Originally posted by Angrybeard:

Originally posted by Hobo Misanthropus:

Not all insects go through metamorphasis, Mantids, for example, look almost identical (Including wings) in their nymph phase. There's a fancy science word I can't remember from it. Somebody who wants to flex their bio undergrad will probably say it.

I see, but ants do.

pretty sure Seekers are based on Termites, not ants.

That's why I said they are fantasy creatures. They don't need to follow the "rules of nature" or evolutionary cycle of any real-world species.

If anything, I'd be more concerned about how seekers are capable of flight in the first place.

Originally posted by Hobo Misanthropus:

Originally posted by Angrybeard:

I mean they should look more like larvae (no wings) and don't just be a 1:10 scale of regular seeker.

Not all insects go through metamorphasis, Mantids, for example, look almost identical (Including wings) in their nymph phase. There's a fancy science word I can't remember from it. Somebody who wants to flex their bio undergrad will probably say it.

I see, but ants do.

larva -> pupa -> insect (with wings)
Makes sense to me.

Originally posted by Gregomoto:

larva -> pupa -> insect (with wings)
Makes sense to me.

This. Although we should also therefore get larva somewhere...

Originally posted by Angrybeard:

I mean they should look more like larvae (no wings) and don't just be a 1:10 scale of regular seeker.

Not all insects go through metamorphasis, Mantids, for example, look almost identical (Including wings) in their nymph phase. There's a fancy science word I can't remember from it. Somebody who wants to flex their bio undergrad will probably say it.

Because they are fantasy creatures?

Originally posted by Rhapsody:

Because they are fantasy creatures?

Really? I think this is a lazy way to just make 1 more mob, like the tar blobs that are swamp slimes in black.

Originally posted by YoulluPukki:

Early access stuff

Do you think it will be changed later on?

Originally posted by Angrybeard:

I mean they should look more like larvae (no wings) and don't just be a 1:10 scale of regular seeker.

they are all females
forever wings.

Originally posted by Nyu:

Originally posted by Angrybeard:

I mean they should look more like larvae (no wings) and don't just be a 1:10 scale of regular seeker.

they are all females
forever wings.

There is only one female and that is wing-less.

Originally posted by Angrybeard:

Originally posted by Nyu:

they are all females
forever wings.

There is only one female and that is wing-less.

IRL only fully grown insects have wings. Wings are too delicate to go through the transformations bugs go through on the way to adulthood. But, not everyone knows that, and they are fictional, but you do have a point.

Originally posted by Zep Tepi:

Originally posted by Angrybeard:

There is only one female and that is wing-less.

IRL only fully grown insects have wings. Wings are too delicate to go through the transformations bugs go through on the way to adulthood. But, not everyone knows that, and they are fictional, but you do have a point.

Yes, they are fictional, but i think they are based on rl insects (termites to be specific). In comparison, the Queen represents a termite queen very acurately and her eggs look very realistic too. So immersion-wise it bothers me that when i smash those eggs there are fully animated flying seekers hatching off. I think it would look better if the devs could remove their wings. Again they may not look what they should, but i guess it would be an easy/cheap way to make them look more like larva and feel like a different mob, atleast.

Early access stuff