Aphid farming IMPLEMENTED

[Midonik]

Idea by @samuelch
Ants learn how to farm mushroom as extra food source to support more population. Allow one extra building exceeding tc building limit.
They way this would work is that it would allow to make a building that would increase the building limit like tcs do (wouldn't be able to make unit itself), mushroom farm. That unit would be unique - meaning one per player.
This would allow insectoid to make a bit more units that other races, compensating for their weaker stats. The tech should be rather expensive tho.
Naturally this is referencing ant irl that can farm mushrooms in their anthills, look it up.

This has no relation to myconid race .

[Anchar]

Maybe instead of a mushroom farm, rename it to an aphid farm (I hope this translates correctly)? As far as I know, ants raise aphids like cattle. Also, it wouldn't confuse people why insectoids can't just eat myconids.

[Midonik]

I guess it works too.

Apparently some ants can "milk" aphids (that's correctly translated) lol.

[Anchar]

So, in addition to technology, need a building?

[Midonik]

Definitely

[Anchar]

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[Midonik]

Nice, although it looks like that aphid is about to get murdered in a brutal way.

[Anchar]

Well, I thought it would be better than pretending to be an ant collecting milk from aphids.

[Midonik]

Well thats kinda what ants do in real life though. Of course its not actually milking, but they collect some kind of fluids the aphids.

[godOfKings]

May b u could put a fluid sucking machine on the aphid image similar to the modern machines used to milk cows

It could be smaller, held by the ant on his arms, with a vacuum pipe stuck on some part of aphid (i dont know which part releases the aphid sap though)

[Anchar]

Good. Here is an option for lovers of sweet milk)))

[godOfKings]

Yum, looks delicious, but i think its better to remove the wheel, the machine and body of aphid will be more obvious that way

[Anchar]

Maybe after I changed the color of the valve it became clearer?

[Anchar]

?

[godOfKings]

I think u dont need to specially draw the valve, since it is futuristic we can assume everything is inside the body of machine,

just simply draw it like a vacuum cleaner, it will be enough to get the idea across

[godOfKings]

As for factory, it looks good but i think it looks too much like a human building

[Midonik]

Oh I totally missed the image. I was expecting more like a farm or a ranch something like that. I suppose there is one on top of the building. I will say, the building doesn't look very futuristic and very much like a human one. I think you could sneak it into AoWw.

[Anchar]

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[Midonik]

Now I'm struggling to understand what I'm seeing. Where are the aphids "stored"? It be nice if we could see them.

[Anchar]

What for? In what other buildings are their units drawn? By the way, in the previous image, there was not aphids under the dome, but a garden for growing greenery to feed the aphids, the aphids themselves inside the building.

[Midonik]

If aphids were visable, it would make what the building is obvious. Whereas now it could be anything.

[Anchar]

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[Darkhunn]

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I love the conveyor belt-type thing and the window to the glowing masses of them, definitely gives the factory farm vibe, in my opinion.

[Stratego (dev)]

also some animatino on it would look awesome!