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Jazerus posted:the new early game is very good - more tense, much less luck Some event chains seem weird - I got the cultists one, where the second stage (after you board their ship) has me explore 2 systems - on the other side of the galaxy. I think they used to spawn relatively closer? Tomn posted:Each new outpost does increase your tradition/tech costs, though, right? Yup, I want to say... 2% more per system?
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Tomn posted:I imagine the answer is "Pay tribute." We never pay any-one Dane-geld 
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canepazzo posted:Some event chains seem weird - I got the cultists one, where the second stage (after you board their ship) has me explore 2 systems - on the other side of the galaxy. I think they used to spawn relatively closer? Just spitballing but could it be that there’s a wormhole near you that’s making the event generation think that those systems are close to you?
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Feb 22, 2018 18:52
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Soup du Jour posted:Just spitballing but could it be that there’s a wormhole near you that’s making the event generation think that those systems are close to you? Good thinking. I bet that's it.
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Feb 22, 2018 18:58
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Now I want to see a late game crisis where a fleet of planet destroyers invade the galaxy, 1 ship per planet and you have to kill the ones going for planets you like before they destroy them. (kind of like what happened with SOTS locusts when they went out of control).
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Fintilgin posted:Good thinking. I bet that's it. Can confirm, same thing happened in my game. Either that, or the gates.
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Some distance calculations in events are a bit wonky at the moment due to the hyperlane shenanigans, it'll be sorted out.
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also agreed that early game is really great. expansion feels good, I'm never hurting for influence too much but my expansion feels intentional rather than incidental to what I want to do. fleet manager needs a bit of work, it is a bit wonky. I get the feeling that trading module, edicts, and upgrades could very easily be spun into a whole expansion.
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There is something about slowly painting the territory in a cohesive manner, through aesthetically pleasing shapes created by outposts, as opposed to the circular blobs in tghe previous iteration, that really appeals to me. It may sound silly but I feel that this game is now more like a proper map painter like the other Paradox one. Such pretty borders!
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Feb 22, 2018 19:21
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The fanatic purifier civilization of Phallusia will purge/armageddon bombard all enemies until the only thing that exists is a single empire in a pleasing shape
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Anything to make border flipping easier than taking over a planet that you don't want is gold to me. There was nothing more annoying than having your living metal randomly sniped because your neighbor settled 3 garbage planets and pushed the border just enough to prevent you from being able to Frontier Outpost it back.
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It seems as though for its first two years of life Paradox has been struggling to decide just what the base game of Stellaris is supposed to be. This new direction feels much tighter, however. I hope more features are forthcoming that deepen pop-management/manipulation, trade, and all those fiddly bits that breathe a bit of life into these civilizations.
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Sibling of TB posted:Now I want to see a late game crisis where a fleet of planet destroyers invade the galaxy, 1 ship per planet and you have to kill the ones going for planets you like before they destroy them. (kind of like what happened with SOTS locusts when they went out of control). So Reapers from Mass Effect?
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I wish I got fired right now, gently caress
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Ohhh poo poo, with the new borders you could make an Interstellar Concordium crisis that just burns its way through the galaxy to ensure no two races are allowed to border each other. Uhh, maybe
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axeil posted:So Reapers from Mass Effect? Ah, yes, ‘Reapers’. We have dismissed this claim.  It would be a cool end game threat, although the Prethoryn Scourge is probably already too similar to make the "planetkillers from deep space" distinct enough of a crisis
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3 DONG HORSE posted:I wish I got fired right now, gently caress Yep. I want to be home managing make believe space empires, not dealing with companies who are angry that they had to pay sales tax (because they didn't bother to tell us they are exempt... apparently we should just magically know the tax status of each of the hundreds of thousands of companies that we do business with) One of these things is definitely more exciting than the other! At least I can read fellow goon's experiences while I wait for 5 to come around.
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I found out about this after I picked up the expansion from Steam. I could get a refund but meh. https://www.fanatical.com/en/dlc/stellaris-apocalypse Apocalypse for 15% off. Fanatical is legit, they're owned by Focus Multimedia.
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Spawned next to some marauders. That's ok, less ok is when their fleet rampages through my territory and destroys most of my mining stations because they're on the shortest path to another empire which failed to pay protection or somesuch 
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axeil posted:So Reapers from Mass Effect? Man this could be great. Reapers show up through wormhole or gate networks and start taking names. Give them a colossus that gradually depletes planetary pops (say randomly 1 to 3 per month? faster the lower planetary defenses are?) and each [x] number of pops that gets mulched spawns a new Reaper.
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How do you build FTL inhibitors? I got the technology and 2 random systems in my empire apparently have them. One I think I got from a fortress, the other was a more newly built station. But I see no way to add them to existing stations, or why the new station has one and the old stations don't. Do all my systems with starbases actually have the inhibitors and the map icons are bugged, or do I need to some how demolish my starbases and rebuild them to give them the new inhibitor tech? I also have 2 starbases with identical upgrades, missile battery and gun battery but one has 480 combat power and one 460 combat power. What?
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IAmTheRad posted:I found out about this after I picked up the expansion from Steam. I could get a refund but meh. You can apply the discount code "LUNAR8" for another 8% off.
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Ms Adequate posted:Man this could be great. Reapers show up through wormhole or gate networks and start taking names. Give them a colossus that gradually depletes planetary pops (say randomly 1 to 3 per month? faster the lower planetary defenses are?) and each [x] number of pops that gets mulched spawns a new Reaper. They could also go for Indoctrination Theory and let them spawn some kind of internal rebellion. A crisis that messes up the hyperspace lanes would be interesting too. Basically, Wiz please give us more crises, thank you.
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What are your guys' thoughts on early corvette war on your nearest neighbour with 2.0? How many corvettes? I just tried it with 13 and kind of feels like I need maybe 15 or so. Problem is, I think the AI will just match my fleet. Perhaps colonizing 3rd planet was a mistake and I should have traded it for more corvettes.
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I'd ask for a Shivan-themed Crisis but I doubt it could be mechanically distinct enough from the Unbidden to warrant the time or effort.
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New thread is up: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3850079 Now I can actually enter videogame hibernation.
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3 DONG HORSE posted:I wish I got fired right now, gently caress I wish I had an extra $20 right now And a Blorg body pillow
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Are you loving kidding me, I just found a ruined Dyson Sphere and Ring World right next to my starting system. Wow. E: AND LIVING METAL Improbable Lobster fucked around with this message at 21:41 on Feb 22, 2018 |
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postcapt posted:You can apply the discount code "LUNAR8" for another 8% off. I got mine from uk.gamesplanet.com. £14 without any special discounts. That's 16€ but I guess that one's you linked is even better!
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poo poo I just clicked purchase, welp RIP my 3 bucks. Anyway jumping back into this game again for the first time in awhile. E: I haven't played since fleets were one giant deathstack for the most part, what should I know about how they work now? Axetrain fucked around with this message at 23:23 on Feb 22, 2018 |
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Soup du Jour posted:Just spitballing but could it be that there’s a wormhole near you that’s making the event generation think that those systems are close to you? This is definitely what is going on, because I had the exact same thing. I eventually found a natural wormhole a few systems over, which I'm guessing links all the way to near the cultist systems.
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Bloody Pom posted:Why has nobody made a Freespace ship pack yet? Eh, it kind of makes sense when you think about it. It just represents the way technologies build on each other. Cruisers -- first capital ships that could be self-sufficient and able to perform several roles, like our surface navy etymology. It's the initial standard for ships of the line in the GTA. Destroyers -- bigger ships that excel at destroying smaller vessels (much like how the term destroyer comes from 'torpedo boat destroyer') Corvette -- smaller than a destroyer but larger than a cruiser. Can't call them cruisers as they are bigger, meaner and because that designation is still in use and popular. In the age of destroyers and corvettes, the corvette is the smallest 'proper' warship -- much like how the term is used today. By the fs2 era, cruisers are just dogfood. Frigate -- applies to only the Iceni and it's dubious as to whether the term 'command frigate' is anything beyond a way to designate the one of a kind NTF vessel. But frigates are fast and the Iceni is quick, too.
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Wow the pace of this game is fukken glacial now. 2400, my fleet cap is barely over 200, and battleships haven't come up yet.
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I think I was like +125 on food by the time my last game was over. 
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Guys. NEW THREAD https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3850079
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I joined a war with a fellow AI against a hated neighbor AI - but i think the friendly AI set the war goals. is there a way to control this or is it out of my hands? anyone else experienced this yet?
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