AI exterminator empire is now doing diplomatic actions with other ai empires

[wuddih]

Hi so i started a new game, and encountered ai exterminators. No big deal, but this time they do diplomatic actions with other ai empires? is this a bug? i dont have mods, its a single player game.

 

[Exasperation]

Is the primary species of the other empire also a machine species? If so, it's working correctly and has been this way for a long time. Determined Exterminators only want to kill organic species, they're fine with other machines.

 

[Ohirra]

When playing as a Machine Empire (so, like, 90% of the time) I love sharing the galaxy with Determined Exterminators, because they distract all the other empires, so the rest of the galaxy pretty much leaves me alone.

 

[hart30]

Only individualist machine purifier is also hating on other machine empires.
And even fanatic purifiers can have diplomatic actions with other empires - if those other empires have the exact same founder species. They try to persuade those empires to purify the galaxy together and can have defense pacts with them.

 

[wuddih]

the other empire is indeed a machine empire, but they are not exterminators, i play as a fanatic purifier and cant have any diplomatic relations...

 

[hart30]

Exterminators can be friendly and do pacts with all machine species. Normal machine empires also dont get any opinion malus against exterminators. Exterminators only hate organic/lithoid species.
Fanatic purifier can only be friendly with their own species. A machine fanatic purifier hate every organic/lithoid empire as well as every machine empire that has not their own founder machine species.

Exterminators are pro machine life. Fanatic purifiers are pure racist.
And there cetana/contingency as 3. Type of genocidal machine - contra life in any shape or form

 

[jedavis]

Normal machine empires also dont get any opinion malus against exterminators.

Until they hear that you've been purging organics, then they start caring...

 

[rubert]

At least previously Synthetic ascended empires also could do diplomacy with Determined Exterminators. I once vassalized DE next to me after I synth ascended. They turned out to be very strong vassal after I fed them some more resources and empty planets I didn't need and were able to hold off against several larger AI empires in a multiple front war I ended up later in the game.

 

[Morbid Gerbil]

Diplomatic Relations for DE Empires has 2 checks

- Is not organic
- Is machine empire

they are happy allying, federating, trading, and researching with anyone that passes either check