elfin herald
Idk if this is a good suggestion but. When the bio dragons are laying eggs other dragons of the sort should be able to pick the stem of the plant, carrying the flower to the bio mama to eat :3, probably doesn’t make sense to other but I think it would be really cool and cute!
In order to make it sound better, it’s just like how we do it with bugs, but instead of bugs where carrying bio flowers :>>>, for a additional part of it, other dragons besides the biolumine dragon should carry it & eat it, but for other dragons like the ASD, SS, and FS etc should only be able to carry it. If they eat it the flower should give them sickness just like the red shrooms do
rugged jewel
I think this is a good idea
Seems like flowers are kind of "op" because they are like water: infinite.
So making one flower from the main plant disappear (like, if plant has 5 flowers you only see 4 until the other respawns) will make things a little more balanced, as with other dragons you have to wait for bugs to respawn.
Of course you're not picking up flowers if you're eating straight from the plant so number of flowers doesn't change
(I hope it makes sense, if you have any questions just ask)
light shell
Actually they aren't infinite. When a flower is used it closes up, when it opens again you can eat from it again. They are like bugs respwaning, a bug is gone after eaten but respawns in the same place within some time.
grim lake
What about going the bee route? Have the males over-eat themselves and then regurgitate it to the female on the nest, no new animation needed
light shell
....Which species of bee are you talking about, Hazriel? Because all the bees (like honey bees) are females except the drones which stay in the nest and fed by the female workers until it is time to mate with future queens. Unless there is a species of bee that I don't know about and does what you said?
Unless I misunderstood what you were suggesting. XD
grim lake
I meant that , worker bees feed not just the queen but each others too...and I know that they are all female, but in this context their gender doesn't matter only the fact that they feed each others with nectar
light shell
Aaah, got yah. 👍 I misunderstood. ^^
grim lake
No problem ^^
novel trout
To add to this, I just checked something I remembered and Jao mentioned in his tweet about the Bio flower that they will indeed close after being harvested and this can be done only 6 times per flower. So, if I didn't misunderstand, the Bio flowers will probably wither after all harvests are used
Which, if I am not mistaken in my previous message, makes them even less "reliable" than a bug spawner, as these do not move whatsoever
light shell
Frrom what I understand the flower won't disappear. I think he meant there are 6 flowers per plant and each closes as you eat from it. Then there is a timer before they open again. I could be wrong but that is how I understood it.
novel trout
"Biobloom Flowers can be harvested once per bloom (6 times per flower). A harvested bloom will close up and then reopen when it has nectar for Biolumins to feed on."
From the tweet itself, mainly the "(6 times per flower)"
To me it seems to be worded in a way that implies the flowers can only be harvested 6 times
light shell
Yes, once per bloom (flower) and each plant has six flowers on it. A harvested bloom (that was eaten from) will close up then reopen when it has food again. So that makes me think the plant itself won't wither or disappear.
novel trout
It doesn't say it has 6 flowers, but it can be harvested 6 times per flower
"can be harvested once per bloom, 6 times per flower"
novel trout
The model might have 6 flowers, but I only copy pasted the tweet word for word
"6 times per flower" to me means that each flower can be harvested 6 times, we will see tho. Anything can still change anyway
light shell
"Reopen" makes me assume the plant will still be there though?
novel trout
Well yes, as each flower will close after being harvested and reopening when nectar is ready to be collected again
Which Jao said "6 times per flower"
light shell
Exactly.
novel trout
But this 6 times per flower thing has to mean that after 6 harvests, something will happen to that plant
light shell
So you saying all flowers will close after fed from once?
novel trout
I am pretty sure each flower will close individually
After all a bee going on one flower will not collect pollen from a whole bouquet
That would only make sense, you eat from one flower, only this flower closes
light shell
I think we're saying the same thing then :p
novel trout
Probably xD
But I was saying that perhaps something will happen once the flower has been harvested 6 times, as Jao said himself it can only be done 6 times
A little more information about this would've clarified it honestly xD
Am I just bad at explaining myself maybe ? x')
light shell
I think the confusion is saying flower for both the bloom and the plant. Them, not you. Because I think they said "flower" when they meant the plants. Because the plant itself is called "bioflower"
light shell
Lol
novel trout
Well he said "can be harvested once per bloom, 6 times per flower" so we will see what he meant by that I guess
light shell
Yah. I still think he meant each bloom and the plant has six blooms. But I get what you're saying. Maybe can get clarification during another Q&A or just see when we can use it xD
novel trout
Yeee, I wanted to check the wiki to see if we got a page about it but nope
I guess we shall discover it :^
fickle sigil
I think if the whole pick-a-flower thing is a bit much for the devs, I think we could do a regurgitate nectar to the babies thing without too much trouble. Reduce the babies hunger while increasing the parents? Invisible aoe with effect on hit? Little head shakie animation, and Bob's your uncle.
They're approaching done with the pre-testing whatchyamacallit, so this is a bit late,
But I think it's a viable alternative for dragons that can't bring the food to the babies.
timber dirge
I think if the whole pick-a-flower thing is a bit much for the devs, I think we ...
I think that would defined by better that carrying the flowers
minor valve