SNPtheCat said:
The question you should ask yourself is why they would need individuality or what causes them to require individuality.

Because they have consciousness. My idea was that communication limits make us misinterpret each other(what I mean isnt always what you understand) A hive mind, with neural empathy, could reduce that barreir; the hive processes emotions and social neds across scales, while the local individual remains autonomous in survival. Individuality matters because without it, the hive risks collapse if one mind can harm or "traumatize" the whole. Thanks the reply.

Sus_456 said:
Because they have consciousness. My idea was that communication limits make us misinterpret each other(what I mean isnt always what you understand) A hive mind, with neural empathy, could reduce that barreir; the hive processes emotions and social neds across scales, while the local individual remains autonomous in survival. Individuality matters because without it, the hive risks collapse if one mind can harm or "traumatize" the whole. Thanks the reply.

So the main basis for them having individuality is necessity. So what could make local individuals distinct could be physical restrictions (strength or lack thereof, disability, etc), the environment they're in, or the people they would be interacting with. You also can consider what is being shared with the hive mind from the individual and work around that. Is it sensations being shared? emotions? experiences? And how intensely compared to the original? Is it refined first before being shared?