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ALL POSTSRevised Grineer Units.. Thoughts and Ideas
<p>So I was playing a mission against the Grineer one night and I got to thinking to myself that the lighter units, specifically the Butcher, Flameblade, Powerfist, and Shield Lancer archetypes, were, in my eyes, rather generic, as they all look practially identical besides the occasional shield lancer wearing the signiature Grineer mask. So I began to think what if these units were looked over in terms of their designs, and made to look unique to the archetpes they were.
</p><p>For example, giving the Flameblade an actual new Grineer "Flameblade" weapon, or making the prova they currently use look as though it were converted by the Grineer, with snipits of Grineer tech attached to it, beisdes the only thing changed being the element and the energy color along with "pyro" type outfit looks to them.
</p><p>Or maybe giving the Butcher a darker, perhaps bloodier, look in terms of their armor, instead of just a cleaver in hand with basic armor.
</p><p>Perhaps even making the Shield lancers dressed in a more "riot control" fashion, and maybe giving different looking shields they can use to knock a Tenno on their bum.
</p><p>There can also be the possibility of having some more diversity to the standard Lancers as well, i.e. different utility bags they wear, or no helmet, or slightly altered armor, etc.
</p><p>This in my eyes would make the Grineer units have a little bit more personality to them, and make them feel more refreshed when put up against that of the newer units put into the game such as the Drahk Master. Please, post your thoughts. ^^ - RedVulture
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<p>I actually have no problem with this for Grineer since theyre clones. I feel the blandness just reflects the fact that they are incapable of thinking any differently. In fact they are degrading according to the lore on the Wiki so I would expect an even more standardized and fairly blander regression as the game evolves.
</p><p>I do wish they would touch up on the Corpus and Infested though. For a techy faction the Corpus don't inspire that high tech feel much when looking at the humanoid units in particular. Infested take from all factions but frankly they need more expansion in what they do with the hosts they take over.
</p><p>But that is just me.
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i gotta agree with Herina the corpus have a sort of old look to their tech it doesnt have that super high tech feel to the weapons lately and the grineer are rather bland but they cant really think differently
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<p>I think the Grineer should look 'scarier,' if you will. Most Grineer characters (important ones anyway) rant on about Grineer might and strength, and then we end up with things like the Butcher, just a lightly armored dude running dumbly at me with a sharp piece of metal. I also agree that the Grineer are supposed to have a certain level of... a lack of intelligence about them. Also, I do think that they should be very similar to one another because they are mass produced clones. However, I feel that the Butchers, Flameblades, and Powerfists especially go against the Grineer's imposing presence. Perhaps these melee units could each have a different mask of some sort, to give more protection to their squishy, cloned noggins? You already suggested a revamp of the flameblade's weapon, but I would take it one step further. Firey armor I think would do the trick to make 'em scary.
</p><p>On the note of Infested, which Herina brought up, I think the infested need to have more Grineer-based units. I know that Alad V sacrificed a lot of Corpus to make his 'Mutalist Empire,' however, there currently is only 1 Grineer based model in the game. The charger model, which is shared with Phorid. Since the Grineer are clones and there are a whole ton of them, I think it would make more sense if the Infested had more Grineer hosts in their ranks.
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(Edited by BradTheImpaler)