Stellaris Dev Diary #263 - Announcing Toxoids

[CMDR_HERNE]

Really love the theme music for this trailer. The team involved outdid themselves

 

[Orphalesion]

hmmm interesting.

Though, this will probably be the first species pack I won't purchase. I don't think it's badly done, and the origins/civics sound fun. The ships and buildings also look great.
But the designs are a bit too repulsive/disgusting for me (as in purposefully ugly, not bad designs) I mean the second portrait in the steam screenshot that shows all the portraits looks like it's straight out of W40k. Ew....

Though glad for everyone who likes them.

 

[SirBlackAxe]

It would be neat if having this species pack makes ketlings swap one of their civics for Scavengers.

 

[Slaughter]

• • Relentless Industrialists: If you’re going to keep up with demand, you’re going to have to learn to ignore all of those petty regulations and negative opinions. The surviving population will thank you for all of the resources you gain!

• Exotic Metabolism: You’ve adapted to ask “are you going to eat that?” where other species would be calling the hazmat team. Eat faster, live longer, and enjoy a terrifying rainbow of flavors!

Finally, we can properly play with the British Empire.

 

[Kitschy]

Looks really cool.
Would be great to have bioship shipset some time in the future too, pretty please.

 

[MilanOvidi]

This is great! More options for customization. But when will bioships appear?
The devouring swarm on bioships is not enough for me personally.

 

[Slaughter]

Placeholder Species Pack when?

Oh yeah, starring such classics as:
- Humanoid Blank Face
- Humanoid in shadow
- Shrouded cloak with what may or may not be shadow tentacles coming out of it
- Enigmatic cigarrete smoking human
- Glowing red eyes in the dark
- Vague blurr

 

[Alfray Stryke]

Wait, isn't that also the name of a porn magazine in Mass Effect?

It's also the name of a constellation named by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1756. It's the chemical furnace.

 

[zZander56]

Oh yeah, starring such classics as:
- Humanoid Blank Face
- Humanoid in shadow
- Shrouded cloak with what may or may not be shadow tentacles coming out of it
- Enigmatic cigarrete smoking human
- Glowing red eyes in the dark
- Vague blurr

Would honestly be an instant favorite.

 

[Critical Ethics]

Seriously though, I love the idea of a trade-off between short-term gains and longer-term ecological sustainability (in a less extreme form than Terravores).

I'd like that as a base game mechanic tbh. It feels like covering your planets with alloy factories should have some consequences, and conversely it would nice to play an empire who tries to keep things nice on purpose.

 

[zZander56]

Overtuned seems like the biological equivalent of Mechanists and Teachers of the Shroud that I've been waiting for. Good to see some bio-ascension love.

I'm glad that I'll have that, since it's looking like I won't get to play with the added civics as a Megacorp

 

[Darrenb209]

This is the first species pack that's just not caught my eye in any way.

There's nothing wrong with it... It just feels very memey rather than something that fits into the universe and I'm really not sure I'd trust the AI to deal with it.

I suppose that it was inevitable that I wouldn't like every species pack.

Nice job on the art design though, even if it isn't for me.

 

[Silesian Burd]

I was not expecting this, but I love it!

Now all we need are energy beings and a Lovecraftian Eldritch Species Pack and we can cool it with the Species Packs!

sad Unbidden noises

 

[goldennick94]

Sweet, my dreams of running a dystopian megacorp fantasy that kills the planet with toxic waste is almost here. I really hope there's some interactions with toxic worlds with this species pack. Uninhabitable worlds like toxic, barren, frozen, molten and gas giants feel like they have a lot of potential that isn't utilized unless you get lucky with a deposit or terraforming candidate.

Otherwise, I really dig the ship aesthetics. Good to see Biological ascension getting some love. Feels like these species pack dlcs get a little bit bigger with every new release which is really cool.

 

[BamBamtheDestroyer]

I look forward to bringing toxicity to a new level (in Stellaris)!

My species' LD 50 will be less than one conversation!

So many potential builds to try out!

• Noxious w/ Inward Perfection
• Overtuned w/ Synthetic Leaders
• Exotic Metabolism w/ Toxic Colossus
• Clone Soldiers w/ Incubator (?)
• Budding w/ Incubator (?)

I'm loving the vibes. And the portrait and ship set look very sweet in a rather caustic way.

 

[Pale Blue]

Any love for the Tomb world origin along the toxoids patch?

 

[BamBamtheDestroyer]

Will they can colonize toxic worlds?

I doubt it. But it'd be cool if Toxoids can pull something valuable from Toxic Worlds similar in nature to how Aquatics can grab stuff from Ice Worlds, eventually turning them into Barren worlds.

 

[Primarch Victus]

Each and every Stellaris player in the forums: "give us energy beings, organic shipsets and eldritch alien portraits".

Paradox: "oh, so you want aliens able to survive in toxic worlds? done!"

Also:

I was not expecting this, but I love it!

Now all we need are energy beings and a Lovecraftian Eldritch Species Pack and we can cool it with the Species Packs!

Exactly. We are all expecting for that since the Big Bang! So, Paradox, when you will finally hear us?

Regarding Knights of the Toxic God.
Might this interact with the psionic ascension?
As in, does the Shroud have a god of decay, change, rebirth, etc? Is the God jolly?
I sure hope so.(wink, nudge)

"Nudge"?! You meant "Nurgle", right?

 

[Primarch Victus]

Already pre-purchased. I love it.

Portraits: Awesome. (I can think of ton of empire concepts for them already.)

Shipset: Great! (Industrial/scavenger look I've been wanting since the start)

Origin/Civics/Traits: Need to seem them in action but they look pretty cool.

Species packs are always a treat.

Now you mentioned that (scavengers), these ships really looked familiar! They all look like the kind of ship that you could expect to be used by the Eliksni/Fallen.

 

[guiskj]

First, I'm excited for the species pack. More variety in the galaxy is always welcomed and the Stellaris team is the only one where the idea of "DLC pays for continued support" is clearly exemplified by the custodian team.

Also, and only because it makes me happy, in my head the Stellaris team came up with the theme for this pack by distilling the dumpster fire that is the CK3 sub-forum.