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>Stellaris
>No thread
Let's change thisWe eagerly await ork bros mod
>>337084682
>last stellaris thread was deleted despite nothing against the rules in it
what the fuck
>>337084859
too much video games apparently
>>337084859
the one shitposting about DLC is still up
says a lot doesn't it
>>337084859
Well, to be honest you can move to /vg/ instead infesting this non stop shilling here.
>>337085234
How about you fuck right off
My back hurts so bad, I've been playing all day
I have so much shit to do that I've neglected
Help me
>>337085234
>Well, to be honest you can move to /vg/ instead infesting this non stop shilling here.
how about you say that about the billion overwatch and uncharted threads?
anyone know if is 2 engineering and 2 physics research is worth a frontier outpost?
It's literally just prettier Distant Worlds
>>337085234
>you can go to another board to talk about video games, we need all the board space on /v/ for non stop shitposting instead
This is why this board sucks now.
>>337085642
Is this supposed to be a bad thing
What's the verdict?
>>337085234
Really, faggot?
Meanwhile, /v/ has been shat up by DS3 and Overwatch threads nonstop for weeks.
>>337084682
Is there a point to this game or is it just autism in space? Like would you do anything besides try and amass as many resources and planets as possible?
>>337085882
Typical Paradox game, but a smooth release and not bad.
The mod support is the golden ticket tho.
how do i mod out niggers
>Half the pops on one of my planets use gene modifications and call themselves 'Ultra'
>Even though all their traits are shit (weak, slow learners etc)
>Extremist groups from both the ultras and my normal species start bombing eachother
>A random pop dies every now and then
>Actually quite worried for the future of the planet
>>337085419
You're dead now. Video Games killed you.
>>337086038
>being unironically racist in the year of our lord 2016
Has anyone tried to have robots take over their empire yet?
Is 4chan shitting itself for anyone else right now?
>>337085234
>shilling
>ds3, overcuck and Uncharted 4 threads for miles
>>337086038
Go to the /vg/ thread. I believe they replaced the defaults with blonde, blue eyed white guys with German names
>>337086208
Not yet. I'm seriously considering purging some unhappy, recently-conquered xenos and replacing them with cold, unfeeling machines, though
>>337086206
>2016
>not being racist
I MEAN COME ON!!
>>337086038
here's a quick edit
no africans
no asians
no arabs
no dreads
no dikecuts
no non-white names
http://www117.zippyshare.com/v/QSXTjP5y/file.html
>xenophobic militaristic spiritual human empire
>conquer and enslave a medieval fungus people
>planning on purging them eventually but just have them take care of the planet until I got my people in there
>suddenly, election
>one of the fungus people is now my president
Wat
>>337086646
JUST LIKE REAL LIFE.
>>337086597
Jesus christ /gsg/ you have a problem
>>337085234
Do you only come to /v/ to make sure people don't talk about videogames?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDJn0SQehb4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXRpnt_H6FI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm8ExVJ-hIg&feature=player_detailpage#t=382
>>337085167
>>337085234
>>337086597
Literally killing this board.
>>337086801
Seconded
>>337086597
>no asians
Welp. I'll have to return them myself
Do developments on a colony push out your borders? There is this really juicy systen that's about a centimetre outside of my borders but I don't want to build an outpost if it will be incorporated anyway.
When space amazon mod?
>>337087120
They do
Im working on a russian/soviet name list, I'll post it once it's done.
>went peaceful xenophiles
>find a system with a Gaia planet and a 80% habitable planet, one massive with food the other massive with resources
>these faggots spawn right next to my new colony
>proceed to lay waste to everything in the system
Damn pirates stop ruining my utopia!
>>337084682
T
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TAU
T'AU
T A U
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FUCKING TAU?!
>>337086910
You can make them all asian if you like. I only took them out because they made no sense in my empire.
is species choice purely cosmetic? Or does it open up certain traits available or whatever?
>>337087452
>be peaceful xenophiles
>every alien race is a warmongering shit stain
>whyamiaxenophile.png
Well I played it for 9 hours today and already feel like I saw everything. Extraordinarily shallow for a paradox game. I'm banking my hopes that autists make some cool mods to get my moneys worth from this game.
>>337084682
Game is fun but it's too fucking busted. I've had many cases where bonuses and rewards just straight up don't apply/do nothing after spending resources to activate them. I've lost one of the unique benefits of my government (Military dictatorship, no longer can build an oversized flagship). And allies are apparently completely passive and will do nothing at all during war.
My birthday present is in ruins. Sweden is a horrible place full of horrible people.
>>337087720
The species choice can matter, like if you are both mammals
>>337087767
Factions wont declare war on you if you have an embassy unless you drop to -70
So if you use your embassy's for factions you know will be issues, you'll stop them attacking you.
So how's the content? I've never played a paradox game before. Is there good end game stuff? I've heard they make games that are a tad bare without mods or expansions.
>>337086715
Seriously, who doesn't like cute asians?
>>337088106
i like asians i just dont like multiculuralism
>cute
I really dislike weebs tho
>>337088314
>friggin multi culti :/
Grow up
>>337088507
only brainwashed highschoolers like the multicult
Is there a way to quickly find the uncivilized races on planets in your borders? Just noticed one and there's no indication in the Empire screen or on the map.
>>337088621
pretty sure surveying reveals if there's life on them or not
>>337086597
thank you, I don't know if I have a bug but 90% of my generals, gover., scientists are asian-female, black-female or white-female.
how is this game, is it like Civ?
i read a lot of scifi and I want to live out my space empire fantasies without having a ton of micromanagement.
what games is this game most similar to?
>>337088780
it's Crusader Kings in space
>>337088780
There is more to do than in Civ, but it suffers many of the same problems with predictable AI and warmongering.
who /wormhole/ masterrrace here
How do I grow borders fast this shit is slower than Civ
>make empire lead by Reinhard von Lohengramm
>his heir turns out to be a black chick with a chinese name
>>337088893
eric, absolutely eric
>>337088953
>Devs suggest warp drive as the best introduction FTL
>its crap in comparison to both wormholes and hyperdrives
Paradox pls
Going to have to restart, these warp drives suck shit.
>>337088893
>someone actually made this
>>337088953
I haven't tried it yet, how is it?
How do you build wormholes in different systems if you can't get to them?
>>337088731
I mean after that, I guess I missed the messages when I first scanned them. I don't really want to go through 100+ stars in my empire manually looking for them.
>>337085941
No. Only one option, go wide. conquer conquer conquer. Its an issue in all of their games.
>>337089075
>>337089221
Mad /gsg/ babbies detected
>>337089050
Either frontier stations or colony ships, place them down on important clusters of stars. Iv noticed that if you put up either and there is only a small-ish gap between your existing borders and the new ones they will very quickly expand to touch each other.
>>337088741
Its a swedish game mate.
>>337089342
says the guy getting triggered by racism on 4chan
>>337089148
>tfw i wanted to use wormholes but didn't because the game told to use FTL...
Next run i'm going to go wormholes and post-singularity race and declare jihad on all the organics.
>>337089328
>Its an issue in all 4x, grand strat and strategy games
ftfy
>>337086696
Its realer than real life.
>giving a shit what color your leaders are
How the fuck do you even notice, I spend all my time going max speed to grow as fast as possible
>>337089474
At least there are different methods, and each really does have its benefits/negatives
Ill have to do a run where people can only use wormholes and another where they can only use hyperdrives and see if it mixes things up.
>xenophobe
>surrounded by "peaceful" xeno scum
>they all start going to war with eachother
>my hatefull ass is just watching these "peaceful" dipshits ruin eachother till I can go in and kill them all
Playing them like a damn fidle
when/how unlock machine races? I want a goddam hivemind
>start massive galaxy (800)
>with 20 enemies total
>begin boxed between five enemies with no room to expand
>they colonize lightning fast while I have to wait for the appropriate research
>8 out of 10 solar systems have independent enemies so I can't survey them
>the influence can't be gained faster than 1 at any time so I can't build any frontier bases
>every time my colony ship reaches a suitable system the AI colonizes the planet right in front of me
>other aliens push back my borders no problem despite not using frontier bases
>none of them ever wants to agree to any kind of trade or alliance or anything despite having +200 positive rep with me
>corvettes suck nuts and the fleet upkeep strangles your finances when you get destroyers
>don't bother the AI though they make massive fleets within only a few rounds when a war
>eventually you just sit waiting for something to pop up so you have something to do
Paradox has done it again.
>>337089485
You can go tall in civ.
>>337089706
git gud
>>337089706
>the influence can't be gained faster than 1 at any time so I can't build any frontier bases
??
I'm still early on and get like 4 a turn after a few researches
Should I?
>>337089706
>not being adaptable
>not being intelligent
>>337089823
Research is semi-random between playthroughs
>>337089868
Dont you dare. Go buy 3 copies of the universe edition right away for thinking such thoughts.
>>337089868
I got fitgirl repack
>>337089927
I literally have negative dollars money.
>>337089868
>not going fitgirl repack
>>337085234
>shilling
fuck, /v/ really is dead
>>337090025
how the fuck do you survive
>>337084859
If only it happened to all of the overwatch threads.
does anyone know how to fix the fucking stuttering?
>>337090170
>stuttering
I haven't seen it stutter once
>>337085419
>tfw I've been saying that from freshmen to junior year in college and my GPA has suffered
S-senior year will be the one.
>>337090170
get a decent computer
>>337090223
Senior here
It gets worse every year
>>337090109
Lentils, chick peas and budget grade beef mince.
>>337086801
You sensitive butterflower, you.
>>337085234
>go to /vg/
/vg/ is where videogame discussion goes to die
i swear you cannot even remotely discuss the game until you have like 500 filters to get rid of the avatar fags, the attention whore, the waifu posting, and the r34.
not to mention half the thread is wasted on
>xth for..
>play as a human race
>after about four hours encounter other humans on the other side of the galaxy
>the realization that other humans exist doesn't phase them for even a split-second
>they treat me precisely like any other four-eyed, six-armed alien piece of garbage
>they don't acknowledge how fucking bizarre and incredible it is that the same race managed to develop despite lightyears of distance between us
>we have the same exact culture but they couldn't give a lukewarm shit
>they declare war on me because they don't like my militarism
>>337085419
>want to play
>have bad eye pains
I really should stop looking at these two giant fucking monitors blinding me
>>337090256
its well beyond the recommended specs
>>337090318
>humans kill each other on earth all the time and are massive assholes
>'omg not earth humans, why you so mean to me :('
This just in, humans are assholes.
>Doing well in a 4 Spiral Arm huge galaxy
>Butted up right next to a fucking mushroom
>I really don't like mushrooms
>Decide to finally go to war
>Be real cautious about it as they are listed as "superior" to my fleet
>Go in, BTFO a couple stations, move armies to pacify the mushrooms
>See no sign of any ships
>Ah well, must have been boasting
>Suddenly 4k strength fleet with Cruisers barges in
>I have 3 fleets of around 800 each
Where's my mobile suit gundam mods so I can be a retarded faggot and colony drop people
>>337090318
they're fucking shapeshifters, wipe them all out
>>337090047
Bit overdramatic there. Also, you're late. This place died 6 years ago.
>>337089461
says the guy triggered by black people in his space game
Research moves along REALLY slowly in this game, or do I suck?
>>337090452
says the guy triggered by the guy triggered by the black guy in a video game
>>337090452
You'd be triggered too if you saw people barely capable of tying sharp stones to long sticks being capable of spaceflight, future science and engineering.
>>337090534
says the guy tiggered by the guy triggered by the guy triggered by the black guy in a video game
Does the game have more depth then Civ 4 or 5?
>>337090318
Kill them.
Kill every single man woman and child.
You are the best humans.
I have xenophobe trait in my empire, but for some reason the purge button is greyed out, saying my current stance prohibits it.
>>337090678
Ha ha ha ha ha ha.
What a question.
It's more simple than fucking EUIV.
Boring as all living hell. Horrible combination of not enough going on and too much going on. Game bores me then gives me fucking anxiety. It feels cool for the first half hour but within that half hour you've experienced everything the game has to offer. I refunded.
>>337089706
yes there's purposely advanced AIs that start ahead of you, because the idea that every race in a galaxy in a space game has the same start and discovered FTL at the same time is pretty stupid
>>337090318
They must be destroyed
They chose this fate, not you
Burn the heretics just like xenos
>>337090763
that doesn't really answer the question
civ 5 is simpler then EUIV
saying that a game is simpler then EUIV doesn't automatically make it simpler then civ 5
>>337090763
Then what the fuck is the point?
>>337089265
They are more like mass effect relays; they give you a range and ships can jump to any star within it, but have to return to the wormhole system to jump to another star.
just got home
what's the verdict?
>>337091104
blunder of the century
>>337090809
>Horrible combination of not enough going on and too much going on.
this is the perfect description of paradox games
>>337091104
It's fun
Lots of stuff to do and I can see a lot of room to expand inDLCWhich doesn't bother me because everyone knows that you buy Paradox games and pirate all the DLC
>>337091104
Wait for mods to make it enjoyable like every other Paradox release for the last 5 years. Anyone who doesn't know this routine is a newfag.
>>337091203
this is false
ck2 vanilla was already good
Man i'm the luckiest fucking guy. I start out with two gaia worlds like right next to me of good size and random planets here and there that have like 6 society on them or shit like that, plus plenty of energy and minerals
>>337091104
Nice barebones, can't wait to pirate the dlcs that would probably turn it into one of the big guys of the space X4 genre.
What happens when you go over 5 planets?
Mink masterrace reporting in
>>337091521
You have to split the other ones off into sectors that are controlled by a governor that decides their buildings and actions
It's actually good, it means you have to micromanage less.
>mfw i didnt fall for the paradox meme
Sounds like another game to pick up on 80% off with 2 years dlc included.
>>337091521
Adding to >>337091708 you can increase that number of planets you directly control through
>>337091757
*pirate after 2 years
>>337084682
>no succession laws
>can't have women only Amazon Empire
>can't have male only God Emperors
Paradox pls, I want more CK2 elements.
>>337091104
Pretty good. Enough depth to keep you entertained and thinking about multiple things you need to do, but also passive enough that you can relax.
>>337088314
>i like asians i just dont like multiculuralism
You mean multi-racial societies, even though that's what earth would have to be if it's united.
>>337091757
Thinking the same.
>pretty good as a base game
>modding + Paradox post release support
Say what you will about their jewishness, at least they do add some good content post release. Stellaris will only get better over time.
>>337091521
You start getting a penalty I believe, not sure what it is though. You have to start using sectors then as you've grown too large to have a single government properly overlook it all without any "lower" forms of it to help with that.
This means they manage the planets and you tax them however hard you'd like for whatever they acquire, they develop and whatnot along the lines you set for them and leave them to it then. You can also inject resources into these sectors if they need further development before they can stand on their own more properly
Overall it means less micro management, which is good considering you'd eventually end up with like 100+ planets or whatever
>>337090170
Turn off autosave
>>337091875
>b-but we could just remove all the kebab and the niggers and the gooks and repopulate it all with glorious white blood because muh racial purity fantasies
>>337091852
>Enough depth to keep you entertained and thinking about multiple things you need to do, but also passive enough that you can relax.
So it's Civ 5.
>>337092007
why remove what you can exploit/enslave
>>337090419
looks at what weapons they have, fal back to station and refit accordingy: i replaced all small turrets with a CIWS after spotting a race with only missiles, and now they can't do anything to my fleet, I'M FUCKING INVINCIBLE
>>337092038
Not really comparable games honestly. If you like space you'll get more out of Stellaris if you like civilizations you'll get more out of Civ.
>>337092074
e d g y
>>337086532
Don't bring DS3 into this. He's just GOTY.
>>337092087
Valid strategy, which is why players shouldn't trust other players even if they happen to be friendly at first. They might just be friendly because they wanna see what you got first before adapting to it in the most hard counter build they can manage
How do I stop the fucking stupid noise the Unbidden are making constantly
>>337092414
Just kill them :)
>>337092414
>The unbidden
What have you done. Better stop their rifts maggot or that entire galaxy you're in is doomed
>>337092268
can always run a balanced mix of weapons and defence to fuck with them. i don't really see how you can possibly hard counter a balanced fleet.
How do I make the lazy slackers in my Federation actually contribute to the navy? It's literally just me fighting this war.
>>337091843
>can't have women only Amazon Empire
This troubles me.
Either mods will fix it or will not buy.
>>337092573
I believe if you travel to their space or set a wargoal or something they start following you/acting towards it
>>337092138
Fuck this deadbeat meme.
I wanna enslave aliens and abhumans.
God damn, those fuckign space slugs sure love double teamign my ass with massive navy. Jesus christ.
Also, wormhole fuckery is annoying as fuck
>>337092119
The real-time element kind of makes it iffy for me.
I like being able to take my time without having to manually pause.
It becomes substantially less relaxing if it's a race against time.
So if you start the game researching anything other than colony ships you are absolutely fucked?
What's the point in giving you two other options in Society then, when does New Worlds Protocol pop up again if you do not research it immediately at the start?
>>337092784
Thats why they let you pause and the game auto pauses during important things
Or play at slow
>>337092784
>It becomes substantially less relaxing if it's a race against time.
That's why there is a pause button.
>>337092826
Colony ships will almost always reappear each time you finish a research. Its also not that important early on and you can get away with not making colony ships for a long time.
How do I change hotkeys in this game damnit
>>337092784
I pause in Total War battles.
It's not like save scumming.
>>337092927
Config file.
Stellaris-CODEX torrent on Kickass comes with all the DLC, and it runs great with no crashes. I'll let you guys know if the multiplayer works with Evolve.
>finding a Gaia world early on
What's the deal with sectors?
the tutorial told me to make a sector so I did and now 20% of them want independence
>>337093061
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
WHY DO I HAVE TO DO THIS THE HARD WAY
At least I can change hotkeys and they're not hardcoded, I guess
>>337092919
I see, figured as much but got worried when it didn't show up again.
Too used to traditional research trees, but this adds a bit of spice kind of like sots randomized tech tree.
Probably a good thing for making quicker decisions in multiplayer as well.
Never played a game like this before. I have crusader kings but I have never played it. My buddy gifted it to me for no reason and never tried it.
He got this so I bought it to.
>starting as humans with militaristic, quick learners, solitary and engineers.
>literal furries below me that are pacifist militaristic
>declare war on me out of proxy and send 3k ships to my planet Mars
>get rekt and retreat to other planet Albion
>buddy comes in with his bug race and swarms everyone like fucking starship troopers
>I still got rekt but they surrendered to him right after
Game is pretty fun and I am going to try to learn more now.
>>337091559
Purge the furries
>>337092862
Where are the settings for autopause at "important things", and can you define important?
>>337093146
I'm just pulling shit out of my ass. I don't know for sure if you can.
How does it compare to this though?
So are wormholes just fucking shit?
You have to build things and pay maintenance to move slower than anyone else basically.
>>337093214
>and can you define important?
You're the one who's going define it. That's the whole point.
I just want space amazon / angels.
Is that too much to ask?
Fucking shit. Some furry motherfucker starts to push back my territory so I decide to blast him. I send my 900 strength armada and ruin his fleet, then park over his planet. After taking out his planetary defences nothing happens. He has no troops and still I can't take it.
I look up what to do on the wiki and it says to make armies to land on the surface, so I do that. Fly the army over and tell it to land on the planet.
Then it tells me I got BTFO despite the furries having no armies and no anything.
Bullshit.
Be honest with me /v/
Is this game as good as distant worlds or its just dumbed down distant world with hand holding paradox gameplay?
>>337092891
>I like being able to take my time without having to manually pause.
>That's why there is a pause button.
Thanks idiot.
>>337093159
Tried to make the Golds from Red Rising but every time I get a new heir its a black bitch and I got cucked.
>>337093214
Finding new anomalies sometimes triggers it, finding new species, getting contact from other species.
But you can always pause with space bar, it isnt that hard anon-san. Stop getting panicked.
>>337093363
Currently the latter, but after 6 patches/DLC it'll be the former+
>>337093412
Not my fault you're such a fucking stupid casual piece of shit that you can't press the space bar when you need to take time to plan your move.
No wonder new Paradox games are so fucking shit, they cater to subhumans like you.
>>337093363
DW has more content for now, but Stellaris will be far better once it gets updated
And its pretty good as it is now anyway
Can someone give me any nba code
>>337086646
This is what you get for running a democracy
>>337093597
uwut-m800-cm4d
>>337093275
IIRC warp drives cause ships to more expensive, and hyperdrives are stuck on galactic highways. Wormhole ships are cheap since they don't need to be equipped with advanced engines since that's what the stations do.
>declare war on guys for two of their planets
>outnumber their navy 3:1
>capture first planet
>taking second one, warscore 60%
>click to my homeplanet for a moment
>suddenly literally my entire navy is destroyed
>warscore -20%
>attack my capital
wat happened?
Do sectors automatically colonize new planets? Or do I have to micro that shit.
>>337093639
Theocratic republic, faggot
>>337093275
>can jump any distance as long as you have wormhole stations
>faster than any other type of travel
>cheaper ships
tnx
>>337084682
seroiusly, I keep hearing about it.
How is it?
>>337093230
Doesn't even compare. It's a generic and shallow grand strategy; a gimped space EU4.
Sins was truly original and remains at the top of space RTSs. And don't even get the started on the amazing mod scene.
Fuck Stellaris. Fuck Paradox. Fuck Sweden.
>>337093703
That makes sense, with the negative ethics divergence the shroom probably adopted your ethos and got elected.
>>337085234
>40 Overwatch threads per day
>25 Dark Souls threads per day
>a handful of threads about a game that launced 13 hours ago are forbidden
Remove yourself from my presence, wastrel.
>>337093863
Its pretty gud
>>337093230
Stellaris will be a better gameif it gets updated
>>337093901
Don't you get it?
/v/ is for shitposting and memes only, you want to talk about vidya? Get the fuck out of here
>>337094018
niceme.me
>>337094010
duh....
>>337093884
Shouldn't have, though, I set leaders to only elect from the primary species
>>337093529
So you admit the game is shit.
Thanks, that's all I needed to know.
Should've said that from the beginning.
>>337094148
>real time games are shit
Heard it here first folks
>>337094010
Stellaris will never be a better game because of the simple fact that it has 0 combat.
>>337094053
That's the spirit
Now post more memes and we can derail this vidya thread together
>>337094213
You missed your stop at the CoD thread
>>337093931
Can you make ships like in Galactic Civ 3?
I used to play that making Star Trek ships and pretending it was Birth of the Federation 2Life is suffering if there are no star trek games.
>>337093882
>not distant worlds
Oi I'm laffing
>people are mad about the game
I don't know why, I'm having a great time with it
>>337094270
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/stellaris-dev-diary-17-ship-designer.902967/
Pls i dont have many to buy any nba can someone give me code of nba 2k13
>>337094386
Niche audience. Not many people are going to like it when the typical Paradox fans are too autistic to enjoy anything not "historical" and most 4x fans cant like anything that was made post 2010.
>>337094263
Sins actually has combat
I don't ever feel like I'm actually in control of anything. Tell ships to do shit, wait. Tell ships to build things, wait. And then pirates show up 10 minutes in and rape everything I have, with my own fleet being completely useless since the starting fleet is apparently pooptastic.
>>337094471
Too shallow for the hardcore gs player, too deep for the casuals.
I'm an idiot so i enjoy the game immensely.
Man, how much did stellaris rip off sword of the stars? It sure seems to borrow a lot of the core elements.
>>337094620
It's a space strategy...
>>337094620
sots was turn based, and more tactical.
I don't mind that they borrowed elements from sots as far as the node drive is concerned but I don't see the similarity.
If anything this game is closer to start ruler 2 and distant worlds.
>>337093073
Found a beautifull Continental world for my humans.
+5% hab +15 fuckign percent Happines. 18 slots too.
Earth done gone 2nd fiddle.
>>337094737
>>337094827
The semi-random techs was really what prompted this. Can't really think of any other 4x games that does that.
>>337094471
>Niche audience. Not many people are going to like it when the typical Paradox fans are too autistic to enjoy anything not "historical" and most 4x fans cant like anything that was made post 2010.
The thing people keep forgetting about as sci-fi 4x is that if you're going to make it space-based, you better make sure you double or even triple down on the lore and immersion to give players something to care about in absence of actual historical places and figures.
It's bizarre how many devs forget this even after SMAC proved it's the best way to go.
>>337093063
Multiplayer doesn't work on the cracked versions; we tried Hamachi and Evolve, neither showed the game to be visible.
Oh well, time to shell out the chump change of $30 for the game.
>>337094827
>sots was turn based
>>337094386
This might turn out to be one of my favorite 4X games beside the likes of distant worlds, sword of the stars, and endless legend.
Haven't played much of it, but it seems rather entertaining. Perhaps not as deep or tactical as other games but certainly not as bland as say endless space.
>>337094548
Seriously. CoD is the other way kid
>>337095057
Smac was amazing. Not every 4x game has a recommended reading list in the manual. Every single tech quote, especially the philosophical ones, felt like something out of a Frank Herbert novel.
>>337095151
Yes combat was real time but I meant the empire management was turn based. Not that it is a bad thing, I love sots.
I think it is a welcome addition that they borrowed some of the interesting bits of sots like semi randomized tech trees and unique drive tech with different play style.
>>337085234
>>337084682
I'm suspicious that /v/ mods are all just paid by various large corporations.
I really like the basic gameplay systems, just needs more content tbqh.In $20 expansions every 3 months because lolparadox
>>337095898But anon, you also get "free content" that breaks the game in a way that you need the dlc to deal with
>first ever time playing this style of game
>create a Military Junta, radical materialistic
>slowly crawling along expanding out
>no idea what I'm doing but try to focus military power
>massive faction right next to me proceeds to declare war
>rocks up with a fleet twice the power of mine
>proceeds to cripple my home planet
>start to occupy a planet further back
>they rock up with a fleet now triple the size of what I'd rebuilt
>destroy my old home and proceed to snowball into my new home
>enter vassalage with them as I set up my third planet
>the war they've taken over my last two planets has formed a nice shield of their territory around me
>or so I thought
>they declare war on a small faction I was previously allied to
>they're using that FTL that allows free travel
>they jump right into my brand new, unprotected home
>>337095984
Speaking of that. How hard do 'free contents' break the game without DLCs anyway?
>>337095984
They also break every mod that makes the game playable and then by the time they are up to date another shitty DLC has been released.
>>337096021
Welcome to Paradox games
>>337090292
Are you one of those retards who lives in an abandoned house and has a 90's TV for a computer screen?
wondering, the ridiculous penalty to influence from being in an alliance (real nice of the game to put me right next to 3 fanatical empires with directly opposed ethos), does that still apply if you upgrade it to a federation?
Is allies wormhole stations bugged? My fleet seems to alternate between moving and idle really quickly when they need to pass through allied wormholes.
>>337096237
So it's not just me being a retard, more the game itself being heavy on punishment? That's a bit of a relief...
>>337096098
In eu4, your main resource system is mana, military, diplo, or admin. Its tied to your rulers stats, which are 100% random. You spend it on stuff, Mil has a lot fewer things.
The most recent free update added this thing called corruption, which ticks up over time for just about everything, and includes "unbalanced research", so too much mil, or dip tech. This penalty is increased costs on all your tech. Now, the problem is that mil points don't really have anything to spend outside of tech, and there is a cap on how many you can hold. So you inevitably spend the useful admin and dip points on things, and get corrupt as fuck, or you have to hold mil at cap and lose a bunch.
The fix is that a older DLC let you sink points into provinces to upgrade them, but if you don't have the DLC, enjoy wasting your monarch points.
>>337096516
Paradox games are all about snowball, and blobbing hard and fast.
>>337096560
How's the corruption system anyway? Feels like they've been adding nothing but bloats to the game since Cossacks.
>>337096668
Corruption is shit. It slows down blobbing a little bit if you are a western nation.
If you are a non western nation, you basically lose if you get a bad king, due to mil points having less useful things to spend on.
Basically, you get corruption from things like overextension, low religious unity, I think low stability, stuff you were already punished for. Its literally a lose-more mechanic, that's supposed to keep people from blobbing.
How do I mod humans out of the game?
>>337097098
By uninstalling, species traitor.
>>337093363
>>337093532
But distant worlds has had two expansions released and tons of patching(and its still fucking shit), so you cant compare it to a game that was just released.
>>337093668
You got nuked.
This game is hard af
>>337094270
No, this is not a sims in space game. Galciv was horrible precisely because it has pointless cosmetic shit.
>>337097098
Get a gun and shoot yourself filthy alien sympathizer
>>337097426
>and its still shit
Maybe you need to got gud because distant world offers everything that a game needs and its not a DLC fest paradox shit that will get worse over time with each DLC
>>337096021
You fucked up, sounds like a fallen empire
>>337097143
But Commissar Anon, I'm forced to play humans every scifi game, I get very tired of seeing them and their gary stuish ways in my games.
>>337085619
I do.
>>337097853
Did that work?
>>337090318
Spoilers ahead anon, but those humans hate us because they are separatists that hate EVERYONE this is not like them. Boom, your mind has been blown
>>337095440
Just because Hiroshimoot has a history of selling data to corps doesn't mean he has totally sold out to corps, but it is likely this has happened
>>337085234
Fuck off. Tell that to the 10,000 garbage Soulsborne threads that pop up every day
>>337097917
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
>>337084682
Whats so cool about this game?
>>337098025
spess
>>337098015
Hahah?!
>>337098025
DUDE CRUSADER KINGS IN SPACE LMAO
>Not spreading your love seed all over the universe
Is there any way to view current trade deals?
>>337098164
Maybe
This is my first 4x/gs and I'm having a great time.
Something tells me this game is dumbed down
>>337097552
>offers everything you need
Yeah it forces you to let the game play itself or get bogged down in an insane amount of pointless detail.
I wont even mention that the game is a pain to look at. Its ugly and its UI is absolute dogshit.
The biggest problem however, is that the AI is utter garbage.
>>337098563
I wouldnt say so. The type of setting simply allows them to let you start small while when playing some of their other games you are immediately swamped with an insane amount of options.
In their other games you start the game in the middle(in the middle of history) with all options unlocked and if its your first time you will find it hard to process.
In Stellaris, you actually start at the beginning and more options open up to you as you play.
I want to BREED with everyone
The UI feels pretty bad, I tend to never see what I want to know
Maybe I just have to get used to it but I dunno
>>337098965
I really want to buy this so I can purge disgusting xenophiles like you
>>337099012
How is it bad, exactly?
Every review of this right now is singing its praises about how cool and individual it is, but the great weakness of 4X games for me has always always always been a very dull late-game. All the smaller empires have been absorbed or fallen and the game turns to molasses because everyone is too large to effectively do anything, so you end up just chipping away at borders until you have enough mass to snowball a victory.
People say after the colonisation phase everything turns to more Paradox-like grand strategy, but how involved is that diplomacy and intrigue though? I checked out the diplomacy screens and it looked very simple, like on the level of GalCiv3. Just a bunch of options to trade stuff, have a research agreement or form an alliance etc etc. Not even any options for espionage and certainly nothing on the level of the insane shit you could get up to in CK2.
Don't get me wrong I know it's a Paradox game so good DLC is guaranteed to fix some of these problem, but right now everyone seems to be in a huge honeymoon phase and the game can do no wrong.
>>337091104
It's fun. Tons of small problems, but overall still a good experience.
I'm still annoyed that genetic manipulation is bugged to fuck on xenophobes.
>>337091708
>It's actually good
Maybe if you're a faggot who doesn't like micromanagement.
>>337099269
thats how it usually is whenever something decent comes around. I think it'll turn out like Endless Legend for example, although a lot more praise out of the gate because Paradox, but it'll get old and die out and discussion will be sparse with jumps in popularity as expansions come out
>>337092784
If you play on slow you will only ever be rushed if you're trying to fight like three wars at once.
>>337099398
You can go play gookclickcraft 2 if you like micromanagement so much.
>>337093351
It's impossible to invade since behind every blade of grass there is a patriot with a rifle.
>>337099078
Feels unintuitive and confusing
>>337099456
are you retarded
>>337099489
But how? This game probably has the simplest UI out of all 4x/grand strat games.
>>337098563
It is, but 4X of the past are autistic messes, like old Paradox games
>>337099078
No map modes.
>>337090318
They may look like you but you are better, all that remains is to prove it with your military.
This is my first GSG and help me please I need some sort of tutorial or guide, everything is just too big to take it all in right now.
>make custom human race
>sol start
>30 years in
>find a system called sol
>has primitives on continental world
God dammit
>>337099681
It's not a GSG
>>337099681
Game literally has built-in tutorial, don't be stupid.
>>337099758
Dont hurt them anon, that would be sol-less.
>>337099423
This is already a revolutionary 4x.
Simply for the fact it its a cross with GSG. Nothing like this has even been done.
Lets hope they will keep updating this game for years to come so that we can eventually have one of the best 4x games in gaming history.
Their biggest obstacle to becoming legendary is combat of course. I really hope that unlike their other games, they will tackle combat and make it satisfactory.
>>337099838
>Nothing like this has even been done.
Wrong.
>>337099681
>gsg
>>337099938
Grand strategy game?
>>337099838
You simply cant have a 10/10 4x without good combat. I am not talking about direct control or anything...The comabt just has to be a lot more complex and involved(indirect involvement through commander or strategies or behaviors etc..)
>>337099980
hes being a faggot, ignore him
>>337099932
What Distant World?
Its a shit game where your biggest and smartest enemy is the UI.
>>337099985
Name 1 4X game with good combat then.
>>337098128
You just had to remind me.
I think the novel did the best job of all on making me hate and despise the protagonist throughly. Saya a qt though.
My favorite feature is how your heir when your an Empire just gets a randomly generated name completely ignoring your last name even, and I can't seem to rename the heir either.
Love losing my Dynasty 5 minutes into the game.
>>337099985
but that exists? you kit out your skips, designate the admiral who has different bonus (ones doesn't let you retreat in exchange for extra strength) and yet can set individual combat computers which tell your ships how to behave.
>>337099838
>Simply for the fact it its a cross with GSG.
But here's the thing, what exactly does that mean? The diplomacy? It's been done better in other 4Xs. The POPs? Honestly, Stellaris reminds me of MoO2 and its pops which I like, but it's not that revolutionary. The events? Those are nice, but Endless Legend had quests like that.
I just had my fleet obliterated by a numerically superiour but technologically backwards empire because I trusted the auto upgrade button to make my fleets good.
>>337100375
>year of the spacefaring future
>still having an heir-based government
>>337100826
or because your rock fleet encountered a paper fleet.
>>337100870
>Despotic Empire
>>337085234
That's not how it works, newfag
>>337100826
>not having fun with designing your own ships
Your own fault.
DO I PICK DIVINITY?
>>337089706
Ally with people. Start a federation. Try to get the patronage of some powerful space nation.
Stellaris is grand strategy. By the midgame, you WILL be sandwiched, some of those nations WILL be more powerful than you, and you WON'T have the space to expand anymore. Start to learn diplomacy.
>>337090819
Nice balancing, Paradox.
is there anyway to find out who i have embassy's with?
>>337098128
Need to spread it to every species.
>>337101502
Ay lmao that's really good
>>337101502
>rapid breeders
LEWD
E
W
D
>>337101634
2D breeding.
>>337101620
Thanks!
>>337101634
Feels good man.
So what is the objective tier lists for ethos and traits?
>>337101772
They are all good
>feel like the southern border is going to be attacked by my neighbors soon
>hurry into an alliance with the super peaceful greenskins at the top of my border so I don't have to worry about them attacking too
>southern neighbors attack a few years later
>even though we have around the same fleet size his survives with around 2k strength
>all of a sudden peaceful greenskins send a fleet with 4k strength to defend my homeworld,
>defends me while I rebuild my fleet up somewhat, then follows my rebuilt 1k strength fleet into southern territory destroying everything in my path
>southern neighbors become my vassal and northern bros immediately take a bad trade to get me 2x energy for 1x mineral so I get back on my feet
Jesus alliances are really nice in this game.
I want to play this game but I'm garbage at 4X and don't really feel the appeal sticking onto me.
Anyone here with a dislike or "eh" feeling towards this genre but having fun with this game?
Just want to hear your opinion and really tempted to buy it.
>>337101862
they have to be, they utterly wreck your influence generation
>>337101907
Just fucking pirate it and try it out yourself.
>>337101862
>still havnt gotten into a single war
>even though I border with 8 different factions
Send help, my diplomacy is too good.
>>337091104
6.3, promoting hate, bigottory, slavery, and genocide
>>337101810
Hentai mod when?
>>337085642
It will never compare to the mechanics of sword of the stars. That had like 5 different ftl mechanics for each race.
>>337101960
I'm pretty sure I'm about to get into a megawar
fanatical materialist, and the 3 fanatical spiritualist evangelizing empires on my border have allianced' up
hope the fact that I'm teching up like crazy compared to them is going to help
I tried to make a horrors of the space lovecraftian space empire cult, and I ended up as Ned Flanders instead of the Holy Inquisition, in game. Fucking killing my motivation, might just restart. Unless things get really crazy later, don't go Fanatic Spirtualism/Collectivism.
>game looks like it might be fun so I pirate it to try
>make a typical human civilization, not interesting but good to start the game
>biggest galaxy, 4 spiral arms
>spawn on a spiral arm
>play the game for 4 hours on slow speed learning how to play
>meet these bug-looking things to my south, they're not antagonistic and we leave each other alone
>meet donkey-looking aliens on the west who look quite strong but don't seem to care about me either
>boxed in so I'll have to colonize down the spiral arm some
>scout it out and it's a Badlands shithole, nebulae, black hole, some fucking crystal thing, space squids, energy cloud creatures
>just learned about the Space Furry Empire on the other side of the galaxy whose power is "Overwhelming" and who has already conquered and enslaved a few enemies by the looks of things
>it's only been 50 game years
I like how you can design your own warships to fit different roles.
>>337102302
its a paradox game, there must always be a France
>purchase new computer parts
>wait a few days for it all to get here
>order the wrong motherboard
>order another motherboard
>it gets here on the 9th just in time to build and play Stellaris
>realize I bought the wrong type of motherboard
>order once more where I am positive it's the right chipset
>it gets here on Wednesday
I have no one to blame but myself...
How the fuck do you generate influence? I'm a fedora-tipping scientist surrounded by nu-male capitalists, everybody trades and is on good terms with one another, I don't want to start declaring rivalries just so I can build frontier stations.
If you setting on a planet what happens to the tile you place the facility on? Does it get lost or used?
Does anyone know that tool which you can use to make simple animations from a static image by stretching parts?
I want to try and make some animated bits for new race portraits.
>>337102415
>bought the wrong type of motherboard
How could you possibly be this inept?
>>337102517
Used and extra bonuses still apply too
>>337101471
You turn on the option of advanced races yourself, retard
What now. Should i but it or not?
When comes the first DLC?
Don´t want to spend 100€ for a complete Pack as in Europa Universalis 4
>>337090335
Get fucking .flux and turn down the brightness you moron
>>337102542
Devs said you have to use Maya. They may not look like it but the animated species models are actually 3D and have 3D animations.
>>337102737
Ah cool, thanks anon
>>337102789
its okay i put on an eyepatch and it doesnt hurt anymore
What's the deal with this alpha, gamma, zeta alien bullshit?
>>337102789
flux memers should be shot
>>337102959
So it's a sort of "phantom" pain now?
One question about the home planets.
If I make a custom faction and decide their home planet is arctic, will that race then like arctic enviroments, or are the planet enviroments locked, meaning that bird races for example never like arctic enviroments?
Or how does that work?
>>337103008
Well it doesnt hurt as much as this metal horn in my head
>colonize a new world
>paradise planet modifier
>plop down a frontier medical center
>takes less than 3 years before its filled up to full occupation because everyone in my empire and even a bunch of folks in my best buddy's empire migrate over ASAP
was pretty hilarious to see everyone nope out of the shithole they were currently staying in, thank fuck I researched robots early on and still have my mining operations going
>>337102998
They're aliens you haven made contact with, but can't communicate with, you either destroy them, spend time learning their language to communicate with them, or wait for them to learn to communicate with you.
>>337102998
When you encounter new alien life your explorers assign a temporary codename to it until you figure out just what the hell it is (usually through a science project). Once you figure out what it is the name will be changed to reflect that.
>>337103006
Are you genuinely retarded?
>>337103134
You're the one using flux, anon.
>>337103068
They'll like arctic environments, yes. Species appearance has no influence on planet preference, it all depends on homeworld. I found penguins living on a desert planet.
>>337103068
Only that faction will like arctic. You could find a different faction with the same race that doesnt like arctic.
>>337101772
Research/tech production is the best choice because a tech lead snowballs into a much larger lead than any of the ethics or trait effects offer. Slavery bonuses are probably the best for resource effects, and on par with influence cost reduction/bonuses overall. The rest are pretty situational and niche.
>>337103165
Enjoy your hurting eyes then.
>Star system with 2 continental worlds, a tropical world, an arctic world and a desert world populated by a primitive civilisation
Oh baby
>>337103175
>>337103176
Nice. So I can really make my arctic mushroom people race.
>>337103245
I wonder if you uplift a civilization in who's system you have colonized a few planets, do you keep those planets or are they transferred to them?
>>337103240
>hurting eyes
Are you saying that before flux existed nobody could use a screen without hurting their eyes?
>>337102693
I'm an idiot.
>>337103365
normally uplifting a civ makes it your vassal once it reaches the space stage, if anything it should become an automatic part of your empire if it's already within your borders.
Doesn't matter though, they're in the steam age so there's a long way for them to go before reaching space by themselves and they're far more valuable for me as anal probe victims than vassals.
All hail the Space Nazis
>>337103554
dunno anal probe victims only give at best about as much science as a singularity
I've got this species within my border who have a very nice set of traits for a vassal species and as bonus points their biome preference is the complete opposite of mine
>>337103436
At night? After 4 hours of screen time? Of course fucking not. I would stop using the PC if flux suddenly broke.
Enjoy being young while it lasts.
how do i rack up influence point?
any Edict or modifiers or buildings that helps?
>>337103554
Vassals can be integrated to your empire over time. It's a long payoff, but one that can be really paying.
>>337103707
I'm 28 and use computers 16 hours a day, anon. And that's my life the last 15 or so years.
But enjoy your placebo.
>>337103707
>you need a meme program to turn the brightness down
>being a retard
Pick two
>>337103872
How about you try it first for a day, and then turn it off at night and see how painful it is.
>>337086715
There's a line in the name lists that let you do that, too. Now all of my pops are aryan
>>337102998
>Not Alpha Menace.
You aren't a xenofucker, anon?
>They don't use a 120Hz monitor
I get more eye strain from going outside than the computer
Is the guy who made this mod here?
http://www117.zippyshare.com/v/QSXTjP5y/file.html
How do i add in Asians?
>willingly wasting your time and money on a 6.3
kys
>>337103972
So what you're saying is actually that flux is more like an addiction than any actual help?
I have no problems, anon. Why would I want to introduce them into my life? That is if that would even happen, which I doubt.
>>337088953
Wormholes are the best FTL hands down
>>337104064
What the fuck ever, I don't care anymore, you killed all desire my to help people for today. Enjoy your eyes in whatever way you like anon.
>>337104220
I will, as will the vast majority of the computer using population.
And that's without using flux.
What's the deal with travelling to nearby star systems? I'm using FTL travel and there was about 30 minutes of time where I explored all of the systems nearby and couldn't go to any unknown ones, then they just randomly unlocked.
>>337104392
I'm pretty sure you can only travel to systems you've gotten kind of close to, if you notice when your science vessel is scouting it gets rid of a fog looking thing.
>>337104273
christ you are one stupid fat fuck you know that?
>>337089706
Have you tried not sucking before bitching about the game?
>>337104546
I'm not the one using flux, anon.
>>337104524
But I was just as close to those systems when they unlocked as 3 years before. I don't know why they suddenly decided to let me go to the new system.
I was wondering if I needed to research better FTL engines so I could jump further, but the science tree is random and I didn't get anything like that.
>>337084682
My Spartaxian Empire will bring order to the Galaxy!
What the fuck do i do with energy credits? im floating 1800 of them.
>>337100375
>make a space Tsardom
>mix and match names from Russian Tsars to name my monarch, giving them thee names with the last being the family one
>first heir is some Chinese whore named li ma or something just as retarded
>>337104979
build more robots
and if you find some sucker, trade them for minerals
>>337104932
No idea who the bottom left is.
>>337104979
It is mainly used for recurring expenses such as building, ship, spaceport module and station maintenance costs but it is possible to use it in one-off situations such as clearing tile blockers or as a bargaining chip in trade deals.
Who Blue Laser master race?
>>337105125
El Ratto the Booger Eater
>>337105203
I'm going full CRYSTALLINE, regenerative hull, crystal weapons
>>337105203
wanted to go lasers
then I got torpedoes
...they're just so god damn useful
How do I explore unknown systems? Do I place wormholes near the system?
How big is trade in Stellaris?
I want to play as multicultural space jews who act friendly to everyone in order to establish good trade lines.
Soon as i get home I'm getting rid of all the asians blacks and shit in my human legacy empire. Can't wait does anybody know if it works with existing save games?
>>337104932
>pure reactionary mythology
dont worry babby Trump will restore your economic privileges
>>337105274
Wormwholes have quite the range. If yiu want to go beyond that build a Wormwhole in the outmost system still within reach
>>337105347
It's disappoinmtingly shallow in that regard. I was hoping for a private sector like in distant worlds with freighters zipping around all over the galaxy but there's nothing at all.
>>337105282
Not that deep I'm afraid
>>337105486
fug meant for >>337105282
>>337105425
Alright cool. I'll do that and let you know if it works
Is this shit easy to pirate?
I really don't like giving parajews money, and the early version of their game is probably going to be a shitload better if EU4 is anything to go by.
>>337090223
6 semester here
Just give up
Whats the point of creating sectors? Lategame when you cant be bothered micromanaging?
>>337105607
Yeah I got the CODEX version
Just install
And run
>>337105652
I just use them for when I hit my colony cap and don't know how to increase it.
>>337105652
You can personally manage only a number of planets, otherwise you get penalties.
>>337086068
I really need to play this shit
How do I delete humans from the game.
>>337105594
>>337105425
Nope didn't work. Still can't research the unknown planets. I can't even read the name of the planet, so cannot travel. I don't know how to get to them
>>337090025
>>337089927
I'm with this guy. Car payments are more important but I really want to play this game. What if I promise to buy it in a year
>>337105970
Oh shit I'm retarded all I had to do was select a ship in order to look at it. Fuck
How would one go about creating the New United Nations?
>>337106029
Oh yeah use your science ship right click on the system in the galaxy map mode and pick survey system. It'll scan everything and you'll know what resources can be found
So when I send my ships out to another place, They just fucking run back, how do I communicate with another species?
>>337106167
Click on their icon on the galaxy map opens up the diplo menu
>>337095057
What is SMAC
Just got this rare technology. Game is pretty fun
>>337106293
are rare techs dependent on your playstyle?
only rare tech I got sofar was observatories on a sci-focused species
>>337106423
Seems like it. I have been expanding a lot and manifest destiny sounds it meshes with my spiritualist trait.
Yours seems like it fits as well
>>337106423
>>337106575
Oh and I also picked a previous tech tree that expanded my borders, so I bet tech choices influence the chances
>>337106423
I got psionic techs when I went spiritualist, so I think ethics and other racial factors do affect which techs are available.
Just installed this and i'm "tutorialing" as humans. Can you make a hive species in this game, like Zerg or Tyranids?
>>337085619
overwatch threads are okay because they have muh waifu in them :3
Soon
>>337086801
how is modding out ethnicities killing this board?
Why the fuck are the sciences random? What sense does that make?
>>337106917
You're researching unknown techs. How does that not make sense?
>>337106917
Stops hardcore minmaxing I guess
More decisionmaking than just beelining for the strongest shit
>>337105486
SPACE JEW DLC, FUCKING WHEN?
>EVADING HOSTILE FLEET
>EVADING HOSTILE FLEET
What the fuck am I meant to do? Everytime I try to explore a new place I get this shit in my face.
>>337106917
>What sense does that make?
Pretty good, actually. Science is not a long linear road, more like a bumpy jump with lots of luck factoring in it.
>>337107027
Set stance to passive then?
>>337107027
Send in your Navy, clear them out, and then try again.
Or disable the auto-flee.
>>337107027
Deactivate the evasion.
>>337107027
send your warships in and blast the fuckers out of the sky
> make lizardsmen ciz called judean people's front
What traits though?
>>337091757
>not just pirating it now
first day on the internet?
An alliance is formed
Do you just expand by colonizing planets? The outposts are really expensive. How do you expand if there are no closeby planets that are habitable?
>>337107157
Well if theyre lizard jews then they have to be bigots/xenophobes
>>337093230
well stellaris doesn't have completely RETARDED AI so far so much better.
>>337107227
u cant
outposts are worth it dude
>>337107227
You make claims on spehs
>>337107070
>>337107089
>>337107109
>>337107112
You fuckers are clever, you know that right? The bright minds of the worlds are sitting here replying to me.
Bet you all have stem degrees as well, living it up at fancy casinos. But seriously, I didn't even think to change stance, won't my science ships get fucked if I let them run in though? considering they're trying to evade them?
>>337107227
outposts are not really that expensive
early on just focus on building up your mineral production, you'll need it to grow
>>337107227
Frontier outposts are not for expanding, they are for grabbing juicy systems 22 mineral systems from right under the nose of another empire.
Colonising is the only way to expand. You have to research new planet types.
>>337107343
>won't my science ships get fucked if I let them run in though?
It depends. If the problem is an enemy fleet, yes.
If it's an enemy station, then just don't fly too close.
>>337107419
I sent in a miltiary ship, they're called manticores and they fucked it up.
I guess it's time for a military phase of life
How fast you was rekt in your first game?
What's the button for the screenshots?
Post your galaxy!
>>337107509
until your ships get strong enough you can blast them out of the sky just ignore the system or stay away from the critters
heck I colonized a system with a powerful hostile alien floating around in it, he was comfy staying near his own planets
I just met a bunch of crystalline elites that guards a solar system I want. Should I attack?
>>337107634
Comfy space capitalist furries.
What do you guys do when you run into an early space age civ?
Choices seem to be building an observation outpost & hoping they like you when they grow up
Or just bombing them and taking them over as soon as you have the army tech
Alright, so I had some fun with this game but got my ass kicked yesterday, I have a few questions that the tutorial didn't help me out with, hopefully you guys can help me out:
1) Is there any disadvantage to colonizing every habitable planet on sight?
2) When one of the arrows is grey, points to "Unknown" and I can't enter it, what does that mean? Does it mean that there's nothing there? Or does it mean that I need some sort of technology to get there?
3) What's the point of being pacifist or diplomatic? The only two victory conditions are military-based ones.
Thanks to anyone who helps me out here.
>>337107673
>70
>93
>96
Are you joking? My 1k str fleet can't win in some systems against this faggots
>>337106910
How do you mod out species?
>>337107829
tha way of hitler.
>>337107760
Ha, you just saved me a replay.
Have some guilty pleasure:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CmadmM5cOk
>>337107736
>1) Is there any disadvantage to colonizing every habitable planet on sight?
No, after you reach limit just make sectors
>When one of the arrows is grey, points to "Unknown" and I can't enter it, what does that mean? Does it mean that there's nothing there? Or does it mean that I need some sort of technology to get there?
I guess your ftl is shit and you locked somewhere
> What's the point of being pacifist or diplomatic? The only two victory conditions are military-based ones
Less chance that you will be nuked after meeting stronger species who hate your values
My record is hsving my main fleet wiped in 15 minutes after game started
What percentage habitability do you need to colonize a world?
>>337104546
Wow, I use F.lux sometimes, but you're really kind of a cunt about it, aren't you?
>>337086646
>running democrazy
fucking kek
I run a Theocracy, when the robot showed up and called me "your holiness" it was clear it was going to be GOD tier
>>337107936
How do I make sectors?
>>337108020
You only need the related society tech.
Habitability is just a cap on happiness.
20% habitability = max happiness of 20% no matter what you do.
I just dump all my slaves on low hab planets and turn them into strip mines.
>>337106289
sid meier's alpha centauri
is this any good, y/n
>>337108020
Any %, but the higher it is the happier your population will be
>>337108093
The top of the planets screen. Then add or remove adjacent systems into a sector. There's a limit on how many sectors you can have but you can expand it.
>>337108227
Can you terraform to increase habitability?
>>337108641
Dunno, haven't made it that far.
I assume so, though.
I made a new design in my ship builder. Can I turn the ships I have into those designs? Or am I fucked?
>>337108762
Yup, this is the button.
>>337108762
Yes
Button upgrade ships in the fleet, near repair button
>>337108093
Sectors are best for old planets, as you don't need to minmax them.
New planets need a lot of minmax before they can get going.
Why is there no option to create my own custom name list? Am I missing something?
>>337108910
Check the workshop as there are some on there. Download it and you can see what it needs to make your own.
>>337108834
If you have two designs for the same ship type, is there anyway to choose which design they upgrade into?
>Divine Mandate
>Manifest Destiny
>Psy Warriors
>The only two empires to my east went to war with each other and now have pathetic fleets
>>337084682
I have too many planets.
HOW THE FUCK DO I TURN SOME INTO VASSALS???
Rate my galaxy
Unfortunately can play only on the small and little maps because my laptop is below minimum requirements
>>337109349
>hyperlanes
Nice.
Star League about to get some loving, boyos. Hostile takeover inbound.
>>337109291
No idea, I've never been in that situation.
>modded niggers out of the game
>suddenly the game seem a lot more fun
>>337109409
Warp and wormholes are kinda boring
>>337108910
you can.
it's one of the easiest mod to make.
>Random bug causes stutter after every tick for some people
>Paradox acknowledges it and said hotfix will be up soon yesterday
>Still no hotfixGlad I pirated
>>337109425
>not making a chocolate empire
>>337109425
How to do this
>>337107703
I prefer the abducting and probing approach
>>337109349
Hyperlanes are so restrictive, but they are so fast.
Sins of a Solar Empire ripoff?
New thread please
>>337109613
They are #5 in the character portrait.
Just copy and paste another race into their place.
>>337089265
Build a gen on the edge of your circle. That becomes the centre of a new circle.
>>337095057
>Mary had a little lamb, Little lamb little lamb, Mary had a little lamb, whose fleece was white as snow.
SMAC still gives me chills
>>337109905
>>337109905
migrate anytime
>>337109917
Let's move here
>roll with research-minded and individualist humans
>first xeno civ encountered are collectivist spiritual space foxes
Ah, yes. The human/furry wars begin.
>>337109612
Shouldn't have laughed that hard
>>337093159
It's impossible to be both pacifist and militarist. They are opposite ideologies.
>>337109425
I bet you can even mod in a banjo for your leader, Cleetus.
>>337092695
>pick asian look with all around short shaved hair
>Decadent Collectivist Military
>Faction: Free People Front
>Race: Liberators
Should i buy this?
How much DLC will be coming?
Is there already a steam workshop?
>>337100161
I thought he was decent up until you decide not to fix your brain, after that he just becomes an edgelord. doctor bitch is best girl though.
>tfw Star League got partitioned just after I declared war on it
>tfw Galactic Union demanded my vassalisation
>tfw I had no choice but to say yes
It's alright though. The glorious Valdari people will never be slaves forever.
>>337103707
Are you one of those faggots who doesn't turn on lights and sits in total darkness? No wonder your eyes hurting.
What's the best starting weapon?
Laser looks cool but the prospect of nuking xenos is cool too.
And the idea of having prejectile weapons that makes the GAU-8 looks like a baby's toy is arousing.
Wormhole or Hyperspace?
Confederate States of INDUSTRY.
We will produce our way to freedom.
>>337107703
Technological uplifting. They usually seem to have a similar government to you and they are happy to be your vassal. Especially if they can colonize stuff that you cannot.
