Tamed Macrophage are usless?

[Acuru]

I tamed macrophage in multiple games, and i am yet to see for them to do anything. They spawn few harvesters (that usually die on adjacent planets if not inside my territory), and... that is all. I am missing something?

[Dismiss]

Yes, they are basically useless. I have heard second hand that in order for them to start reproducing, you have to tame a second one on another adjacent planet. If you want friendly macrophage you probably should start the game with them, and set their spawning to pairs, and a high intensity, and maybe even put more than one macrophage faction in the lobby.

[The Grand Mugwump]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3465840723

They can multiply to an absurd degree once you tame enough to start reproducing with each others' spores.

I don't think they're very strong, but for 40-60 HaP to tame them, this result isn't bad. If nothing else, they make for extremely durable meat shields in my systems to stall the AI's attacks while my defenses wear them down.

[Nanostrike]

If you don't tame more than one system of them, they won't do much.

Think of them like flowers: they need another one so they can cross-pollenate. Once they do, they can spread pretty fast.

Definitely better on defense than offense, though. Even minor defenses will kill their expansion attempts.