Spore Damage Prevents Regen

yehawmcgraw

<b>So currently:
Every time spores damage a marine, it resets the regeneration out-of-battle cooldown. Also, the act of releasing the spores does not prevent/stop regeneration. I don't think this is intended.

I believe it is more natural and intuitive for behavior need to be reversed. (Releasing should reset cooldown, damaging should not not)</b>


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Practically this is kind of annoying because spores persist for such a long time and will continually prevent regen. So, if you are 'crop dusting' the marine base, regen is practically useless and you're better off going to back to the hive.

Also, it seems to break realism because the Lerk seems psychically aware of that a cloud of chemicals is hurting someone (possibly across the map) and it some how 'strains' the Lerk when a marine inhales, preventing regen. Instead I believe only the releasing of the gas should 'strain' it.

pendelum5

Spores also prevent camouflage. I think it has to do with the 3-second combat timer for those upgrades. I don't have a problem with it because aliens are OP as hell and you can usually use spores to escape to a hive.

rantology

Speaking of mechanics/bugs like that:

Hydras also put you in combat when they fire, even if you're a different lifeform all the way across the map, if a Hydra you made at any time gets into combat, it also puts you in combat, stopping your regen, bringing you out of cloak, slowing you down out of celerity etc.

beyond.wudge

Hmmmm, I always accepted the bile bomb causing celerity slow down because I figured it was a adren vs cele balance thing.

But now that you mention this sort of thing may need a some reconsideration as to how exactly it should all work. A bit more nuance might be required.

Azaral

Bilebomb damaging buildings with its DOT effect also keeps you in combat.