Innate Regen

Quovatis

I'd really like to see aliens have innate regeneration everywhere (not require infestation). Increase the regeneration rate when standing on infestation, but please give a small innate regen everywhere. Infestation isn't normally at forward positions, and that's where innate regen is useful (a skulk/lerk trapped in a vent, etc).

On the same subject, aliens need a regeneration upgrade (similar to NS1) that regenerates even faster.

Wilson

Yeah, ditto :)

Asraniel

I'm not that sure actually. Hives, crags and gorges can heal very fast. So there surely isn't a lack of healing options.
Adding self regenaration would only remove some teamplay. I think it works quite well now.

And yes, i know where your coming from, more than once i was a skulk hiding in a corner and eating marines walking by, so healing there would have helped. But there is the new upgrade where you get health after each kill. (forgot that one before). So i think its pretty balanced right now.

aeroripper

I also miss innate regen ala NS1.

1) Slow innate regen of health/armor everywhere, same as NS1.
2) Faster innate regen of health/armor/energy on infestation.
3) Regeneration upgrade adds everywhere innate regen rate + crag heal rate into an upgrade.

Slow innate regen doesn't negate the gorge. Innate regen everywhere is useful when ambushing marines and regaining a little of lost health while waiting for your next ambush victim.

NurEinMensch

Maybe as an upgrade?

hf_

Regeneration is an upgrade from the crag that's not yet implemented. There is currently a button for it in the build, but it's greyed out.

I don't think aliens should have a basic regeneration rate except on infestation. However, I like the idea of increasing the rate of regeneration when on infestation as opposed to what it currently is (seems too slow right now).

Wilson

I think the crag heal rate is also too slow. A lot of the time it's faster to go back to the hive than to wait for a crag to heal you. I'd like to see it increased, but it make it so that having multiple crags doesn't stack the healing effect.

Deadzone

It would be nice to have an innate regen that stacks on everything. It feels very slow waiting to heal at a hive now that crags heal much less often than defense chambers did. Then again, if aliens healed any faster, marines could be in trouble at this point :P

twiliteblue

Alien structures lost their innate regen at some point (around build 179 or 180). I wonder if that is intentional.

LORFCASTER

It just doesn't feel right as an alien to not regenerate at a very slow rate everywhere (off infestation). I often feel annoyed when i've taken a very small amount of damage in a position not close to infestation or a gorge, knowing that no matter how well i move/scout/evade...i will always be damaged untill traveling across the map for a heal<u>(which feels inappropriate)</u>.
This will improve when more people start playing gorge and alien commander.

Initial idea after <b>imagining the timings in my head</b> (Unaware of exact current regeneration rate on infestation) :

<i>Heal rate off infestation : 1 Health every 4-7seconds [then 1 armor every 4-7 seconds when health is full ?]

Heal rate on infestation : Slightly less slow(reduce time between increments of receiving health by X number of seconds), health and armor regenerate at the same time</i>




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Sewlek

use hive energy to activate a hot on your target :D