New enemy suggestion: Stalker
Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2019 10:36 pm
Hello, as I've said in my other posts, I'm new and I'm not yet familiar with all the game mechanics, I'm getting there though.
Anyway, my idea is for a new type of bug, the stalker. These bugs would only spawn at night and would despawn during the day. They are very sensitive to light since they see well in the dark, so they will stay away from light sources, making lamps the perfect defense against them. They are also very good at pathfinding around defenses to get to their target, making single block openings in walls that aren't covered by turrets in order to slip through without alerting the player. These could start to spawn in the middle stages of biter evolution. When these start spawning, one could assume that the biters have come to recognize the player as the ultimate threat. The stalker finds it's ideal spot, borrows into the ground, and is virtually undetectable, but radars should be able to detect and highlight them. while burrowed, bullets cannot damage them, but explosions can. They are too illusive for artillery to target them, and they should spawn from random locations at night, not from nests, making them a constant threat even when no nests are in the pollution zone. A player with no exoskeletons equipped should be able to outpace them, but their attack should instantly kill an unarmored player and severely damage an armored player. Energy shields and personal defense lasers could be used as an effective protection later in the game
They are solitary hunters, and unlike the other bugs. Their sole objective is to hunt the player. Instead of heading straight for the pollution source to attack it, the stalker will "stalk" the player but observing their routine. Where does the player normally go, how long do they stay there, where is the best place to infiltrate from, are there any lights, mines, and turrets to avoid. When one stalker learns something about the player, any other stalkers that spawn will know the same thing, so they start to form a record of the player's routine and how to infiltrate and kill the player.
The best defense against this creature is to keep your base well lit, always afk in a well lit, well defended, sealed off area. light the pathways between the areas that you normally visit, and fully cover your base with radars so that you can see every square inch of it clearly from the minimap. make sure every inch of wall has a turret covering it, and as a last resort, energy shield and personal laser defense modules don't hurt.
All in all, the main goal when thinking of this creature was to think of something that would suggest a new element to factorio aside from the normal "defend your pollution sources or kick them out of your pollution cloud" game we always play with the biters. Instead of players getting to where they have a cushy base with artillery and nukes to handle everything without a care in the world, this element would keep them on their toes without causing any danger to their creations. It would also teach them to properly fortify and light their base, even when they have their cushy base that fends off all other kinds of bugs.
Anyway, my idea is for a new type of bug, the stalker. These bugs would only spawn at night and would despawn during the day. They are very sensitive to light since they see well in the dark, so they will stay away from light sources, making lamps the perfect defense against them. They are also very good at pathfinding around defenses to get to their target, making single block openings in walls that aren't covered by turrets in order to slip through without alerting the player. These could start to spawn in the middle stages of biter evolution. When these start spawning, one could assume that the biters have come to recognize the player as the ultimate threat. The stalker finds it's ideal spot, borrows into the ground, and is virtually undetectable, but radars should be able to detect and highlight them. while burrowed, bullets cannot damage them, but explosions can. They are too illusive for artillery to target them, and they should spawn from random locations at night, not from nests, making them a constant threat even when no nests are in the pollution zone. A player with no exoskeletons equipped should be able to outpace them, but their attack should instantly kill an unarmored player and severely damage an armored player. Energy shields and personal defense lasers could be used as an effective protection later in the game
They are solitary hunters, and unlike the other bugs. Their sole objective is to hunt the player. Instead of heading straight for the pollution source to attack it, the stalker will "stalk" the player but observing their routine. Where does the player normally go, how long do they stay there, where is the best place to infiltrate from, are there any lights, mines, and turrets to avoid. When one stalker learns something about the player, any other stalkers that spawn will know the same thing, so they start to form a record of the player's routine and how to infiltrate and kill the player.
The best defense against this creature is to keep your base well lit, always afk in a well lit, well defended, sealed off area. light the pathways between the areas that you normally visit, and fully cover your base with radars so that you can see every square inch of it clearly from the minimap. make sure every inch of wall has a turret covering it, and as a last resort, energy shield and personal laser defense modules don't hurt.
All in all, the main goal when thinking of this creature was to think of something that would suggest a new element to factorio aside from the normal "defend your pollution sources or kick them out of your pollution cloud" game we always play with the biters. Instead of players getting to where they have a cushy base with artillery and nukes to handle everything without a care in the world, this element would keep them on their toes without causing any danger to their creations. It would also teach them to properly fortify and light their base, even when they have their cushy base that fends off all other kinds of bugs.
