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It would be awesome if we could create our second species with syncretic evolution, though I understand just how unbalanced that would be, I'm sure Mods can work on it.

This whole expansion is shaping up to completely change the game in the best possible way, compliments to the devs.
 
All in all this is a great decision, governments will be much more flexible and moddable. Two questions though.
The Authority determines how power is transfered in your government.
So there is no other difference between authorities other than period between elections?
Also, full list of civics when?
 
i see what is the idea behind hive mind, but the way it's written in the dev diary it looks like they are like regular empires only with less mechanics. Are there special event and stuff like that only for them?
 
I love this very much! Only one thing thought, reforming government for flat 250 influence seems a little bit simplified to me. I feel this could be more complicated/costly depending on how much you change your governemnt, perhaps followed by some unrest also.
 
so it looks like i am going to finally be able to make a return to this game. this patch sounds fantastic.

Price and release date please! i need to plan some leave from work.
 
I know that nothing is final, but I noticed that fanatical egalitarians can have only democracy, but fanatic authoritarians can have oligarchy, dictatorship or imperial.
 
All in all this is a great decision, governments will be much more flexible and moddable. Two questions though.

So there is no other difference between authorities other than period between elections?
Also, full list of civics when?

There is Mandates and Agendas, as before.
 
Aww man, my "tons of questions" post ended up being last of first page :'D So easy to miss

Anyway, yeah, started to wonder if game will in general now try to have large variety spread of ethics and civics(like what it does with portraits) when generating galaxy. I mean, previously slaver empires were kinda rare because there was rather big chance that you could spawn a galaxy that doesn't have any species with decadent trait
 
Wiz, did you left some ideas even for another Expansion pack, or this will be your final one? Becasue this looks more like total overhaul of Stellaris than regular expansion...

Oh ye of little faith. We already have the next two big expansions planned out in broad strokes.
 
It starts to look like Skyrim. I can already see myself spending at least an hour customizing new species, reading all the civics and comparing them, before actually starting the game itself.
 
If two hive minds go to war, will the newly conquered hive-minded pops be able to integrate into their new hive?

when 2 Hive minds go to war, 1 is all that you can score.... go to war, go to war. Frankie Goes to Hollywood