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Suggestions / Gestation and Maturity
« on: October 29, 2006, 04:29:31 PM »
How 'bout we force bots to reserve energy torwards reproducing. The more cycles they do this, the less mutations will occur... however each cycle they spend on this will also decrease the amount of energy stored that'll actually go to the bot.
Perhaps while they're doing this, they're more suspectible to damage as well... or maybe shots will merely damage the amount of energy/body that's already stored for the offspring as well as the parent.
This allows some bots to hastily spit out offspring, while other bots can spend cycles and cycles working on their children. The latter would of course be more convenient for multibots or bots with a lot of DNA.
Alternatively, we could just weaken a bot temporarily right after giving birth/being born, making them more suspectible to shots and tie drainage, plus reducing the effectiveness of any materials they have boosting their abilities (such as body, shell, slime, etc)
Perhaps while they're doing this, they're more suspectible to damage as well... or maybe shots will merely damage the amount of energy/body that's already stored for the offspring as well as the parent.
This allows some bots to hastily spit out offspring, while other bots can spend cycles and cycles working on their children. The latter would of course be more convenient for multibots or bots with a lot of DNA.
Alternatively, we could just weaken a bot temporarily right after giving birth/being born, making them more suspectible to shots and tie drainage, plus reducing the effectiveness of any materials they have boosting their abilities (such as body, shell, slime, etc)