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NRDL

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Re: Hivemind-suggest/become.
« Reply #165 on: September 05, 2011, 09:00:23 am »

The parasite idea is risky.  It would uproot a lot of our current efforts, we could potentially have a rival ( seriously, think of the Lambent Locust from Gears of War 2 ) and, I repeat, what good does it do us?  Will it bring us food, energy, filaments?  We're the hivemind.  We don't infect, we assimilate and create. 
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kaian-a-coel

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Re: Hivemind-suggest/become.
« Reply #166 on: September 05, 2011, 11:49:24 am »

O-R-I-G-I-N-A-L-I-T-Y.
I say no to infection.
We're the hivemind.  We don't infect, we assimilate and create. 
YAY!
Plus, ensure that [our mental] > 2x[sum of all overseer's mental]. So no rebellions possible.

Can we have access to the thought of overseers Primant and Zweiant? what these guys are thinking right now?
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Re: Hivemind-suggest/become.
« Reply #167 on: September 05, 2011, 08:05:25 pm »

Harness it

Create 4 new Burrower Hivespawn they would be a 10 cm long and 4 tall and ant-like with acid spitting capabilities. (creep optional)

They would dig new tunnels and enhance the central chamber. This way your minions children could gather new sources of food safely and you can expand your hive.
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Re: Hivemind-suggest/become.
« Reply #168 on: September 06, 2011, 03:36:34 am »

attention to all
SIMPLIFICATION IN PROGRESS.
Evolution Upcoming.
Reasonings checked.
Sensors checked.
Everything else checked.
Overseer loyalty checked.
RTS semplification upcoming.

CHANGES MADE:
Filaments and energy

They are now simplified. you earn 1, 1d4, 1d6, 1d10, 1d12, 1d20 or 1d100 for thing eaten. it may vary. ameliorating one's organs adds one dice to the pool thrown.
You earn double amount of food if organic is eaten, except vegetal filaments, which you gain the same amount in food.
Energy is gained by the same dice throwing and goes with how much you have expanded hive grass/roots similar.
Filaments are now used only in buying new organs, ameliorating the existing ones, and trying new things.

ACTIONS
Each update will now consist of a full round day.
in a full round day you may do:
1 full round day action. (you must specify this) this may be anything from "for one full day dig down to the bowels of earth" to "for one full day look at your scales...which you do not have"
2 half day actions. "for one half day look for food"
4 6 hours action
24 one hour action
unlimited actions to ORDER HIVESPAWN around. (you are a hivemind, after all)
so the actions count towards yourself and things you directly do. in case of attack, obviously this limit does not count. (you do not need to be a nice statue if you used all actions up and a government tank is going to shoot at you)
the actions are NOT interchangeable. (6 one hour actions do not make 1 6 hours actions) this is because they do not actually take up 6 hours, its just that your thinking process requires to work on it for six hours straight.

Creating hivespawn
no longer cost filaments. it only cost food and energy and it's a ONE HOUR action.

Physical and mentality
are now earned by spending time on it.
you need 6 hours actions to increase them of 0.0001 points.

Height and width
no longer act upon the quantity of filaments free, but upon player choice. with limitations (you can't be something the hivemind hasn't seen).

Things i would like to require
i'd like somebody to go fetch the various spawns cost and make me a list of it (with costs next to it) i'm in a hurry today so unluckily i'll update tonight (italian's night)
and somebody (with a shitload of time i suppose) to make me an accurate count of filaments obtained till now, used till now, and free ones. (since i do believe i made an error somewhere, but it doesn't matter)

Reasons for simplifications:
complex organism would be a true hassle. i need three hours just to make an update, since i went and look for animals heights/weight and made a comparison to change it in food/filaments. with this while it might be saddening to get only 2 food and 1 filament from a human, it's easier for me to make updates.
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Re: Hivemind-suggest/become.
« Reply #169 on: September 06, 2011, 03:49:09 am »

Spawn Cost.

Fools/ hivespawn 1= Formerly 1 filament. Now free!
Gatherer=Formerly 1 filament and 1 food.
Scout= Formerly 2 filament and 1 food.
Glander= 1 food, 1 tendril.
Overseer= 6 energy, 4 food, 4 tendrils.
Vanguard= 13 food, 7 tendrils.
Plantspawn= 5 tendrils.


I'll leave the filament counting to someone else. Have to go and study now.
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Re: Hivemind-suggest/become.
« Reply #170 on: September 07, 2011, 07:24:48 am »

Spend one-half day producing acidguard, spend one-half day producing praetorians. 

Unlimited action, just keep sending as many hivespawn as you can to gather more food. 
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Re: Hivemind-suggest/become.
« Reply #171 on: September 08, 2011, 03:29:20 pm »

Dead? Also, do my mine idea, unless democracy kills it.
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Re: Hivemind-suggest/become.
« Reply #172 on: September 08, 2011, 03:52:38 pm »

not dead. just i got exams! the thread killers by excellence! so when i get a free-er schedule, i'll post the update.
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Re: Hivemind-suggest/become.
« Reply #173 on: September 09, 2011, 02:10:10 pm »

yay!
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