Gorge Cysts!

TheRedRager

<div class="IPBDescription">Why not make them have more to do.</div>Currently, either gorges make hydras and sit there defending, or they follow onos around and heal them constantly. But what if nothing needs a lockdown defense? Or its early in the game and theres nobody in need of healing?

What does a gorge do then?

Why not give them the ability to drop a cyst from the build menu about once every 10 seconds for 0.5 res each?

This would take some strain away from the commander, as well, if the gorge feels like a place is good for expansion, he could drop cyst over there, set up a wall of hydras and clogs, then ask the commander to drop the extractor when its nice and secure.

I think this would help promote more gorge play as well as a nice team dynamic.

Thoughts?

Xarius

They used to be able to do this in the beta, it was cut because overlapping roles between the gorge and the commander just ended up watering down one while only marginally improving gameplay on the other. The one thing I do miss about this though is that they were able to put cysts on walls and ceilings, out of marine knife range, but in general it just didn't add much to the game. (Placing cysts as a gorge isn't really that exciting, neither are most of the other things a gorge can currently do)

The gorge just needs more structures and abilities, and UWE said this was coming.

RMJ

Yeah i think it should come back so the Gorge can spread infestation as well.

But also when they implement door wielding feature for marines, i feel like gorge should be able to do the wielding alternative for aliens.

Gorge should be able to move stuff as well, it could even have a healing / energy building that it could place around the frontline where aliens are fighing. Kinda like dispencer from engineer.

Engineer from TF2 is a good class to show how you handle a building class.

Why dont hydras have 3 levels. that the gorge would spend time building up. that would atleast put some form of goal into the game.