Darkbound: Legacy of the Lucent Update Part 2!

I just started looking at the Darkbound thread and wanted to ask if anyone had thought of implementing the Darkbound as a "semi-permenant disease" to the player, much like vampirism in the Elder Scrolls games. That way there could be a whole side-quest line to cure yourself of it if you wanted, and possibly a way to embrace it if you chose that path. Just a thought.

 

while a neat idea. i hated being a vampire in skyrim so when i went vs vampires in skyrim and contracted the vampirim curse i always got cured mainly due to me not liking the whole gets attacked by Dawnguard or the Stendar people or even just town people due to the vampirism being a vary narrow street yes you get powers but forget about having a plesent conversation with anyone. So interesting idea personally tho i hated it (this is pretty much a rant and i am sorry to people who hate rants :/)

 

*Slowly pulls out a cross, and mumbles to self*

Nah, I'm joking, really like the idea though. I always liked the idea in every game for there to be some sort of disease or infection going around, messin' things up.

 

more stuff to kill...
more stuff to kill...
more stuff to kill...
cool stuff to kill =]

I really like this idea. Very cool design on the queen.

I like to kill stuff in epic ways - cool stories and cool designs make that possible =]

 

This has probably already been suggested, but since i'm too lazy to look through the entire 115 pages of this thread, it would be epic to tie this in with the novakids, since they're kind of the exact opposite. It would make an awesome war like thing.

 

Great suggestion.

There is a lot to work with of the developers want to use any of these concepts, and it certainly would add a new dimension to the game world.

 

Seriously though, i feel like novakids fit in really well here, since there sort of sun like beings, they would make really good Lucent members.

 

I agree, and even if it doesn't get into the base game, this should be the first mod with the API.

 

This looks spectacular.

 

I'd love this to be put in the main game. Because mods just don't feel...real to me, but oh well maybe it could be a post-release thing since it seems to really fit the game style and make there be a main end game antagonist. Also, since i'm too lazy to read 100 pages, what would happen after you became infected all the way? Would you become one of them? As in playable and have weird buffs and debuffs like darkbound being friendly but everyone hates you, or would you just die? As in actual gameplay?

 

If you get killed by being infected, and then respawn, could you then risk fighting the darkbound version of yourself?

 

The idea is great, but some of the sprites seem a bit lacking. It looks like the majority of the creature sprites were just slapped across the face with a noise filter.

 

Man, I haven't been in this thread in an age. Glad to see its still popular.

Time to whip out the Lore and start answering questions again.

The Darkbound were created WAAAAAY before the Novakids, and we've put further development on hiatus for the time being. We'll consider this, though.

You die from a gameplay standpoint, but your brainwaves are preserved and transmitted to a clone. There are some serious debuffs to contend with, though.

Also, lesser Darkbound categorize foes by two means:

• Does it have a core? If no, kill it.
• Does it have a high heat signature? If yes, kill it.

As for fighting yourself as a Darkbound, don't expect it to be too hard. A Coreless infected is dumber than your average zombie and cant even wield weapons. Just dont get too close.

Darthkitten did the sprites just to get an idea of what they might look like in-game. I just did the original concept art.

It's not final by any means.

 

I wish people knew this when they looked at my goddamn Parfelian sprites. Hug me.

 

Glad to see an idea inspired by the Ing, I've always liked them as a concept in metroid prime 2

 

I kinda figured, but you never know for sure what someone considers acceptable when it comes to art. Thanks for the clarification!

 

I don't really know why, but I always picture young Florans, Hylotls, Novakids, Glitch, etc. being told stories of the Darkbound, essentially like the boogieman.

 

definitely make it to a mod if its not implemented. However, i agree with Soprano. Make these not super-rare, but uncommon and random planets to find. Isolated planets so to speak in less star-dense sectors.

 

Yes, it is a good idea. But what I fear is that this feature would detract from the main purpose of the game; exploration. I think it won't be implemented in my opinion, but if the many features were cut down a little bit, maybe it could be implemented with ease and not take up too much space in the full game.

 

I believe the consensus at the moment is to add this as a mod, not have it implemented for the actual game.