Convert Sandworm Ranch to a spice building

[thorn saffron]

We are in dire need of a new f2p spice building. My suggestion would be to make it similar to the frontier butcher, but for spice demand. Since the greenhouse is currently balanced jobs it could be more Heavy XP related jobs.

“He who controls the spice, controls Ateria”. -Lt. Morgan (Probably)

https://tenor.com/view/dune-dune-part-2-sand-hand-gurney-hallek-gif-17685161942647176780

[ionic path]

not bad to go with this https://discord.com/channels/463817609130016788/1465120965103980642

[grave rock]

Love it, ppl who bought greenhouses are gonna not be happy though

But that’s not me so hell yeah

[smoky dagger]

i bought 2 and ill be very happy

[manic obsidian]

Disagree

The greenhouse being the only spice building is the point

[misty mantle]

Change Universe to Ateria

[oblique garden]

Just make a f2p spice building, the sandworm ranch being spice demand is forced and out of place.

“Growhouse”

“Botanical Garden”

[grave rock]

I wont mind if the f2p spice option costs prestige. but I wont mind not having the entire category either, its just a gimmick

[thorn saffron]

It was mainly a play on Dune

[wintry forum]

Ok, then make it free if it’s gonna be the only building for spices. Or, better yet, make it the f2p version

Also, love how you connected this suggestion to Dune

[manic obsidian]

But, I mean

The entire point of the Greenhouse

is that is is a shop that never has to share its demand

That's its reason to exist, that is why you buy the Greenhouse

[wintry forum]

Yes, but charging 150 nanos for the spice building in the game? That’s actually insane, and there’s no reason to keep it pay walled

[grave rock]

greenhouse is also notriously weak so it having an exclusive/free demand might be the only selling point

[manic obsidian]

It could definitely be cheaper

[wintry forum]

It could definitely be free

[manic obsidian]

The price point is Just Z2 Things

[grave rock]

if we get another spice building, it will need to be somehow, worse than that or the greenhouse would look awful or have to be refunded

[manic obsidian]

It could be free but you could say that about anything that costs nanos?

I don't see your point

[grave rock]

at late game it also becomes far less of an upgrade for demand free, since solar pp gives around 50% of the xp efficiency for free

so if a free spice building pops up , it has to be somewhere between that and greenhouse to be considered balanced

[wintry forum]

Exactly, so many things in the game are already paywalled with insane nanopod prices, so keeping the only spice building behind 150 nanos just doesn’t make sense. Anyways, we’re derailing from the main suggestion, lol

[grave rock]

i would rather be given nanopods to be spent elsewhere tbh

greenhouse are not good enough that even making them free straight up would do much

[rigid plank]

you could turn the greenhouse into a frontier butcher/organic grocer type building

[smoky dagger]

but its not z2 is it, idk not high priority but having more spice jobs would be great, or at the bare minimum they could cut the cost in half at least. personally would not care if they didnt refund nanos as having the greenhouses up to this point, youve been getting more xp anyways

[smoky dagger]

and now its even more valuable yeah, making the f2p spice shop a decent alternative, but those who have greenhouses eat good

[thorn saffron]

My original intent of this post was to rework a useless meat shop that no one uses outside of the few missions it’s used for, I felt like it was on theme with Dune being it’s a sandworm ranch and sandworms in the dune universe create spice

We do need other spice buildings

[grave rock]

ok iwm that, give us the og greenhouse and replace the current greenhouse (bought and future) into a grocer like

[rigid plank]

you could combine this with a general increase in spice demand to make greenhouse even more valuable

[thorn saffron]

Only reason why it’s kept after the mission is cause of the 20 skull investment

[rigid plank]

honestly at late game those skulls have close to zero value

i just like seeing the sandworm on my base xD

[thorn saffron]

Yeah I know, but you get this and the missions mid 20s iirc

[wintry forum]

I’ve always felt like dune had some inspiration on this game tbh

[split night]

Dune, Mad Max, StarWars, Starship Trooper there is quite a bit of inspiration that can be felt. I would even guess a bit of WH40K.

[lofty orchid]

Apparently according to the old game files there was supposed to be a new spice shop but the game shut down before they could release it in an update

[ionic path]

I always thought so. in the same vain that the borderlands developers thought they were making a mad max game, the BN developers seemed to think they were making a dune game

[grave rock]

BN do grab entire enemy themes from other works tbh, raiders for instance