Reducing the weight of the field transceiver

[Murdoc]

Hello there.

I am not really someone who suggests a lot, or comes up with a new idea now and then, but this one is itching the back of my head for quite some time. I really do like the look of the field transceiver and the potential roleplay you can do with it. Unfortunately though, due to its enormous weight, nobody likes to carry it around. Its also not really useful, given that the radios in this game are not really working as intended. I understand that it is supposed to be heavy but ... it would be better we make it more appealing, in this case I would prefer gameplay over realism.

So, to make it more appealing to our fellow roleplayers we should reduce its weight from its 15kg to about 5kg. I'd like to see more field transceivers being carried around by military-like groups. It just adds up to the overall atmosphere and generates a tad bit more RP.

Thanks for reading.

[Fae]

Field transceivers are heavy IRL, it makes no sense to drop it so dramatically? Maybe from 15kg to like 10kg, but to 5kg is a bit much IMO.

[Zero]

When I was playing I remember the transceivers became entirely useless due to the fact that radios were given the same range. It was disappointing because I remember lugging that thing around for the two weeks it wasn’t broken and having a ton of fun. Found a white name in Cherno that got trapped by zombies and went from Elektro to save him. Pretty great experiences. 

That being said, they were so heavy I ditched them a few times but ended up picking them back up in hopes of finding people on the radio again. 

Edited April 21, 2020 by Zero

[Ducky]

I'll reduce the weight to make it a bit more managable, it's a bit of a niché item and if it gets more people using it for roleplay then I am happy enough with reducing the weight slightly.

[Juice Hand]

I used to rp with it on at all times but it became pretty tough to not be able to sprint so I stopped wearing it. If it gets buffed ill for sure start wearing it again.

[NinjaGriffon]

Please let's lessen the weight here I hate having my stamina halved by this 15 kg monstrosity on my back. It's meant to be carried in combat, it should be lighter than 15 kg so that sprinting actually is an option if you need to run in combat.

[KorhaWB]

Don't see why not. 5kg is a bit too dramatic though, however I never actually seen anyone carry this before. Would be cool seeing it being used more.

[Idle]

It would be best to maybe drop the weight down to 10kg. I have not really ever witnessed people use these. This item does have a lot of potential for RP and it would be great to see it become an active Item.

[Whitename]

+10, 15 kilos makes it impossible to sprint if you have anything on you

Edited May 1, 2020 by Whitename

[Truemonkh]

I think if you really wanna make a character that carries around a field transceiver then part of the roleplay should be the weight of the item. I mean most people run around with heavy plate carriers and big guns and 50k rounds of spare ammo. So I don't think the weight should be decreased.

[Murdoc]

46 minutes ago, Truemonkh said:

I think if you really wanna make a character that carries around a field transceiver then part of the roleplay should be the weight of the item. I mean most people run around with heavy plate carriers and big guns and 50k rounds of spare ammo. So I don't think the weight should be decreased.

Well the difference might be that the field transceiver itself doesn't have any functions at all. Guns, ammo, armor serve a purpose and are functioning as intended. There wouldn't really be a need of decreasing the weight if everyone could use the broken radio system.

[Truemonkh]

10 minutes ago, Murdoc said:

Well the difference might be that the field transceiver itself doesn't have any functions at all. Guns, ammo, armor serve a purpose and are functioning as intended. There wouldn't really be a need of decreasing the weight if everyone could use the broken radio system.

I guess that's a valid point. Still, the "usefulness" of the fieltransceiver shouldn't superseed the RP potential it has. Because wearing a plate carrier just because it's useful is ignoring the gear that a character would actually use. Too many people using plate carriers already.

[Kiwi]

I would like to reduce the weight of the radio backpack, at the moment its 15kgs by itself and 20 with a battery inside. 
 

Obviously a radio and battery would be heavy in real life but this is more a quality of life thing, I don’t see anyone wear them in game even though it makes perfect sense for a military group to have a radio man. This is because it isn’t viable to have 0 stamina from wearing a plate carrier while also having a two ton backpack as well.

My suggestion is to make it like 5kgs by itself which would bring it to ten but obviously the lighter the better.

Thank you for coming to my ted talk

[Murdoc]

Ah yeah, I remember doing a suggestion like that.

Lovely to see that suggestion come back to life, kinda weird it hasn't been implemented yet because its such an easy fix. I also recommended putting it to like 5 kg, it will definitely gain more weight when you add a battery to it but ... let's be real. This thing still doesn't serve a real purpose other being a neat RP and decorative Item that pretty much lost its only feature, that being a functioning radio.

Just reduce the damn weight and have people RP with it finally. +1

[Roland]

Merged suggestions  

[Aron73]

I voted no because of how mouch iut ways in rl  I got a smaller veron at home and it ways ruffly 5kg so a FR thats litraly a backpack should way allot more

[Kiwi]

At the end of the day its promoting RP, and a unique realistic type at that which you don’t see much of so surely ‘realism’ can be less of a priority, I mean it’s not like it gives you an advantage by wearing one of these backpacks so whats the harm in reducing weight, again its a quality of life thing

23 minutes ago, Aron73 said:

 

Yeah 5kg would be good weight not 15

[Whitename]

Like I said last time carrying around that big ass thing in the interest of RP was a pain, especially when it gets wet. So i’m +1 for this. Although last time I said it I wasnt a dev, and now I can do this change myself  

[Whitename]

57 minutes ago, Aron73 said:

I voted no because of how mouch iut ways in rl  I got a smaller veron at home and it ways ruffly 5kg so a FR thats litraly a backpack should way allot more

Im okay with forgoing realism if it means the RP will be better, since at this weight the transponder might as well be unusable since it means you can barely sprint 

[Kiwi]

1 hour ago, Whitename said:

Im okay with forgoing realism if it means the RP will be better, since at this weight the transponder might as well be unusable since it means you can barely sprint 

1 hour ago, Whitename said:

Like I said last time carrying around that big ass thing in the interest of RP was a pain, especially when it gets wet. So i’m +1 for this. Although last time I said it I wasnt a dev, and now I can do this change myself  

Basically hit the nail on the head there