Got burned pretty bad on this, no more Paradox day one purchases. I love their games and the continued support is second to none, but releasing games half-baked for business reasons is shitty.
While some people will disagree, I always like to bring up EU4. It started out as a barely playable mess, but today it's probably Paradox's best strategy game (I like CK2 more, but for the roleplay stuff). I would very much like to know which way Stellaris will go, there's pretty much an endless amount of stuff they can add, it's just going to take a while.
In all reality, these games should be released as early access titles so those new to the genre can be prepared for the half baked product they'll receive. It takes years for these 4x games to hit their stride. And frankly, after you pay for all the bolt on features that arguably should have been included from the jump, you end up paying far more than a regular game. Trading? Diplomacy? Reasonable AI? Come on, these are all integral components that should never be neglected at release (see galciv 3 for an example of neglect)
I can see that, would probably work.
We never saw any Constitution ships destroyed in DS9, as that was the TOS Enterprise's class.
Honestly, it's fine. It's just not very in-death compared to their other output. I'm sure the expansions will fix that in time.
It's basically a better-visualised version of CK2's combat system.
It's a good start, but I feel that the combat needs more dice rolls and an actual framework rather than just a back and forth HP sink. Limit the size of fleets, add stacking penalties, make it a tactical fight rather than number vs number.
Just like you only need one 20 stack of troops in EU4? Energy could be used better, but it is at least used for building upkeep, trade and rushing building as well.
Edit: Heinlein has just been deployed. Levithans to follow any minute.
