Now That Hive Mind Necrophages Get Hive Mind Primitives, Devouring Swarm and Terravore are OP

[yuzhonglu]

The biggest problem with Devouring Swarm Necrophages in the past was their abysmal pop growth. But the ability to take over other Hive Mind primitives and NOT devour them means you can grow those species on your planets to get more pops, thereby circumventing the "low pop growth" problem of Terravore/ Devouring Swarm Necrophages.

[Big mean bunny]

They also now get the necrophage building so cattle can get promoted to your main species

[yuzhonglu]

Not terravores. They just necrophage purge their targets.

[doritos4mlady]

when did this happen?

[corisai]

Technically it's just a bug. Plus it doesn't solve completely genocidal main issue - being ganged by a whole galaxy on higher difficulties.

[Lucifearus]

i just played a dead space faction and i just ate an entire MP lobby of 15 people necro devouring swarm loll


when the lobby started i immediately made a 600 power fleet, took on a 900 power space whale and tamed their pack,(have around almost 2k at this pt) invaded my hive neighbor by year 3 , killed him in MP until he raged and absorbed his pops , over 100+ pops within first 5 years


after that i found 4 prim planets, (to my luck) all hives, tamed them all, at this point we're over 160 pop

work on crisis project, devour my smaller neighbor, finish crisis project, all 6+ players war me, i already have thick borders installed so i buy time until project finishes. project finishes, i jump to their homeplanets, destroy every players homeplanet of over 70+ pops, host loses his homeplanet and rage DCs gg

[Lucifearus]

omegadevour

[yuzhonglu]

Originally posted by ⎛⎝Lucifearus⎠⎞:

omegadevour

Munch munch munch.

[yuzhonglu]

Originally posted by doritos4mlady:

when did this happen?

I dunno. But it works now.

Hive minds can always use the pops of other hive minds. It's just that people never really thought about applying it to Swarms.

[yuzhonglu]

Originally posted by corisai:

Technically it's just a bug. Plus it doesn't solve completely genocidal main issue - being ganged by a whole galaxy on higher difficulties.

Once you start steamrolling it doesn't matter.