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It's looks like awesome ! "Flesh is weak" <3

After that i think that the best would be a game mod where we play one of the Fallen Empire and be one of the warden of the galaxy and punish the factions who search IA, colonize Gaia/Dead world, make massive slavery... (depending on the type we choose)
 
Awesome I can not wait :D, Will there be any ship designs for the 3 species endgame paths like some kind of biological ships for people that go engineered evolution or some kind of visual sign on the ships of what path someone is going down?
 
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Well, it's official. I can now realize my dreams of ruling the Ethereal Empire.

I mean, uh... Ethereal... States... of Not Slavers? Yeah. That.
 
Are some of these mutually exclusive? It would seem that you can't go "mind over matter" and the "flesh is weak" at the same time

The answer is already in the Dev Diary, just above the picture.
 
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I agree that cybernetic and robot versions of every species would be far too intensive, but it would be nice to see a robot/droid/synth portrait for each species group (mammalian, avian, etc.) A plantoid droid would be interesting...

Nah, it would not fit all species in the group. It's be better if the these ascended sets depended on the physical characteristic of the species (one set for slim bipedals, one set for enormous species, one for very thin species, etc.)
 
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Here's a question, though - will some of these perks change the way you can interact with some of the end-game crises? For example, the AI rebellion will not be automatically hostile towards you if your population is entirely synth, or you can actually engage in limited diplomacy with the Unbidden if you have transcended, etc.

I hope so too, and you can add the obvious correlation of linking the controlled evolution Empire with the Prethoryn.
 
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Will the ascension paths cause weaknesses that you exploit during the process of ascension? When fighting am empire of that nature it makes sense from a game design perspective to make a species greatest hour come just after their most vunerable? Also i'd hate for ascension to be an instant win scenario.
 
Are we there yet?

Sorry.
 
The first point I totally agree with. Having Ori like abilities will be pretty cool, I am sure that their will be POP bonuses but I don't know what they are just yet.

I don't think that they are going to add religion to the game because they have said that they want to keep that intentionally vague.

The Ori don't actually offer "religion" but more espouse "enlightenment" which they then use, through a subjects worship in the hope of "enlightenment" and self ascension, to convert to some form of "energy" they can use.

The correlations are indeed remarkable but also vague for likely the same reason the game is so vague in that regard.

And remember, the ancients do not get involved in the lower planes, thus once you "ascend" using them as a template, there is not going back thus it will have to be an end game condition. ;)