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[Marko]

You get a pot of daisies, use a plant spike and some Uranium on it, water it really good and leave it alone for a few days on a hex where you want your spore plant merc. Wait. Maybe later you get...a spore plant merc!



Now i know you're going to say "but Marko, they are so...stationary" Yes i know but don't blame them for their lack of mobility. They make up for that with spike-spitting skills that no other merc can mimic! Plant some near your base entrance to help guard the place (cannot be ordered to do anything - they might attack anyone).

Disclaimer: spore plant mercs would not be a part of the party point system since they don't travel with you, but you do need to feed them. Maybe some meat slices or a base raper would do. Get too many near each other and they might fight each other. Plant enough broc flowers nearby and they get docile. Plant enough xander roots nearby and they get aggressive.

Warning: do not leave children unattended near spore plants.

[DeputyDope]

jesus christ, what is next? ant mercs? mantis mercs? who knows, maybe gatling laser-wielding rats!

PS: if you want to play with plants like this, maybe try "plants vs zombies"?

[Redivivus]

Nice idea actually.

I'd like to have some of those plants.

[Marko]

@DepDop:  i don't think that game you suggested has blueprints though, and from now on i need a game to have blueprints or forget it - i mean what's the point. But thanks anyway.

[Malice Song]

@DepDop:  i don't think that game you suggested has blueprints though, and from now on i need a game to have blueprints or forget it - i mean what's the point. But thanks anyway.

Actually you get cards that allow you to build different kinds of plants, so if you exercise your imagination a little, it's not too hard to imagine you're dealing with blueprints. It's also a great game, so it's actually a very solid recommendation.

Apologies for sidetracking. Would comment on your idea, but I'm undecided whether it's brilliant or completely mad.

[DeputyDope]

@DepDop:  i don't think that game you suggested has blueprints though, and from now on i need a game to have blueprints or forget it - i mean what's the point. But thanks anyway.

but even IF they get implemented, what are you going to protect your tent/base from? ants? maybe if you get lucky your plants will make a critical for 1HP against unarmored target.

[Senrain]

This suggestion is kind of... bad.

We don't need plant mercs.

[Malice Song]

but even IF they get implemented, what are you going to protect your tent/base from? ants? maybe if you get lucky your plants will make a critical for 1HP against unarmored target.

Well, in theory if you accidentally carried someone to your base and briefly see him when you arrive, just seeing an attacking plant could help you in tracking down the intruder.
It's a bit of a stretch, but since you asked ...

[MRtrader]

hmmmm...we need merc turrets! awesome!
edit: what i meant was turrets not plant spitting thingies

[Uftak]

Great idea, my good man.
I do like it very, very much.

[Marko]

...I'm undecided whether [your idea is] brilliant or completely mad.

As you age, your level of sarcasm might get more intense, as mine has. Certain factors, like server outages, might weigh into this to form a kind of weird-guy-brainstorm. Combined with an odd sense of humor and the right mixture of coffee, baker's chocolate and homemade onion soup, it is possible to get your best (or worst) ideas. I believe my additional thoughts here can best be summed up with the following quote:

"Before a mad scientist goes totally mad, there is a brief time when he's only partially mad. And this is when he's most likely to throw his best parties." -Jack Handy, DEEP THOUGHTS (SNL)

Disclaimer: though i am no opponent to the cannabis movement, i do not use it nor any drugs.

Warning: do not leave children unattended near mad scientists.

[RavenousRat]

but even IF they get implemented, what are you going to protect your tent/base from? ants? maybe if you get lucky your plants will make a critical for 1HP against unarmored target.

You can put 239847398 plants in your tent, blocking exit grid around whole map, except one hex somewhere in the north-east, so only you will know how to leave tent. Also these plants will lower tent robber FPS so much that his PC can freeze or making loading time much slower, making him easy target for these plants and you (of course if your own PC can resist it). In the end many many many spike throws will deteriorate his armor really fast and start deal 1 damage. So while he'll be staring in loading screen, because of system lags, his armor will be broken already and he'll die by many 1 damage hits.

[MRtrader]

You can put 239847398 plants in your tent, blocking exit grid around whole map, except one hex somewhere in the north-east, so only you will know how to leave tent. Also these plants will lower tent robber FPS so much that his PC can freeze or making loading time much slower, making him easy target for these plants and you (of course if your own PC can resist it). In the end many many many spike throws will deteriorate his armor really fast and start deal 1 damage. So while he'll be staring in loading screen, because of system lags, his armor will be broken already and he'll die by many 1 damage hits.

i loled so hard at this almost made me forget servers down

[Uftak]

http://fodev.net/forum/index.php/topic,22651.0.html

Your idea, sir + his = druids in f2238.

[DeputyDope]

You can put 239847398 plants in your tent, blocking exit grid around whole map, except one hex somewhere in the north-east, so only you will know how to leave tent. Also these plants will lower tent robber FPS so much that his PC can freeze or making loading time much slower, making him easy target for these plants and you (of course if your own PC can resist it). In the end many many many spike throws will deteriorate his armor really fast and start deal 1 damage. So while he'll be staring in loading screen, because of system lags, his armor will be broken already and he'll die by many 1 damage hits.

OP said you need to feed the plants. how you gonna feed them if you can't get to them?