Introducing Xenomorphs into the mix

Mission and setting - extraction of facehuggers from certain location which is cave system lab run down by Xenomorphs with a small forested area nearby. Another mission could be to restore power, rescue a VIP who can unlock explosives cache (biometrics), set explosives in certain locations to destroy the lab. Cave has a few lighting fixtures in main area that can be initially destroyed and repowered by FT permanently. Cave system is interconnected with some upper floors.

Game mode – Predator vs 4-5 FTs vs a few Xenomorphs AI and eggs/facehuggers. Night mode

Pred – new mechanics – cling to certain walls/ceilngs with wrist blades and able to shoot plasma caster, handheld, wrist launcher or throw combi stick.

FT – new mechanics – flamethrower, flares, night vision goggles
Xenomorph AI – simplistic, climbs wall, limited to certain area of the map. Attacks until less than 40% of HP remaining, goes into hiding in cave holes until HP regens – 1-2 minutes to regen; cannot be killed. When FT commando is less than 25% health, Xenomorph attaches them to the wall or nearby structure; commando can be free by another team member only. Deals damage only to Pred. Pred becomes main target when uncloaked.

Eggs (facehugger) - scattered throughout the caves. Can be destroyed; pred would be interested in activating them while FT in destroying. Facehuggers are easily destroyed but once they hit pred he loses 50% HP; once they hit FT is instant down. FT with facehugger must be picked in 10-20 seconds; if not reinforcement is possible in 5 minutes max or chestburster will appear and that FT member is eliminated permanently. FTs have flamethrowers and flares;

Boars – pred can feed on boars in the forested area; alternate food source may be needed or to give pred 1-2 extra healing kits

Timed evens are up for discussion as it is hard to know if 1 or 2 minutes is not enough or too much without actually testing for it.

Once this simplistic Xenomorph AI is implemented, Xenomorph can be introduced as a playable character with more options.

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You’ve started a war thread lol.
Have fun xD.

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Yeah dude we’ve been over this we don’t want aliens. We want this game to work lol

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Xenomorphs are life.

They’re coming. Whether you like it or not.

I like the idea of transporting the eggs

At the start of the match one FT is secretly fertilized by a face hugger and randomly it burst through their chest

That player becomes a chest burster who must run and hide in a vent before evolving into a xenomorph

As a xeno you plant facehugger traps to convert other FT to xenos

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Yeeeah we were missing this kind of thread!

Mighty Yautja god, help us all

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In your defense, I would like xenos lol. But uh, ya.
Ppl are more in favor of no xenos.

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Not true. They’re just more vocal.

Ask the average person about the predator.
Response: isn’t that the guy who kills the aliens?

I don’t get all the hate.

You can have xenos and it’s still a predator game…

It’s only an AVP game when that’s the only option.

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What is it about the quality level of this game that makes people think these kinds of content or additions are remotely capable of being done by these developers?

People living in fantasy land.

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Trve Fan? ^^^

Woot Aliens, who says we don’t want them… speak for yourself.

Xeno’s don’t need to be indestructible, just hard to kill. Few hundred HP. Ideally they would have hit boxes for legs and tail as well as head and body. This way they could be slowed down with leg shots or have their tail taken out of the equation.

Face Huggers should be very easy to kill but very hard to hit. Having one attack you should put you on your back, in the downed state but you take no damage or very little as it try’s to get on your face. Same amount of time for a teammate to come pull it off and throw it to the side. Still need to shoot it so it should have a brief stun after being removed.

Other than those changes, sounds fun to me.

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I mean if they can make it work then I don’t see why the fuck not, hell I’ll take any decent content we can get however I highly doubt the Xeno AI would be any good they can’t even get the human AI right.

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Yeah xenos have to be players

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I would make it so you have some time for a team mate to get it off your face before your implanted.

Personally I find xenos to be 100% scarier than predators. If I saw a predator in real life I would be in awe. A xeno I would be heading for the hills.

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Yeah, you’d be on your back like a current down state but struggling like Ripley in Aliens. A teammate has till your downed timer expires to help you remove it. If they don’t then it gets you.

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Bro some of the mechanics are already there…

They will come to see the light.

I think xenos could even use the current leap/predkour system just modified a bit.

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I want to kill you with a xeno in game xD.
Just slithering around.

Watching you.
Then RAWR. lol

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This is honestly my main concern. In this game.

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I though about that too. FTs would welcome a facehugger on purpose just to become a chestburster and eventually play as full-fledged Xenomorph 😆

I do admit, I think that playing them would be fun but I think they’re more likely to be bots so as to not draw the AVP game comparison.

If I had my way, it would be both but we’d get them over a series of events. That’s just me though, I want people to buy into the game with each one. Given the chance, it would be satisfying to put Dbd’s growth rate and player base size to shame.

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Sorry. I’m late to the show. I’m not saying now, but if this game lives long enough, maybe there will be a room for xenomorphs in it. If not as playable characters, then AI. Although that’s a slippery slope