Bonus points for making a fungoid species with a tendency toward religious fanaticism.
Juffo-Wup, anyone?
Juffo-Wup, anyone?
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Not really. I mean, yeah, you could interpret it that way, but if you choose to interpret everything in everyway it can be interpreted, then you're going to get nowhere. Maybe "seven families of species" is clearer, though I don't really want to call taxonomy too much into it.It's. It sounds like a chracter driven game like CK2 with seven playable alien dynasties.
Hmm, missed that. Basically it is a whole other Kingdom.
I'm too lazy to remake the chart now though, the basic point is the same, you can't really use a "one line" taxonomic term to classify the 7 "types".
Especially is one of the "types" is a generic water type. That has a lot of crossover. Dolphines are closer to us then squids I think.
I just mean... how many of the average players would understand it the correct way? There is still a high chance that most people would understand 'family' in the common use and not as 'biological families'. Especially in a Paradox game.
The water type is called molluscoid in the files.
And we have the species in this picture too:
http://i.imgur.com/sMAFv49.jpg
I don't like "type" because it's so generic, though. "Types of aliens." Ugh. Yuck. Far worse than even phenotype.
I really don't think it would be that common of a problem. It should be obvious that you aren't playing as one dynasty of aliens almost immediately.
Choose between 7 different playable Species
Design a custom species picking from 6/7 different classes of organisms ( mammalian, avian, so on)
Design a custom species picking from 6/7 different classes of organisms ( mammalian, avian, so on)
Hm... Could be. I thought it had a lot of eyes and insects have a lot of them.
http://www.stellarisgame.com/assets/portraits/fungoid-e04f7629c7008b62357c72d8f03761cf.jpg
Look at the name of the picture
It's a fungoid.
Good catch. I forgot that we already saw an insectoid on that Discovery screenshot. That would be another way to rule out this picture as insectoid.http://www.stellarisgame.com/assets/portraits/fungoid-e04f7629c7008b62357c72d8f03761cf.jpg
Look at the name of the picture
http://www.stellarisgame.com/assets/portraits/fungoid-e04f7629c7008b62357c72d8f03761cf.jpg
Look at the name of the picture
Which is odd, because it looks more like the kind of thing which should be emerging in swarms from caves on Klendathu to be mowed down by Mobile Infantry.
Even "molluscoid" leaves room for a great deal of variety within the portraits for that category (if that's the category rather than simply aquatic, which would present huge biodiversity). Aside from Cephalopods, clams, slugs, and snails are also mollusks.
Ok I decided to add the fungi.
I understand, but using family sounds wrong to me and is far off. If they are going to be incorrect they might as well stick with phenotypes. Or if they want the "most" correct they can stick with "class" as that fits what they asked for.
"Class" fits that the best and has the larger congregation, even if it is still wrong.
Though technically it is all wrong.
I understand, but using family sounds wrong to me and is far off. If they are going to be incorrect they might as well stick with phenotypes. Or if they want the "most" correct they can stick with "class" as that fits what they asked for.
"Class" fits that the best and has the larger congregation, even if it is still wrong.
Though technically it is all wrong.
I'm assuming that the "Choose between 7 different playable species" on the site means 7 playable species, the ones the player picks who does not want to make a custom species.
Because you don't pick to play as a avian, mammalian you pick the species what are avian, mammalian.
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Just use the words "class" (mammalian) and "sub-classes" or "races" (like humans etc.)
What if we used the word "phenotype"? That only refers to the physical expression of genes, so it would be quite apt in this context. Plus, unlike "kingdom" and "family", it has no alternative meanings in politics, reducing the chance that anyone is mislead.
That's what people are complaining about. I don't mind it too much, but there are people that complain that that isn't accurate, and instead insist on even more inaccurate taxonomical terms.