Absorbing other creations

[Amira The Hot Potato]

Tried to look if someone already asked this. Didn't see anything. I'm replaying the geneforge series after these years and I'm wondering.. when you get those special encounters/leadership options to absorb another creation, meaning NOT belonging to you, does the essence actually go to YOU?

[wackypanda]

I think in lore it would, but I don't think you gain essence in-game.

[TriRodent]

Like a situation where you run into 'X' & he/she says, "I'm having problems with 'that' creation almost going rogue.  Could you go calm it down/reabsorb it please..."

 

In that case, I'm 95%+ certain (it's been quite a while...) that you do 'not' gain essence from absorbing them.  Which kind of makes sense in an overall picture kind of way (rather than, in game, you 'need' this essence) as most of those encounters iirc tended to come in a friendly city/area where your hit points & essence were just topped off to begin with.

[Amira The Hot Potato]

Yeah its been awhile for me too and even though I need to replay gf4 and finish endings gf2, I think this absorb thing only happens in Gf3? I did the artila encounter and then for the creator on the first island I had the option to "absorb it(?)" or tell it to end it's life or something

[alhoon]

In that GF3 encounter, if memory serves, you break down the Artilla to essence, that I assume dissipates. 

[TriRodent]

19 hours ago, Lady Antji said:

I think this absorb thing only happens in Gf3?

 

I remember (again, it's been a loong time...) a couple of spots near the start of GF4 where you have those choices.  In the southern fortress (?) up in the training area there's a leadership check that might let you absorb the creations rather than just killing them.  Also downstairs there's a request to go calm or absorb a 'going rogue' creation or two.  Same with the starting areas of GF5 (although thinking while typing, they both (4&5) may just be a calm or kill type of situation rather than calm or absorb (as there are plenty of refreshing pools in the area so you really don't 'need' those essence points)

 

[Amira The Hot Potato]

On 4/6/2020 at 11:23 AM, TriRodent said:

 

I remember (again, it's been a loong time...) a couple of spots near the start of GF4 where you have those choices.  In the southern fortress (?) up in the training area there's a leadership check that might let you absorb the creations rather than just killing them.  Also downstairs there's a request to go calm or absorb a 'going rogue' creation or two.  Same with the starting areas of GF5 (although thinking while typing, they both (4&5) may just be a calm or kill type of situation rather than calm or absorb (as there are plenty of refreshing pools in the area so you really don't 'need' those essence points)

 

Yes, in G4 in Southforge citadel, you can calm torchlight the fyora or kill him(i cheated a bit this time and got maxed leadership,still no actual absorb option). Same with the fyora in the beginning of G5. Still replaying G4 but I think its calm or outright kill them xD

[Amira The Hot Potato]

thanks for the answers!