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- Tue Jul 21, 2020 8:08 pm
- Forum: Xenomorphs Forum reference
- Topic: Castes of ants and battle
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Re: Castes of ants and battle
I like this concept a lot. Although I think one central one could give an unfair (and growing) advantage to the strongest alliance or coalition, as opposed to several different locations on the map.
- Tue Jul 21, 2020 8:08 pm
- Forum: Xenomorphs Forum reference
- Topic: Castes of ants and battle
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Re: Castes of ants and battle
MrMEC said in the original thread wrote: Yeah, I was thinking about that - the biggest alliance could just sit on it.
Maybe you can only hold it for 30days followed by a 1 week cooldown for someone else to take it over and start building it up.
- Tue Jul 21, 2020 8:07 pm
- Forum: Xenomorphs Forum reference
- Topic: Castes of ants and battle
- Replies: 22
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Re: Castes of ants and battle
Omnipotentman said in the original thread wrote: Although that would quickly turn into a game of monopoly...
- Tue Jul 21, 2020 8:06 pm
- Forum: Xenomorphs Forum reference
- Topic: Castes of ants and battle
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Re: Castes of ants and battle
Maybe this plant is a huge place in the middle of the map, and alliances fight for control over it. Once controlled, it can be upgraded to output food and materials (or whatever resources) to the entire alliance, and is upgraded/staffed/defended through alliance ants/resources. Kind of like an alli...
- Tue Jul 21, 2020 8:06 pm
- Forum: Xenomorphs Forum reference
- Topic: Castes of ants and battle
- Replies: 22
- Views: 44010
Re: Castes of ants and battle
Woah!!! that sounds like something that might be very fun. :o I suppose its incorporation would mainly depend on what other things we want besides ants, and whether players control those or if they're just an AI sorta thing. (it could even be a side-thing that you get from a certain tech tree maybe...
- Tue Jul 21, 2020 8:05 pm
- Forum: Xenomorphs Forum reference
- Topic: Castes of ants and battle
- Replies: 22
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Re: Castes of ants and battle
I have an idea. You could have a new aspect of the game where you can start off as a plant. You grow leaves and roots to grow faster but you have to research different weapons and grow protection (thorns, poisons, etc) from ants and other bugs eating you. You could grow roots into nests and cause s...
- Tue Jul 21, 2020 8:04 pm
- Forum: Xenomorphs Forum reference
- Topic: Castes of ants and battle
- Replies: 22
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Re: Castes of ants and battle
Yep I agree. I hadn't made the connection clear yet, but I had discussed this in the tech and research thread.
You could start off with some base buffs and nerfs, and then specialise. Later you could specialise in other areas if your alliance or other factors made it necessary, as you say.
You could start off with some base buffs and nerfs, and then specialise. Later you could specialise in other areas if your alliance or other factors made it necessary, as you say.
- Tue Jul 21, 2020 8:04 pm
- Forum: Xenomorphs Forum reference
- Topic: Castes of ants and battle
- Replies: 22
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Re: Castes of ants and battle
MrMEC said in the original thread wrote: This neutral caste could be somehow tied to the beginners protection system like in antzzz...
- Tue Jul 21, 2020 8:03 pm
- Forum: Xenomorphs Forum reference
- Topic: Castes of ants and battle
- Replies: 22
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Re: Castes of ants and battle
I like the idea of a Caste system for ants, but I don't think it's a wise idea to lock players into these castes forever. If somebody needs to change their caste to fit their alliance's necessities or a new player chooses a caste contrary to their playstyle, thus could lead to quitting or at least ...
- Tue Jul 21, 2020 8:02 pm
- Forum: Xenomorphs Forum reference
- Topic: Castes of ants and battle
- Replies: 22
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Re: Castes of ants and battle
Ideally there would be balance between all the species, but different species would have different vulnerabilities and strengths. For example leaf-cutter ants and honey-pot ants could have a significant storage of under-ground food so that if a war broke out on the surface they could hole up until i...