pod

Racer1

<div class="IPBDescription">droppable gorge structure</div>The pod could be dropped by a gorge. It would be a completely passive structure in which an alien could hide. Alien teammates would be able to easily determine if a pod was occupied. However, this fact would be hidden from marines.

The pod would be:
- Approximately same cost as hydra
- Slightly bigger than a hydra (to make it believable that a skulk could be hiding in it)
- Medium build time (maybe 1.5x as much as hydra)
- Medium health (maybe 1.5x as much as a hydra)
- Limited to "small" aliens (skulk, gorge, and maybe lerk)

Ideas about what it could look like:
- Traditional spherical/oval shape (similar to crag) -- this is boring IMO
- Spikey (kind of like a puffer fish)
- A tentacle with a bulge in the middle
- Suspended fat "banana" with two supporting "legs" attaching it to the ground

l3lessed

So what is the point of this other than to give marines a sitting target to kill with ease?

Racer1

One by itself sure...but what if a gorge places 3-4 in a room? They are the perfect hiding place for skulks. One or two marines start attacking one, and a skulk leaps out of another.

Admittedly, it needs to be tough enough to handle a few clips at least.

PsiWarp

It'll good if the Skulk/Gorge/Lerk can cycle between nearby pods for the perfect ambush spot, according to the situation.

l3lessed

Ok. I'm going to hijack your post now. I apologize.

So how about this as an alternative.

Allow gorges to lay down mobile spawning eggs so aliens can, before they spawn, select an egg on the front line a gorge dropped and spawn there. It can also double as a "pod" by allowing current aliens to hide in it. To balance it you could just make it cost a little personal res for players to spawn in it, and make it cost all the gorges energy to lay one so he can't spam five in 10 seconds. I actually had this idea a while back, but I was to lazy to post it.

KuBaN

Aren't we getting cloaking? What more do you want, I don't understand.

swalk

I must agree with KuBaN on this one, i don't see a reason for this. Aliens already have great mobility, now also a chamber of some sort that they can "hide" in? wtf? i wouldn't even use them if they were in the game..
And forward spawn points? Is that REALLY needed for aliens? I don't think so

peregrinus

It's more fun if you have to use the map geography and cloaking abilities to hide. I do support the gorge getting more abilities however.

Sewlek

<!--quoteo(post=1847655:date=May 21 2011, 02:19 AM:name=l3lessed)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (l3lessed @ May 21 2011, 02:19 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1847655"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Ok. I'm going to hijack your post now. I apologize.

So how about this as an alternative.

Allow gorges to lay down mobile spawning eggs so aliens can, before they spawn, select an egg on the front line a gorge dropped and spawn there. It can also double as a "pod" by allowing current aliens to hide in it. To balance it you could just make it cost a little personal res for players to spawn in it, and make it cost all the gorges energy to lay one so he can't spam five in 10 seconds. I actually had this idea a while back, but I was to lazy to post it.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

this idea is not so bad. finally we would get some sort of distress beacon for aliens :)
drop the egg for 5 res or so and the dead players are free to choose where to hatch (first avaible option one of those gorge eggs)

<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->And forward spawn points? Is that REALLY needed for aliens? I don't think so<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
maybe uwe will come again to the conclusion that rounds last too long, and need more features which would accelerate end game.
that would be one option. bile bomb + forward spawn

Twiggeh

<!--quoteo(post=1847651:date=May 21 2011, 07:16 AM:name=Racer1)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Racer1 @ May 21 2011, 07:16 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1847651"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->One by itself sure...but what if a gorge places 3-4 in a room? They are the perfect hiding place for skulks. One or two marines start attacking one, and a skulk leaps out of another.

Admittedly, it needs to be tough enough to handle a few clips at least.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Then i'd rather spend my res on hydras - which actually all do something when marines comes along.