"Repulsed" Alien Nests won't stay Dead

[PyreStarite]

I checked for similar topics and searched nests, but whenever I destroyed an Alien nest and cleared the miasma via Miasmic Repulser, the Miasma for some reason came back and created a new nest on the xenomass. Is it supposed to do this? Why can't it just stay dead.

 

[Xenotitan]

I have also noticed that nests can sometimes spawn where there isn't miasma, and they will create it at the same time. We have no reason to think this is a bug instead of intended behavior though.

 

[Haggbart]

AFAIK if there is miasma in one or more of the adjacent tiles, it will spread. And if it spreads to a xenomass tile, and an alien nest is spawned on that tile the same turn, it will look like an alien nest spawned on a tile with no miasma. I think this is intended, and just down to chance.

 

[Xenotitan]

I'm pretty sure miasma doesn't spread.

 

[PyreStarite]

I was about to say, yeah miasma doesn't spread

 

[Ryoga]

It doesn't. Miasma reforms wherever there used to be an alien nest even if the area was completely purged of Miasma. This has been so since the game was released.

The only two ways to prevent nest respawn are:
1) Make it become part of some faction's borders
2) permanently station a unit on the tile.

 

[greggbert]

It doesn't. Miasma reforms wherever there used to be an alien nest even if the area was completely purged of Miasma. This has been so since the game was released.

The only two ways to prevent nest respawn are:
1) Make it become part of some faction's borders
2) permanently station a unit on the tile.

What about mining the xenomass? that seemed to work for me.

 

[Xenotitan]

You mean putting a xenomass well on it? That can't be built outside of borders so point 1 would already be fulfilled.

 

[legalizefreedom]

I found a related issue where the nests spawn with a unit on the tile. I think in all cases I've seen this it has been a worker. Possibly only when the aliens are friendly.

The worker clears the nest to improve it, but before he can start work next turn a nest spawns with the unit still on the tile.

 

[legalizefreedom]

I just had a nest spawn under a worker that was building a magrail. The specific improvement might not matter, but I haven't seen it happen while building a xeno well.

I can confirm this happens when aliens are hostile also.