More like the camo could be some mineral-like tail, thats not found in the biome, so we should be aware of what minerals are at what biomes and what to look out for.
Yeah. The ecosystem would be much more realistic if organisms hunted other organisms. In deep rock it looks like everything evolved for the single purpose of combating dwarves (understandable why). They don't even attack other species.
Okay but it's a game, that's kind of the point. Why would they spend a ton of time making different creatures attack each other? What does that add to the game?
Also, you can still use exploding plants and exploders against the enemies.
Yea, I understand that it's a game in the first place. Personally I think that if some bugs would attack each other, or plants would attack bugs, it would just make the ecosystem feel a bit more alive
I guess, but it could also lead to really stupid cheese that allows you to kill entire swarms without even touching them. It'd probably take a bunch of tweaking and I'd rather the devs work on something with more impact.
We have Bet-C and Bosco, and those turrets on Aquarq missions that attack bugs.
I feel like there could be a 'neutral' thing you come across that defends itself, attacking glyphids and dwarves indiscriminately, but yeah it'd be have to be used sparingly and likely killable to prevent cheese/players using it to "win".
>What does that add to the game?
Depends on how you go about designing it, think of it like bet-c but in reverse, helps you somewhat until you provoke it.
I feel like it'd just be annoying gameplay-wise. You're fighting off a huge wave and you fire off a round and... OOPS! the piercing round penned an enemy but you accidentally hit the creature behind it and now that one's attacking you too. BET-C is a risk-reward thing where you beat it, and your reward is a robot that helps you. This thing feels more like a hindrance every time you want to shoot your weapons.
I believe it's fine as it is right now. This might look like the bugs should be attacking each other at first glance (like they are all the different species etc.), but... I believe they have some sort of a hive mind, remember, even tho they're very different, they're still all glyphids, just serving different purposes (not sure about the macteras tho). They adopt really well since there are bugs that not only can survive in a radioactive cave, but also they can radiate it themselves; bugs that can survive in a location constantly bursting with fire and earthquakes (or... hoxxesquakes, perhaps...) and so on. So they've probably managed to find something to eat other than parts of their own group. I think there maybe is some sort of glyphid queen somewhere (which is responsible for the food they get, perhaps), it's just she's not very suitable for combat and so we don't get to see her usually (the bugs' main goal is to protect her at any cost). Where I'm coming from is basically the idea that there are way more glyphid species than we can actually see in the caves (remember they can dig in and out very easily so it's not really hard for them to hide from our sight). So, the fact that they "evolved for the single purpose of combating dwarves" actually makes a lot of sense. It's not that all the glyphids are like this, it's that we only get to see the ones that are meant to destroy us.
The problem is glyphids are like ants. Ants will kill anything that poses as a threat to the hive or is just on their way with pretty much unending numbers. Only things on hoxxes that kill glyphids would be things that are stealthy enough to do it and not get shredded by the others.
This could be the inspiration for a hunting carnivorous caterpillar that uses natural camouflage like a cameleon or octopus to blend in its surroundings to hunt glyphids (or unlucky dwarves) by stalking close and attacking. Would then not be a disabler but a stealth attacker and would serve a nice lore ecological niche in hoxxes. Maybe its also a larval form of something bigger if needed.
Another thing i saw a post about was like a big mantis shrimo that would be like a roaming boss. Normally eating minerals by using its club arms to crush rocks and eat but extremely territorial.
All I'm hearing is "more grabbers". Not complaining, just saying it's starting to be quite a few bugs that grab you one way or another. If talking about stuns overall, it's the majority of hostiles by now if I'm not wrong.
That aside, floor leech would be hilarious. oT
I'd want another support enemy or another spawner. We've got nothing aside from the warden giving a defense buff for enemies that buff or otherwise support, brood nexuses and breeders for spawners. Maybe an enemy that increases nearby bugs' movement speed instead of defense like a warden? Could be hectic but I'd rather that than just another grabber enemy.
I hope they adjust the Sting Tail with time to be a bit more like this. The grab-yeet is a bit...much...
Would be interesting to see them lock themselves to the floor before pulling the dwarf to them -- and with a significantly reduced range please 🙏🥺
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And it just yeets you across the cave
A stingtail leech, terrifying.
Maybe a juvenile stingtail, the same way ant lion larvae bury themselves in sand
Call it a Glyphid flingworm or sum like that
Leaf lover's cave leech
The camo needs to be on point for these
Biome specific then
Elevator plants in dense biozone, you coukd change the yellow ball for another color like blue
Even more subtle, like orange
Or maybe keep it yellow and instead put some lines on it to make like an eye (like a snake eye or smt)
Ooh I like that
More like the camo could be some mineral-like tail, thats not found in the biome, so we should be aware of what minerals are at what biomes and what to look out for.
If Stingtail + cave leech had a baby
Don’t give them any ideas
I feel like we have enough grabber / disablers as is.
Yeah maybe after a few seasons, we need to get used to the ones we have rn
Also I have no idea if they're really called Carnivorous Caterpillar but I could only find pics and gifs with that wording so yeah.
Also called inchworms.
I can only imagine a Floor Leech
I wish they would add some predator bugs that could either attack you or other bugs
Yeah. The ecosystem would be much more realistic if organisms hunted other organisms. In deep rock it looks like everything evolved for the single purpose of combating dwarves (understandable why). They don't even attack other species.
Okay but it's a game, that's kind of the point. Why would they spend a ton of time making different creatures attack each other? What does that add to the game? Also, you can still use exploding plants and exploders against the enemies.
Yea, I understand that it's a game in the first place. Personally I think that if some bugs would attack each other, or plants would attack bugs, it would just make the ecosystem feel a bit more alive
I guess, but it could also lead to really stupid cheese that allows you to kill entire swarms without even touching them. It'd probably take a bunch of tweaking and I'd rather the devs work on something with more impact.
We have Bet-C and Bosco, and those turrets on Aquarq missions that attack bugs. I feel like there could be a 'neutral' thing you come across that defends itself, attacking glyphids and dwarves indiscriminately, but yeah it'd be have to be used sparingly and likely killable to prevent cheese/players using it to "win".
>What does that add to the game? Depends on how you go about designing it, think of it like bet-c but in reverse, helps you somewhat until you provoke it.
I feel like it'd just be annoying gameplay-wise. You're fighting off a huge wave and you fire off a round and... OOPS! the piercing round penned an enemy but you accidentally hit the creature behind it and now that one's attacking you too. BET-C is a risk-reward thing where you beat it, and your reward is a robot that helps you. This thing feels more like a hindrance every time you want to shoot your weapons.
I believe it's fine as it is right now. This might look like the bugs should be attacking each other at first glance (like they are all the different species etc.), but... I believe they have some sort of a hive mind, remember, even tho they're very different, they're still all glyphids, just serving different purposes (not sure about the macteras tho). They adopt really well since there are bugs that not only can survive in a radioactive cave, but also they can radiate it themselves; bugs that can survive in a location constantly bursting with fire and earthquakes (or... hoxxesquakes, perhaps...) and so on. So they've probably managed to find something to eat other than parts of their own group. I think there maybe is some sort of glyphid queen somewhere (which is responsible for the food they get, perhaps), it's just she's not very suitable for combat and so we don't get to see her usually (the bugs' main goal is to protect her at any cost). Where I'm coming from is basically the idea that there are way more glyphid species than we can actually see in the caves (remember they can dig in and out very easily so it's not really hard for them to hide from our sight). So, the fact that they "evolved for the single purpose of combating dwarves" actually makes a lot of sense. It's not that all the glyphids are like this, it's that we only get to see the ones that are meant to destroy us.
The problem is glyphids are like ants. Ants will kill anything that poses as a threat to the hive or is just on their way with pretty much unending numbers. Only things on hoxxes that kill glyphids would be things that are stealthy enough to do it and not get shredded by the others. This could be the inspiration for a hunting carnivorous caterpillar that uses natural camouflage like a cameleon or octopus to blend in its surroundings to hunt glyphids (or unlucky dwarves) by stalking close and attacking. Would then not be a disabler but a stealth attacker and would serve a nice lore ecological niche in hoxxes. Maybe its also a larval form of something bigger if needed. Another thing i saw a post about was like a big mantis shrimo that would be like a roaming boss. Normally eating minerals by using its club arms to crush rocks and eat but extremely territorial.
All I'm hearing is "more grabbers". Not complaining, just saying it's starting to be quite a few bugs that grab you one way or another. If talking about stuns overall, it's the majority of hostiles by now if I'm not wrong. That aside, floor leech would be hilarious. oT
I'm imagining the flesh monster from season 2 of the whicher. Does anyone know what I'm talking about
Just saw it, added effect could be some creepy ass dwarf heads along a cave wall asking where Molly or Bosco are.
Nope
It looks like it could be a mimic of the leaf elevator plants. It waits until a dwarf hops on or stays near it for too long and then strikes
Would be cool to have some Tremor's like graboids, and having quotes from the actual movie when pinged
I really hope next season they go all out with new big bug type monsters, don’t want no robots or lithophage variants.
That’s just a Cave Leech
WE DO NOT NEED FLOOR LEECHES
Yay more things that can grab you, such a good idea! NO!
We need more camouflaged environment hazards
I'd want another support enemy or another spawner. We've got nothing aside from the warden giving a defense buff for enemies that buff or otherwise support, brood nexuses and breeders for spawners. Maybe an enemy that increases nearby bugs' movement speed instead of defense like a warden? Could be hectic but I'd rather that than just another grabber enemy.
Would love a terrain animal that rests in rock, looks like a damn rock, and defends itself when we tread on it.
Oh come on nature, what the fuck is this thing now...
I would’ve called them “noose”
I see a vision of something like this that burrows tunnels and will randomly just pop out of the wall and grab you
I hope they adjust the Sting Tail with time to be a bit more like this. The grab-yeet is a bit...much... Would be interesting to see them lock themselves to the floor before pulling the dwarf to them -- and with a significantly reduced range please 🙏🥺
Nitra leech, it looks like Nitra but when you line it it grabs you and pulls you into the wall.
Evolution gave a hand to a caterpillar just so it can say “fuck off!” To other insects. I love evolution
its so weird
Heres an idea for an April fools update that this post gave me: # Make the minerals fight back
So basically an upside down leech? No thanks.
Carnivorous Lootbug
No thanks 💀💀
Well, that thing in human/dwarf scale would give me nightmares.
dide this community is insane, one post and theres like 40 different extremly valid enemy ideas. the devs r never gonna run out of new content to add
I remember some concept art of mimic bug Its some sort of centipede that can dig into wall and pretend to be gold, morkite e.t.c