Sorry to say but you seem to have the worst choices for wood ants and leafcutter ants.“Since releasing our first demo in Spring 2016 we have received mountains of feedback from the community, which has been constantly shaping the game’s core mechanics and features. Like this guy said you can play but if you want something like what i have for my Gene Thief, and that is Gene Thief worker, Black Ant soldier, Wood Ant rapid fire, and Leafcutter Ant Stun. It's a way to keep your ants and freeplay progressing farther and farther. after you unlock an ant, and pick it's type, (for instance wood ants can be rapid fire, or mortar) You can then keep adding jelly to them to make them increasingly stronger, and stronger. The formicarium missions are where you learn to get good in hairy situations, then you take the points you earn from there, and build your own personal ants, fit to your exact specifications. Also, you can KEEP adding points in them to make them more and more powerful, Then take them into freeplay. But if you want super powerful ants tailored to your own specifications, You play the missions and put points in their special abilities. Originally posted by Talavar: Nah, you can play freeplay without it, with regular colonies.
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Nah, you can play freeplay without it, with regular colonies. Let's be honest, they intentionally designed this game so you can't do anything unless you do the main campaign.
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I highly recomend you give the formicarium a go if you wish.
EMPIRES OF THE UNDERGROWTH FREEPLAY FREE
I don't think you can truly enjoy this game just in free play mode like that. The formicarium campaign is the main game mode though.