Cordyceptic Drones are Super OP

[Project Danny]

So I am playing multiplayer PVP and I picked hive mind with Cordyceptic Drones. The game starts and within a year I see some space fauna that's around 1k strength...

I rush to 1k fleet take the space fauna (tiyanaki space amoeba them kinda stuff)

I kill them and my fleet is now 2k lol I then see another one nearby kill them my fleet is now 3k. And its only year 5 or so.

I then see some space amoeba with 3k fleet I go kill them now my fleet is 6k and its not even year 10 yet lol.

Then I find some more and more and more by the time its year 20 I have a 30k fleet already.

I then find this guys area (it's PVP) I declare war on him and he instantly quits and tells me he's reporting me for cheating as it's impossible to have a fleet that size.

Then the others see my fleet and also quit lol.

Its so stupidly easy to get like a 20k+ fleet by year 20 its unreal and its not even about luck either.

Every game no matter what has some space fauna and its insanely OP how your fleet instantly goes from 1k to 2k then 2k to 3k then 3k to 6k.

I dont even build ships anymore I just use space fauna.

I managed to wipe out atleast 10 A.I in grand admiral difficulty before year 30-40 or so no one could handle my insane 30k fleet so early lol.

Something needs to be done as its so easy to get a 30k fleet before year 20.

Like the whole mechanic of instantly absorbing space amoeba is weird

Shouldn't happen should have the bodies delivered to the shipyard then they add ammo to the shipyard to build space fauna.

Not this instant ok now you have an added 3k fleet out of thin air lol

I mean I'm still gona use it... its fun but in PVP games it's banned lol

[ScreamCon]

The idea is that once space fauna runs out your bonus runs out. Acquires space whale breeding zone. Oh no !
Defeats leviathan, it reanimates OH NO !

[felmari]

they do re-spawn but their nests are a one time shot. they also are spread out a bit so can a lot of times be in closed boarders. in my first game playing with it i had none in my territory so it can be a mixed bag if it is useful or not. another time in a late stage game during a crises i got one fleet 3 times over its command cap like almost 500k.

[Astasia]

It's basically a gacha civic. You often start a game and have no space fauna anywhere near you other than maybe a couple mining drones, then you get boxed in having never taken advantage of the mechanic of your civic.

Also 30k fleets at year 20 isn't that extreme, if you get lucky on research and go militarist ethics and supremacy you can have autocanon corvette fleets that strong around the same time. Fanatic Militarist with No Retreat can make some very beefy fleets very quickly and easily dominate.

[Ramonkey]

Originally posted by ScreamCon:

The idea is that once space fauna runs out your bonus runs out. Acquires space whale breeding zone. Oh no !
Defeats leviathan, it reanimates OH NO !

Perfectly balanced

[jordanleemn]

I used that civic once pure mining drones for probably 20 jumps with both the space amoebas and tikanki homes right out of my reach by the time I got to the the fleets they offered were useless

[Project Danny]

Nah not useless at all and it dont run out.

How the ♥♥♥♥ is a 30k FREE fleet before year 20 useless?

[Darkz0r]

One game I spawned next to their homeworld, somehow I got thousands of fleet power but I had to disband them all due to food upkeep, LOL!

[mister_lobos]

it's a bit OP at first... just requires a LOT of food.
starts to fall off because the fauna zombies become quite inferior to real ships... but still, they are more or less free (just food)
then reanimating a few leviathans makes them really good again... and also more food upkeep.
fun? certainly, but only OP in the beginning.
try it with "here be dragons" origin for a mass of living dead ships...
Progenitor hive origin for even faster power (passive xp for your leaders, plus bonuses for having and offspring ship in the system)