I keep thinking of how i played the tyranids in dawn of war retribution and I found them to be very satisfying that synapse of theres is troubling though
So you want a race that fits more in the mold of a traditional MMO, where each player is a synapse creature and they each summon a lolfuckhuge amount of swarm minions. How about ... no.
To add context to what has already been stated... Players in MMO's are prone to doing actions incorrectly. While you could argue there is no right or wrong to playing a videogame for " fun "... Tyranids are not only controlled by one near perfect consciousness, their action's are deliberate... and in terms of efficiency, Infallible. It only takes one a few weeks in any MMO to realize human beings do many actions that would not fit into playing as any Tyranid unit. Yes, i am referring to jumping on the spot, making a camp videoclip where toons " hump " one another... And various other... Tedious BS happenings. And it's that kind of reputation MMO gamers have that make the choice of having the Tyranid Army as an AI an easy one. I would imagine any true fan of such a perfect race would be thrilled to have them AI controlled. I give you a suggestion, and that is to look up on the popular theories of consciousness in the scientific world. While our planet doesn't have anything on the scale of a Tyranid hive fleet, there are worlds within worlds that could explain why Tyranids shouldn't be playable. I haven't the time nor communication skills to get across such expansive teachings.
Nids cant be playable -_- They just cant......Unless you dream of playing as the Hive Mind or something.
I couldn't agree, Nids are just too different to work as a player race in EC, their mechanics are different, their progression would be weird and interaction supposedly non existent. I like they are in the game (who doesn't love mowing Gaunts down with an assault cannon?) but I think they are the one race that could never be really made to fit, although daemons and some of the lesser known races could join them in that regard,
It's pretty much impossible to have Tyranids as a player race so I'm afraid you'll have to deal with it.
YOU SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PLAY TYRANIDS... they make a perfect enemy, but more importantly NO gear, NO vehicles... how are you gonna enjoy being a bug with no technology or weapons?... just cause u enjoyed them in dawn of war 2 doesn't mean they fit into an MMO... I agree with the developers, please stick to your guns on this... now necrons on the other hand I could see as playable cause they have armor, guns and vehicles, BUT if they decide to make necrons AI then of course ill still play this awesome game... thank you so much developers, this game is a dream come true, make it true to lore, AND DONT SELL TO EA, I still miss warhammer online
NO NYDS FER YOU'Z LOT! DEYZ ENEMIEZ OF ALL DA RACEZ. C'MAN YA GITZ YOU'Z CAN'T BE NYDSZ!! THEYZ GOT NO KIT!
DEY DONT GOTZ NO SHIIIIIIIIINY BITZ EITHA'. JUS' SOME SQUISHY GLOBS AND PRICKLI' CLAWZ. UHHHH OOOOOOOOOOH BOYZ. LOOKZ LIKE HIVE FLEETZ BUTTHURT 'AS JUST ARRIVED!