Reworking the whisper mechanic, a role patrol special edition.
We've all gotten screwed by that one whisper that just HAD to leak and ruin the game for us. So we got to thinking, why should whispering, which is a very important part of the game, be left up to crappy RNG? So here's what we came up with:
Old random leaks are done away with.
Instead, after the first whisper between two users, subsequent whispers have a chance to leak participants.
The more whispers that are exchanged between the two users, the greater the chance to leak grows.
Everyone will receive a system message that reads as "User A whispered something to User B..."
Roles that force leaks such as the Loudmouth reveal the content of the whisper.
With this system, a few concepts that went into whispers come into play. Like original whispers, people will still be seeings who you are communicating with, but now the contents won't cause a problem. The whispers only start to get revealed if you whisper too much, which stops the mafia from having improvised day meetings without suspicion. Finally, it still allows for some interaction with roles that deal with whispers (currently only the LM, but maybe more in the future).
I like it!
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you'd be better off consorting main lobby before changing the function of leaks to make sure it doesn't affect ranked mafia too much since this would be a fundamental game change not just sandbox
however i think everyone will agree making whispers less likely the first few messages is a good idea and makes leaks less likely to totally ruin the game for everyone
deletedalmost 8 years
It might ruin some setups, the ones where you leak intentionally if you're fool etc.. and the whole point of leaks was that it was fun trying to figure what the person was saying
Revealing the contents can run the entire game for people sometimes, which is why people end up using gimmicks to avoid giving away important information. Naming 3 roles and a number for instances.
deletedalmost 8 years
Hiding would make leaking whispers much less useful and would take away a big part of the game
wouldn't people just take the first free whisper (leak-less), i agree with everything except that it should be 0% for the first one
deletedalmost 8 years
This ideas much better but I think leaks still should reveal what they say
Also with the revamped whispers there should be a whisper related role which could be used in setups where whispers structure them , we have a will role but not a whisper one
i do like the idea though, increase the chance as it goes along, but reveal the whole thing like it was
otherwise granny werwolf setup would explode and that'd be sad
deletedalmost 8 years
Actually now that I think about it a bit more. I think this would really limit the amounts of leaks to almost 0.
If the chance of leaking starts at 0% and steadily goes up then nothing would ever leak considering people rarely send more than 1-2 whispers to the same person because people are already so cautious of leaks.
deletedalmost 8 years
I'm not sure how I stand between the current system and this proposal, but I like what you've put up! Do you think we might see a loudmouth-esque mafia role come from this, or even roles that force reveals, if not increase the chance?
deletedalmost 8 years
I like the new mechanic on how whispers leak but everyone should see what they say when they do leak.
But that new mechanic makes it a bit more realistic in that if two people are having a secret convo they might gradually get louder and more likely heard.
With the current system, contacting your 3rd maf partner can leak d1 then game is over and that's dumb
