Removes cortical borers. No, I am not sorry.

[AffectedArc07]

What Does This PR Do

Removes cortical borers. Not much more to say.

We actually decided on this way back in october 2021 after a community meeting (link: https://youtu.be/Qwe1ruXNzA8?t=6264). I kinda let this slide because I had bigger fish to fry but the topic was raised again, especially after administration had to deal with one too many god awful borer rounds.

Borers are flawed, no real objectives, a pain to administer, riddled with bugs and outdated code, and its about time we give them the axe,

Closes #3969
Closes #7107
Closes #11749
Closes #12533
Closes #16623 (Probably)
Closes #18083

Why It's Good For The Game

See above.

Changelog

🆑 AffectedArc07
del: Removes cortical borers. No, I am not sorry.
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[roarbark]

probably for the best. i feel the idea itself wasnt the problem, but the implementation- maybe they can return someday, done right though.

[AffectedArc07]

Fixing CI

[dikers93]

why do you cut them completely if you can just as a mode? So that it would be easier to modify / correct them later
just like they did with xenomorphs

[Sirryan2002]

why do you cut them completely if you can just as a mode? So that it would be easier to modify / correct them later just like they did with xenomorphs

Cortical borers have gone years without a rework. Moving a bad antag off rotation with the expectation that it will one day be fixed is how you get stagnated gamemodes like devil, revolution, vox raiders, etc etc. Xenomorphs aren't fixed either, they're still a balance nightmare atm and no successful rework has gone through from them either since they were pulled from rotation.

It is important for games to cut out features that nobody is going to fix because they have an overall negative impact on the game environment and balance. It will probably be easier for someone to rewrite borers from the ground up rather than try and refactor what is already existing anyway tbh.

[dikers93]

зачем вы их полностью вырезаете если можно просто как мод? Что бы их потом было легче дорабатывать/исправлять так же как это было с ксеноморфами

Кортикальные сверла годами не ремонтировались. Удаление плохого антага из ротации с ожиданием того, что однажды он будет исправлен, — это то, как вы получаете застойные игровые режимы, такие как дьявол, революция, вокс-рейдеры и т. д. Ксеноморфы также не исправлены, они по-прежнему представляют собой кошмар баланса, с тех пор как их сняли с ротации, прошла успешная переделка.

Для игр важно вырезать функции, которые никто не собирается исправлять, потому что они в целом негативно влияют на игровую среду и баланс. Вероятно, кому-то будет проще переписать сверлильщиков с нуля, чем пытаться реорганизовать то, что уже существует.

you are partially right, but still, just like the xenomorphs, there is no need to permanently cut them out, they are difficult to complete, but it is better to have at least a basis for them. This will make things easier in the future.

xenomorphs, just as I see for 2 years, they weren’t going to fix them, but they don’t cut them out and expect to resurrect

[rythenx]

I'll be sad to see them go and personally enjoy them but it seems like majority of people want them gone so it seems like a good idea to do based on that.

[Fox-McCloud]

I can't approve this fast or hard enough.

[hal9000PR]

remember to remove borers from #14968

[Darkmight9]

And nothing of value was lost with the PR

[AffectedArc07]

remember to remove borers from #14968

Will do once this is in

[smokincheez]

I feel honored being the (Probably) in the close list, but it also makes me realize this is 200% a good choice.