DealerzChoice

SPOILERS BEYOND THIS POINT *FINAL WARNING* After completing the ACT I and playing for 30 hours (and continuing to play) I've struck a few ideas for potential O.R.C Bugs Evolution. Now obviously I don't know what is already in the blueprints or the route that Obsidian would like to take the O.R.C bugs after the first ACT but I would like to see some sort of evolution in them and some sort of challenge put into them after finishing each ACT to keep the O.R.C bugs fresh and keep us on our toes with our strategies on tackling these bugs. Now we have a chunky list already and I am happy with it BUT if we are going to be fighting these same creatures through out every ACT and the entire playthrough I would love there to be a change to them to start of the list of examples lets take the Orb Weaver first. After ACT one I would imagine that the Mysterious Stranger (MS) would have to up their game with these creatures, so as a start she takes the Orb Weavers front legs (that they use for making a defensive web) and "O.R.Cify" them, now whenever an O.R.C Orb Weaver enters defence mode they summon a purple holographic web almost like a force field that redirects the players hits into energy, this energy being shown by the web shield getting brighter. This energy then charges the Orb Weaver's scream attack, when used it will empower them and any Weaver Jrs/Spiderlings around them with O.R.C energy for 2 seconds or something. Now this holographic web shield can still be broken but it has to be OVERCHARGED and start to get cracks on it to be broken and to cancel out the scream ability, I feel to help with breaking the web could stay up longer and or take more damage from certain weapon types/trinkets (sour for example). This change would make it so the Weaver's scream isn't just for a small fear factor, or the web for just pure blocking BUT now as a decision maker/potential game changer for the player, will you attack the web and overload it potentially empowering other spiders around you? Or will you not attack it and focus on everything else around it first. One last example to wrap this up is the lady bug. The lady bug's strong and BIG back could be used to O.R.C bug's advantage now the wings of the lady bug have been replaces with O.R.C custom wings and now when hit consumes energy to charge and empower the Lady Bug, now whenever the lady bug uses it's scream ability NOT ONLY will it heal itself, but it will also heal fellow O.R.C Enemies, the range and healing amount is affected by how charged it is up to a maximum. This could encourage the player to either leave the lady bug as last letting it be a menace and charging the player knocking them off course OR get the player to try and take it on but trying their best to avoid hitting the wings on the Lady Bug. I'm sure these changes aren't exactly the route that Obsidian would want to take the game, but I felt it appropriate to at least PUT the idea out there to potentially encourage SOMETHING that could bring changes to O.R.C creatures after finishing ACT 1. I have alot more ideas for these bugs in the bank and are more than willing to share if requested. Thank you for reading