Game Mechanics

General Game-Mechanics
Game Mechanics that apply to typically everyone with a few exceptions.

''Merc Mechanics are detailed in their respective roles.

Merbucks and Antagbucks

 * Mercbucks/Antagbucks are currently heavily WIP and are not functioning in game currently, meaning don't worry about this yet.
 * Mercbucks/Antagbucks are round persistent currency that allow you to buy better gear or special equipment for a round. The gear does not persist.
 * Default Kit will ALWAYS be free and there can be NO WEAKER KITS TO GAIN EXTRA MERCBUCKS. Even some of the more higher up Gear purchased by Mercbucks/Antagbucks wont be overpowered compared to a default kit.
 * For example. A M41A gun that costs 0 Mercbucks vs a Gun that costs 40 Mercbucks is likely going to be better in almost every case or have features the M41A doesn't, but it wouldn't be a overpowered gun. the M41A is going to still hold up fine against most things, with the 40 Mercbuck Gun just being somewhat better and not required to win or hurt something. Same with Armor.
 * Mercbucks/Antagbucks will be exchangable at a rate of 2 = 1. So 2 Antagbucks into 1 Mercbuck and etc.
 * There is going to be a limit on them. This means you can only get so much before you should start spending them. You are not going to be able to spam out the strongest guns for everyone, let alone 5 people.
 * Simply playing the game will give you Mercbucks/Antagbucks depending who you played as. Even when dead you count as being on that faction for 5 minutes. Victory Score may give you extra.
 * There will NEVER EVER BE a option to donate for Mercbucks/Antagbucks. Earn them through playing the game. That's all you need to do. Once they release that is.
 * Just to emphasize it. THERE REALLY WILL NEVER EVER BE A OPTION TO DONATE FOR MERCBUCKS. ABSOLUTELY NONE.

Victory and Defeat

 * It may sound simple to just simply win, but there are times where you just barely won, or absolutely crushed the enemy. This is where VICTORY POINTS come in.
 * There is a Victory Score, which can be seen on Bridge if you look there. Both Mercenaries and Zurganids have 4 Tasks they need to/can complete, each giving a +1 to Victory Score, allowing them to have a higher Victory Score by the end. By default they each have 2 Points that can adjust later on.
 * Currently besides telling you how much you beaten up the other team, Victory Score will give you more Antagbucks/Mercbucks depending on how well you did. A Zurganid who participated in a Level 4 Victory will earn quite a lot more than a Zurganid who participated in a Level 1 Victory.
 * If Zurganids and Mercenaries are tied in Victory Score, then Zurganids gain a extra +1 for a Level 1 Victory, meaning Zurganids always win ties.
 * If Both Sides have Victory Points, then the result is both sides remove each other's Victory Score depending on how many Victory Points they have.
 * For Example. Mercs managed to jump away and completed objectives. Their ISP's alive count is 2, the Cryo and Bridge with Saltshaker clearly alive. Brood was not placed on ship and did not hit OVERTIME. This means Mercs have 3 Victory Points while Zurganids have 2. Since they both have Victory Points, Mercs's 3 is reduced by 2 of Zurganids, leading to a result of 1. Mercs have achieved a Level 1 Victory, a Minor!
 * The 2 Tables Below details the current tasks to achieve victory.

Victory Levels are: (Note that Mercbucks/Antagbucks are mere speculation on how much they would actually be awarded)

Level 0 - Defeat - ''You didn't win and lost. The Enemy's Victory Score is shown instead and you probably wouldn't get any bonus Mercbucks/Antagbucks.''

Level 1 - Minor - ''You won just barely. You probably would get some bonus Mercbucks/Antagbucks, but its a rather minor amount. Still, a win is a win.''

Level 2 - Normal - ''You won averagely. Maybe something happened like OVERTIME or something else, but either way, You would likely gain a fairly average bonus Mercbucks/Antagbucks, so its still a good win in the end.''

Level 3 - Major - ''You won greatly. You most likely destroyed the enemy fairly greatly, probably decimating their ship or not letting them have their evo points, depending who you were. A good amount of bonus Mercbucks/Antagbucks is most likely to be given out and all is jolly (Unless SALT is happening).''

Level 4 - Crushing - ''You crushed the enemy team. You probably decimated them completely, either killing them in ludicrously short time or not letting them do really anything to the Ship. The maximum amount possible of bonus Mercbucks/Antagbucks would probably be awarded here for your excellent teamwork and skill.''

Force and Armor Types

 * There is 3 Force Types and 3 Armor Types that face off against each other, with a few unique ones floating around them.
 * There is PLATE and SLASHING. PLATE will protect against SLASHING best but won't do much against IMPACT. SLASHING is usually applied by Sharp Melee Weapons or such. Examples Include: Zurganid Claws, Sword and Chain Bayonet.
 * There is PADDED and IMPACT. PADDED will protect against IMPACT best but won't do much against PIERCING. IMPACT is usually applied by Blunt Melee, Guns with no Bayonets and some Zurganid Body types. Examples Include: Most Ranged Guns in Melee, Demolisher/Armored and Spore Zurganids, Fists.
 * There is ADAPTIVE and PIERCING. ADAPTIVE will protect against PIERCING best but won't do much against SLASHING. PIERCING is usually applied by Pointed Melee Weapons and Ranged Weapons. Examples Include: Almost All Ranged Guns and Acid Spit.
 * There is a few special ones like ENGUFLING that aren't really force types but still do something interesting. ENGULFING in this case would hit a Character that for example is Swarm Body and ALL of his bodies at once instead just one of them.

Click Cooldown/Delay

 * While fighting, it won't matter how fast you spam your mouse, you won't be able to pull off 500 attacks in a second. Most of your actions will be restricted by a global click delay that attachments, weapons or a ability can modify.
 * For example, a M41A can only shoot so fast on single-fire, but with QF you can shoot way faster as the click delay is significantly lessened, meaning most of your mouse spam gets registered.
 * This also applies for Melee. Zurganids have fairly average click delay but with Faster Attacking they can get off more hits.
 * As a result, its more beneficial in total to have a slower but precise clicking when fighting with Melee and Slow Weapons and everything else but a more faster and spammy with QF Ranged Weapons. Most weapons that have a lot of ammo have Burst or Full-Auto so clicking faster won't change much there. Especially true in Melee as click dragging by accident results in you not attacking at all.
 * Note that Bump Attacks also may set off click delay.

Bump Attacks

 * When you run at something or something runs at you that is hostile, a bump attack will occur. A bump attacks happens when your character or theirs collide with one another by trying to move. This only works with characters that are hostile.
 * Bump attacks pick the STRONGEST Melee Option and then try and hit the person who was bumped. This means if you have a Hammer with 200 Damage but Very Slow Attack Cooldown with a SMG that does 28 damage in Melee and Very Fast Attack Cooldown, the Hammer will get picked to attack.
 * Bump attacks allow hit and runs as a result by running into a person then quickly running away into another direction before they can turn around or shoot instead of needing to click.

Cover System

 * A certain cover system exists here to help you avoid bullets and acid flying over your head. There is 3 categories of it. Small, Medium, and Large.
 * Cover has a chance to block said projectiles depending on chance unless the shooter is close enough. Small gives 20% chance. Medium gives 40% chance. Large gives 60% chance. You can shift+click to examine objects to see what cover they are, if they are cover at all.
 * If the projectile is blocked by cover, the cover takes damage. Different covers are made of different materials, and some are way better at blocking different damage types. For example, Walls are almost immune to SLASHING and Reinforced Walls ignore SLASHING damage.
 * Note that this DOES NOT WORK FOR MELEE. The only thing cover would do at that point is block them from crossing it, and won't redirect hits even if you are in cover. This is for ranged projectiles only that are far away enough.
 * You can use Take Cover ability to take Cover behind said object if you are close enough. When you do so, the projectiles that would hit you are always 100% redirected to Cover instead, meaning as long as you remain behind said cover and the shooter never comes too close, you will never be hit while it lives by their projectiles.

Zurganid Only Game-Mechanics
Game Mechanics unique mostly to Zurganids

CARE

 * Unlike Mercenaries, Zurganids out as lowly and weak with only around 2 Evolution Points to spend. However as they eat more corpses and place more spores, they gain more evo points and begin to grow stronger.
 * CARE stands for Claws, Acid, Resin and Exoskeleton. They raise their melee damage, abilities, spawn time and health with armor respectively.
 * Zurganids for early-game will be weak even by the time Mercs land, having around 13-15 Evo points and around hive level of 11 or less. As they kill more Mercs and get more Biomass from spores, each level they have to work harder for as the biomass required increases, so a Hive level of 20 may require 2 mercs devoured to level up.
 * This means that by late-game, if Zurganids have killed a good amount of Mercs, will be a very high Hive Level with incredible damage, durability and respawn times, easily overrunning what remains.
 * Zurganids that have been there from the start of the round vs Late-Joiners will have more evo points as their reward for sticking around for so long. A starting Zurganid may have 20 Evo while a Later-Joiner has 14 Evo or so.
 * Zurganids NEVER EVER equal Mercs at the start even when leveled up. If you put a Hive Level of 30 with 50 Zurganids in it against 50 Mercs with all of their equipment in a direct fight, the Zurganids would lose the battle, while not easily, they still lose the battle. Although they would probably win the war by the end due to respawns.

Building Pulse and Resin

 * Resin has one of the most strongest PIERCING resists in the game, having a whooping 90% PIERCING RESIST AKA ADAPTIVE. Its only surpassed by LIQUID material, which is fully immune to Piercing. Even Doors and Walls take a good amount of hits from a TONK's HMG to take down when fully grown.
 * The Weeds are planned to be indestructible (currently they are half and half in being destroyable and not), allowing Zurganids to place Buildings and heal faster ontop of it. They also slow Mercs down.
 * Zurganids inside buildings will "heal" the building. Having more will possibly heal it more but there is a delay so you can't have 30 Zurganids out-healing the DAKKA against the Brood.

Boarding with Objectives

 * Zurganids can already instantly try to board the ship once it launches the Crawler. However, as long as the ECM is on, they won't be able to get on without instantly dying.
 * They have multiple objectives as a result in order to be able to overcome ECM and be able to place a brood there.
 * They are heavily WIP currently, but mostly involve infesting the power grid, Bunker and forcing Mercs off the planet while also getting more Zurganids and evo points.
 * Once they have enough Strength/Progression, Zurganids will be told they are strong enough to board, and will be able to place the Brood ontop of the ship, which can lead to possible Overtime.
 * (May be moved to General once more Antags get developed). OVERTIME means that the Saltshaker has managed to use Jump Order and succeeded but there is a Zurganid Brood on it. From this point on, Zurganids can't move the Brood and the game won't end until the Ship crashes or the Brood is destroyed. This does make Zurganids lose out on one of their points that they could have gotten for a better victory if they didin't let OVERTIME hit.