Onos flatbed / Hermit Onos
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Join Date: 2013-10-12 Member: 188667Members
Join Date: 2013-10-12 Member: 188667Members
Becoming an Onos is just about one of the coolest things ever.
But, the fun is usually over way too quickly.
60 res is a lot.
The upgrades help, but are expensive as well and mostly results in you running in and out of combat like a Fade, and mostly standing around a corner waiting for something to happen.
So I would like to have an Onos play a more important role...
If an Onos's "back" (mesh) was made flat, or the code altered then->
Skulks could piggyback (like the babblers now) into battle...
a Gorge could put hydra's onto an Onos...
a Whip could be built on an Onoses back...
a Shift, Crag or Umbra could also be built on top of an Onoses back...
a Fade could drop a porthole on the Onoses back...
a Lerk could attach and shoot from the Onoses back..
Eggs could be planted on the Onoses back...
a Gore tunnel could be put on the Onoses back..
The problem is that the Onos now is just combat focused, but can't do much else than take damage and die.
If you want to live then you have to run away...a lot.
So the trade off is that the Onos will have no longer have upgrades available and will carry a speed penalty, depending on what is on its back, the more powerful/useful the "passenger" the slower the Onos will be, but now the Onos can play a heavy supportive role as well, instead of just tanking.
This could be implemented as a tech upgrade for the commander to research.
But, the fun is usually over way too quickly.
60 res is a lot.
The upgrades help, but are expensive as well and mostly results in you running in and out of combat like a Fade, and mostly standing around a corner waiting for something to happen.
So I would like to have an Onos play a more important role...
If an Onos's "back" (mesh) was made flat, or the code altered then->
Skulks could piggyback (like the babblers now) into battle...
a Gorge could put hydra's onto an Onos...
a Whip could be built on an Onoses back...
a Shift, Crag or Umbra could also be built on top of an Onoses back...
a Fade could drop a porthole on the Onoses back...
a Lerk could attach and shoot from the Onoses back..
Eggs could be planted on the Onoses back...
a Gore tunnel could be put on the Onoses back..
The problem is that the Onos now is just combat focused, but can't do much else than take damage and die.
If you want to live then you have to run away...a lot.
So the trade off is that the Onos will have no longer have upgrades available and will carry a speed penalty, depending on what is on its back, the more powerful/useful the "passenger" the slower the Onos will be, but now the Onos can play a heavy supportive role as well, instead of just tanking.
This could be implemented as a tech upgrade for the commander to research.
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But also the lerk should be able to lift that onos. Would be way more cool. (Via lerk lift)
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