what are the lizard like icons that are ina circle in the mini map?

[Poro]

i see a lot of them but no idea why they are there

[Darth Revan]

You mean the white circled ones? that are points from which the genestealers can come

[cwsumner]

Yes, they are vents, drainpipes, and access hatches, that the genestealers come out of.

I think they are good for newbies, but should not show for higher difficulty levels. Too much of a "givaway".

[chazbotic]

Originally posted by cwsumner:

Yes, they are vents, drainpipes, and access hatches, that the genestealers come out of.

I think they are good for newbies, but should not show for higher difficulty levels. Too much of a "givaway".

i disagree, in the board game, the battle barge has done a scan that shows possible entry points, however it's the 'nid player that decides which ones to use and how many stealers to put down as blips - likewise they can just lurk and mess with people.

in the far future, an auspex would likely be able to show a void or something and some tactician servitor would say "a genestealer can fit through there, might make sense to mark it on the map we give to the terminators just in case".

[cwsumner]

Well, if it was in the board game, then ok. ;-)

[hillslam]

In the game those are "reinforcement" locations. Meaning locations tyranids can come into this ship from other places in the hulk.

In the specific map, genestealers can come out of many locations that aren't marked by the symbol.

Your best tools are your motion detector and ears. You can often hear them scrabbling and clawing their way thru ductwork and inter-deck spaces to get ahead of or flank you, and then they come out of all sorts of nooks and crannies.

"They're comin outta the walls, man!"1