D/S/M

Scuzball

<div class="IPBDescription">shake up the alien upgrades</div>Defense/Sensory/Movement.

A Shell gives you Carapace and Regeneration (D/D),
a Veil gives you Silence and Camouflage (S/S),
and a hypothetical Shift gives us "Celerity" and "Warp" or something (M/M).

Today we have our upgrades tied to the structures in pairs. I was just thinking how much more interesting it would be if they actually paired them off with dissimilar upgrades.

What if a Shell gave you Carapace and "Celerity" (D/M)

A Veil gave you Camouflage and Regeneration (S/D)

And the Shift gave you "Warp" and Silence (M/S)?


Of course we don't know the final (M) abilities, and they could be moved around or reinvented... is anyone else as intrigued as I am?

DJPenguin

in the end, whoever has carapace would still be the first pick. still a nice concept to think about, though.

Scuzball

Did I mention that "Warp" will be so awesome you might not want Carapace? lol

weezl

Don't think mixing everything up nonsensically is a good idea. In NS1 the upgrades were tied to the chamber of that theme. This made sense.
According to me the current problem is that cara and regen are combineable into what is BY FAR the best upg combo. In NS1 they weren't able to.
My reasoning:
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Industry

Don't worry carapace I'll never leave you. You aren't like those other upgrades. You keep me strong, you make me feel secure, and most of all you keep all those mean hateful bullets away.

Soul_Rider

I would still implement only 1 upgrade by chamber until 4th hive. After 4th Hive, when aliens should be dominating, then they can combine abilities from the same chamber.