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Dec 17, 2019 20:56

Subject: On the cycle of infection

Otdoy

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So I had another fever dream.

Please bear with me, as this is not really a feature request, but just another crazy idea.

The cycle of infection as we know it :
Infector -> Infected Marine
Engineer -> Mecha II
Assimilator -> Cyber Underling

So, what if... what if an Engi unit could also infect another Engi unit?

To be honest, it would probably never happen in battle. But it might be fun among allies? On big maps, with a little more time?

Here's the idea :

Infector + Sapiens Engi = Infected Engi
Engineer + Assimilator = Assimilator II
Assimilator + Infector = Cyber Infector

These new units would effectively *reverse* the cycle of infection. Here is what they could capture/create :

Infected Engi (under Khral control) -> Infected Mecha
Assimilator II (under Sapiens control) -> Robo Underling
Cyber Infector (under Titan control) -> Plague Marine

Here are the powers of these new units (just throwing out ideas here)

Infected Mecha can move as quickly as an Underling
Robo Underling feels no pain, heals at +2
Plague Marine is disgusting, when dies does a Deliver Plague, one-hex radius

Thanks for listening, hope this was entertaining

Dec 18, 2019 00:58

Subject: Re:On the cycle of infection

wookieontheweb

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If I'm honest it sounds a little convoluted. It will take quite a bit of work and will almost never be used. It's rare enough to convert a unit. Very rare that engineer units gets close and it takes 2 assimilations (or is it 3) before you get a useful unit ... and I'm not sure Robo Underling is different to cyber underling, shouldn't it be a sap cyber underling, perhaps brainwashed bug bot.

I think even in team games on maps that are large enough and have the bases near enough will still struggle to generate these units.

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Dec 20, 2019 17:16

Subject: Re:On the cycle of infection

Otdoy

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No problem, I just wrote it out for fun.

Thanks for your consideration

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