ok we all no the fact the paracite is a interesting tool that allows the skulk to insert a smaller version of itself into a marines brain . but me thinks to myself once its in there it really shouldent stop and go to sleep .

so heres my idea

right when paracited
normal yelow circle

30 seconds after paracited
circle that displays hp from blue to red (ie dead)

1 minute after paracited

player is shown as it is now with the flash light ( ie glowing a bit) but from any location in the map ( seeing through walls) and colored to his current hp


what this would mean is that instead of just sitting in his brain twiddleing his claws hes actualy infecting the marine slowly by adding bactirum to his bloodstream with out triggering medical warnings

i dont think this is a good one mchief, back to te drawing board m8, also you were a little unclear on what exsackly happen, so after 30sec of parasite the rine instantly drops down to 30hp? and after another 30 seconds his aura changes to a diff color so aliens know hes been running un scaved aroudn hte map marked up for more than a minute?

i dont know m8

I think he meant that the more marine was infected with the parasite the more is known about him

starting out with the normal parasite

then moving to display him glowing when you see him

then it tells us how much hp he has left over...

and so on and on... So it wont do any more damage then it already does, it just would be of more use then it is now...

i like this idea. it fits.

im trying to think of a way to make it better, but nothing comes to mind.

good idea.

mabe if the marine lived long enough, it could also bring anyone on the radar close to him? but as soon as they leave the range dissapear?

Also could display what type of weapong he has and if he has a jp/ha?

stuff like this could make parasited marines bigger of a threat then just meh...

oh hey dats not acctuly to bad.. thumbs up

Neat idea, but it's overpowered imo for a hive1 basic lifeform ability.

woop theres a new idea... the more hives you have the better this becomes?

ok old idea was

first paracited = acts as normal

after 30 seconds = the paracite icon changes into a hp icon sililar to paracites but changing color to reflect hp

after 60 seconds = the marine is visable at every part of the map and look like he does when you have flash light on


new hive idea

hive 1 = acts as normal

hive 2 = the paracite icon changes into a hp icon sililar to paracites but changing color to reflect hp

hive 3 = the marine is visable at every part of the map and look like he does when you have flash light on


ok eather or work i just think that if something gets into your head its not going to just sit there ( me remembers starship troopers 2)

i actually don't like this idea. i think parasite fufills its purpose very well right now, giving aliens enough wallhax as it is. i like it simple and plain. i really don't think so many abilities should go into a hive 1 weapon. and you won't give the marines a comeback chance when aliens have hive 3. they can't sneak pgs cos they can be seen everywhere. comms can't hide their JP/HA rush plans from aliens. marines will be ambushed everywhere. just because hive 3 means aliens get a huge advatange dosen't mean the marines should be denied a chance.

now this soudns like a nice idea! The second version...but im not sure about the 3rd hive parasite version...

perhaps with hive 3 he should show up on the map...

However i really like the hive 2 thingy...just dont overpower it...make the hp colours hard to detect so you have a feeling of how damaged he is while not beeing able to say exactly how many attacks/bites you ll need.

The problem with the hive 3 idea isn't so much that it is overpowered. After all the marine still has to be parasited and is thus basically doomed as far as sneaking in concerned anyway. Instead it has more to do with the reasons why we can't normally see para'd marines from the other side of the map.

I like the flashlight marker idea though. In addition to this, there could be some kind of sound effect being played so the marine can be heard more clearly.

Yeah, i think its a good idea, It doesnt overpower it either, it just gradually does its job a bit better. Usually a parasited marine doesnt live much longer after being parasited anyway, so i think its a good idea for the ones that do live longer to gradually be giving off more information. As we all know Parasite is a little behind where the marine actually is, so slowly as the bacterium slowly infects more of his body its getting more accurate rather than letting off pulsating information it would give the aliens an accurate position, with health status, and finally show a marine through walls.

I think its a good well-balanced idea and should be deeply considerated by the NS staff

I do think its a good idea, but a bit overpowered maybe?

Why does a main chamber (AKA sensory) and its upgrade (SOF) supply a hive visual only in a certain range?

make parasite like the above with a aditional change.
make parasite show like minimum SOF. By adding more parasites or after a certain timespan, it upgrades its "SOF level".

So by the time the rine glows you see him with para as you would a lvl3 SOF rine

good idea