The Ghost Leviathan's finished model!

Morph_Guy · February 2017

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Looks amazing!

the_mariner · February 2017

Skope · February 2017

OH.

MY.

GOSH.

That looks freaking amazing.

The question now, how big is it going to be?

Are we talking Reaper Leviathan size, or Old Reefback size?

Morph_Guy · February 2017

It looks like they've made the final model generally look a little more aggressive looking in color than the concept art, with darker colors and glowing eyes on the final, it also has countershading now for some reason.

But it still doesn't look that dangerous to me, and I still think it should be peaceful.
The Lost River doesn't really have room for a giant leviathan, which would mean they'd have to shrink the Ghost down a lot, expand the Lost River, or move the Ghost Leviathan to a completely different biome.
Making it a gentle giant might also be easier to program, possibly allowing it to be implemented before v1.0.

CaptainFearless · February 2017

Come on we have a much bigger chance now!!!

scifiwriterguy · February 2017

And...nightmare fuel. Thanks ever so much.

scifiwriterguy · February 2017

Skope wrote: »

The question now, how big is it going to be?
Are we talking Reaper Leviathan size, or Old Reefback size?

@Skope Wouldn't it mess with your head if it was the size of a holefish but with the attitude of a leviathan? There it is, biting the hell out of your PRAWN's finger like it's taking on the world while you just look at it with no small amount of pity.

Jamezorg · February 2017

Now I want it even more...

I think it should be dangerous, but not very dangerous, unlike other leviathans. This is mainly due to the fact that I'd love it to be in the large mushroom forest, around the enormous tree, or around the cove tree.

CaptainFearless · February 2017

It was portrayed in the concept art roaming around and in the massive skeleton's ribs.

Darwin-Evolution · February 2017

The actual skeleton (or whatever it is) looks kinda cute, don't ya think? But then with the gelatinous stuff around, it becomes a nightmare!

kJG · February 2017

Morph_Guy wrote: »

I've some interesting differences between the concept art and the final model, the final model seems to be a lot darker in color with brighter bioluminescent stripes and eyes, it lacks the small orange spots on the front of it's outer membrane, the body itself seems to be a lot different on the final model, with what appears to be countershading (even though it lives in a cave deep under water), and the creature itself doesn't seem to be a long and thin as the concept art, the final model generally seems to look a little more aggressive looking than the concept art.

That being said, it still doesn't look that dangerous to me, and I still think it should be peaceful.

Actually, it has those orange spots on its forehead. Next to the bioluminescence its just not that easy to see

Casual_Player · February 2017

Great! A giant, ELETRICAL leviathan... WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?! <where the hell I left my guns>

wowwink · February 2017

DavidXlte01234 · February 2017

so, The Lost River should be bigger then.. to put the Ghost/Phantom Leviathan? am i right? or we need to shrink the leviathan to fit The Lost River which is SUCK! anyway.. should the leviathan is invisible for a couple second like when the leviathan feel threaded and the leviathan turned invisible? and then a Jumpscare right at the back of your Seamoth/P.R.A.W.N with spooky sound coming from the leviathan itself.... oooh! or the leviathan is actually is not aggresive so no Jumpscare... OK

IntrepidH · February 2017

Dear god it's really happening

ResolutionBlaze · February 2017

Please have it go invisible.

ResolutionBlaze · February 2017

Morph_Guy wrote: »

It looks like they've made the final model generally look a little more aggressive looking in color than the concept art, with darker colors and glowing eyes on the final, it also has countershading now for some reason.

But it still doesn't look that dangerous to me, and I still think it should be peaceful.
The Lost River doesn't really have room for a giant leviathan, which would mean they'd have to shrink the Ghost down a lot, expand the Lost River, or move the Ghost Leviathan to a completely different biome.
Making it a gentle giant might also be easier to program, possibly allowing it to be implemented before v1.0.

Leviathan class predator.

It is aggressive, please let it go.

Casual_Player · February 2017

ResolutionBlaze wrote: »

Morph_Guy wrote: »

It looks like they've made the final model generally look a little more aggressive looking in color than the concept art, with darker colors and glowing eyes on the final, it also has countershading now for some reason.

But it still doesn't look that dangerous to me, and I still think it should be peaceful.
The Lost River doesn't really have room for a giant leviathan, which would mean they'd have to shrink the Ghost down a lot, expand the Lost River, or move the Ghost Leviathan to a completely different biome.
Making it a gentle giant might also be easier to program, possibly allowing it to be implemented before v1.0.

Leviathan class predator.

It is aggressive, please let it go.

Don't forget that this leviathan has some aspects of the Ampeel on it. So, and agressive, electrical leviathan...

Where the hell I left my baseball bat?

Jamezorg · February 2017

Okay, I've wanated to do this for some time now...

The Phantom Leviathan

The Phantom Leviathan thrives in the inky depths of the Lost River. There is only one known specimen, but eggs have been sighted, so it is safe to assume that there is more than one of this creature in the world. Its gestation period is four years, so it will be a while before we discover a second Phantom Leviathan.

It is the apex predator of the Lost River, and, although there aren't many bones in the creature, smaller fossils that match the bones inside the Leviathan have been discovered. Because of this we can assume that this creature survived the Mass Extinction Event several hundred years ago.

It's cry is similar to that of a Jellyray, and its flesh is poisonous like a Jellyray, Ghostray and Rabbitray, therefore this creature is probably a distant cousin of these smaller rays. It is similar in appearance to the Ghostray; its skin is a translucent blue and it shares some behavioural characteristics with its cousin.

Its most formidable weapon is a half-meter spike on its chin that it uses when charging down prey. It also uses this sharp point to dig for smaller creatures in the earth below. However it has a secondary weapon; a small electrical pulse that can paralyse any creature within close proximity for a few seconds. Electricity can be seen running up the length of its body through bright yellow veins, and this is what it outputs to immobilise these creatures.

The clubs on the side of its head are for display, and to attract a mate. Only females have these decorations.

zetachron · February 2017

You can watch the Ghost Leviathan implementation process here a bit ...

Come on, it was much too easy to travel through the Lost River even without any vehicle! The Ghost Leviathan might force us to be very careful there.

awesomeguy101 · February 2017

Ummm... this is even more nightmare fuel than the first time I encountered a reaper. And its not even in game! It would be cool if it defended territory (attacking anything that gets close to the bones). One of the things we saw before the lost river was implemented in the concept art was an open area. May the large, open trenches and bone fields be remembered. I do think the enclosed feel of the lost river will make having a leviathan class nightmare fuel swimming around that much more stressful.

Jamezorg · February 2017

I've had a thought;

Perhaps you could attach the three spikes along its sides with a thin layer of transparent webbing? I don't know, I think they need to have something more to them than what they are now, but I don't know what.

Darwin-Evolution · February 2017

It's in the "Doing" list on Trello!

Morph_Guy · February 2017

ResolutionBlaze wrote: »

Leviathan class predator.

It is aggressive, please let it go.

That name could always could always end up getting changed in future, the Sea Emperor used to be called the Grand Leviathan. Nothing is set in stone until it gets it's AI.

But I honestly don't care too much now, and I'll be fine with it being aggressive as long as they can make it work in the Lost River without it being awkward or annoying, and hopefully not scaled down too much.

zetachron · February 2017

Morph_Guy wrote: »

ResolutionBlaze wrote: »

Leviathan class predator.

It is aggressive, please let it go.

That name could always could always end up getting changed in future, the Sea Emperor used to be called the
Grand Leviathan. Nothing is set in stone until it gets it's AI.

But I honestly don't care too much now, and I'll be fine with it being aggressive as long as they can make it work in the Lost River without it being awkward or annoying, and hopefully not scaled down too much.

There aren't many sea dragons down in the Lava zone. So maybe 1 ghost leviathan roaming at the major LR intersection from both ways up and the only way down, including the small connection to the Precursor base, is enough. Max should probably be 3 of them with the other ones at the Ghost tree and at the giant skeleton.

Morph_Guy · February 2017

Updates from discord:

Keep in mind that none of this is completely confirmed and could still change in the future.

Fleurs · February 2017

Morph_Guy wrote: »

and I'll be fine with it being aggressive as long as they can make it work in the Lost River without it being awkward or annoying, and hopefully not scaled down too much.

They could make it attack via a ultrasonic howl in the form of a 360° giant ball of soundwave that could act like an EMP shout (temporaly disabling engine and light on vehicle and/or draining energy left), and/or hurting the player or blurring heavily his vision during a few moment.

That way, it could act like a PBAoE ranged attack that could be done without having to move the creature away from it's set path.

Morph_Guy · February 2017

They've said it won't be getting any special abilities, so that's probably out of the question.

Avimimus · February 2017

Honestly, it'd be great if it was silent (or almost silent)... I mean, it is a ghost right? Spooky!

pie1055 · February 2017

Even so I'm glad their artists have enough time on their hands to basically have this guy good to go should the programmers get the time.

04Leonhardt · February 2017

Morph_Guy wrote: »

Making it a gentle giant might also be easier to program, possibly allowing it to be implemented before v1.0.

Please please please make it a gentle giant.

It'd be perfect. Looks like a horrific nightmare monster, just wants to be left the hell alone.

The Ghost Leviathan's finished model!

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