We mentioned that some of the asteroid bases had Kopions inside. Are these placeholders, later to be replaced by more fitting creatures?
TL;DRThe Kopions in asteroid bases are not just placeholders, as the speakers say they make narrative sense as domesticated attack animals for NPCs, though more fitting creatures could be added in the future.
I think they can make narrative sense in there, right? You can have domesticated Kopions, right, they bring with them. As far as I know, we have variants.
Yeah, we actually have a domesticated variant. Pet Kopion, basically.
They just look feral right now, so that will be more fitting-looking. But I don't think it's a far stretch that they can narratively be around there. But if we have more fitting creatures as well in the future, that's it. But for now, it's what we have, what we are working with, right, as human NPCs and then the Kopions. So we try to utilize what we have to create more variety and more interesting combat with the ingredients that we have.
Manuel voiced interest to have a space cow in an asteroid base.
We don't really talk about it for the rest of the season, but the domesticated Kopions are one of the new aspects that are coming online with 4.0. These are domesticated for NPCs. We're not stealthily adding pet gameplay to players just yet.
Yeah, they're attack dogs, essentially. We have them in contested zones, and the narrative idea is that they have been breeding them and training them, and they will attack you. So as you engage a group of outlaws, there could be a couple of attack Kopions that they have that are charging at you, which I think provides a really interesting gameplay dynamic. You're not just dealing with humanoids now, you also have these fast-moving, low creatures that are attacking your ankles, and it adds a whole new aspect to it.
To go back to what Manuel said, I think we can narratively explain why there are Kopions on the abandoned asteroid bases. I think it would be a shame to remove them just to lessen the encounter variety. And I definitely agree that it would be cool to get those creatures, like the mimic facehugger chest we talked about. These kind of alien creatures that you would expect to see on asteroid bases in the future would be amazing. But for now, I think they do offer something useful.