lootbug behavior

[Stormtempter]

Do they have a limit to how much they can eat? Is the loose mineral target chosen randomly or by priority? If they increase the value of what they consume, can they be chained, so as to keep multiplying the value or if I pop one, does it's loot get flagged as non edibile?

I've been playing solo, so I often have Bosco just mine out everything while I set up platforms and explore each chamber and collect secondaries or primary objective tasks. This gives lootbugs time to gobble some minerals but I swear they seem to loose interest after awhile, though they seem to get back to munching if I pop one.

Is it worthy trying to 'farm' lootbugs by knocking loose all the minerals, letting them eat them and slowly pop them over the course of my mission? Should I just get all the crafting mats, primary and secondary objectives and peace out right away and not bother with the boosting, just pop the bugs as they come?

I'm still relatively new, so I'm unsure of the added value of going above the quota for the prime/second objectives, or hoovering up all the nitra on the map when I only ever call one or two resupplies, so I've been very meticulous and slow and clearing all mineral deposits and saving lootbugs and all that. Is that the way to go as a solo player, or is it more about quantity of missions at passing grade, over a thorough scouring of everything?

[Vault Traveler]

BTW I would love to see lootbugs evolve if they are able to eat enough minerals

[Mr. Sweetchuck]

Go all the way and make a loot bug master brain (ie star troopers) and build a Caretaker style event around that.

[Erin the Angry]

I wonder if there's a limit to how much they drop from petting them.

[Stormtempter]

I think it'd be funny if they had a chance to go 'berserk' and move/eat very fast until they eat a certain amount then they explode in a glittery glorious gemsplosion

[Erin the Angry]

Stormtempter님이 먼저 게시:

I think it'd be funny if they had a chance to go 'berserk' and move/eat very fast until they eat a certain amount then they explode in a glittery glorious gemsplosion

I am sure this is what happens when one meets up with a Huuli Hoarder.

[Jack left town]

I've tried keeping golden loot bugs alive and feeding them gold nuggets and the dumb ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ are never cooperating

[Sokaku]

Refinery missions are one I find can be good for loot bug farms. Also good if you find several loot bugs near a crate since you can pop it, then run off to do something else and kill the bugs for hopefully an extra 20% or so crafting mats. Usually though it is a boost to Nitra, Gold and red sugar I leave scattered around the far side of the drop pod from deposits. I will have to try the Enor Pearl one day.

[Hashley Hashbrowns]

Sokaku님이 먼저 게시:

Refinery missions are one I find can be good for loot bug farms. Also good if you find several loot bugs near a crate since you can pop it, then run off to do something else and kill the bugs for hopefully an extra 20% or so crafting mats. Usually though it is a boost to Nitra, Gold and red sugar I leave scattered around the far side of the drop pod from deposits. I will have to try the Enor Pearl one day.

You forgot salvage because there's lots of those damn things.

[Issen Nox]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2778061732

Army of angry adult lootbugs on the surface of Hoxxes, hunting for Karl.

[marcusaddamsson]

Optimus Prime님이 먼저 게시:

normal bulk det can spawn multiple times, albeit rarely, depending on the game? yeah i dont buy that had 10 of those things over the course of 5 missions. almost every haz 3 i play they spawn

At spawn, the RNG makes a list of bugs for that mission; the higher the hazard, the longer the list. So if you get a Det on H3 (or esp H2), you can expect to see Dets quite a few times in your mission...

[Mr. Sweetchuck]

Issen Nox님이 먼저 게시:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2778061732

Army of angry adult lootbugs on the surface of Hoxxes, hunting for Karl.

Why not. Breed giant lootbugs, let them eat the planet, and then 'pet' the lot. Build a giant dyson vacuum around the whole thing.

[Stormtempter]

Need an akira lootbug that will eat other lootbugs and assimilate their flesh to become a monstrous glittery abomination, lol.

[Stormtempter]

Just wanted to let you all know I did encounter my first Crassus, during my first promotion assignment no less, right off the ramp, 0:01 into the mission, lol. What a fight that was!

Yet another unique encounter to randomly run into that makes this game so great!

[CCShad]

Stormtempter님이 먼저 게시:

Just wanted to let you all know I did encounter my first Crassus, during my first promotion assignment no less, right off the ramp, 0:01 into the mission, lol. What a fight that was!

Yet another unique encounter to randomly run into that makes this game so great!

Rock and stone!