Suggestion: Give Alien Commander Tactical Abilities

Flounder

<div class="IPBDescription">similar to marine scan / nano shield</div>I think this would make the alien commander more interesting. Right now he is just harvester/chamber b****. These features might already be in the pipeline, though.

One easy way to implement these things now, though, would be to allow Shades and Crags to give the alien commander access to Cloak and Umbra anywhere on the map in range of a cyst, and not just in the vicinity of the structure. Just like the obs can scan anywhere on the map (or only in a room with a power node), umbra could deploy similarly.

vsync

no need. and I dont want aliens to be just ugly marines.

PsiWarp

Or allow more structures than just the Whip to uproot, which makes Umbra and Cloak usable virtually anywhere (on the ground with infestation :p)

_Necro_

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You shall beam them with the Shift.

Aemrod

maybe a new structure for spying the map something looks like a big eye, rootable and movable. Also wanna see those buildings can move on walls and ceilings idk.

WorthyRival

An alien scan that affected lighting making lights flicker on and off in the area of effect.

Great for tactical use ambushes and such and very atmospheric.

PsiWarp

^- upcoming Shade Ink Cloud darkens lighting/atmospherics around the Shade, if it is targeted instead of triggered then it would be very useful in that regard.