Quote from the lore: "A creature infected seems to become a lot stronger. It also looses its self-control and seems to be under the control of the Goo."
But in the entire history of Ryzom, everytime the Goo has been relevant it's been only as a tool in the hands of dangerous homins, as if it was just a potent toxin or deliberately ignited wildfire. This actually makes it a lot *less* scary imo.
I feel the Goo has the potential to be much more. In the Ryzom story it basically fulfils the role of what tvtropes calls "the Virus", also known as the Undead/Zombies/Zerg/Borg/etc. The drama with these entities is that it A. turns everything into enemies and B. it threatens to overrun the entire world.
Though the Goo has one big difference with all those other examples; Usually the infected creatures are the primary vector for the Virus, and the blighted landscape is just a side-effect. For the Goo, the infected landscape is the primary vector, and the infected creatures are just a side-effect.
But in the entire history of Ryzom, everytime the Goo has been relevant it's been only as a tool in the hands of dangerous homins, as if it was just a potent toxin or deliberately ignited wildfire. This actually makes it a lot *less* scary imo.
I feel the Goo has the potential to be much more. In the Ryzom story it basically fulfils the role of what tvtropes calls "the Virus", also known as the Undead/Zombies/Zerg/Borg/etc. The drama with these entities is that it A. turns everything into enemies and B. it threatens to overrun the entire world.
Though the Goo has one big difference with all those other examples; Usually the infected creatures are the primary vector for the Virus, and the blighted landscape is just a side-effect. For the Goo, the infected landscape is the primary vector, and the infected creatures are just a side-effect.