Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-40031436-20190725221932/@comment-31256456-20190803053305

Doctor > Veteran

Veteran is an awful role that cannot be used effectively. It faces the "I could do this but then this happens" dilemma.

Veteran has no way of sharing information indirectly, so Townies will not be informed and you might shoot innocent Townies. Revealing your role gives you the ability to play mind games with the mafia, but prevents you from ever getting a kill. Not revealing your role and baiting gives you the ability to possibly kill the mafia, but prevents you from having the assurance that the Town will not target you and die as a result.

Even worse?

Trying to bait mafia members towards you by being silent will lead TI to visit you. Trying to bait mafia members towards you by being loud will lead TI to visit you. Trying to bait in almost ANY fashion will cause someone to be suspicious, and that either gets you killed by a jailor or ends up making you kill a ridiculous amount of Townies.

The infamous BG/Doc lock on its own makes it a much better role. Doctor also has more useful strategies that can be used. Doctor can stay on Jailor, and the sheer presence of it makes the Mafia wary of attacking a Jailor claim. Doctor also has overall a larger benefit and can be more useful in the midgame.