A Sentinel-Settlement Update Suggestion [Suggestion]
The addition of settlements to No Man's Sky was, in my opinion, a massive step forward, allowing greater options for base-builders, tycoons, and explorers alike. However, I feel like settlements feel too much like a... part time investment.
So, I have come up with an idea for an update that both makes settlement-building more engaging, and builds upon the massively underdeveloped COMBAT pillar of No Man's Sky.
The Big Ones:
- Sentinels are a lot more dangerous -
I feel like Sentinels nowadays are overlooked largely, as they feel less like a serious threat to the player's further exploration, and more like a moderate inconvenience. As a result, Sentinels will now take an active part in ruining your day. Sentinels will now organize into Raid Parties, and will patrol the planet surface, annihilating everything in their path, most importantly, your Settlements.
When Sentinels raid a Settlement, they will do some, or all of three things;
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Destroy your buildings
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Steal your resources
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Kill your citizens
They will continue this violence until a set time passes, and they are satisfied with their attack.
Doing so, they will lower both your happiness level, your population, and your productivity. Worse, more than one type of Sentinel will appear in raiding parties, lowly Scouts will fight alongside Quads, and even a great Walker could join in. The strength of a raiding party will increase as more of different types of Sentinels add themselves to it, going from Raid Strength 1, being a scouting party, to Raid Strength 5, being an army.
A new type of Sentinel will also be added, specialized specifically for raiding Settlements, that being the Sentinel Airship. These are aerial Sentinels, which are actually Sentinel Fighters that descend from space to the planet, and then morph into a more aerodynamic, helicopter-like frame. These are...
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