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- because it is a part of Utopia and Banks. It is a reference to one of the species in Culture. And rogue servitors pets traits are irrelevant as bio-trophies can produce only unity and cant do anything else.
- because it is most recent game that used this ancient trope?
- you can choose machine portrait for your "normal empire" and roleplay it being synthetic while pursuing synth ascension. Dont like it? Its your problem than. Its quite obvious for anyone that having synth start would be OP.
Can you mod in a hawt steamy romance between explorers sailing the stars together? =p
Exactly! Like your said bio trophies don't use the traits that you select for them so why do you can where syncretic evolution can't? Syncretic evolution was added in Utopia yes and yes the filer say that there are a strong and servile specie but a text can be changed right? I mean having the possibility to complete choose the traits you want for your second specie will be amazing. You will still can take strong if you want to play as a slaver for exemple but you can chose other traits if you just want to play them like at equal level with your main specie
As i said the whole civic is a reference to Banks Culture. And reasons why syncretics cant choose their second species traits while servitors can are also rather obvious.
I want to mod it so the main species is all extroverted, gung ho warrior / explorer types in the mold of James Kirk, and the secondary species are introverted scholar / bookworm / autistic types who live in dark caves but produce all the empire's science. I think that would be fun
Basically you have a race of introvert lab rats and your main species is brave but stupid.
can't you still do this just by reversing whose the secondary and primary? after all wouldn't the 'intelligent' species tend to become the leadership?I want to mod it so the main species is all extroverted, gung ho warrior / explorer types in the mold of James Kirk, and the secondary species are introverted scholar / bookworm / autistic types who live in dark caves but produce all the empire's science. I think that would be fun
Extroverts rule the world, not lab rats. If course in our world leadership tends to gravitate towards more intelligent people, examples to the contrary notwithstanding (like the orange baboon currently attempting to lead the world's most powerful country).
I'm imagining a symbiotic relationship for the two species. Since you the player control politics, fleets, events, factions etc I just think it makes more sense you control the outgoing race not the introvert race. Having the secondary species be the intelligent one seems to me like a variation worth a try.
That strong primary species and weak but cunning servant species reminds me of the orks from warhammer40k.
I want to mod it so the main species is all extroverted, gung ho warrior / explorer types in the mold of James Kirk, and the secondary species are introverted scholar / bookworm / autistic types who live in dark caves but produce all the empire's science. I think that would be fun
Yes that's the other option i thinked about. If you don't want to use them as slave you basically just can make a brain and muscle syncretic empire with your main specie being inteligent and the syncretic one the stronger ones. But it's still kinda limited outside xenophobe.
I'm fairly certain that during one of the streams, Wiz said that to use the Machine Portraits you need to be a Machine Empire. In fact, iirc during the feature stream, the Machine portrait category was red until they chose Gestalt Consciousness Ethics and Machine Empire government type.
Would be totally logical yes. I would be very surprised if it's not the case.
I feel like there's something missing in my life whenever teasers stop. There's just... waiting for the patch notes now. And this feeling of gnawing emptiness...
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A Nier-esque civilization of peaceful robotic farmers living in harmony with an intelligent organic pre-industrial civilization would be awesomesauce. Lots of room for lore and especulation!
Hell, I'd settle for an update on @Wiz 's war with the Quvarian Fanatics and the Scourge.
I've been on vacation in Prague. Tomorrow should bring a lot of fun stuff for you guys.
I hope those vacations were great and well enjoyed!
See your words tomorrow
i guess with the "primitive civilizations"-option they are talking about quantity?
They are actually, there are not new preFTL civilization in the game yet.