The labyrinthine Lira Vaal could feel more alive as a Roko's basilisk

Hi, I'll preface by saying I have not played 0.4, but just watched others play. That being said the Lira Vaal feels really passive by just letting us do whatever we want to it with little resistance. It's lacking its own purpose. It feels like it is there just to fulfill our own purposes.

I want GGG to make Lira Vaal feel like Roko's basilisk. If you have not heard what the basilisk is, it is a though experiment of a Supreme AI that will cause unending suffering to everyone who did not help in its creation, thus being able to alter the past and future. In the case of Lira Vaal, every Vaal who does not devote itself to the cause in the past, present and future via the Ancient Beacons will be eternally sacrificed to feed souls to the temporarily locked Lira Vaal.

Lira Vaal main goal is to protect Atziri and her desires, and the labyrinthine knows there's going to be outside interference trying to stop her. To achieve its goal it has few mechanics it can control in the layout. Firstly Lira Vaal should not be so empty when initially constructed, but it should have few, 3-5, clusters of paths and rooms preset in the layout. These are temporal locked until cleared once, as the temple is trying to create permanence to the multiple timelines. More temporal locked room clusters are created when the Architect or Atziri is defeated.

Lira Vaal is optimizing itself via constant flux to the layout. Every time player gets to put rooms and paths in there, the machine has removed 2, and added 2. It is a never ending task for the basilisk, but given it seemingly has infinite time and resources, it should be able to eventually to achieve the perfect impenetrable defenses.

You can probably see some things I'm going for with this. Namely the reason Atziri would be such a constant in the multiverse is because Vaal architects had such amazing technology at their disposal they were able to create Roko's basilisk that makes sure Atziri always ends up in it. The end result is always dooming Atziri and all Vaal to perpetually and eternally be destroyed, sacrificed and trapped in the Alluring Abyss. And thus would the Fate of the Vaal be disclosed for the past, present and future for a singular point in time.
Last edited by Celd#2630 on Dec 26, 2025, 10:25:21 AM
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