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Post your empires http://empiredesigner.xyz/
Who Lohengramm empire here?
Good game? Sell me on it, /v/
>>336748070
It's not out yet, bub
It starts as a space 4x and turns into a more standard paradox gs game
You can genocide aliens
>>336746113
Is the empire designer up to date? Someone said it wasn't in a previous thread, and many of the constraints seem kind of arbitrary and annoying.
Seriously though, this is looking to be an awesome year for spess geams. Battlefleet Gothic: Armada has been a home run. Stellaris is looking to be rock solidhopefully, obviously,and The Mandate is scheduled for late this year, isn't it?
>>336748597
Dunno if the empire designer is up to date
I hope not, I want total freedom regarding the ethos of my empire
I don't want to have to pick 3 mediocre focuses or one fanatic focus and one mediocre focus
Let me be an extreme xenophobe, extreme militarist, but make it so that that approach has weaknesses
>>336748306
Yeah but is it gonna be good? I already feel like I got burned on Anno 2205
>>336749096
Just do what everyone should do
Wait for it to come out and gauge reactions based on what you see on /v/
>>336749193
But /v/ tends to be irrational and overreact to things once a game actually starts getting a lot of discussion... The only chance I have of getting a decent answer is right now when hardly anyone gives a shit.
>>336749313
Lucky for you Stellaris isn't going to be a huge game like meme souls
You'll probably see a few threads about it the first few days after release
If it's bad, you'll see a lot more and they'll be angrier
>>336749419
But I want to preorder it...
>>336749470
>preordering anything
Don't you dare, nigger
>>336749525
But it's Paradox. Surely they wouldn't betray us...
I want to begin the purge right now.
Humanity above all!
>>336749585
Now you're talking crazy
Paradox isn't BAD but they're certainly not always good
They've made some really questionable decisions with EUIV and CK2 recently
Plus, they're known for bad launches
if its shit ima just buy distant worlds
bite that 60 dollareedoo bullet
>>336749719
Better yet, play Aurora for free and get more customization
Post space Otto build please.
>>336749719
>$60
What?
>>336749193
The issue is I don't expect there to be jack shit for threads, so gauging interest will be hard.
I preordered it, fuck the police!
>>336750628
There's been a decent amount of daily threads lately. It releases soon enough that people probably won't lose interest that quickly.
I want to replicate the Abh Empire from Banners of the Stars series.
Basically, space elves.
>>336750790
Hope so. Always looking for a good strategy game, especially of the sci-fi variety, and hoping this might be it.
>>336746113
r8
![[Desire to know more intensifies].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/3FtwbVX.jpg "[Desire to know more intensifies].jpg")
>>336749772
>Aurora
explain
If I want to expand aggressively across unclaimed land and build a massive military just for the sake of protection (not attacking others without first being attacked myself) what non-fiction/fictional empire am I roleplaying as?
ha ha! time for xeno sex!
>>336749096
Pretty much every big GSG streamer has a lets play of it now that the blackout is over.
Watch a couple episodes and judge.
>>336746113
i gotchu senpai
I want my divine Jihad to spread throughout the entire galaxy
>>336751213
Fuck if I know. Sounds like the Turians from Mass Effect.
>>336751489
>slow learners
>rapid breeders
Science will rule.
>>336751160
Spreadsheet simulator IN SPACE
Allows for incredible level of customization and freedom
Also looks like ass and is annoying to install
Slightly more difficult to learn than Dwarf Fortress but slightly less complex than Dwarf Fortress
Time to devour the universe
Are there pops?
>>336752529
There are pops, friendo
Alien pops
Your own pops
Machine race pops
Subspecies pops
Dem fucking pops
>>336751489
I already posted this before
>>336752594
Is this space vicky?
>>336752247
Why play this vs something like Distant Worlds?
>>336753774
Free
More possibilities
More freedom
More autism value
>>336748306
>You can genocide aliens
I have zero doubt that this will by far have the weakest mechacanics and benefits. Fucking Swedes.
Will I be able to read the menus and shit in this game if I only know around 300~ kanji?
Can you just marriage your way into victory like CK2 in this?
>>336754001
.. the game is in english, what are you talking about?
>>336754131
>marrying aliens
I don't think this is that kind of game
>>336754001
Nah man you need at least 3000+ kanji to play this.
>>336754192
Oh they're making an English version? That's awesome, thought it was Japanese only. When is the English translation coming out?
>>336754302
The...
The game is made by Swedes
Why would it be in Japanese?
Am I being baited?
>>336754382
Oh shit, I was confusing this game for something else. Nevermind
>>336754302
Wh..
Is there like a court and nobles you gotta keep happy like in CK2?
>>336754551
There are pops with diverging opinions.
>>336748597
The Mandate is actually going to be finished?
Let's settle this once and for all.
http://www.strawpoll.me/10147976
>>336754805
What's The Mandate?
>>336755049
Kickstarter capital ship captain sim.
>>336755217
Is it actually a sim or is it just like Fractured Space, as in a capital ship MOBA?
Is it necessary that I read the novel before playing the game?
Watching a stream right now, game looks bitchin'. Looking very forward to Monday.
How's the multiplayer? Are there a decent number of people to play with?
I'm having a hard time deciding the traits for a Space Papacy: communal, conformist, and quick breeders all seem like fitting traits but I can't decide between them since if I take conformist I can only take one other and I'll need a negative trait to balance that out
Maybe Conformist, Communal + slow learners
>>336755315
It's more like a mix of Nexus: Jupiter Incident and Space Rangers. There's a good chance it will be shit.
Is there an arbitrary "end date" like there was in all the other Paradox GS games? (Which kind of made sense because those games were set in specific historical periods but the same can't really be said here)
Who else here is going full god-emperor for their first run?
>>336755828
>playing to the end date in any paradox game
>>336756340
>not finishing games
lel
tfw I didn't watch the dev playthrough as it happened
now there's more hours of video left than hours until launch
>>336746113
>>336751489
Needs Repugnant
I only heard about this game today. I'm interested in how much freedom it's purporting to have. One faggots video I watched said his research ship accidentally went into another empire's border and ended up having to take the long way home around the galaxy like Star Trek and discovered all sorts of ancient histories and other races on the way. That sort of stuff happening spontaneously is what I look for it these sort of games but I'm always wary it's all bullshit or hype.
>>336755828
there will be end goals if i remember right? but no specific date.
>>336756074
Nah fuck that, I'm going full Reinhard von Lohengramm
>>336756581
Yeah I'm watching a streamguy and the end goals came up, but wondered about if there was a time limit. For some reason knowing there is a time limit always bothers me unreasonably.
>Using slaves is seen as a weakness
???
>>336755049
Tsar Wars.
>>336755315
Mass Effect, except instead of being a spec ops trooper you're a starship commodore.
>>336756074
Tempted to try and do The Culture but that'll require a fair bit of understanding of gov mechanics
>>336756643
Usually slavery is obsoleted after a certain level of economic growth. There's a reason you usually saw slavery used more in agrarian societies than in industrialized ones, it just didn't justify itself after a certain point.
>>336756643
IIRC it's a massive diplomacy and happiness hit
>>336756970
Not happiness if you have the right ethics
>>336756870
Yeah, slavery is incredibly inefficient after industrialisation
You need trusted skilled workers to oversee production lines not manual labour
>>336756970
Depends on the ethos of the faction you're dealing with and your empire's ethos respectively.
So, are you looking at 24/7 war if you go full slavery?
>>336751105
What defines slow breeder in this context?
Is it a race that takes years to reproduce and reach maturity? Is it a race who's young are able to reproduce when their parents have died created a balance?
Like how slow is slow on a galactic scale?
I tried
this is like dominions
I'm gonna spend ages making a start and will then soon realise it's nothing like what I wanted
>>336757425
Fuck that, not only am I going to go full slavery, I'm going to go full genocide
There is no place in the Empire for aliens
>>336757425
Not really. There are plenty of primitives you can enslave without pissing off the spacefaring races. Some of them will have a problem with the simple fact that you keep slaves but many will also themselves be slaveholders.
>>336746113
>random name generator includes LoGH stuff
Whoever the rogue weeb working at paradox is, the guy is a hero
>>336757528
Bretty good except for the solitary trait, slow learners might be better to show the Empire's stagnation and its ineffective and slow acting bureaucracy.
> Some traits may seem terrible but will be the key to unlocking some of the more dangerous and esoteric technologies in the game
That's cool
>>336757840
All sci fi should pay homage to LotGH, it was hugely influential but not a lot of people have seen it
>>336758105
How influential was it in the west?
>>336749193
>Wait for it to come out and gauge reactions based on what you see on /v/
hahaha, good one but I actually play and enjoy games.
>>336758156
It was actually an notable part of early fansubbing efforts, back in the olden days of physical media.
I wouldn't claim it's really all that influential outside of the anime niche, however.
>>336757840
Welp, gotta make a New Galactic Empire playthrough now
Are there premade factions or is it all stuff you make or is generated for AI factons?
>>336758581
There are premade ones but I think the AI doesn't use them
>>336758278
If you stay away from big games like Souls games or ones shrouded in consolewar shitposting, /v/ is actually a decent gauge for how good a game is
Can you fuck ayylmaos in this game?
>>336758581
a mix of those two.
There are premade factions you can select to put it in your game or make it so that all AI factions are randomly generated.
And any faction you create has a chance of appearing in any match you play too.
>>336758830
Not in the Steam version, but there's a 18+ patch you can download from the Paradox site to restore the graphic sexual content to the game
>>336758863
So you could make the galaxy just humans if you want?
>tfw FPA will win this time
>>336759147
seems like it, put a maximum of 2 players, create the FPA and the GE and you're good to go.
>>336756543
What was the old one?
>>336746113
Oh man, I can't wait to be a religious asshole.
who /Legend of the galactic heroes/ here?
That's the only reason I'm hyped right now. This is the only chance I have to finally play a game like that.
>>336759330
Distant Worlds Universe buddy/
Someone make a FPA and a Galactic Empire
>>336758863
You can force any premade or custom faction to appear in your game during gen options.
>>336759267
I'm torn between being a religious asshole, or being a crazy scientific directorate that splices the traits of unlucky xenos into the native population to create a uber race.
>>336746113
Does this play like EU IV & ck2 ? Does it have map painting ?
What is this game like?
MoO?
Distant Worlds?
EU4?
SoaSE?
>>336759698
moo + eu4
>>336759698
EU4 in space
>>336759698
MoO + EUIV with a sprinkle of CK2.
>>336759267
Woops, forgot my empire.
>>336746113
>Lohengramm empire
>Not Alliance
>>336759698
It seems like the early game is like a tradition 4x space game but once the period of colonization is over it's basically EUIV in space.
>>336759330
Ayy senpai
SEIG MEIN KAISER
>>336759698
None to be honest.
It's an unique take on the space genre.
4x at the start think GalCiv 2. But with random technologies that drop.
Grandstrategy mid-game. Somewhat like EU4.
HoI in the endgame. Since the game will generate an existential threat for your game based on your performance up until that point.
>>336759876
With the crazy food boost and reproduction boost you can get from the fanatic spiritualist specific edicts I'd try to fit fast breeder in too.
>>336759884
Lets be honest here, people want an autocrat.
>>336759442
I'm going to make Phezzan too cause only two factions would suck. The cult is fucking stupid, but I might use it anyway.
>>336759548
At beginning it will be more like any 4x game, you'll be constantly expanding and building up your empire, you'll find some alien civilizations nearby and not much to do with them except trade or declare war.
After that the "wild west" period will be over, territory up for grabs will dry up and it will be time to focus on diplomacy and keeping your empire afloat while at the same time making the groundwork for alliances and federations this is where the 4x ends and the grand strategy elements truly take over.
I hope we can use force to subdue dissidents.
Unsure if i should go full DUNE or something else.
going to ask /v/ since /a/ sucks balls.
Any other great anime like legend of the galactic heroes or is this truly the only good anime to come out of japan in 30 years time?
I'm hoping that there will Empire shattering civil wars like in Ck2, I always hated how insanely stable civilizations are in 4x games.
>>336760567
Lots of anime that came out around the same time and into the early to mid 90's were good. It's been shit since the year 2000 or so.
>>336760337
what show?
>>336760849
Possibly the one everyone has been discussing in the thread.
What traits would FPA have?
>>336760849
Legend of the Space-Prussians.
>>336761103
>other episodes lasers pierce them
>TFW you take a peek in /gsg/ briefly after hearing about how much worse it's gotten in another Stellaris thread
Holy hell. You guys weren't kidding.
>>336761208
Those aren't laser, they are slugs. They presented them like that in the 80,s
>>336746113
Can't decide which to play as first:
>Red Conglomerate of Rei-tan
Military Junta
Individualist, Xenophobe, Militarist
Talented, Quick Learners, Solitary
Their homeworld mainly consisted of warring states, as if the feudal system in Japan made up the whole world. Most regions were fractured messes constantly at cold war with each other, occasionally heating up. As such, everyone prepared to fight at any given time.
All that changed once orbital spaceflight was discovered and evidence of alien races came to light. While still very independent, the states put aside their differences and set their sights on the stars. The Red Conglomerate moves from system to system bringing other races under their banner as slaves until proven to be equals (IE not harboring dangerous ideals counter to the Conglomerate).
>Lansig Directorate of Altric
Science Directorate
Collectivist, Fanatic Materialist
Intelligent, Natural Engineers, Slow Breeders
A fragment of a larger empire that fell victim to annihilation by their own hand. The Lansig Directorate struggles to recreate the height of their former empire's technological wonders.
The Altric people believe in the ascension of their species from flesh and bone to highly advanced machines. Because of this, most of their efforts are turned inwards, finding isolation preferable to imperial expansion. They continue to push the boundaries of their knowledge, heedless of the consequences, only whispering in hushed tones that their former empire was on the same path before collapse.
>>336748891
I was told you can develop your ethos further in game, what you can pick at start is just a starting point.
>>336761208
The power armor was very inconsistent.
>>336759980
Sounds complicated.
>>336761385
It's the future, they're lasers.
>>336761479
That's good
>>336760567
I doubt you would get a response on /a/ because of rec threads. I would encourage you to check out other anime by the director of lotgh, Noburu Ishigo. He's done a whole lot of other great sci-fi anime like megazone 23, sdf macross, and space battleship yamato.
>>336761496
you got more webms?
Anyone have the LoGH watching guide?
>>336756783
>soviets
>intelligent
>>336756074
>god-emperor
Not me, since I'm not a fag.
Emperor hated religion.
>>336761636
No.
>>336761656
Just fucking watch the main show.
I actually found the anime by googling "anime like game of thrones" Wanting some political intrigue and tactics.
It fucking blows game of thrones out of the water. It's not even comparable.
I personally think it's the best piece of war/political intrigue piece of medium out there.
>>336761605
Wasn't there one anime about some guys running a salvage ship in space? I saw like the first 20 minutes of the pilot on youtube, but I can't remember for the life of me what the name was. Not a big fan of anime, but it looked interesting, sort of like Firefly or the Expanse.
>>336761936
>anime like game of thrones"
>>336761864
oof... shouldnt have asked
>>336761864
Now that's brutal
>>336761936
Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
>>336761782
>>336761936
>I actually found the anime by googling "anime like game of thrones"
>>336761983
Yup. You are most likely thinking of an anime called Planetes. Moot was a big fan.
There is also a OVA called Magnetic Rose that involves the crew of a salvage ship that is also very good.
>>336762159
I finds it sad that Bromance of the 3 Kingdoms have 10 times more epic battles than GoT. GoT budget is much higher than RoTK too.
Are they making this more accessible than other Paradox games?
I mean I hate to sound like a filthy casual but I am when it comes to 4X. Civilization games are fun as hell but when I tried to play Europa or Crusader Kings I'm just bombared with so many damn numbers and stats that I just don't know what to do.
>only 3 different end game threats
>>336762427
I'm pretty sure 1 episode of GoT cost more then all 80 or so episodes of RoTK.
>>336762264
NKVDed.com
>>336762506
how do you know?
pls
share
>>336762506
There's definitely more than 3
>>336762372
Don't trust that boat, it looks nice but it came at me with a knife.
>>336746113
>Lohengramm empire
That wouldn't be a reference to Reinhard von Lohengramm would it?
>>336762587
>>336762596
>achievements only list 3
>>336762506
There are variants of the 3 end game threats.
Just 3 types that can occur. They are not the same every time. And change based on what type of civilization you have and what your performance was up until that point in the game.
I'm pretty sure there is also a 4th "joke/secret" threat that can occur with very specific parameters are checked.
>>336757840
They literally put an achievement in EU4 called the Fezzan Corridor (Fezzan being a nation in EU4)
Do the math.
>tfw no gunota in paradox
>no option to consider your home planet sacred and live in orbital habitats at the start
>no sneaky zeon emblem like they have for the star trek terran empire
>at least I hope I'll be able to newtype with the zro stuff.
>Stellaris
Stellar is what?
>>336762506
Had to save something for the DLC bro :)
>>336762506
What is the third?
Warp cthulu shit.
Robot uprising
??????
>>336762092
In infinite space, a scientist weaponized the microwave and used it on an entire armada as a test.
The report was that the ships were mostly fine, but everyone inside were plastered all over the walls.
>>336762506
still better than your regular 4X game
>>336762372
Planetes is GOAT
>>336762264
>>336762658
What else would it be a reference to?
>>336748306
Can you take in Alien Concubines?
>>336763032
Infinite Space was so good. Its a crime it will never get a sequel.
Torrent where?
>>336763594
When it comes out, numbnuts
>>336763392
The bigger crime is the god awful Overlords degrading the quality of the game.
I saw this as the top selling game on steam? what is this?
Hyped as hell, but I'm not that used to Grand Strategy or 4X. Only played the civ series (mostly 2 and 3) when it comes for 4X, no grand strategy. Anyone have game recommendations to tide me over while I wait for stellaris?
>>336762664
The current achievement list seems pretty skimpy to me. It doesn't seem like a finalized list
>>336764072
Master of Orion 2
>>336764072
Thats kind of my issue. I play tons of 4x but Grand Stategy has always been a bit much for me. I could never bring myself to put enough time in to figure things out.
>>336764072
Sword of the Stars 1
>>336757096
the reverse is true after robots
>>336764072
Sins of a Solar Empire if you want an easier time
>>336763032
>Microwave cannon
In atabletopgame I played, we mounted an actual radcannon on top of a tank and shot at other armored units with it. Not all that much damage to the enemy armor itself, but the crew always looked like the guy from Tales from the Crypt afterwards, at least in parts that the beam passed through.
>>336753706
Yes.. Space EU4 / HOI / Vicky / 4X the game
>>336764542
Not too into RTS so I don't think it'll be up my alley. I want to manage an empire from afar and make political decisions, not micro ships.
>>336761782
>first artificial satellite
>first man in space
>first woman in space
>first spacewalk
>Americlaps still using russian rocket to get to space station
Stay mad
>>336764772
Play CK2 or EUIV
>pops confirmed
HOLY SHIT I THOUGHT THIS GAME WAS GOING TO BE LIKE EU4/HOI4 BUT IF IT'S FUCKING VICKY IN SPACE, DAY 1 BUY. NOW WE JUST NEED VICKY 3 NOT CASUALIZED TO SHIT AND I CAN DIE HAPPY.
>>336764825
>Russians that were the first to walk on another celestial body
>0
Stay mad
>>336757528
GREEN IZ BEST
>>336764936
I don't get this pop thing.
Is it just a meme?
>>336764948
Well I'm a right grot, didn't post the revised one
>>336746113
can Iwipe out whole planets?
>>336765082
You can purge them off all life and then terraform them to better suit your species, I don't know if there are any planet breakers though.
>>336762664
Plus that's probably the kind of thing they'll patch more in. I think SotS only had like, two grand menaces on launch.
>>336765020
No memes friend. Pops are awesome. Seeing your country grow, it's individual demographics, promoting immigration in an area and seeing your civilized people gradually take it over, seeing a whole generation wiped out by a costly war etc
Pops are awesome.
>>336763006
space mongols from outside your galaxy
>>336765154
I think they've said there aren't any planet destroying ships/weapons yet.
>>336763135
ppsh is loev, ppsh is life
>>336746113
looks pretty good Tbh. Looks like all the paradox games combined but in space.
>>336765368
Probably saving for DLC
No Xenos Allowed
opinions on this 4X?
>>336766056
SotS 1 is great. SotS 2 is shit.
>>336766056
11/10unless you're micromanaging mining fleets for the zuul. Then it's 5/10.
>>336765261
So its pure flavor?
>>336766325
No they actually have effects
>>336766056
Its good, but you need to understand you need HUGE FUCKING fleets. Like hundreds, if not thousands of ships. If you are used to MoO where having 20-30 ships is the norm, you will get slaughtered.
Also, as an aside, its frustrating as fuck when the RNG decides you aren't allowed to have one of the stronger techs, like PD phasers.
>>336766325
Pops are the greatest mechanic strategy games have ever seen. Go play Victoria II.
>>336761312
being one of the oldest generals on /vg/, /gsg/ tends to get a lot of drama and shitposters. They usually give up after an hour.
>>336761864
Holy shit.
They didn't pull any fucking punches did they?
>>336766954
>>336761312
>that bad feel when /gsg/ will never be good again
At least they have decent mods and the archive is nice.
>tfw dont know if I want to make an empire for the giant spacefort and make Iserlohn or go military dicatorship and make the brunhilde
I guess the Lohengramm dynasty makes more sense as the empire. Can you change the colors of ships and make them white like the brunhilde?
>>336766420
That's when you bottle up an enemy empire and start salvage-mining them.
>>336766420
That's because you should play Morrigi.
>>336767329
Amen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYgti3MKCDg
>>336766056
stick with 1, 2 has some really wonky and crappy mechanics, and the AI especially likes to disregard simple things like needing supply. I've had human fleets fly from deep space at my homeworld across the universe on a big map by turn 40.
>>336746113
http://stellarisspeciesgen.com/
here is a slightly newer empire designer
>>336767329
Whats special about them?
>>336766420
>Its good, but you need to understand you need HUGE FUCKING fleets. Like hundreds, if not thousands of ships.
Wait wut. I don't think I've ever seen SotS battles get that big.
>>336768684
Its not that fights will have that man ships at once. Its that the enemy AI will throw 200 ships at your planets and if you have just a well designed fleet of like 20 ships they will wear you down and crush you through sheer numbers.
>>336767929
Doesn't seem to work for me.
What can I play right now to relieve this empire building craving?
>>336769373
distant worlds
>>336767929
Wormholes as my FTL and Missiles as my weapons. Delicious.
>>336750290
1AUD has like the purchasing power of 0.5 USD (makes their 20dollaridoo min wage a lot less impressive)
>>336759442
>>336769736
Wait, our minimum wage is 20 dollarydoos? Fuck, I thought I was doing well.
>>336761656
I got you senpai
>>336770497
Damn. Now I want to know why it isn't licensed.
>>336770697
FUCK! Meant to do Xenophobe, not Xenophile.
>>336770697
Too late, the inquisitor is heading your way
>>336758278
Look faggot. none of are sayings its shit but the second you start pushing that preorder shit this turns into a shill thread.
>>336746113
>Spesh
>4X
>Actual combat
>diverse empires
>3x research trees
>Modding support
>diplomatic victories
Whatever comes after hyped, that is what im experiencing
>>336771230
its more GS than 4x Tbh
>>336770690
It nearly was, there were plans to put it on Adult Swim back in like 2004.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH_UalbaFmQ
Apparently the problem was licensing all the music.
Can you design your own ships?
>>336758925
source on this? Google picked up nothing
>>336771408
Can you really design design your ships, like Galactic Civ 2 and 3? Or is it like Endless Space shit where you stick components onto a board?
