New Mod: The Hive

[Uh-Nu-Buh]

I have kept this race earthbound. An early version gave E1 to most of the commanders, since they are such earth movers, dwellers, etc. I decided astral was more apt, as the hive minds use astral means to direct huge numbers of the lesser critters (awesome leadership).

I have kicked around the supply factor for quite a while. I finally went the leader has a supply bonus, instead of the other way. The smaller units (workers, hunters, manipulators) cost less to feed anyways....

I gave them all high morale. I may give them higher morale yet, or perhaps give the commanders a standard.

[Amos]

You could make them mindless, that way they will be totally dependant on commanders and never rout.

[Uh-Nu-Buh]

I like that idea, Amos. Very much.

[Shovah32]

Could you make atleast a small number of guys with minds? Recruiting human indy militia just to avoid getting your commanders minds fried would spoil the whole insect swarm feel.

[Agrajag]

So... Another alien race with Astral?
I mean, I like the insect conecpt very much, I just don't like the idea of yet another alien race with Astral, especially since insect communication isn't mind-link based but rather pheromone-based.
If you are looking for ideas, check out Warlords: Battlecry III's insectoid race.

[Amos]

I would think nature and/or death are appropriate with some earth IMHO.

[paradoxharbinger]

i'm looking forward to trying this one out. i think that the complete dependance on commanders would be a good weakness to offset the flood of smaller, fearless bugs that you could have.

[paradoxharbinger]

how about some little stealthy bugs and a stealthy commander, but they need to eat lots: "the swarm moves at night and burrows deep into the ground before dawn to avoid detection, the only sign of their presence is the destroyed vegetation they leave behind them".

not sure how it works, since i have never used a stealthy army before, but could something like this possibly be used to starve an enemy army?