Is destroying alien vegetation far from your territory worth it?

[BanDHMO]

The AI seems to be less keen to address it, and I'm starting to wonder why I'm spending my agent's time to clean up xeno plants in Bangladesh and Brasil, when I control US and Canada?

[Dauntless Duelist]

IMO stopping xenoforming is generally worthwhile. xenoforming gives the aliens bonuses to mission success rates in the area, and also can result in kaiju.

[Badger BrownCoat]

Originally posted by Badger BrownCoat:

Remember kids, only YOU can prevent forest fires forests of fauna.

Don't let THIS happen to YOU
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2877054855

but hey- at least in this game it's doesn't spawn space orks / transgenants / fungus zombies / or worse yet; "sword of the stars" zuul...

born of science; born of BLOOD

...on the other hand

[BanDHMO]

Originally posted by Dauntless Duelist:

IMO stopping xenoforming is generally worthwhile. xenoforming gives the aliens bonuses to mission success rates in the area, and also can result in kaiju.

Well, the key there is "in the area". Do I really care what happens in the area of SE Asia if I only have enough points to control North America, barely? I could just scan/clear the narrow bridge along Central America and prevent anything nasty spreading to areas under my control, and leave the rest of the world to be AI's job.

Roleplay and satisfaction from burning alien stuff notwithstanding, is there any reason to be the world's designated firefighter?

[Badger BrownCoat]

Originally posted by BanDHMO:

Roleplay and satisfaction from burning alien stuff notwithstanding, is there any reason to be the world's designated firefighter?

well, roleplay- you fiflthy Illuminati- you wouldn't.
are there practical reasons?
aside from the other post?
oh yes- several ( esp if you're not the servants)- read between the lines on mine.

and - illuminati- think long term not just what you control now; after all - the whole world IS yours, they just don't know it yet you sneaky sneak.

[esilva9]

there are events that trigger negative consequences, for example the aliens kept blowing up my near orbit stations that it created a debris field and an event popped up where i lost some influence globally and my cps took a gdp hit, while protectorate and servants got a boost.

nothing good comes out of letting the aliens do what they want, unless your servants, dont throw them a bone.

[Setzer]

There is no ship that crash on earth that i will not go for a Survey to quickly kill the alien flora that comes together with the alien agent.

Specially if the ship lands on India, China and/or USA. Anything that can make the life harder for the aliens + Alien lovers are good enough for me.

Other flora made by protectorade/servant actions i do wait to growth instead of looking like crazy for it. Luck the resistance org gives +10command so by that time in the game i can have 2 Napalm guys burning everything.

[Badger BrownCoat]

while i think this thread's dead; still:

Originally posted by Setzer:

There is no ship that crash on earth that i will not go for a Survey to quickly kill the alien flora that comes together with the alien agent.

Specially if the ship lands on India, China and/or USA. Anything that can make the life harder for the aliens + Alien lovers are good enough for me .

gotta love this fella - I hate (these)xenos, i hate cuckoo cat-lady new-age cults ( cult of cirius? );
and i hate Vichy-collaborators.

Other flora made by protectorade/servant actions i do wait to growth instead of looking like crazy for it. Luck the resistance org gives +10command so by that time in the game i can have 2 Napalm guys burning everything.

I didn't know they could do that. Doesn't surprise me the sevrant/cult would.

I call that org " xcom" XD , good GRIEF it's handy.
and when you said napalm guys I envisaged a bunch of Sisters of Battle...
" for tha' emporah ".

but yeah, RP personal reasons aside, I was trying to no spoiler that there's practical reasons no to let that get out of control - even if it doesn't spawn space orks, per se.

[ArcticISAF]

Letting the xenofungus just sit and grow, is not a good idea if you're not on the aliens sides. They get bigger, get harder to destroy (more attempts) and they spread to neighbouring areas. It makes a nice ripe areas as well for servants and aliens to take control and set up alien administrations. Trying to clean it up well after its settled in is a major war in itself.

There's this youtube video of Africa just plastered with xenofungus. And some mega fauna roaming about too from uncontrolled xenofungus. At 8:48 about (others spots too) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ql-Tt01OK4&t

But y'know... if you feel it's a waste of time, free feel to experiment and learn for yourself. Nothing wrong with that at all. It is just a game :)

[Veniczar B. Fontana]

Leaving xenoflora alone can reduce global warming. It also destroy other factions countries.

For me that's pretty useful to let it roam freely. When your armies reach fusion age with bonus damage techs, kaijus are nothing more than targets for drill.

[Majickthyse]

Originally posted by BanDHMO:

The AI seems to be less keen to address it, and I'm starting to wonder why I'm spending my agent's time to clean up xeno plants in Bangladesh and Brasil, when I control US and Canada?

I would say yes. If you let it run wild across the world it will get to you eventually and be overwhelming. But to be fair, I haven't tested that scenario yet.

[utilityguy]

Originally posted by BanDHMO:

The AI seems to be less keen to address it, and I'm starting to wonder why I'm spending my agent's time to clean up xeno plants in Bangladesh and Brasil, when I control US and Canada?

I had this thought when it became clear my agents were the only ones dealing with fuana and Alien bases on earth, and everyone else were having a great time destroying all that hard work I was putting in to unify the Carribbean.

Now I just prioritize fuana near or in my controlled regions, and let the other factions deal with their own problems... although, other factions have long since became utterly useless at combating the Servants, so I'm now busy with coup deta-ing their assets now... I'm just glad I got my faction to become entirely independent of earth now lol.

[Majickthyse]

Originally posted by utilityguy:

I'm just glad I got my faction to become entirely independent of earth now lol.

Ah yes well it's that interesting philosophical question which comes up in The Expanse.... When humans colonise another planet how long till they stop being humans?

[Badger BrownCoat]

Originally posted by utilityguy:

I had this thought when it became clear my agents were the only ones dealing with fuana and Alien bases on earth, and everyone else were having a great time destroying all that hard work I was putting in to unify the Carribbean.

Now I just prioritize fuana near or in my controlled regions, and let the other factions deal with their own problems... although, other factions have long since became utterly useless at combating the Servants, so I'm now busy with coup d'eta-ing their assets now... I'm just glad I got my faction to become entirely independent of earth now lol.

ugh- the AI fac's can be KNOTHEADS - someone put it as , it's like herding cats to get them to not shoot themselves in the foot
( is this a bug or a feature? Ayn Rand would NOT approve )

- Utility; you Exodus?
( i have a rant- ranty even for me- about trying to help them get off the dang planet in my run... just Move, beeyat; get outta da way! - but it's partially cos I felt bad for them from the expanse )

besides you know what happens if you DO let it run wild

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzOMJ6b8tCM

...oh wait, that's a different x-com-ish game's terraforming... sorry.

but j/k aside- like my comment#2 up there -
it's NOT totally a joke ...
am I under a false impression that it's a terrrorforming agent?
does that worry no one? - looking at You, AI who refuse to help.
( maybe they just want to play "Last of Us" in person, I ... really, really don't know )

[Brakiros]

Doing some weeding also gives I believe +3xp per success

[Bahrman74]

Originally posted by Brakiros:

Doing some weeding also gives I believe +3xp per success

That was gonna be my response too. solid XP and something for my command monkeys to do if they lack other actions that I need that turn.