Stellaris Dev Diary #263 - Announcing Toxoids

[zZander56]

I hope there will be a Megacorp equivalent of Relentless Industrialists? It would be weird if there weren't, I mean, it is such a good fit for empires like Chinorr.

My thoughts in your head.

 

[Bankipriel]

Not what I was hoping for . . . but, the ship and species art looks fantastic, so I will take it with a smile and a "thank you."

 

[klingonadmiral]

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)

The Composer of Strands happily provides.

 

[Troyen]

I expect to have dev diaries on those in October if things go well, but Saturday at 12:15 there's a session at PDXCon where @Alfray Stryke and I will be talking about those experiments - well before we normally would feel comfortable doing so since they're still ongoing.

Will this be available to watch online for those of us outside the EU?

 

[Stardance]

I think this may be my new favorite ship pack, really looking forward to it! Also I can just see a stand off between aquatics / toxoids / terravores. It would be like a terraforming war! Love it!

Anyone else notice in the trailer the allusion to the toxoids making normal planets toxic so they'd be paid to 'clean it up'? Do I sense a new terraforming related enclave? That might make a really interesting addition if you don't quite have the tech to terraform something, or if you want to pay someone to ... erm... illegally dump some waste on a difficult neighbor.

Very creative. Nicely done.

 

[G S Palmer]

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.

I mean hey, I have an in-depth suggestion forum post about this. Just saying.

 

[Edorath]

Having the steam link spoil the Toxic God is a colossus kinda ruins the surprise, i suggest changing the description.
Other than that Toxoids looks fairly promising, i like the overall theme of burning resources up for short theme profit it has going on.

 

[Stellar Game]

I find it interesting that although the portraits don't look bad, they kinda don't fit that well within the Stellaris' aesthetics

Been looking how to express it, I agree! They look amazing, but a bit garish for the more muted portraits we currently have. Not sure about these

 

[Idle America]

So is every species pack going to get us a new catchy song? Because I'm down with that!

 

[SafteyBot]

But when does the Bangin' on a Trashcan single drop?

 

[Critical Ethics]

Having the steam link spoil the Toxic God is a colossus kinda ruins the surprise, i suggest changing the description.
Other than that Toxoids looks fairly promising, i like the overall theme of burning resources up for short theme profit it has going on.

Practice what you preach my friend!

 

[Sian]

Really hoping that the Civics/Origins supports non-default governments, whether that be Gestalts (although Mechaniods would possibly be more difficult to lean into the theme with) or Megacorps (who're criminally undersupported)

 

[Marmelado]

The idea behind the pack is nice, but at this point Stellaris desperately needs pollution and resource depletion mechanics. This pack could be a good way to introduce the ecology as something that matters.

 

[Rebelsj21]

Will they interact with Toxic worlds?

Gee i wonder

 

[hydrolised_ whey_is_tasty]

Since we’re finally getting here, can we get an easy access to tombification of a planet just like terraformers got theirs? Maybe even some new species with tomb world preference? Latter is not necessary though. I’ll just be happy with further defensive measures that make conquest of other empires unattractive, like the inability to steal drone pops from gestalts.

 

[zZander56]

Really hoping that the Civics/Origins supports non-default governments, whether that be Gestalts (although Mechaniods would possibly be more difficult to lean into the theme with) or Megacorps (who're criminally undersupported)

I wouldn't bet on Megacorps getting support. There hasn't been any word on it, which is usually a bad sign.

 

[Critical Ethics]

Species Packs are all over the place though. For example Molluscoids have a bunch of ones that look aquatic, arthropoids could reaistically live anywhere, and so on

Those aren't species packs, they're species classes! The existing species packs are Plantoids, Humanoids, Lithoids, Necroids, Aquatics, and now Toxoids. Humanoids are obviously not hugely themeable in an automatic sense, and Lithoids come fully themed already, but for example flipping the switch could make Plantoids (and Fungoids if you have Plantoids) guaranteed to get at least one of Budding or Phototrophic, and always have radiotrophic if they're a tombworld start.

Yeah there'll be edge cases but at the moment it's all edge cases

 

[Draelian]

En cuanto a los Caballeros del Dios Tóxico.
¿Podría esto interactuar con la ascensión psiónica?
Como en, ¿la Sábana Santa tiene un dios de la decadencia, el cambio, el renacimiento, etc.? ¿El Dios es alegre?
Eso espero. (guiño, empujón)

You're not usually Psionic, are you? the five entities are clearly the four brothers and Malal. But they might give you something with the weaver (Nurgle)

 

[OnyxAbussos]

LOVE IT!!
Thank you.

 

[OnyxAbussos]

Please allow Scavengers to be used with Void Dwellers Origin.

So we can play Titan AE, for example.