I'm quite happy with this system tbh. I don't know if anyone played it, but Aion has an NPC faction called Balaur who pretty much attack fortresses and behave in the way Patrick mentioned above at specific times. I'm quite curious as to how you guys intend to 'choose the moment the tyranids spawn'. E.g. Chaos owns 2 bases SM owns 1 Do the Tyranids spawn straight away after Chaos take the 3rd base? Do they appear after a random period of time? Is there a trigger to their appearance?
no, there is no "trigger" - the nids appear when they want, we will make sure that they don't go in any predictable pattern - the important part is, ofc the more outposts/strongholds you own, the higher the chance they attack you, though it's not an exclusive thing!
So one thing...in Aion if the Balaur attacked your fortress and you didn't defend it they would 'take over' your fortress. I.e. to get the fortress back you would have to siege it. What will happen to Fortresses that cannot be held against Tyranids?
well this is all a bit off-topic, but in short (one possible scenario): a fortress will not directly be taken over by a swarm of nids, but the "hive/dungeons" under it will be "infested". As long they are infested, the outpost/stronghold will not give any benefits and the "power generator" of it is stopped. So you have to go into the "underground" to clear it from the nids, then you can "reactivate" the fortress.
This sounds like a run reason to start killing a bunch of nids.... Like orkz needed more reasons to stomp on sum bugs Just wondering if you or anyone else has any idea what type of dungeon you are planning to have in the Future. Is it a simple breach and clear or will some hives have a objective you have to complete like killing a hive lord (or different hive commander) or plant bombs and defend them from nids and then retreat to safety when the bombs are all armed. Just poking you a bit to see whats up and coming -....P.S... Imma just say this Warhammer40k Emoticons <--- this needs to be a thing in these forums
oh the things I heard of are not set in stone yet - best to ask Brent and David they know more about this stuff!
Booo now i gotta go out of my way to ask another dev... all well Idk i wanna see some cool stuff that makes this game stand out from all the rest and destroy anyone I spent so little money on it and now i wanna spent more even tho nothing is out i just cant wait for more features to be released over time
that is the great thing about there being so much time until the game comes out and these threads. we are literally changing what the finished product will be. this game isnt like cod where you buy it and wait for new maps in dlc. this game is actively be changed and improved based on what we want. without even spending a dime you can start a thread of an idea that the devs implement. what other game does that. multiple changes have already been made based on fan input.
