Stellaris Dev Diary #282 - Announcing First Contact

[kwheeler]

Hmm. Maybe some smuggling mechanics to go along with it? Maybe another use for my mercenaries?

Everything looks great, and I'm especially excited for the civics and the Fear of the Dark origin.

Smuggling! That's an awesome thought for criminal megacorps! I love that idea. It might be a way to spread crime in neighboring empires without necessarily building a corporate holding on their planets--or perhaps a way to increase the effectiveness of existing holdings.

I also like the idea that if you are smuggling through enemy territory, their patrol strength on a given route may become visible if you have good intel, and then you could arrange routes that go through poorly patrolled areas, which in turn increases piracy rankings.

 

[FleetMaster]

 

[TrotBot]

i'd love to be able to cloak my ringworld at some point!

 

[heliostellar]

Am I to understand that you'll FINALLY fix the Pre Sapient bug I reported 3 years ago??

Stellaris - [2.5.0] [9939] Pre-Sapients still not appearing in Empire pops window

Description [2.5.0] [9939] Pre-Sapients still not appearing in Empire pops window Game Version 2.5.0 What version do you use? Steam What expansions do you have installed? All of the above Do you have mods enabled? Please...

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Stellaris - Problem with uplifing (Shelley v2.5.1) [1fd6]

Description Problem with uplifing (Shelley v2.5.1) [1fd6] Game Version Shelley v2.5.1 (1fd6) What version do you use? Steam What expansions do you have installed? Synthetic Dawn, Utopia, Leviathans Story Pack, Apocalypse, Distant Stars Do...

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[Primarch Victus]

The logo font looks really nice, for those who are interested it is Exarros.

Thanks for the info!

 

[Primarch Victus]

So you like that the two new origins have a non-random enemy empire, but you hate the Imperial Fiefdom origin for having a non-random overlord empire?

I'm definitely in the camp of not caring for these hyper specific origins. It really makes every galaxy feel samey and hurts roleplay. Being able to customize this enemy empire would be great, but randomized (at least to a degree, if it needs to fulfill a certain role like "authoritarian MegaCorp" or so that's fine, like Fallen Empires).

I can't help but wonder if origins are really the best system for these types of story-heavy gameplay ideas. Why not just go all-in and start adding campaigns proper?

Tell me, do you would like if Thanos or Darkseid were presented as belonging to a different species each and every time they make an appearance in a comic book, videogame or film? There is nothing wrong in a Stellaris having an antagonist that we can imediately recognize and dislike as soon as we saw them. You and a few other are the only ones seeing something wrong with that.

 

[Primarch Victus]

Please please please don't make the origins hyperspecific. The whole point of Stellaris is roleplay and emergent storytelling through interesting combinations of events, not a to be a curated narrative experience.

What about having more trust in Paradox's devs? They are not fools, you knew it? The roleplay and emergent(?) storytelling will still be there.

Why? How? It's the randomness that kills immersion. The fact that Commander Shephard was Commander Shephard is what gave Mass Effect immersion.

[Random planet or system name] [Random government type descriptor] Empire is a very repeating scheme. All the randomly generated names lack any weight or meaning precisely because they have to be generic to be usable by any empire. It takes immersion and throws it out a window. Imagine if instead of France, Germany, Sweden the map of Europe had Paris Country, Berlin State and Stockholm Nation. Once you see the patterns they begin to stick in your eyes like pins.

And how many times do people actually play the same origins? I don't think there's an origin I played more than twice. I can certainly stand playing agains the same country twice. I ALREADY DO, because the RNG generated names repeat as well - I've seen that happen an AI empire had the same randomly generated name as one of the empires I used to play as (I tend to use the randomly generated names).

I partially agree 100%. We should be able to craft the galaxy the way we want, by choosing what empires are part of our Federations (Common Ground Origin), Hegemonic Empires (Hegemon), homeworlds (Lost Colony); who are our benefactors (Scion) or our overlords (Imperial Fiefdom). I dislike the way like some of the best Origins are randomly generated instead of being fully customizable.

 

[TheGrimSleeper]

The hiring and upkeep costs of leaders is no longer negligible and we have pressing need for more Envoys. Is there a plan/intention/aim to make Envoys like Governers, Scientists, Admirals and Generals; not limited by an Empire Quota, but hired from the leader screen in the amounts the player needs/wants?

What are the benefits of Leader Pool system over the Quota system and vise versa? (besides the obvious 'workhours spend')

 

[popanurgle]

Hello i have a question, would First league filling offices give any benefit to the machine empire rogue servitors?