Babbler Boils (mines)
Elowind
Join Date: 2002-03-06 Member: 279Members
Join Date: 2002-03-06 Member: 279Members
I was looking around and recalling babblers and thinking about how they could be put in the game today.
The gorge would be able to place 'boils' around on alien infestation. When a marine approaches, the boil bursts and a small 'babbler' pops out and attacks. I picture them like giant lice or headcrabs.. or mass effect 3's rachni. The commander might be able to place larger pods of babblers to that explode on proximity or trigger.
A slight twist to the theme that allows the babblers to survive longer is to treat them like creatures emerging from a honeycomb structure. When something enters their range, they flood out of the structure and swarm the invaders. However, as soon as the invader leaves the proximity they return to the honeycomb.
I can't say I follow every suggestion in the forums, so I apologize if this idea's come up already. Hope it stimulates some ideas.
Thanks.
The gorge would be able to place 'boils' around on alien infestation. When a marine approaches, the boil bursts and a small 'babbler' pops out and attacks. I picture them like giant lice or headcrabs.. or mass effect 3's rachni. The commander might be able to place larger pods of babblers to that explode on proximity or trigger.
A slight twist to the theme that allows the babblers to survive longer is to treat them like creatures emerging from a honeycomb structure. When something enters their range, they flood out of the structure and swarm the invaders. However, as soon as the invader leaves the proximity they return to the honeycomb.
I can't say I follow every suggestion in the forums, so I apologize if this idea's come up already. Hope it stimulates some ideas.
Thanks.
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For the record, Babbler Boils sound better than Spider :P