Crazy Gorge Idea
Death_by_bullets
Join Date: 2004-03-14 Member: 27336Members
Join Date: 2004-03-14 Member: 27336Members
I got a crazy gorge idea.
I think they should have an ability where the gorge can vomit infestation on a marine and that infestation then possess that marine for a brief time. Being as the creatures on the Kharaa seem to be normal creatures that are possessed by the infestation (I think I read that somewhere?) it would safe to assume that a blast of infestation could assume control of a Marine. So essentially, this blast of infestation would allow a gorge to take control of a Marine for a short period of time. This is because the nano-bot insides of Marine tech would eventually fight off the infestation.
So essentially a gorge player would be able to assume control of the marine player for anywhere from 30 - 60 seconds. During this time, the gorge uses the marine to either attack other marines or structures or simply move that player away from the gorge. The gorge could use marine tech laying on the ground, but could not interface with marine structures (IE armory, cc, ect)
When might this be useful? When a gorge is working remotely in an area by itself and a marine or small group of marines arrive, it would provide the gorge a way to either take the single marine and go attack others, or defend the gorge from a small group of marines. Also, you could simply just walk the marine to the other side of the map to allow time for backup to arrive.
While the gorge is using the marine, the gorge itself is idle in the position of its attack. If it were to be killed, control of the marine would be released. The allows for some balance other marines kill that gorge who is defenseless.
There would have to be some sort of limit on how this attack could be used, as it could easily get out of control. Maybe it takes a while to recharge enough infestation to conduct an attack, so it can only happen every 5 or 10 minutes in a game. Also, it is important that this is a short time of control over the marine so that it doesn't unfairly change the game. Also, there should be limits about how many gorges can use this attack on a team at a certain time. This way, the whole team can't go gorge and assume control of every marine player in the first minute of the game.
It's just a crazy idea I had in a dream (haha for real though).
I think they should have an ability where the gorge can vomit infestation on a marine and that infestation then possess that marine for a brief time. Being as the creatures on the Kharaa seem to be normal creatures that are possessed by the infestation (I think I read that somewhere?) it would safe to assume that a blast of infestation could assume control of a Marine. So essentially, this blast of infestation would allow a gorge to take control of a Marine for a short period of time. This is because the nano-bot insides of Marine tech would eventually fight off the infestation.
So essentially a gorge player would be able to assume control of the marine player for anywhere from 30 - 60 seconds. During this time, the gorge uses the marine to either attack other marines or structures or simply move that player away from the gorge. The gorge could use marine tech laying on the ground, but could not interface with marine structures (IE armory, cc, ect)
When might this be useful? When a gorge is working remotely in an area by itself and a marine or small group of marines arrive, it would provide the gorge a way to either take the single marine and go attack others, or defend the gorge from a small group of marines. Also, you could simply just walk the marine to the other side of the map to allow time for backup to arrive.
While the gorge is using the marine, the gorge itself is idle in the position of its attack. If it were to be killed, control of the marine would be released. The allows for some balance other marines kill that gorge who is defenseless.
There would have to be some sort of limit on how this attack could be used, as it could easily get out of control. Maybe it takes a while to recharge enough infestation to conduct an attack, so it can only happen every 5 or 10 minutes in a game. Also, it is important that this is a short time of control over the marine so that it doesn't unfairly change the game. Also, there should be limits about how many gorges can use this attack on a team at a certain time. This way, the whole team can't go gorge and assume control of every marine player in the first minute of the game.
It's just a crazy idea I had in a dream (haha for real though).
Comments
It's the main reason why the dev's don't want to reintroduce devour from ns1, because it takes away control from the player during a long time.
Well, maybe the marine could die right away, or take control of the gorge body..