]

Wait, the Ghost Crewmates can still do the trash task that gives them 9-B. Can't we change their Unknown to 9-B?

I think them still being able to do tasks could be a game mechanic since they can't interact with anything else

 

[ShockingPsychic]

I mean, you could argue the lack of interaction to be a game mechanic as well. The game makes it clear that the ghosts need to/have the option to finish their tasks

Maybe an "Unknown, likely Wall level (Can perform the trashbag task much like their living counterparts, but cannot interact with other Crewmates or Impostors)" could work

 

[Aguywhodoesthings]

I mean, you could argue the lack of interaction to be a game mechanic as well. The game makes it clear that the ghosts need to/have the option to finish their tasks

Maybe an "Unknown, likely Wall level (Can perform the trashbag task much like their living counterparts, but cannot interact with other Crewmates or Impostors)" could work

i'm not sure, i'll wait and see what other people on this thread think

 

[Psychomaster35]

Now that you mention it, the ghosts could get a 9-B rating since they can do trash.

There have even been instances where is Visual Tasks are on and a ghost does it, the visual task will be visible to living crewmates despite how they see nothing since they can't see the ghost.

 

[James_Plays_4_Games]

I also think the ghosts can get an upgrade for the reasons above. However, this thread is not about that. Has there been enough input for someone to get this revision approved by moderator so we can make the update to the pages in regards to the new roles in Among Us?

 

[Aguywhodoesthings]

I also think the ghosts can get an upgrade for the reasons above. However, this thread is not about that. Has there been enough input for someone to get this revision approved by moderator so we can make the update to the pages in regards to the new roles in Among Us?

wouldn't the page updates require a CRT?

 

[James_Plays_4_Games]

wouldn't the page updates require a CRT?

Oh, this isn't a content revision thread! It should be a content revision thread.

 

[Aguywhodoesthings]

Maybe the guardian angels shields should be "At Most Wall level" because they break upon being hit by an impostor

 

[James_Plays_4_Games]

Maybe the guardian angels shields should be "At Most Wall level" because they break upon being hit by an impostor

Crewmates also break upon being hit by an Impostor, yet there isn't "at most" in front of the wall level durability rank that Crewmates have.

 

[Aguywhodoesthings]

Crewmates also break upon being hit by an Impostor, yet there isn't "at most" in front of the wall level durability rank that Crewmates have.

That's because their durability scales from their AP, the shields are different

 

[James_Plays_4_Games]

That's because their durability scales from their AP, the shields are different

My point is that Impostors upscale to Crewmates, so shields of Guardian Angels breaking in one hit from them is not reliable evidence of the shields being weak.

 

[Aguywhodoesthings]

My point is that Impostors upscale to Crewmates, so shields of Guardian Angels breaking in one hit from them is not reliable evidence of the shields being weak.

Ok