Hive Node ?

[Deadmeat]

Can anyone tell me what the hell a hive node is and what it does? (I've been outta the loop a loooooooooooooooong time).
Thanks

[Typheron]

a hive node is the bit of the tyranid that acts as a psycic relay for instructions. All nids have a version of it and are able to be in contact with the hive mind through it, but only warriors and larger tyranid creatures have the true hive node through which they can send orders to the smaller creatures after receving messages, directions, whatever from the norm queens.

its basically a nid radio but the instructions are absolute.

[ChromeAngel]

Hive node is infact the name of one of the biomod upgrades available to tyranid creatures.  This biomod allows a brood to remain under the tyranid player's control when they are oustide of the usual tyranid synapse range, operating beyond the control of larger tyranids.

I plan to use this in EX to increase the number of brood creatures in balanced games by allowing players to play as a brood with the hive node biomod (in this case the player will have no body, just the creatures that make up their brood).

[Darknar]

yeah so i could be like 30 gaunts instead of a warrior and 1 gaunts

awsomness

note: tio others (30 and 10 are example numbers and probably not the real thing)

[Typheron]

you will cerytainly have more gunats than a warrior when playing a hive node as there your weapons.

[migb]

This sounds good.
I was a bit worried about the talk that it would be warriors versus marines, with marines having grenades if outnumbered, and Tyranids having 'gaunts if outnumbered.
I feared that there would be a very small number of Nids present. But you have relieved me of my fear  :wink: