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[bjaelke]

Paradox stated back when the game was announced, that they had no intention of bringing it to Early Access. They'd much rather get feedback from active community members through invite-only beta (similar to previous Paradox releases).

We usually pick beta testers from users on our own forums.If you are interested in participating in our beta programs, the best thing is to be active there, follow the rules and show dedication.

We're not interested in people who just want to play the game before release. We need people who are willing to do real Beta testing and provide feedback and bug reports.

 

[Chariot]

Paradox stated back when the game was announced, that they had no intention of bringing it to Early Access. They'd much rather get feedback from active community members through invite-only beta (similar to previous Paradox releases).

Well, this is reasonable.

 

[Cameron122]

And Cameron122 was never heard from ever again

Tru. Get my affairs in order.

 

[eznark]

Paradox stated back when the game was announced, that they had no intention of bringing it to Early Access. They'd much rather get feedback from active community members through invite-only beta (similar to previous Paradox releases).

I'd prefer they did the GalCiv model where you had to pay more to get into EA.

 

[bjaelke]

Stellaris Dev Diary #13 - Primitive Civilizations

 

[Chariot]

Stellaris Dev Diary #13 - Primitive Civilizations

Holy hell, that looks amazing. I want to subjugate primitives in the name of the Empire!

 

[Poodlestrike]

Stellaris Dev Diary #13 - Primitive Civilizations

Wow, that's... basically everything I could have wanted.

Technological Enlightenment ftw.

 

[Human_me]

Stellaris Dev Diary #13 - Primitive Civilizations

I'm just going to kill them all.
Conquest everyone!

 

[Orgun]

Oh man, I am going to basically create the Dominion from Star Trek DS9. Enslave everyone!

 

[eschiver]

Hearts of Iron was one of my favorite games. I am looking forward to this.

 

[spiritfox]

We can make alien abductions? Sweet.

 

[Tommyhawk]

Stellaris Dev Diary #13 - Primitive Civilizations

Pretty great update.
Gotta say I'm hyped for this game. Paradox style grand strategy + a 4X space game is a match made in heaven.

 

[Human_me]

Pretty cool, If human race isn't in the game the solar system still is.

 

[5taquitos]

Pretty cool, If human race isn't in the game the solar system still is.

Sounds about what I'd imagine our planet would look like in a few thousand years.

 

[Poodlestrike]

Pretty cool, If human race isn't in the game the solar system still is.

Well, that's not dark at all.

 

[epmode]

Has there been any word about UI scaling? This game sounds incredible but Paradox grand strategy games are really hard to see on my monitor.

 

[Karak]

Well, that's not dark at all.

That would be pretty cool to come on the debris of our destruction. Planets ruined. Just Will Smith alive on earth talking to mannequins .

 

[Steel]

Wow, that's... basically everything I could have wanted.

Technological Enlightenment ftw.

Yep. I want to be at the head of a multi-race conglomerate that will eventually devolve into a bloody civil war.

 

[Poodlestrike]

That would be pretty cool to come on the debris of our destruction. Planets ruined. Just Will Smith alive on earth talking to mannequins .

That seems like a fun science mission, where you come across a species that wiped itself 99% of the way out.

Yep. I want to be at the head of a multi-race conglomerate that will eventually devolve into a bloody civil war.

Indeed

 

[Chariot]

With every further information I grow more impatient. I want the game and I want it now :<

 

[exmachina64]

Sounds about what I'd imagine our planet would look like in a few thousand years.

A few thousand years? That's how I imagine 2017.

 

[ZZMitch]

A few thousand years? That's how I imagine 2017.

That's not enough time for me to play Stellaris. I won't allow it!

 

[bjaelke]

Stellaris Dev Diary #14 - Uplifting and Subspecies

Great stuff to end the year on (next DD is in 2 weeks).

 

[Poodlestrike]

Stellaris Dev Diary #14 - Uplifting and Subspecies

Great stuff to end the year on (next DD is in 2 weeks).

Totally unrelated side note: I only recently learned what this .gif was from, and it is not what I expected given the lighting and the general look of the shot.

 

[exmachina64]

Stellaris Dev Diary #14 - Uplifting and Subspecies

Great stuff to end the year on (next DD is in 2 weeks).

I'm in love with this game.

 

[Human_me]

Stellaris Dev Diary #14 - Uplifting and Subspecies

Great stuff to end the year on (next DD is in 2 weeks).

So I'm going to "purify" my own race from time to time.
Sweeeeet.
There will be genocide everywhere in my grand new empire.

 

[Chariot]

The threads in the official forums will look glorious out of context.

 

[More_Badass]

They're tackling uplifting?! Okay, I'm sold. That's such a cool sci-fi concept

 

[Poodlestrike]

Next dev diary is going to be about Fallen Empires apparently, large pre-existing multi system civs that stagnated before you so much as stepped onto the galactic stage.

I'm hoping it'll be easy to mod them in so I can add the Imperium. Maybe with squirrels instead of humans.

 

[Chariot]

Need some Eldar who get trashed by everyone.

 

[belushy]

Stellaris Dev Diary #14 - Uplifting and Subspecies

Great stuff to end the year on (next DD is in 2 weeks).

So we could make our own "Covenant" like from Halo?

 

[Poodlestrike]

So we could make our own "Covenant" like from Halo?

Seems like it'd be fairly straightforward. Theocratic caste system + lots of uplifting.

 

[Turin Turambar]

I wonder about how moddable will be the game. I want to play the Culture! Have stupidly powerful AI ships but be beholden of strict pacifism by my pops! I want to send pairs of hot girl spy + drone as covert agents!

 

[Basileus777]

I wonder about how moddable will be the game. I want to play the Culture! Have stupidly powerful AI ships but be beholden of strict pacifism by my pops! I want to send pairs of hot girl spy + drone as cover agents!

It's using the Clausewitz Engine, so it should be very moddable.

 

[Human_me]

It's using the Clausewitz Engine, so it should be very moddable.

I'm hoping they will use Steam Workshop, its really nice and handy.

 

[Basileus777]

I'm hoping they will use Steam Workshop, its really nice and handy.

They use it for all of their other titles, so I imagine Steam Workshop will be enabled.

 

[kami_sama]

I'm more and more hyped for this game. I love space 4Xs and this is just what I want.

 

[bjaelke]

First diary of 2016 is a bit short (probably) due to illness.

Stellaris Dev Diary #15 - Fallen Empires

 

[Chariot]

First diary of 2016 is a bit short (probably) due to illness.

Stellaris Dev Diary #15 - Fallen Empires

Gameplay-wise the Fallen Empires can act as a potential source of advanced technology for players willing to invest the military forces required to defeat one of their fleets in battle. In Stellaris, all ships destroyed in combat will leave debris behind and through reverse engineering a player may discover the technologies required to build the weapons and components equipped by those ships.

jizz

 

[Poodlestrike]

Too good. Just... too good.

This bit:

what captives might be unleashed should their wardens be struck down.

sends and absolute chill down my spine. Wonderful, absolutely wonderful.

 

[Vital Tundra]

Been liking their output of games, can't wait.

 

[-tetsuo-]

Any release date estimates?

 

[Poodlestrike]

Any release date estimates?

February was the original placeholder. No clue if they're going to (or intending to) hit that, but it certainly looked pretty much feature complete in the gameplay videos, so I'd call it possible.

 

[eschiver]

Such hype. Fallen empires sounds great.

 

[ZZMitch]

I wonder if we see HOI4 or Stellaris first at this point!

 

[exmachina64]

First diary of 2016 is a bit short (probably) due to illness.

Stellaris Dev Diary #15 - Fallen Empires

In my damn veins.

 

[Human_me]

I wonder if we see HOI4 or Stellaris first at this point!

Well considering Hearts of Iron IV is on development diary 38.
While Stellaris is on diary 15.

I'm betting Hearts of Iron IV will be out soon.

At this point, I'm guessing that Stellaris will be out late summer.

 

[Human_me]

This weeks Diary:
Stellaris Dev Diary #16 - Colony Events

Have some screenshots:

Subterranean Invasion? Gears of War in universe confirmed.

Next week's Dev Diary will be: War, Peace, Influence and Claims!

 

[HK-47]

How can this game possibly live up to all this?

 

[Sickboy007]

I love Paradox games, especially event-heavy ones like CKII - and Stellaris, it seems.

It's such a perfect blend of roleplaying, strategy and simulation.