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2009/04/06 01:22:18
Subject: Are nid on nid games supported by the fluff?
I was wondering what people's thoughts on this are. Nids are controlled by the Hive Mind and I assume there is only one uber Hive Mind somewhere so how likely is it that two nid armies would ever face off against each other?
2009/04/06 01:24:55
Subject: Are nid on nid games supported by the fluff?
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i suppose it would as the planet could have two infections of the seeds, and then they might be at say north pole and south pole, and eventualy thell get fed up of eachother and NOMNOMNOM...
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2009/04/06 01:35:21
Subject: Are nid on nid games supported by the fluff?
Maybe they could be pitted against each other by the Hive Mind in order to test out new evolutions or strategies.
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2009/04/06 02:09:11
Subject: Are nid on nid games supported by the fluff?
There could be plenty of reasons, as has been said. If nids fight nids, overall the tyranids don't lose anything, as they just consume the biomass.
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2009/04/06 02:20:39
Subject: Are nid on nid games supported by the fluff?
I basically thought that the Hive Mind doesn't want fleets with useless or newer adaptations to go running off and get killed, and hence, lose any useful adaptations for the whole race. To solve this, a splinter fleet takes on another splinter fleet. The winner is obviously better adapted and gets more biomass so it can continue to survive and thrive. After all, Tyranids are all about Survival of the OMNOMNOMNOM!!!
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2009/04/06 03:33:41
Subject: Are nid on nid games supported by the fluff?
Well, Nids aren't all controlled by one hive mind, each Norn Queen acts as a sort of conduit. If there were 2 Norn Queens nearby, each fleet would be controlled by the others hive mind. Upon the death of one of the norn Queens, the losing nid fleet kinda starts to fail and then the other one goes OH NOMNOMNOMNOM! and gets lots of tasty biomass.
Of course, what you really wanna see is Orks Vs Nids.
Nids: They use their trix to accelerate Fauna/Flora groth so they have more to OH NOMNOMNOM
Orks: As a result, orks grow faster
Nids: Kills more orks
Orks: Therefore grow more bigger stronger orks
Nids: GOTO 20
So you end up with Ork Boyz the size of Land Raiders fighting 80 Strong Broods of Carnifexes in an orgy of OH NOMNOMNOM!
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2009/04/06 23:11:27
Subject: Re:Are nid on nid games supported by the fluff?
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2009/04/07 15:42:30
Subject: Are nid on nid games supported by the fluff?
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Firstly to get it out of the way LOL to the NOM NOM song. I think tyranids would sound alot more scary than that but oh well.
Now. Tyranids wouldnt fight each other to see which one is better so they can evolve. Because Tyranids evolve to defeat their enemies, and Tyranids are not Tyranids' enemy [get the picture]. That why they have specialised carnifixes to take out vehicles because they adapt to that enemy. Secondly yes Tyranids are controlled by Norn Queens but they act as the first major nod/link with the Hive Mind, Norn Queens are not independant. I think the only reason Tyranids would fight each other [and they would because there is accounts of this in codexs and other places] is because they lose their connection with the Hive Mind, revert to their instincts [which is practically nothing] and basically got nuts and kill each other. They could attack as two seperate armies but its more likely that they would just kill anything and everything around them, which in this case is each other.
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2009/04/23 14:07:28
Subject: Are nid on nid games supported by the fluff?
In the codex it talks about nids fighting each other to absorb any useful DNA taken from the loser. Even though the winner is the stronger hive fleet, it doesn't necessarily mean that the defeated hive didn't have anything useful to add. Suppose the loser fleet had taken evolutionary steps to counter anti tank doctrine that the winner hadn't yet absorbed. Now it has!
So yes, in-fighting is supported by the fluff.
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2009/04/23 16:22:32
Subject: Re:Are nid on nid games supported by the fluff?
In fact, it's not only supported, it's explicitly stated in the codex.....
However, I do have something to correct here:
Upon the death of one of the norn Queens, the losing nid fleet kinda starts to fail and then the other one goes OH NOMNOMNOMNOM! and gets lots of tasty biomass.
Upon the death of a Norn Queen, a psychic shriek is set off in it's death throes and the hive fleet starts to birth SEVERAL new norn queens...
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2009/04/23 18:02:57
Subject: Re:Are nid on nid games supported by the fluff?
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