Make Hive-World Terraforming not remove event features

[Gui10]

I don't understand why terraforming a planet into a Hive-World removes all of the event/special features, as many of them (interdimentional portal, Zone A, mutation vats, etc.) are implied to occupy very small amounts of the surface (as they do not reduce the max number of districts on the planet). It is just a minor complaint (as it took me by surprise the first time), but it is something that bothers me a bit, even if I do understand why other features/modifiers (the hyper-fertile valley, the Nemas[although assimilating them into the Hive too would be interesting], etc.) might dissappear if the planet is terraformed).

 

[GhostDanny]

Yeah, it would make sense the Hive would try to preserve something interesting it can research or use.

Same would also apply to machines intelligences and machine worlds.
A slight irregularity in an other wise streamlined machine world for all the benefits of that feature?
Seems a logical step a machine intelligence would do.

 

[cryptkeeper]

I think Gaia worlds should not remove features either so you could have all 3 be the best picks for special planets and events. I find that I don't go through the effort of getting a ascension just to make Gaia worlds.

 

[IHydraxI]

Yeah I completely agree. Terraforming removing your features is a slap in the face but I suppose they compensate with their own random Terraforming events... How about both : ) It's not like they're THAT powerful.

 

[HFY]

Yeah, let me keep most of the interesting features.

Heck, Gaia-forming removing BLOCKERS can be a penalty if I'm playing Environmentalist.

 

[Abdulijubjub]

Yeah, let me keep most of the interesting features.

Heck, Gaia-forming removing BLOCKERS can be a penalty if I'm playing Environmentalist.

Blockers could be so much more interesting. Leaving blockers on a Gaia when you terraform could transform them into much friendlier ones (ex. Impassible Mountains, -2 districts -> Majestic Peaks, -2 districts, +10 unity, or +food for kelp/forests/etc.). It would make Environmentalist and World Shaper stronger.

And you could give Detox the same treatment. The blockers, right now, just have nasty negatives. Why can't they all be "Noxious Fumes, -10% habitability, +2 max gas extractors", "Spewing Volcano, -5 max districts, -20% metallurgist upkeep", or similar? It would go a long way toward Detox being not-awful, and it would fit the theme of tanking your habitability to get industrial output.

Bonus points if you combine the two to make Detox+Worldshaper produce superworlds with powerful features.

 

[nightraven1901]

Hard agree. No intelligent Gestalt would remove useful features like that...

 

[cryptkeeper]

Blockers could be so much more interesting. Leaving blockers on a Gaia when you terraform could transform them into much friendlier ones (ex. Impassible Mountains, -2 districts -> Majestic Peaks, -2 districts, +10 unity, or +food for kelp/forests/etc.). It would make Environmentalist and World Shaper stronger.

And you could give Detox the same treatment. The blockers, right now, just have nasty negatives. Why can't they all be "Noxious Fumes, -10% habitability, +2 max gas extractors", "Spewing Volcano, -5 max districts, -20% metallurgist upkeep", or similar? It would go a long way toward Detox being not-awful, and it would fit the theme of tanking your habitability to get industrial output.

Bonus points if you combine the two to make Detox+Worldshaper produce superworlds with powerful features.

Honestly detox's problem is theses world need much higher chance for strategic resources and even a slight increase in chance for the special resources.
For how expensive they are to colonize, they need equally lucrative return. I would also just appreciate some unique planetary features that enhance your empire after you clear the bad ones. I do think though having the bad ones give benefits as well as negative is a interesting way of doing it as well.