#Mantis Queen

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marsh relic
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I was thinking - since most basic enemies have some sort of bigger or more dangerous version that appears later on in the game, the Mantis could use some love? Some sort of massive Mantis that guards cave entrances and quickly dashes at your submarine before weaving out of the way would be cool. Maybe it could even attach itself or grab your sub to drag you downwards, since the Mantis is the only enemy in the game that actually has appendages that look like they could be used to grab onto something. If killed, its drop could be processed into an extremely potent paralysant, or something

Overall I just think some more enemy variety for the lategame would be great, since by the end it felt like I was seeing the same things over and over with not much new to really take in

visual marsh
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I love this idea

raw wadi
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Spider mantis. Could be a source of organic ballistic fibre for it's sticky appendage

visual marsh
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no spider anything

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or if they do they should add an arachnophobia mode, one like lethal company would be a funny mod, hmm, maybe I do want spider enemies

marsh relic
visual marsh
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yeah, I know, that is bad enough

patent moss
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The latcher is more than enough, as someone with arachnophobia.

visual marsh
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same here dwarf

patent moss
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Me and my buddy killed one a few days ago, went out to loot it, and the hairy texture on parts of it… bleeeugghh

marsh relic
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I would like to see some more spider creatures though

visual marsh
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as I said, so long as there is some kind of arachnophobia mode, I would not complain

marsh relic
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I love bugs, so anything like that would be cool

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But probably more detached from actual real world insects

visual marsh
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I don't actually mind bugs, but if it has 8 legs it needs exterminated with extreme prejudice

marsh relic
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The latcher only has 4, but I see where you're coming from

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Really if the latcher didn't have those chelicerae (which don't even make sense if its mouth is on top of its head but whatever) it probably wouldn't resemble a spider much at all

visual marsh
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yeah, I the 8 legs comment was referencing real life, but I have generally just stopped looting the latcher (for some reason I am the only one who cares about looting the monsters we kill) because it looks too spider like and it grosses me out

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I just get all itchy and feel like they are all over me, it makes no sense

marsh relic
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I never go out to loot kills, but if there's an abyss creature out I have to swim out to not only get its loot, but to take a picture so I can brag about it to my friend

visual marsh
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I am a medic, and I love the genes in this game, so I try to loot everything I can in hopes of more genes, also, alien blood is helpful when you use pulse lasers cause then you can refill the ammo

rugged marsh
night tangle
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I am all up for more mantis variations

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(funny that mantis could use more of earth mantis's quirks)

marsh relic
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Wait actually adding Mantis shrimp characteristics is a great idea

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I heard they punch with the force of a bullet, so having them be able to punch right through your hull would be badass

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And they already look fairly alien

rotund blade
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More enemy variety is always appreciated given that there's not really any exclusive enemies per biome, besides the poison spineling