The Loot Bug

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[sniss]

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[JJ-]

Fun Fact: Lootbugs do not spawn on Escort missions. I asked the devs on Stream why this is and they didn't know. Must be a Lootbug bug.

[mudstick]

had an absolute menace of a driller burn every lootbug he saw, we made him promise not to kill one that we found in a giant room by itself, he promised, then when i came back to the room later, it was gone. i questioned him and he said "it died of natural causes". i responded with :( and he followed that up with "fire is natural"

[typryor]

I love how on their own Lootbugs don't actually look that cute, but in the context of DRG where almost every other living thing wants to take your face off, they instantly become the most adorable little creatures

[secretname]

*"and to think... we almost killed you!"*

TLDR: you can shoot lootbugs with litho-foamer to extract nitra without killing them!!!

[upward]

I personally think they should change the lootbug perk to one that allows you to pet lootbugs and force them to harmlessly vomit up their payload, and then crawl into the flood, adding a still just as useless but probably much wider used perk to the game for those who dont want to kill the little guys.

[potterinhe]

I like to call a huge group of lootbugs a migration because they all move in the same direction and often gather together in one spot eventually.

[bluestealth]

I remember playing gunner once with the toxic splash overclock, shooting at bugs beside some lootbugs. I got the bugs, but then I noticed, to my horror, that the lootbugs were dying to toxins. I could only watch their healthbars go to zero and explode helplessly.


Over 10 blackout stouts later, the guilt will not go away.I still feel like a war criminal.

[seefol]

I like the idea that loot bugs spawn in higher numbers on "on site refining" because their drawn to the rich and dense morkite.

[Lilian]

Thr noises they make make me feel so 🥺 The tiniest little peeps. Just little guys. Smol blorbos. The babies. And then they purr when you pet them🥺

[MaddixCuhming]

I would love a update where the space rig has some bug pets, like a extra fat loot bug that wears lil costumes for holidays and say he snuck on board and likes beer. Or a lil Steve too small to fight or cause real damage
(Edit) each class should have there own bug
Driller - fat loot bug
Gunner - lil Steve
Scout - small flying grabber bug
Engi - jelly fish thing

[smartjak]

I don't think they're coded to, but I like how loot bugs seem to aggregate around the drop pod or the refinery. Like they see the dwarves dropping all the loose rock inside and scramble to get the peices

[hedgeearthridge]

It's such a great part of the game that plays with your psychology. There's absolutely no reason to not kill them, you have nothing to gain by not killing them, you should obviously kill them, it's in your best interests, they're digital cave creatures that aren't real. One problem: they're cute. So I very rarely kill them, out of a conscious and somewhat self-sacrificial choice.

[ShadeScarecrow]

I love these little guys. I do have quite the killcount on them, through accidents or when I needed the nitra, but I always feel kinda bad about it and would prefer just petting them indefinetly.

[lady_luna]

I die a little inside everytime I have to kill a lootbug.

[travisthompson]

Mario: love the lootbugs
Luigi: if its got the loot, it gets the shoot!

[Tikkie-D]

I'm surprised you didn't mention that one of the dev's newborn at the time is the voice of lootbugs

[Funk_]

8:46 it’s a lil car wash! He’s paying you to clean his little body!!!

[kingbubbles]

I always understood that on-site refining clusters were intentional because lootbugs would be drawn to such large deposits of minerals

[WillTheDragon]

5:53 Huh... maybe that explains the ball off 30 something loot bugs I found once in an onsite refinery mission. They were like all stuck together and if you pet them, well it was quite a cacophony of cuteness. Eventually I felt bad for them since they couldn't move and well I didn't want to leave them in purgatory so I put them out of their misery... yeah my game lagged at the sheer explosion of gold and nitra that flew everywhere XD