Do bugs evolve?

[Arin Søderlind]

Has anyone figured out how enemies evolve?
It looks like the further you go away from the starting point, the stronger the bugs are and there are more of them.
But does their strength pinned with location or is there some kind of evolution factor here that makes all the bugs on the map stronger like in factorio?
Does it increase over time? Does it increase with the destruction of hives?

[Katitoff]

Given how you can have multiple factions in proximity, I would guess on it being somewhat progression connected rather than distance, but how is anyones guess.

[darkmathis]

My experience is the strength of the bugs depends on two factors : how much research you've unlocked, and how old the game save is.

[ExavierMacbeth]

Originally posted by darkmathis:

My experience is the strength of the bugs depends on two factors : how much research you've unlocked, and how old the game save is.

From what I have seen its Research + Frame Count (How many buildings/bots you have)... I spent quite a while using my command bot as a scout before deploying my base & the bug strength didn't actually increase until I started rapid expansion.

[keeperd367]

Originally posted by darkmathis:

My experience is the strength of the bugs depends on two factors : how much research you've unlocked, and how old the game save is.

i think its more based on research. reason be i spent almost 4 hour on my main game searching for a nice spot only lvl 1 bugs to kill. brand new game started a base in less the 30 min and ive been seeing higher tier bugs after so many reseach