New Pili Idea

Future Game Microbe Stage
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Although the microbe stage is almost done, I think that this part will be a nice addition to the upcoming terrain generation.

The Hook Pilus

This part would allow the player to attach themselves to terrain or chunks. They would be resistant to engulfment, but wouldn’t be able to engulf, move, or split into 2 cells. This would be a modification of the perferator pilus. I am not sure how much ATP this should take considering I am horrible at game and stat balancing, so I will leave that detail to the developers if they decide to add it.

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Feel free to add your opinion or any suggested improvements for my idea!

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Isn’t this the same thing the mucocyst achieves?

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I suppose so, but the player would still be able to be hurt by certain damage types like toxins and spikes. Although the damage could be reduced.

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Maybe this would also allow the hooked one to attach to other cells?

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That could open up possible paths like parasitism.

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…If devs ever consider adding it that is, which might not happen until a few stages ahead.

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Yeah, I doubt that this would be added in-game. But it’ll be nice if it is added.

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Maybe it will be added upon the time when all the major Earth niches are finally implemented…

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2 hook pili + straw pilus
but also, it disabling engulfment is kinda not only unrealistic but also would just be annoying rather than a good balancing move for something that just attaches you to stuff

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Why specifically 2 hook pili?

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anchoring yourself by just 1 point makes it easier to be rotated in a way that would pull your straw pilus out of your host

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Are we sure such level of complexity would be added for that mechanic?

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@willow You make two good points. It would still work balance-wise if you could engulf.

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Why did you ping them when you were already responding to them?

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You made a reply as I sent my reply, so I wanted to make sure.

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I see.
I recall there also used to be a “sticky flagellum” concept in the dev forum a long time ago that would be similar to this hook pilus but it would instead make you a sessile species.

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There are most likely many ideas very similar to mine from the past. I might just be resurfacing an old concept.

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By the way, could the hook pilus perhaps also have an injectosome-hook variant?

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Well it is already a variant of the spike, so I am not sure how a variant within a variant would work. But that is a interesting idea.

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Would this be related to the creation of a nematocyst?

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