Just because of the upcoming alien updates I suggest that alien ship hull volume be reduced significantly and be countered with a moderately powerful base natural regeneration. Just to go along with the whole “living” part of the ships. Seems decent right? Xp
I also suggest that nearing them gives an “Infected” debuff that steadily grows worse over time. It would darken the HUD and start manipulating the visuals of the ship. Everything would look dark and green and once completely “turned” the alien’s would see you as an ally until provoked. Because as technology has improved, new bio-suits have been developed that allow pilots to maintain control of their ships without being effected by the alien virus.
Nope. Although they fight on the same side, Crystallids =/= Biomorphs (ship and pilots taken by the Liu Virus). So this should apply only to biomorph.
I like the general concept, but when your ship gets totally corrupted, you should be considered “destroyed” and loose control of your ship, which becomes a AI-controlled biomorph. You have then the option to respawn with duplicator or get back to the station.
Now that I think about it, there could be some new multipurpose module (Or, even a totally new role!) crafted with living crystals, that infects other ships and makes them fight on your side, and also passives that increase your resistance to infection and EM damage.
Don’t you guys get what fox is trying to do?!He wants to go out with a frigate and get infected by the Liu Virus and become a degenerate Hunter!
CONSPIRACY DENIED!
Gah! Foiled again by you tin-hatters!
But really though. Good idea. I was teally thinking of just using the alien virus like an actual virus and spread it across the everything. Like that one blood-virus that would spread from player to player via pets and ended up killing off an entire server because nobody but insanely high-level players could survive it.
I also suggest that nearing them gives an “Infected” debuff that steadily grows worse over time. It would darken the HUD and start manipulating the visuals of the ship. Everything would look dark and green and once completely “turned” the alien’s would see you as an ally until provoked. Because as technology has improved, new bio-suits have been developed that allow pilots to maintain control of their ships without being effected by the alien virus.
CinnamonBun is under the SC NDA so he can’t say much aside from “mode is coming” and “soon”. Xp
Also, these new “Live Crystal Containers” make no sense. If it is living and used to grow more of it. Why cannot you have infinite of it from just one? Just feed it iridium to make it multiply! X3
CinnamonBun is under the SC NDA so he can’t say much aside from “mode is coming” and “soon”. Xp
Also, these new “Live Crystal Containers” make no sense. If it is living and used to grow more of it. Why cannot you have infinite of it from just one? Just feed it iridium to make it multiply! X3
You literally answered your own question. Even if it may lack a bit more:
Need to get energy - from what?
Can’t live forever.
Can’t replicate forever(even above would be infinite).
Would be inefficient(time and/or resource-wise).
Enough answers?
A note: Aren’t they just converter? Like you use specific bacteria to transform milk in cheese? Could be an answer also.