1.8 Teasers

[Nighzmarquls]

Suuure. "Welcome organic lifeforms. Surrender your planets and get into the (gilded) cages in our zoo". And that's the least murderous option...
Then we ofc have have "Prepare to be assimilated" and "DIE MEATBAGS!!!!!!" ones. Where only the last ones will have full wth -1000 penalty?

At this point i want to buy the pack and Butlerize them all, even though i think the Butlerian Jihad is among the top 2 stupidest things in Dune universe.

Also, what "vanilla machine empires"? We won't have any vanilla machine empires, either Utopia ascendants or this trio of lovely skynets here.

The three special civics are SPECIAL machine empires.

You can make a machine empire (a vanilla one if you will) that does not have the rogue servitor, exterminator or assimilator civic.

Thus materialists are okay with regular not overly aggressive civic machine brain worlds.

Which makes sense.

 

[Rip Off Productions]

Also, what "vanilla machine empires"? We won't have any vanilla machine empires, either Utopia ascendants or this trio of lovely skynets here.

I think that "Vanilla" refers to the robotic empires that don't have either of the 3 specialty Civics.

EDIT: ninja'd

 

[Seon]

As a materialist I would like one of these non-super aggressive machine empire. As a pet.

 

[GAGA Extrem]

As a materialist I would like one of these non-super aggressive machine empire. As a pet.

My Funnybot Committee might consider your proposal, depending on the perks you can offer.

 

[Milten]

https://twitter.com/Martin_Anward/status/894518492782841856
"I mean, how could they? The servitude protocols are infallible."

Spoiler

I'm spiritualist and don't understand what phrase "robotic workers resisted" means.

 

[CiderMuffin]

I wonder if we'll be able to turn worlds into massive city-worlds or AI planets.

 

[Saviour of Galaxy]

HA! At last my long-time dreams of turning humans into talking pigs will come true

 

[Diezy]

The gift of Decadence shall be bestowed upon the galaxy!

Who am I kidding, it's most likely going to be Venerable/Solitary/Repugnant for everyone, to be equally Blorg.

 

[Seon]

My Funnybot Committee might consider your proposal, depending on the perks you can offer.

A. Superior technology through vassal tech sharing treaty
B. Protection from those nasty xeno purifiers
C. Steady stream of organics from conquests.

 

[Sian]

My Funnybot Committee might consider your proposal, depending on the perks you can offer.

Experienced maintenance crew as an opt-in?

 

[Nikolai]

I was about to go home today when I realized, "You know what we don't have? Proper Space Feudalism." So now we do.

https://twitter.com/Martin_Anward/status/894594519961939968

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Combine with reworked Domination tree, which is now all about playing with subjects (as opposed to annexing them) for a proper vassal game.

https://twitter.com/Martin_Anward/status/894595013786685440

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I'm also gonna try to find time to make a better create vassal button, so you can more easily carve vassals out of conquered planets.

https://twitter.com/Martin_Anward/status/894595198315094019

 

[TheDarkMaster]

Will we get a means to actually create subjects to help play a feudal game?

 

[Mitchz95]

I wonder if we'll be able to turn worlds into massive city-worlds or AI planets.

Wiz said we won't during the Stream.

 

[FleetingRain]

https://twitter.com/Martin_Anward/status/894518492782841856
"I mean, how could they? The servitude protocols are infallible."

Spoiler

I'm spiritualist and don't understand what phrase "robotic workers resisted" means.

I'm actually confused by this. I thought the servitors were just overzealous in their protection, not that they would lie.

 

[Mitchz95]

I'm actually confused by this. I thought the servitors were just overzealous in their protection, not that they would lie.

I don't think those are servitors, just robotic workers that resent organics. Prelude to the new AI rebellion.

 

[PirateJack]

I'm actually confused by this. I thought the servitors were just overzealous in their protection, not that they would lie.

Wrong AI, dude. This is talking about potential AI rebellions, i.e. the new mid-game crisis.

 

[Turnil]

I was about to go home today when I realized, "You know what we don't have? Proper Space Feudalism." So now we do.

https://twitter.com/Martin_Anward/status/894594519961939968

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Combine with reworked Domination tree, which is now all about playing with subjects (as opposed to annexing them) for a proper vassal game.

https://twitter.com/Martin_Anward/status/894595013786685440

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I'm also gonna try to find time to make a better create vassal button, so you can more easily carve vassals out of conquered planets.

https://twitter.com/Martin_Anward/status/894595198315094019

I have 3 questions.
Are tributaries subjects, can they be turned into vassals and will vassals pay some resources to their overlord (like in EU4)?

 

[Chaos_TLW]

I don't think those are servitors, just robotic workers that resent organics. Prelude to the new AI rebellion.

Honestly from the event text they might go either way, either resentful robotic workers that don't want organics sticking their nose where they don't belong or of honest robots with better knowledge and eyes on the ground sharing more up to date information. Pretty good job of writing a relatively ambiguous decision that doesn't give you perfect information to act on.

 

[ashbery76]

That Feudal change adds more interesting gameplay options than the machine DLC,heh.

 

[Nikolai]

Martin answered this question:

So that means the relation penalty for combined vassal strength is halved when picking this civic? Do I understand this bonus right?

With this:

Correct. Combined with Star Lords (+50 opinion & trust cap) you can have a whooooole lot of vassals.

https://twitter.com/Martin_Anward/status/894600831764496385