This would actually be a cool mechanic if possible.
If loot is already in the circle, taking it and placing equal or higher quality armor or loot.
If it's empty, putting rare loot, food, meds and armor or weapons will increase the chance of loot being there of equal or higher value next 12hr Cycle.
I totally agree with you. I do it for so called immersion but yes it would be cool to have something like that. Even that cultist spawn in big numbers to hunt you when you keep taking staff and not leaving them nothing...
Yeah, a solid loot mechanic that can have pros and cons without being lore unfriendly. Like if you left trash tier loot after taking the other stuff, the cultists will be in the room trying to 'appease' their gods with a ritual with it being dynamic- You got a good chance to find cultists for both loot and missions this way as well as reason to utilize the door peek and bang&clear mechanic. If you were making too much noise approaching the door, they'll notice you and have a chance at waiting for you to open it and either ambush via surrounding rooms or just laze you though the door as they aggro. If you're quiet, you can hear them doing the dynamic ritual where you can crack open the door and fire, bang and clear or just shoot through the door. This is how I would imagine an ideal expansion that mechanic. Maybe the shadow connection skill can be tied to missions at a certain level- Something like a ' Mark' or carrying a dagger as proof of gospel, occasionally cultists will be passive/friendly to you if you progress enough and leave enough loot. Maybe if you walk in on them you got some temporary followers for an exfil. This can lock you out of their quests, vendors and make scavs and other bots actively hunt you down.
TL;DR THERES SO MUCH POTENTIAL WITH CULTISTS AND ITS COOL AS HELL
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Exousia
This would actually be a cool mechanic if possible.
If loot is already in the circle, taking it and placing equal or higher quality armor or loot.
If it's empty, putting rare loot, food, meds and armor or weapons will increase the chance of loot being there of equal or higher value next 12hr Cycle.
SZAbla Author
I totally agree with you. I do it for so called immersion but yes it would be cool to have something like that. Even that cultist spawn in big numbers to hunt you when you keep taking staff and not leaving them nothing...
Exousia
Yeah, a solid loot mechanic that can have pros and cons without being lore unfriendly. Like if you left trash tier loot after taking the other stuff, the cultists will be in the room trying to 'appease' their gods with a ritual with it being dynamic- You got a good chance to find cultists for both loot and missions this way as well as reason to utilize the door peek and bang&clear mechanic. If you were making too much noise approaching the door, they'll notice you and have a chance at waiting for you to open it and either ambush via surrounding rooms or just laze you though the door as they aggro. If you're quiet, you can hear them doing the dynamic ritual where you can crack open the door and fire, bang and clear or just shoot through the door. This is how I would imagine an ideal expansion that mechanic. Maybe the shadow connection skill can be tied to missions at a certain level- Something like a ' Mark' or carrying a dagger as proof of gospel, occasionally cultists will be passive/friendly to you if you progress enough and leave enough loot. Maybe if you walk in on them you got some temporary followers for an exfil. This can lock you out of their quests, vendors and make scavs and other bots actively hunt you down.
TL;DR THERES SO MUCH POTENTIAL WITH CULTISTS AND ITS COOL AS HELL