[Opera]

This is all great but I'm disappointed you can only have a subservient second species with Syncretic Evolution. I'd have liked to be able to play as a two-species empire at the start without that kind of relationship, which is something you rarely see in sci-fi.

I'm sure it'd be moddable, but I'm surprised this wasn't considered as an interesting option to add. It'd be a nice feature for a xenophile empire.

 

[Bisougai]

Please ! Give a date ;(
I want to know how long i need to hibernate to make the time go faster and play Utopia !

 

[PAnZuRiEL]

While Hive Minds are psionic by nature, the way they function and their connection to the Shroud is radically different from that of regular psychics, making them unable to follow the Psionic Ascension Path. Furthermore, Hive Minds are deeply biological entities, and fundamentally incompatible with the Synthetic Ascension Path.

Are there any plans for a synthetic equivalent through that ascension path? A networked machine consciousness would be rad.

 

[Lordban]

Hive-mind is beautiful! It should have been what Anders plays!

 

[DàbiànLājīdàrén]

This patch seems so different from the base game that I'm having trouble even understanding some of the concepts that are being explained in these diaries.

 

[RogueSkyknight]

There are going to be so many Borg LPs on YouTube

 

[Dan_Daniel2000]

How many civics are there currently? And how many are there for hive minds?

 

[Birdy123]

This patch seems so different from the base game that I'm having trouble even understanding some of the concepts that are being explained in these diaries.

All the more fun exploring the game again after so many changes! I have the same feeling, need to get used to all the new goodies.

 

[Jerev]

@Wiz with all the work on Utopia (e.g. megastructures) did the art department had time to work on the next species DLC?

 

[SnakeInATopHat]

This is amazing.

 

[StJimmyRocks92]

What about Hive Mind pops being conquered by another Hive Mind? Will they die since they aren't a part of the same mind or will they be absorbed automatically?

EDIT: already was asked an answered. They integrate.

 

[Princess Stabbity]

There is Mandates and Agendas, as before.

Does it mean Dictatorships and Monarchies get Mandates/Agendas as well? I hope the don't keep the "one per ruler" bonuses, I always disliked how they worked n_n

 

[Comrade_Beria]

Need. To. Know. The. Civics.

 

[Wizzington]

Does it mean Dictatorships and Monarchies get Mandates/Agendas as well? I hope the don't keep the "one per ruler" bonuses, I always disliked how they worked n_n

They get Agendas, yeah.

 

[Horror In The Deep]

It`s all wonderful

Aside from monstrous fire rate/army damage boost for Purifiers, which basically means that you became super fighter just because you want to kill everybody. Couse EVIL IS COOL and bieng a good guy makes you a weakling.
Oh, how much I hate this stupid trope...

Wis, if you need to boost Purifiers even more, could you PLEASE do it in other way?..
Let them take planets for less warscore or smth else...

 

[DàbiànLājīdàrén]

Stellaris is slowly turning into EU4: Civilization Edition.

 

[Scuzzar]

Oh my god!

One small question: Do Hive Minds need sectors?

 

[Silversweeeper]

As Fanatical Purifiers liking other same-species Fanatical Purifiers was mentioned, does that mean that we could design several preset empires with the same phenotype and species name, make two of them Fanatical Purifiers (or one, and liberate planets from another so that they pick up the Fanatical Purifier ways), and have them like one another, or would they see one another as aliens in need of purging?

Edit: Also, can Fanatical Purifiers trade with Enclaves (considering them useful xenos to be purged last), or is that prohibited?

 

[scorch2]

Is there a Roman Empire type of Government? With an Emperor and a Senate and/or constitutional monarchys? You know, best of both worlds etc.

 

[henzington]

Sweet can start with robots from the start!