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Stellaris |OT| Imperium Universalis
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UcchedavÄda
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10 hours into my game, and I just research colony ships .. again. Happened after an anomaly gave me tropical colonization. Weird.
Can you get a ship and/or fleet into your ally's system to scout and/or help? If your ally still has forces there, you might be better off fighting with them than waiting for them to be squashed.
if they've already been overrun, you may at least be able to see what you're up against.
call_kotaku
Member
After a couple of nights of playing I gotta say this game is what I wanted (but didn't really get) out of space 4X games like Endless Space or Galactic Civilizations. Lots of interactions that aren't just about watching numbers get bigger and the "demesne limit" equivalent from CK preventing the sort of tedious midgame micromanagement that a lot of these games get bogged down with.
I guess my only complaint is that if naval battles aren't going to be controlled (unless I'm missing something) then just make them completely abstracted like the battles from EU or CK. I realize that it's disappointing to play a space empire game and not get to watch your ships shoot beams at other ships, but it's frustrating to watch them behave erratically and it not being clear how to make them think better.
I guess my only complaint is that if naval battles aren't going to be controlled (unless I'm missing something) then just make them completely abstracted like the battles from EU or CK. I realize that it's disappointing to play a space empire game and not get to watch your ships shoot beams at other ships, but it's frustrating to watch them behave erratically and it not being clear how to make them think better.
My fleets are deep in upgrading and the Unbidden was 17k against my ally's pitiful 4k. We're in a Federation but my ally decided attacking the technologically strong Pacifists to his North was more worthy of his Military so they're all up there.
I see. Good luck with that. I'm guessing you don't have the required 13k fleet to make it a fair fight.
Not at all, I'm just hoping I can build up something to help them before they completely fall. I have Wormhole gates all over that I can hopefully use to just hit the Unbidden with a Surprise attack.
MrCompletely
Member
Any Hyperion fans also find the floating tree event?
The event for scanning species in another empires lands - what border access to do I ask?
It's always at -1000
Civilian. You generally need a pretty good relationship though, and some ethos combinations will I think always say no. But that's what lasers are made for.
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
Had a bug earlier where any system tried to look at was all grey but it was an easy fix by checking all the files via steam.
My newest Empire is the best one I've done yet, I got a pretty big fleet, four destroyers so far, a bunch of corvettes, and can make more in times to come. I've expanded rather well and there is two groups of aliens just below me that fairly sure can't match my tech and fleet so they are likely to soon fall against my onslaught. Going to make sure that IS what will happen, last time I tried that and invaded one species they fought right back and kicked my ass blowing up my stuff.
My newest Empire is the best one I've done yet, I got a pretty big fleet, four destroyers so far, a bunch of corvettes, and can make more in times to come. I've expanded rather well and there is two groups of aliens just below me that fairly sure can't match my tech and fleet so they are likely to soon fall against my onslaught. Going to make sure that IS what will happen, last time I tried that and invaded one species they fought right back and kicked my ass blowing up my stuff.
I got half the crew of my science ship kidnapped earlier and they returned with a shiny new cool looking new one so I was like yeah, free science ship, don't mind if I do.
And nothing has happened to bite me in the ass for that for years. It's making me even more paranoid. Argh.
And nothing has happened to bite me in the ass for that for years. It's making me even more paranoid. Argh.
Is it called the Event Horizon, perhaps? >
I was starved for some influence, and bam, my top-dog scientist comes to the rescue with a pretty damn sweet anomaly.
I'm currently stuck between an "advanced empire" to my right/above me and a multi-state alliance to my left/below me. I'm completely stuck and they both have the option to expand in the opposite direction. Can I actually do anything to get out of this or would it just be easier to start over?
Sickboy007
Member
Is there a way to move your capital?
Is it called the Event Horizon, perhaps? >
I was starved for some influence, and bam, my top-dog scientist comes to the rescue with a pretty damn sweet anomaly.
It's called the Other Science Ship and its class is From Beyond. I just know something is going to go wrong. Eventually. But so far its served me faithfully and well. Which makes everything worse for when things go wrong.
On the plus side I was rediculously lucky with not being boxed in. I've got most of the northern spiral all to myself and I've blobbed like crazy. And shot my research in the foot with that.
Most of the other empires seem to be in the inner ring,
Unless a tech unlocks it later, and I doubt it will, no. Pretty hard to move the foundation of your race.
Doesn't help me either. My capital is right on the western most point of my empire.
Red Arremer
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Sickboy007
Member
Unless a tech unlocks it later, and I doubt it will, no. Pretty hard to move the foundation of your race.
You can eradicate your own race though
I picked pacifist, individualist and spiritualist and was lucky enough to spawn in a galaxy full of species with those traits and/or xenophilia as well. Between open borders and integrated vassals, I have a very happy multicultural empire!
It's Starbuck.
DeadlyParasite
Member
Not a fan of the sector system so far. The inability to have direct control over outer territories, even at a basic level, is not fun. So essentially I'm limited to recruitment, structure building, and everything else in my first 7 worlds.
kept asking these fucks to let me have civilian access so I could research some shit for a quest and nothing I offered would make it happen... established an embassy and waited a century and even when they were positive with me they still wouldn't let me in so I declared war on them and they were like "but why?" and then absolutely crushed me
oh well
oh well
I've been playing for 12 hours now (started a few different saves) and god damn is this game good. The super early game is a bit slow imo but once you start colonizing and making contacts to other civs the pace of the game ramps up quite nicely which is neat.
Now if I only could form an alliance with my fanatical militarist-spiritualist neighbor... I dont wanna get crushed.
Now if I only could form an alliance with my fanatical militarist-spiritualist neighbor... I dont wanna get crushed.
yeah I don't get the sectoring.. I like that they make buildings and stuff for their planets.. but they don't do anything for orbital stations or building fleets (they do build defense armies) but if you need to have a spaceport in a sector to build ships you need to find the planet on the map, why can't I go to the sector screen and hit a + button that expands and shows what planets are in there, click on it, and be then close the menu?
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
You can build space ports and recruit colony ships in sectors although the colony won't show up in the outliner properly and you'll have to hunt it down yourself.
Unsure about war ships.
Unsure about war ships.
Red Arremer
Member
So the main complaint I have about this game is that it's a mess to play for me due to my colour blindness.
Screenshot from Steam: http://i.imgur.com/hRn6kRn.jpg
What I see: http://i.imgur.com/NS43YYU.jpg
(mind you, for me I can't tell those 2 apart)
Luckily I only have red weakness, it'd look like this if I had proper red blindness: http://i.imgur.com/Smprjny.jpg
Screenshot from Steam: http://i.imgur.com/hRn6kRn.jpg
What I see: http://i.imgur.com/NS43YYU.jpg
(mind you, for me I can't tell those 2 apart
) Luckily I only have red weakness, it'd look like this if I had proper red blindness: http://i.imgur.com/Smprjny.jpg
call_kotaku
Member
Warships you build out of sectored starports show up on the sidebar, but civilian ships don't.
Can't remember the number of times I've built a colony ship from a desert/arctic planet in one of my sectors and completely forgot about them.
Can't remember the number of times I've built a colony ship from a desert/arctic planet in one of my sectors and completely forgot about them.
AzureRonin
Member
kept asking these fucks to let me have civilian access so I could research some shit for a quest and nothing I offered would make it happen... established an embassy and waited a century and even when they were positive with me they still wouldn't let me in so I declared war on them and they were like "but why?" and then absolutely crushed me
oh well
If you hover over the acceptance score in the trade offer window it will give you the circumstances in which the trade will be possible. Sometimes it says they won't trade that item because they are neutral, or that they require a specific item in return.
In regards to border access some fanatic xenophobe races won't ever trade that with you depending on your government type and traits.... at least that's what I gathered from that little pop up you get when you hover over things.
ScottFarRoad
Neo Member
So the main complaint I have about this game is that it's a mess to play for me due to my colour blindness.
Screenshot from Steam: http://i.imgur.com/hRn6kRn.jpg
What I see: http://i.imgur.com/NS43YYU.jpg
(mind you, for me I can't tell those 2 apart
Luckily I only have red weakness, it'd look like this if I had proper red blindness: http://i.imgur.com/Smprjny.jpg
It's not very different comparing the 2. I wouldn't worry.
You can eradicate your own race though
I picked pacifist, individualist and spiritualist and was lucky enough to spawn in a galaxy full of species with those traits and/or xenophilia as well. Between open borders and integrated vassals, I have a very happy multicultural empire!
Just wait until one of your happy, peace-loving, ally neighbors research Jump Drives. It happened to me, it'll happen to you!
Shifty Capone1
Member
I ran into the same problem after starting a couple games and getting the hang out of. On hard with some advanced AI starts you can get wrecked real easily. All of a sudden a far empire declares war on you and shows up with 20k fleets. Makes it more interesting though.
On a side note, what kind of mods (if any) are you guys using? I was using the take away influence for Frontier Outposts, but after the early game it makes it way to easy to just expand rapidly because you have so many resources.
Sickboy007
Member
You can do that, click on the sector's bar (not on its name) to expand it
Warships do show up after you build them in sectors.
I'm hoping to do it myself haha
Red Arremer
Member
It's not very different comparing the 2. I wouldn't worry.
Oh I know, I'm lucky I only have a red weakness rather than a full-fledged blindness. But the neutral space in the galaxy is brown. That small empire with the circular logo is brown, too, and to me, they're literally identical. I don't even know where its space ends and neutral space begins.
It doesn't help that the red empire (and I know it's red cause I was told
) to the North of me also has a very similar shade for me. Add to that the various shades of brown/orange they have available beyond that, and no or very slim borders AND the brown background to the galaxy, and I'm essentially not seeing anything.So the main complaint I have about this game is that it's a mess to play for me due to my colour blindness.
Screenshot from Steam: http://i.imgur.com/hRn6kRn.jpg
What I see: http://i.imgur.com/NS43YYU.jpg
(mind you, for me I can't tell those 2 apart
Luckily I only have red weakness, it'd look like this if I had proper red blindness: http://i.imgur.com/Smprjny.jpg
Those borders actually don't even render on Linux interestingly enough.
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
kept asking these fucks to let me have civilian access so I could research some shit for a quest and nothing I offered would make it happen... established an embassy and waited a century and even when they were positive with me they still wouldn't let me in so I declared war on them and they were like "but why?" and then absolutely crushed me
oh well
this
its pissing me off
So, I found six precursor artifacts, and the precursor's capital system was exceedingly close by, so I instantly surveyed it and built a frontier station there. But apparently that's not what I'm meant to do, as nothing's changed in the situation log, and I don't have any options to send an expedition.
Anyone completed that mission yet? Just what are you meant to do?
Anyone completed that mission yet? Just what are you meant to do?
Red Arremer
Member
Moving pops from one planet to another.
The migration time can be a pain in the ass because while a pop is migrating away, it still occupies the planet field it's sitting in.
piratepwnsninja
Member
So one thing this has done, besides be awesome in and of itself, has made me interested in picking up some of their other games. I'm thinking CK2. Any required expansions that make the experience more enjoyable? Any Let's Plays worth watching to give me a general idea as to how it plays?
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
Sedentary is practically just a free trait point. The overall impact is negligible. I took slow breeders in my current game but I'm going to take Sedentary basically every time after instead.
Shifty Capone1
Member
Get all of CK2 including expansions. They are different games though. Same EU4. Somewhat different games. Stellaris has a much better tutorial and not as much 'family drama.'
You can do that, click on the sector's bar (not on its name) to expand it
ohh.. must have missed this since last I played I was dead tired but couldn't stop myself.. nice
Speaking of traits, has anyone unlocked the gene manipulation tech etc. so you can modify existing races? How does that work, how expensive is it to add new beneficial traits / remove negative ones? And how do you gain more points, I saw that some races I had discovered were in the negatives already despite not doing anything with them.
call_kotaku
Member
I wish the search tool in this game was a bit more powerful. The CK2 search was incredibly valuable for finding specific people or vassals and I would really like some sort of easy method to find certain kinds of planets within my domain in this. Once I research a certain kind of colonization I gotta scour all my sectors for the correct planets which is silly.
You can select a population on a specific planet and then modify them, it puts up an event in your situation log you can research. The way I've been doing it is to colonize a planet with a species that has a decent habitation rating, and then modifying the colonists to be more compatible. Your local populations can also do this themselves (had a Human Clarus race pop up on a human ocean planet). Research time seems to increase with number of traits being modified and the number of populations, but it was never much of an issue for my empire in the midgame.
There are technologies that give more trait points to use later on.
You can select a population on a specific planet and then modify them, it puts up an event in your situation log you can research. The way I've been doing it is to colonize a planet with a species that has a decent habitation rating, and then modifying the colonists to be more compatible. Your local populations can also do this themselves (had a Human Clarus race pop up on a human ocean planet). Research time seems to increase with number of traits being modified and the number of populations, but it was never much of an issue for my empire in the midgame.
There are technologies that give more trait points to use later on.
Shifty Capone1
Member
I had 20 something assault forces on the capital planet of someone I was at war with. In the middle of the fight for the planet, I won. Accepting that empire as a vassal. However, all of my assault forces are "stuck" on that planet and I cannot do anything. I click on them in the right side yet it shows nothing. They are a massive drain on my resources. I only got them all so I could win the war!