Webber Spider Den Idea :)

[viblym]

It would be pretty cool if Webber- be it a skill tree perk or not- could utilize friendly spider dens as an actual "storage space" for spiders. In my mind instead of having to make a lure with pigskin and fences, any spider can enter the Friendly Spider den. These spiders are added to the storage UI of the den, which would display the amount of "slots" the den has, each stage of den growth has a different amount of storage slots (Amount per stage is TBA because idrc, it could also be the same as how many spiders a den can regularly fit, meaning 3/6/9 for small, medium, and large respectively). On its own, the slots will fill up with spiders the same way a spider den would regularly fill itself, meaning as spiders spawn they will fill these slots, allowing you to access an array of spiders and spider warriors during the day (or when dismissed). When the spiders inside the den are active during dusk or night, they simply appear greyed out on the UI (So you can still keep track of what spiders the den is linked to).

When you get additional spider types like Depth Dwellers, Spitters, Shattered spiders, etc. You can place these spiders within an empty spider den slot to link these types of spiders to the den, meaning that you wont have to bundle or build some strange structure to hold onto your special spider variants, while also reducing lag caused by spider hoarding. You can also feed spiders within the inventory switcherdoodles to change them while still being stored.  Whether or not the nest will regenerate special spider variants would likely be restricted to an upgrade.  There is also potential in allowing the player to store switcherdoodles inside the den, and each time the den regenerates a spider, the correlating switcherdoodle will be consumed and the spider will be spawned as that variant.

Additional functionality of the nest would be spider HP regeneration. Spiders inside the den restore HP and Freshness (like the Tin Fishin' Bin); And will regenerate these values faster if a nurse spider is in the den at the same time (Would probably need diminishing values or a flat healing rate), the nurse spider could also boost the rate at which Webber regenerates HP while sleeping using a Tier 3 spider den.

If anyone would like to add to the idea please feel free to