Basically Hivemind From TGMC

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I dunno. I don’t want to dilute queen’s power or role but I miss having the hive strategist role that existed on TGMC that wasn’t combat-capable like queen here has to be at some point in 90% of rounds.

— NyoomVoyager

Proposed Change:

  • Add a new T0/T1/T4 (not sure), which effectively takes the Queen’s ovi abilities. A Drone sidegrade effectively that focuses entirely on the Ovipositor gameplay.
  • Once you evolve, you are rooted in place and make Hive cluster weeds around yourself if not on one.
  • You get AI Eye (Queen Eye) POV, being able to move freely in and around weeds.
  • You can freely place markers without needing Leader, like Queen can.
  • You can click “Manifest” to spawn on your eye as a Lesser-Drone-Health mob. When Manifested:
    • You can build within 1 tile of you, the same structures as Hivelord although they are the weakened (Drone) versions.
    • You can apply a heal, or plasma, like Queen can to Xenos
    • You can drag things Xenos can normally drag.
    • You can place special structures, and fill them with your 1000 plasma pool.
    • You can cast Strong Phermones.
    • If killed, you are sent back to the AI Eye (Queen Eye) form and will need to fully recover (slowly) your 100HP before you can re-manifest.
    • If this PvE AI Port goes through, maybe you can make the Hivemind the controller of these, or have some part in making them?

DangerRevolution, you noob, what about Queen Ovi?

Luckily, because this is an ideaguys post, I don’t need to think too much about balance. If I was making this for realsies I would either:

  • Remove Queen Heal + Plasma Give
    OR
  • Nerf Queen boosted building to when 00:30 or when Marines first land, whichever is sooner.

But I’m not sure about this as I haven’t given it much thought, I like Hivemind enough and I need to get through my draft forum posts.

However, I would like your thoughts on the idea, it’s fun to discuss hypotheticals :smiley:

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There’s actually been talk of moving power away from queen for a while now. I believe the current long term idea is to adjust it a bit so that the round is no longer so heavily determined by whether queen is a prime or brand new. Keep in mind, there is no concrete plans and these are more ideas loosely batted around the development/coding channels than a maint coming out and saying “This is our goal,” so take it with a grain of salt. All of this to say that your idea is a possibility, although I agree that there’d be quite a few balance alterations.

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In TGMC that caste is called a “Princess”, a nerfed queen but still a t3 and fast like runner.

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What’re you replying to?

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I would love to play as the hivemind

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Don’t we all?

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