Stellaris

[Ailedhoo]

I have become a god...

Spoiler The Synthetic Age :

Spoiler Raja :

...a mechanical god!

 

[Arakhor]

They really need to give you robo-phenotypes at the very least. Those droid bodies are fine for your mechanical servants, but I can't imagine that an entire ultratech species want to upload into those.

 

[Katakanja]

They really need to give you robo-phenotypes at the very least. Those droid bodies are fine for your mechanical servants, but I can't imagine that an entire ultratech species want to upload into those.

I believe more diverse synthetics are something Paradox has said they intend to add at some point in the future. The next patch is going to add some new room backgrounds apparently, so perhaps once their art department has got that out of the way they will give us more glorious robots in the patch after.

 

[tesb]

i hope 1.6 will fix the pacing issues of the game. utopia messed the game up. you basically won before you get all the cool stuff

 

[Arakhor]

That's hardly the fault of Utopia: competent players have been able to essentially win the game within 200 years for a long time.

 

[tesb]

yes and no. i mean the utopia content (i.e. mega-structures) come at the end of the research tree, they take ages to build and you can build/upgrade them one at a time.

 

[Arakhor]

The Unity and Ascension system is an interesting thing to have going on in the background, but I will confess that I have not yet managed to reach mega-structures, due to one thing and another.

 

[Katakanja]

Its a fun system, but the problem with Unity is that it's way to easy for an empire that focuses on it to fill out all the trees within 200/250 years which kinda defeats the purpose. It's most noticeable with spiritualist empires - they get an extra temple building that is basically a second monument, so if you build both of those plus the paradise dome building you unlock in the Harmony tree on every planet you colonise you can be rolling in Unity in no time at all. Hopefully they'll add some alternative way of spending Unity sooner rather than later - perhaps they could let you activate edicts with it instead of using influence after researching a certain tech?

 

[Ailedhoo]

I will admit the lateness the galactic wonders come does hinder their use; by the time I have chance to build Dyson Sphere I am making enough energy to not require one, while the time I can build the Science Nexus I will have research all non-continued technologies, thus leading only use for moments I get chance to invest into increasing my core sector limit.

The sensor array though is always useful for logistical reasons and the Ring-World is a cool thing in itself.

 

[tesb]

the sensor array is good in your first few games afterwards i find it harmful to my enjoyment of the game as it takes all wonder/unknowns out of the equation/game. it also makes warfare a joke as you can launch devastating first strikes.

ring worlds are perfect in the late game as large scale shipyards. i usually have 2-3 ringworlds, i.e. 8-12 shipyards to pump out fleets.

 

[civvver]

how is base game without expansions? Cus humble monthly pre release is stellaris but I'm assuming base game only.

 

[Katakanja]

how is base game without expansions? Cus humble monthly pre release is stellaris but I'm assuming base game only.

It should be pretty enjoyable, the last patch that came out at the same time as the Utopia expansion actually added a lot of features to the base game - the only things you'd be missing out on would be the megastructures (ringworlds, dyson spheres, etc) and the ascension perks which let you turn your species into jedi/cyborgs/genetically-modified perfect beings, so basically stuff that only comes into play towards the end of the game.

 

[Arakhor]

You'd also miss out on the leviathans (huge, singular entities), but they're more mid-game than anything else. Besides, as it's a Paradox game, you'd get all the patch content for free as well.

If you don't already own Stellaris, there's absolutely no reason not to get it now.

 

[Kyriakos]

How about its name? Stellaris? :/

That, and lack of time.

 

[Arakhor]

Lack of time rarely stops me buying me games.

 

[Ozbenno]

Lack of time rarely stops me buying me games.

True

I haven't played Stellaris since January (due to lack of time). The new features do look intriguing though. Might just have to find some somewhere

 

[gorilla warfare]

The funny thing is that you can play with so many scifi races by using a mod.
Currently i try to spread my xenomorph empire over the galaxy

Spoiler :

 

[Ailedhoo]

We are the robots!

New DLC coming: known as Synthetic Daw.

PC Gamer article on the matter.

 

[Arakhor]

That looks very interesting!

 

[Katakanja]

Cool, soon I will be able to conquer the universe in the name of the One True Cylon God