New Disaster

[IG Lord Ragtag]

Jens please pass along to devs if cool enough

I propose a new disaster type - Locust Swarm

JWD has made it cannon.

This would be a random event, where the 'locust swarm' eats all landscaped plants in an enclosure, which causes dinos to starve, comfort levels to drop.

To fix, it has to be researched, then send a Ranger/MVU team to eradicate the locust before a player can replant the landscape.

The affected area can lose all plants and repainted to plain dirt/sand color, the locust could be represented by an icon, while affected, the landscape tool becomes unavailable

Just an idea

 

[Gondrasia]

With a couple of slight changes, this could make for a great addition to the game and provide an additional challenge for players:

If a swarm of giant locusts were to make landfall in our parks, they could completely eat up a randomised selection of paleo-botanical plants such as Tall Nut and Ground Fiber before going away.

They can also be a threat to humans as well meaning that it’s highly recommended to open Emergency Shelters and because of this no staff and tour vehicle can safely travel until the swarm goes away.

If players (instinctively) try and replace the destroyed paleo-vegetation while the locusts are still in their parks, the longer the swarm will stay and will cause more harm to your park’s rating and discomfort to your dinosaurs. The locusts won’t go until the randomly selected prehistoric plants are gone.