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Stellaris |OT| Imperium Universalis
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Well, unless you have 100% slavery tolerance, you get a happiness hit that can be massive.
But I'm a fanatic collectivist so my slaves have the same happiness as my free pops. Cockroach power!
Just played a bunch of this game, this is my first stab at a Paradox title and I am enjoying it so far.
I feel like I am making very slow progress though, there must be something I am doing wrong. About 2.5 hours in and I got my first colony up and running, I need to figure out how to get my monthly energy up.
I'm playing some Technocratic bird people, it's fun.
I feel like I am making very slow progress though, there must be something I am doing wrong. About 2.5 hours in and I got my first colony up and running, I need to figure out how to get my monthly energy up.
I'm playing some Technocratic bird people, it's fun.
smokeandmirrors
Banned
this game is purty
tested out the warfare, not bad. Lured the enemy fleet to my spaceport with 400 fire power and pincered him with my fleet of 675 power fleet against his 700 fire power fleet. Slaughtered him, and then rebuilt my damaged fleet, destroyed his spaceports and he quickly surrendered as my vassal.
EzekelRAGE
Member
So I made an empire my vassal, what are the advantages? Looked on the ingame wiki and it basically just said they come to my aid when I'm in a war.
If I'm looking to just take their planets I should probably use the cede option instead during the declare war menu?
What other advantages are there to ahving a vassal? Also how do I go about doing the tribute option listed in the wiki?
If I'm looking to just take their planets I should probably use the cede option instead during the declare war menu?
What other advantages are there to ahving a vassal? Also how do I go about doing the tribute option listed in the wiki?
HundredEyeMonk
Member
Can't wait until they add map modes.
Being able to toggle alliances/federations/etc on the map will help tremendously.
Being able to toggle alliances/federations/etc on the map will help tremendously.
LurkerPrime
Member
Can't help but agree. I had to choose them.
Ended up jumping on the hype train with this. I've played some 4X games in the past but this is my first Paradox game. I was only supposed to test it out for a few minutes to make sure there weren't any issues. That turned into a 3 hour session and I've barely scratched the surface of it. Really liking what I've played.
Hari Seldon
Member
I'm doing the tutorial and I'm at the part with Board Cultist Ship, how do I do this exactly?
Never mind, I had to change the stance of my military fleet to passive.
Never mind, I had to change the stance of my military fleet to passive.
10,000 star galaxy anyone?
Sadly the game can't handle a galaxy width wider than 500 at the moment, which is why it looks so dense.
In I think 10-15 years you can start to integrate them into your own empire which takes a while, once thats done you can then (for example) use them to colonise arctic worlds if your own species prefer desert words, use them to make armies if they have better armies, etc.
Sadly the game can't handle a galaxy width wider than 500 at the moment, which is why it looks so dense.
In I think 10-15 years you can start to integrate them into your own empire which takes a while, once thats done you can then (for example) use them to colonise arctic worlds if your own species prefer desert words, use them to make armies if they have better armies, etc.
DUFFMCWALIN
Member
I'm getting some crazy stuttering right after I unpause. Hopefully there will be a patch soon.
Pattycakes
Banned
Is this game worth picking up now? I'm hesitant because there are other games that I'd like to buy soon, and some of the reviews seem to be: wait for DLC + patches to fix it, which if that is the case I'd rather wait for a while to pick it up.
Does anyone know if the premade empires that come with game get spawned when galaxies are created?
I really like the idea of having both United Nations of Earth and Commonwealth of Man in my games but wasn't sure if they automatically spawn with each game start or if I need to create new empires of them and set Empire Spawning to Forced
I really like the idea of having both United Nations of Earth and Commonwealth of Man in my games but wasn't sure if they automatically spawn with each game start or if I need to create new empires of them and set Empire Spawning to Forced
The Dear Leader
Banned
Is the Nova Edition worth the extra $10?
Put up a screenshot so we can all not see. lol
Shifty Capone1
Member
What mode of Travel is everyone choosing? I know it was somewhat discussed in the previous topic, but now after release I'd like to know.
I tried hyperspace lanes, but just had a rough start and got obliterated a few hours in by 2 empires near me. On this current one I am trying out wormholes. Seems cool. Not really too sure about the drawbacks of each yet. Building wormhole generators doesn't seem that difficult.
I tried hyperspace lanes, but just had a rough start and got obliterated a few hours in by 2 empires near me. On this current one I am trying out wormholes. Seems cool. Not really too sure about the drawbacks of each yet. Building wormhole generators doesn't seem that difficult.
BitterSidekick
Member
The birth of a star. Track number 17
Wyndstryker
Member
How did I not know of this game earlier?
This is gonna scratch my galactic domination itch that Spore failed to do.
This is gonna scratch my galactic domination itch that Spore failed to do.
The problem with wormholes comes up when you're fenced in by other empires, which happens often in spiral galaxies. In an ellipitical galaxy there's pretty much nothing to lose.
Forerunner
Member
This was almost after seven hours of play. I dont think spiral was a good idea, now Im going to start building up my military so I can just sweep everyone above me.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Now THIS is interesting.
I'm getting pretty nervous about my only (thus far) neighbors, and being able to rapidly expand even at the cost of massive ethos divergence is sounding pretty attractive right now.
I'm getting pretty nervous about my only (thus far) neighbors, and being able to rapidly expand even at the cost of massive ethos divergence is sounding pretty attractive right now.
-tetsuo-
Unlimited Capacity
I sit kinda far back so it is even worse, on top of my eyes being terrible. Going to try to scale it right now though.
Royal_Phalanx
Member
There's a separatist group on one of my planets. Also found a primitive Stone Age civilization of Xenos which my tyrannical and xenophobic human Republic enslaved.
Trail Guide
Member
Oh god my legs are so stiff. Nearly eight straight hours of playing this game. Need to get out and walk for a bit before I come back and play until two or three in the morning before getting a few hours of sleep. What a great game.
Thanks.
I dropped the soundtrack on my phone and flipped through the first few tracks, but after a few minutes of that it got me excited to fire up the game again!
LurkerPrime
Member
Hold the right mouse button and you can rotate in full 3D. Zoom in and out with the mouse wheel. In-system you can lock it to whatever view, but on the galactic map it will always go back to Galactic North when you release, to keep you orientated. There's a UI button to lock view on the selected unit, useful for battles; probably a hotkey for it too but I don't know it.
There's a bunch of hotkeys but I can't think of many offhand. Q is view selected, E is, I think, enter system (from galactic view). 1-9 are RTS-style command shortcuts (ctrl + number to set, IIRC?). F1-5 are governance hotkeys. And there's plenty more.
Presumably the Stellaris Wiki will have the controls and hotkeys added, but for now it's pretty empty.
EzekelRAGE
Member
Man I messed up so bad, went years having no influence gane because I forgot I had 3-4 outposts set up. I didnt notice until I had like 52 influence. Luckily a few of the outposts had habitable planets near so just had to spam a few colony ships and deactivate the outposts. But damn, I wasted so much influence, T_T.
Made some bird people, settled a couple planets, explored a bunch, observing some medieval-era insectoids, met some gas grazing squid aliens, and am at war with a splinter group of my people who left our home planet to become pirates. I have won both of the engagements we had against them, including destroying an asteroid base of theirs.
The game and the music are both amazing.
Edit: Question - when your admirals/scientists etc level up, you don't have to do anything right? They just gain automatic bonuses/skills? I didn't see if I had to assign them anything after they level up.
The game and the music are both amazing.
Edit: Question - when your admirals/scientists etc level up, you don't have to do anything right? They just gain automatic bonuses/skills? I didn't see if I had to assign them anything after they level up.
Hello? This is Hailun!
Member
So basically "beginning is good end game is meh" like every 4x ever?
EzekelRAGE
Member
Question about power hubs and their mineral/food equivalents, can you stack 2-3 of them on a planet to double/triple the benefits?