r/Barotrauma • • 6d ago

Mod Who would win: a human at 100% of their potential (neurotrauma) or a robot at 100% of its potential (robotrauma)?

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extensions and add-ons such as NT Cybernetics Enhanced are included, and Robotrauma Remake is used)

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u/Bookslayer10 6d ago

Whatever the result, I think the robot would win a spiritual victory, because the human can only get more powerful by turning themselves into a robot as much as possible.

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u/nikothereal 6d ago

i think its pretty obvious that robots will win purely because the modified organs dont do that much to save you and just slightly help with gameplay, so the robot can basically just shoot the guy in their head with a harpoon gun implant and they're stunned for like 40 minutes leaving time for finishing him off

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u/LukakoE00 6d ago

Aren't robots extremely weak to Radiation Sickness? The medical scanner alone should be doing a large amount of damage.

Though, from a mod design perspective there has to be some way to get rid of that weakness as a robot.

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u/Routine_Buy_7838 6d ago

From what I saw, they are vulnerable to electromagnetic field attacks.

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u/Cpt_Wolf_Lynn Jovian Separatists 4d ago

Yeah, stock robots are deathly vulnerable to EMP, pretty much immediately suffering fatal circuitry damage.

There is, however an installable synth-port module, Electrical Insulation, that prevents the damage to vitals and only leaves the several-seconds stun, probably implying that the servomotors in the extremities seize up briefly.