Stellaris Dev Diary #349 - A Storm is Brewing: Announcing Cosmic Storms

[guiskj]

I wouldn't down play that we are getting two new precursors too and an origin too, and we have no idea how deep they are making their events/mechanic yet.

 

[mrt1212]

Don't want to be a downer, but is this really content to be in a DLC? Compared to the last one this one seens really lack luster.

You're only being a downer because you havent explained your theory of product releases that seems to suggest that DLCs should only get more and more dense with features over time, always at least meeting and always potentially eclipsing the last one, and always being eclipsed by the next one.

Holding back on prompts for laughter is a passively being a downer.

(I'm taking the piss because yours is an impossible gripe to solve without purposefully juking your expectations by holding back on stuff early only to present it later, and all to avoid the specific gripe. Not to make money at the margins.)

 

[Methone]

Before I even read, let me guess: New origin and/or civic revolving around getting more of this feature?

Update: Wow, like clockwork. Stop shoehorning them in. Add origins and civics when they make sense!

It is everywhere.

Like real life rot, brainrot spreads from host to host.

 

[aadf97799c]

so gestalt still doesn't get spiritualist type civic

waiting to see what new civic do

 

[mathuser]

Oh look, yet another mechanic in the game to make shields an inferior pick than armor. Stellaris is sci fi. Why aren't there Nebulae that neef armor. Or zroni armcrackers that nerf armor.

Before, it was reasonable that every messes with shields because shields regenerated. But now that armor and hull can regenerate just as easily, everything still messes with shields. There is one ONE system in the game that I know of, that messes with armor. It's so unfair.

Magnetic storms in the preview video are shown to affect armor, although the finalized versions are to be shown on August 22. Magnetar or magnetar + pulsar neutron stars could be a nice addition, too.

 

[GOLANX]

Might be cool if some storms hide some Hyperlanes, preventing passage, you could learn how the storm does it and regain access, or weaponize it to create chokepoints for your enemies, and maybe a Backdoor at the same time.

 

[Anonim97]

Anything to avoid reworking ground combat.

Let me copypaste some old screenshots:

EDIT:

Sneaky, sneaky

 

[NilsFabian]

Call me a sheep but I can't get the dislike from some of us about this DLC, "Just a mechanic" "just origions" ...
What do they expect? We get a rounded DLC where the new mechanic ties in with origins and probably the precursors.

 

[CGInglis]

Looks really cool!

Just to clarify, the two new precursor events are actual fully fledged precursors to uncover the same way we would the baol or yuht etc rather than standalone situations or event chains or whatnot?

They are indeed fully-fledged chains!

 

[Foxosaur]

Might be cool if some storms hide some Hyperlanes, preventing passage, you could learn how the storm does it and regain access, or weaponize it to create chokepoints for your enemies, and maybe a Backdoor at the same time.

Yepyep. I'm hoping there is a better ability for a empire to exist in a storm and be undiscovered for a good part of the game as well secret space squid empire ftw.

 

[Eladrin]

Will there be new premade empires as part of this dlc?

Yes, the Yatunan Radicals. (The surfer dudes in one of the pictures.)

I hope the storms are slow-moving enough that they become a kind of galactic terrain for war strategies.

That's a major part of their intent.

OK, here's one more partial spoiler for next week.

(This one actually had an entertaining bug at one point during development where it would cause you to lose intel on your own colonies. That wasn't good.)

Anything to avoid reworking ground combat.

We have no plans to rework ground combat. There are at least fifty other systems that would have more impact and be a much better use of development time.

Secret change: the instant you declare war, a storm will start in the most inconvenient location possible

Stop looking at the release notes early.

A few questions: First, is it possible to completely isolate yourself from the entire galaxy by creating storms?
Second, after the storm is over, will it be possible to re-explore the system in which it occurred to search for anomalies?
(I apologize for any errors in the text as I am using a translator).

It's possible to make a mess of things with multiple storms and clever use of attraction and repulsion effects, but they won't fully isolate you. They're not impassable.

Storms can leave things behind in their wakes. We'll talk about the aftermaths next week.

 

[Mister X-X]

Can these storms be used as weapons??????? against other Empires?????

 

[Keith_C]

The storms in the video are from an old build.

Here's a teaser for next week:
View attachment 1175754

This looks very cool.

But if there's going to be storms that impact shields on stations, will we be given the ability to change the loadout of a station to avoid using slots on now-useless shields?

 

[qwary]

Will storms feature have adjustable settings? Like modifying storms frequency/severity galaxy wide?

 

[Cassilda]

If there is a constant devastation ticker over a very long time due to the tempests, it will be possible to keep it under control?

 

[Alfray Stryke]

This looks very cool.

But if there's going to be storms that impact shields on stations, will we be given the ability to change the loadout of a station to avoid using slots on now-useless shields?

When we last investigated this, we noticed there's several assumptions the game makes about starbases that causes issues if we make them designable, however I've got it flagged as something worth investigation when we get the time to do so. As always #nopromises.

Will storms feature have adjustable settings? Like modifying storms frequency/severity galaxy wide?

If there is a constant devastation ticker over a very long time due to the tempests, it will be possible to keep it under control?

We should cover these in the next DD.

 

[Sete]

Let me copypaste some old screenshots:

EDIT:

Sneaky, sneaky
View attachment 1175983

Riveting content.
Hopefully better than the Astral stuff.

 

[DiscoRay]

Quite underwhelmed by this, should be material that's part of a regular update branch. Just feels like someone at Paradox went to see Twisters at the movies and then thought: "THIS is our next DLC!"

 

[Rafss]

Quite underwhelmed by this, should be material that's part of a regular update branch. Just feels like someone at Paradox went to see Twisters at the movies and then thought: "THIS is our next DLC!"

That is impossible, this DLC probably started being developed late 2023, these processes are long. The new Twisters movie (if that is what you are referring to) only came out by the middle of this year.
It is not like Dune that got the devs so hyped they put Oscar Isaac as the face art of Overlord.

 

[HFY]

Can these storms be used as weapons??????? against other Empires?????

- Build a giant space fan to blow the space storm away.

- Call it the Voornado.