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[dannybates]

 Any reasons for not having one ? 

Disscuss?

[pf17456]

Provided they can avoid being indoctrinated Rachini will make a formidable ally but they seem to function best as a hoard, not alone. Individually it would amount to a big bug with acid spit. One power. Basically pointless considering what others bring to the table.

[TheShadowWolf911]

got one

special Rachni soldier bred by queen to be sentient and fight alongside shepard.

[turian councilor Knockout]

As allies yes, Squadmate not so much.

[Bugsie]

You don't need a rachni squaddie when Bug Shepard is in command!

Seriously, we know very little on the rachni aside from the snippetts we have from ME1 and the codex. Technically extinct all we have left is supposedly what comes from the colony on Peak 15 and if you allowed the queen to live.

Culturally they are isolationists, and live to exist as a hive, so I can't see one joining Shepard anytime soon.

[Johnny34]

Or a rachni for every member, ride those ****es into battle and watch your enemies jaws drop.

[FemShep 4 President]

turian councilor Knockout wrote...

As allies yes, Squadmate not so much.

This.

[turian councilor Knockout]

Ok, ordinary rachni are weak and not suitable for combat while warriors and queens are too big to be squadmates and i don't WANT them to be either, this is the reason (did forget that).

[MegaTommy]

It'd be cool to have the Queen as a squad member lol.

-Commander, you have unread messages in your terminal. <Eyes rolling back> She went through them, Shepard. <Eyes getting normal> No i didn't, shut up. <Eyes rolling again> Yes, you did lol.

[TheShadowWolf911]

MegaTommy wrote...

It'd be cool to have the Queen as a squad member lol.

-Commander, you have unread messages in your terminal. <Eyes rolling back> She went through them, Shepard. <Eyes getting normal> No i didn't, shut up. <Eyes rolling again> Yes, you did lol.

that WOULD be pretty funny.

[lovgreno]

Well we already have a geth squadmate so I can't see why a rachni would be impossible. A queen in a human disguise perhaps? In any case I would like to meet and talk to that interesting and very alien race.

[mulletduck]

I would much rather have an ex-collector

[Massadonious1]

Shepard: "Rachni"
Rachni: "clickclickclickclickclickclick" (Shepard)

[mulletduck]

A Volus squad member, you have just planted that amazing idea in my head. He would defo be dlc only hehe

[mineralica]

Reasons to not have one?

Problems with animation and pathfinding (look how good Urz follows you on Tuchanka). And how exactly weapon upgrades will apply to it?

[Tonymac]

Buggirl70 wrote...

You don't need a rachni squaddie when Bug Shepard is in command!

Seriously, we know very little on the rachni aside from the snippetts we have from ME1 and the codex. Technically extinct all we have left is supposedly what comes from the colony on Peak 15 and if you allowed the queen to live.

Culturally they are isolationists, and live to exist as a hive, so I can't see one joining Shepard anytime soon.

Their song will join ours - and thats fine and dandy.  Thats all I ask.

If we were to have a Rachni as a squad member, it would have to be a queen, and queens need drones...   you get the point

[Thepeak12]

Rachni! Scratch attack!

No.. I don't think it will work so well as a squadmate.

[lovgreno]

Arcian wrote...

lovgreno wrote...

Well we already have a geth squadmate so I can't see why a rachni would be impossible. A queen in a human disguise perhaps? In any case I would like to meet and talk to that interesting and very alien race.

Really, the biggest problem from a gameplay POV (which also happens to be the dealbreaker in the case of squadmates) is that rachni can't use the human skeleton for combat animations (or use normal weapons and armor, for that matter). All squaddies have to use that - that's why we have yet to have a hanar, elcor or volus squad member.

This is true. It's either the turian or human type of skeleton that the squadmates are based on. But why can't there be a rachni variant who uses one of these skeletons? There are alrady a lot of different rachni of different builds and functions, I'm sure the writers could think of some good storywise explanation for putting a humanoid skeleton in some kind fo rachni.

[PhatSeeJay]

My reason: I'd rather get a batarian.

Modifié par PhatSeeJay, 12 août 2011 - 12:13 .

[Slayer_22]

The Brood Warriors have biotics, but other than that, they would pretty much be a useless squadmate. I mean, sure, they could be fast and use their arms as melee attacks. There's plenty of ideas, but the AI would need a lot of rewrite, and it would not be right to give paragons a extra squadmate, while renegades are pretty much having a harder time with everything so far. I'd much rather we keep it to "More enemies, More Allies" for Paragons and "Less enemies, Less Allies" For renegades. No extra rachni squadmate.

[lovgreno]

Arcian wrote...

lovgreno wrote...

Arcian wrote...

lovgreno wrote...

Well we already have a geth squadmate so I can't see why a rachni would be impossible. A queen in a human disguise perhaps? In any case I would like to meet and talk to that interesting and very alien race.

Really, the biggest problem from a gameplay POV (which also happens to be the dealbreaker in the case of squadmates) is that rachni can't use the human skeleton for combat animations (or use normal weapons and armor, for that matter). All squaddies have to use that - that's why we have yet to have a hanar, elcor or volus squad member.

This is true. It's either the turian or human type of skeleton that the squadmates are based on. But why can't there be a rachni variant who uses one of these skeletons? There are alrady a lot of different rachni of different builds and functions, I'm sure the writers could think of some good storywise explanation for putting a humanoid skeleton in some kind fo rachni.

That would still mean problems with weapons, armor and speech, most importantly.

Even so, there is no indication that there are bipedal rachni.

If it is built kind of like a human why not? It worked for Legion right?
There is no indication that there are no bipedal rachni either. A bad argument I know, but true anyway. Also the rachni are very intelligent and adaptive as their rapid expansion proves. If they want a rachni who can blend in with the humanoid aliens in tha galaxy I'm sure they can adapt a rachni to fit this role.

So what boils down to is that if BioWare wants rachni and/or protheans on the team I'm sure they can make it happen storywise and programmingwise. Personaly I support both Prothy the prothean and Rachel the rachni.

[CroGamer002]

^That's not possible.


And why would they do that?
They're already way more powerful then most species.
Only reason why would they o that is, well, Shepard wants a Rachni squadmate for some reason.


As for Legion comparison, it's not the same.
Legion has same body type as normal Geth.
Only real visual difference are head flaps and longer antenna on his back.

And reason why Legion can interact with you and everyone else is hardware upgrade that is specifically made to look after Shepard since he/she is responsible for destruction of Nazzara.


For Rachni it's not that simple.
Especially since only Rachni Queen is only sapient Rachni and can interact with organics. And that's only with mind controlling other organic.

Modifié par Mesina2, 12 août 2011 - 01:13 .