Stellaris Dev Diary #318 - Announcing Astral Planes

[Merlin1809]

3 new music tracks composed by Andreas Waldetoft

The return of the king.

 

[King Harkinian]

With more and more direct proof of the shrouds existence ingame the stance of the materialists makes less and less sense.

This has nothing to do with the shroud, they are physical portals to other dimensions.

I hope they aren't too common though.

 

[Ex Mudder]

No, just no. After Paragons, I am not buying another expansion pack for or game based on Stellaris until I see absolutely glowing reviews for it>

 

[InsidiousMage]

When you say "Rifts you explore" and "realms of existence", does this lean more towards an Archeology/Situations type system with a unique interface that we interact with through clicking on option boxes, or is it more akin to the L-cluster in that it is physically explorable with systems that we send our ships to?

Archeology sites.

 

[Obeliskkai]

Oooooh, Riftworld Origin? Can't wait to see what that's about!

I bet that your home system originated within one of the rifts and was pulled into the Stellaris galaxy, so you will want to open a rift up to go back through and discover your origins.

Which sounds exciting!

 

[Silenalex]

Interesting, but I hope that Fallen Empires and End Game Crisis will be improved in future. They definitely deserve some love!

 

[Inny]

Oh yes, I will really enjoy a new narrative expansion.
Throws money at screen

 

[Navar]

With the 4 civics, is it one for each empire type (normal, robot, corpo, hive)?

 

[Ajacoba]

With more and more direct proof of the shrouds existence ingame the stance of the materialists makes less and less sense.

i mean, it's less that they deny the supernatural and more that they believe there has to be a scientific explanation for everything
so those "fools" who dabble into psionics and negotiate with things they do not understand are just uneducated and reckless

also there are some silly materialist exclusive beliefs as well
for example fanatic materialists can discover that the simulation theory is in fact true and can then use that knowledge to actively rewrite the "simulation" to their own advantage

 

[King Harkinian]

Interesting, but I hope that Fallen Empires and End Game Crisis will be improved in future. They definitely deserve some love!

This DLC will clearly do something new related to the Unbidden, at the very least.

 

[oreopirate]

Glad we are getting a story pack, distant stars was one of the best DLC.

 

[Foxosaur]

Can't get enough purple.

 

[Ajacoba]

oh, before I forget it:
What was will be and what will be was!

 

[G S Palmer]

Hope I'm wrong, but some of the event art of the Steam page (especially the two Tropical Habitat events) looks kind of like AI art.

 

[Silens]

Another question, will we have to compete with the AI for rifts?

Will we have to own the systems the rifts are in, like with Archaeology sites? Or can we explore them freely?

 

[SharkWolf]

Story pack! Story pack!

Pretty dissapointing ngl. Was hoping for a new species pack

 

[jmpveg22]

I really wonder why no system/home planer editor... or galaxy editor options are ever considered for next effort?!?!?!

 

[currylambchop]

Yay! Now would be the perfect time to bring back warp especially to coincide with the recent release of Star Trek Stellaris edition.

(It would fit the theme of this expansion perfectly, too.)

 

[ImperatorRoman]

Lore-wise, do these different planes of existence have any connection to the Shroud?

 

[Lenk]

Gotta say, a story pack is nice. Though with an expansion heavy on exploration and the recent release the Star trek game I feel like there was a miss opportunity to have a Star Trek theme shipset in stellaris.

Also all I can think about those rifts is the eye of terror