Do you guys think the current tech malus system is good as is to keep large empires from simply crushing smaller empires or should something be done to rebalance it? Because it kinda doesn't make any sense for an empire that spans half the galaxy to have the same or worse research speeds as one that's confined to three systems out in the galactic boonies.
Parker Bell
I think the tech system needs to be adjusted in addition to the population system. Expansion should not be punished, but at the same time extensive blobbing should be punished or prevented, maybe even changing how core sectors and bubble expansion itself works.
Adam Torres
Sometimes I feel like the 10% increase per world is a little prohibitive, but I haven't done any testing for balancing
Tyler Allen
just mod it out desu reduce energy/mineral income based on distance from capital or sector capital
Asher Carter
I think the current system is dumb as fuck, but I would have to think hard to come up with a better solution and I hate thinking.
Hudson Hernandez
It's a feature in every fucking Paradox game, Crusader Kings, Europa Universalis, Victoria, etc.
It's just there so tall playthroughs are viable (see. Merchant Republics being the center of technology in CK2, How Ulm became the meme it was in EU3, Getting the literacy to 100% as a OPM in V2, etc.)
Isaiah Morgan
>want to make space nazians >no aryan phenotypes ree
Parker Hernandez
Mod this cock out of your mouth
Samuel James
space nazis wow, haven't seen that before
John Rogers
None of you pay for games so I killed a 4x indie game project I was on after seeing this thread.
Proof-- where's the planetcoaster discussion? Skylines also only happened after crack.
You don't deserve games.
Thomas Roberts
Separate Human Phenotypes, it's on the workshop.
Hunter Ramirez
What do you guys think about the idea they were talking about for redoing the border system were you need to stake a claim to get a system and not just have it in your borders?
Aaron Price
...
Joshua Price
Careful with those edges, lad
Evan Sanders
European Phenotypes
Juan Cox
>defensive pact >ally get attacked >ally gives me a bunch of ceded planets in war goals >win war >get planets >every one now hates me and views me as a threat >somehow I'M the bad guy
Matthew Allen
remove borders you want a resource, build a station there you want to deny a resource, blow the station up and build your own
Chase Foster
>dark hair shits >in MY Germania reeee
Julian Ramirez
But planetcoaster is a sim game and I own Skylines on steam
Juan Rivera
Correction: We don't deserve indie games.
No one does.
William Rodriguez
>indie 4x game
Evan Barnes
>GERMANIA
Lucas Murphy
t.
Liam Gray
>I've only played for like 50 hours. >Just got access to habitats
HOLY FUCK MY DICK. Why would I ever colonise planets ever again this is madness.
Eli Flores
Nah, the best part is the map painting, it's good that they're making more interesting borders instead of just big blobs.
Logan Torres
How would you rank the government types (democracy, dictatorship, imperial, oligarchic, hivemind) and why would you rank them like that?
Sebastian Nguyen
because they're only 12 tiles and only good for energy?
Isaac Garcia
Doesn't seem like such a big deal to me when I can put them on every single planet. Unless there's some limitation I'm missing out on?
As I said I'm quite new so I don't know all the meme shit yet.
Samuel Sanders
hivemind>rest because fuck xeno reeeeeeeeeee
Zachary Gray
>Hivemind Eazy/Pezy
Joshua Johnson
Each habitat counts as a planet so your research and tradition will be affected.
Charles Martin
every planet you colonise adds 10% to your research costs and unity costs (not sure how much). Habitats count as planets.
Gavin Martin
Oligarchic > Democracy > Dictatorship >= Imperial >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hive mind
Oligarchic has the greatest access to civics while having the advantage of agendas. Democracies have elections and can farm influence as long as you have access to mandate requirements and you can switch up bonuses every 10 years depending on what you need. Dictatorships are shit and are only passable because you can choose your successor. Imperial is more shit than dictatorships because you can't choose your successor, but they do allow imperial cult which is the only reason to be imperial right now. Hive minds are boring shit.
Tyler Myers
Ah shit, That is a huge deal. Thanks guys, prevented some mad stupid shit happening.
Bentley Allen
Why do robots take 3 years to build?
Lincoln Jones
I like that it will make playing on mod extended galaxy sizes more balanced instead of just getting stupid resource levels from border extrusion. All you would need after that is a mod to reduce FTL range and it's functionally like playing on a vanilla galaxy.
Nicholas Long
how long does it take YOU to build a robot capable of performing basic commands?
Wyatt Long
Well that explains that, 39 orbital habitats, 3 ring worlds and 10 planets really fucks with traditions.
Parker Gray
Why do pops take 3-5 years to grow
Jayden Miller
Why do ungrown pops get mad that their nonexistent selves are enslaved for the second it takes me to drag them to a non slavery square?
Adam Cooper
Do pops actually change ethics or are they stuck with what they spawned with?
Zachary Miller
they change
Aaron Evans
Reminder that Varg is a dirty elf fucker
Eli Brown
Found some good ship class names.
Wyatt Brooks
Hey, I'm trying to mod endless legend to add a new anomaly that's using an existing art asset (the district tiles). I tried asking in the forums, and consulting the modding guide, but I'm not getting anywhere. Does anyone know about modding Endless Legend at all?
Henry Mitchell
Oh, you were going out to settle new land?
Well
This is awkward.
Brandon Price
Wow, Clone armies are awesome, aren't they?
Faster to build, cheaper, better stats... Is there something I'm missing? Seems like the AI prefers to use slave armies.
Jace Perry
Droid armies, smash your clones to bits.
Austin Mitchell
How can Devouring Swarm be fixed? I feel like it has a lot of potential, they just didn't do anything with it.
Ian Watson
plow the asshole
William James
Haven't tried it yet. Why does it need to be fixed?
Connor Scott
Mechanically? You can't top getting a boost to Unity for purging xenos. Flavorwise? The entire game needs to be re-written for Hive Minds in general. Too many of the events are written in a manner that doesn't jive well with Hive Minds having no independent agents.
Xavier Miller
I mean, he DOES like surprise wars. So this should be a blast for him.
Jaxson Cruz
Is it just for purging them by conquering planet then cleansing, or you can set the wargoal to cleanse and get the unity that way?
Asher Hernandez
No.
Jonathan Cooper
You need to build a Clone Vat and pay maintenance on it. Not a giant deal, given it's a decent source of Social research, but it's a thing. For best results combine with a military academe and print your clones on one planet.
Their maintenance is lower then anything but Slave armies and they build faster then anything else. A full sized stack of Xenomorphs, Psi Warriors or Androids will crush them but they are a very good economical option you can build much faster then the damn year it takes for top-level armies like geanseed warriors.
Listen here you little shit, I'm only here because I can't post in the thread on Veeky Forums because I got banned for posting trap pics of myself, so if you're gonna be a fucking smartass, at least have the decency to post a smug reaction image with it, then my time won't be wasted reading your inane fucking reply.
Ryan Morris
Are droid armies still bugged to not really be immune to morale?
Sebastian Ross
I'm not trying to be smartass, I'm trying to be helpful. You asked if anyone knows about modding Endless Legend, the answer is no. That is all.
If that's how you treat people trying to be helpful, I can see why Veeky Forums got rid of you.
Luke Miller
Post them here too
Nolan Martin
Um. It's that or look at star wars lore.
Basically the droids out numbered the republic and they were losing, The only thing that prevented droid victory was the jedi purge followed by the fall of the republic.
Connor Brooks
That battle was horrible compared to later engagements because both sides were just throwing everything they had onto the field.
They lost so many elite troopers, It isn't funny.
Juan Ortiz
Either way works. But my original point was that mechanically Fanatical Purifiers are superior to Devouring Swarm Hiveminds because a bonus to Society research for purging is peanuts compared to FPs getting Unity for purged pops. Any min-maxing tryhard would be a fool to play Devouring Swarm over Fanatical Purifier. However, flavor-wise, it makes total sense. You really can't account for gameplay versus flavor when designing things. The worst thing about Hive Minds right now is the events. It's still the normal vanilla events which are written from the vantage point of non-Hive Mind races. It takes you out of the autismal imagination zone when you get an event about rogue agents (when any Hive Minded pop that separates from the Hive dies) causing a ruckus. You even somehow still get pirates.
Nolan Collins
Just funning friend, no hostility intended. For real though, I am wondering if anyone has any experience with EL modding at all, since it seems criminally underused > getting banned on two boards in the space of a day Nah.
Liam James
I've never seen any EL mod, or any guide to mod it. Go to NexusMod, if there are mods for that one, you'll find them here.
Oliver Lewis
Well, you can roleplay something like the overmind and cerebrate, with some of your mid level more independant part going a bit roguish, but yeah
Parker Martin
Well that's the thing, the guide to modding lists how to change luxury resources, and units, and even city centers, but not anomalies. You'd think it'd be a thing, considering how big a part of the game it is
Camden Cruz
I bought Stellaris on steam but can't be arsed to buy the dlc. Can I pirate it? And if yes how?
Jose Perry
How early would you go to war?
Samuel Ortiz
post an imgur link you faggot
Samuel Foster
need a 3-5k stack to kill starports with minimal losses.
Generally once you got cruiser tech you can make a few and be ready to go.
Anthony Green
Shouldn't droid armies be faster to make in stellaris so you can outproduce and swarm everyone like the CIS in star wars. It doesn't really make sense that an advanced space empire takes so long to build robotic armies.
Benjamin Bailey
>Gerardo reee
Jayden Sanders
Why can't we have weapons on transports? Even just a small weapon slot would be nice.
Mason Garcia
If I force everyone to use the same FTL, can I also disable jumpdrives?
Tyler Kelly
Alright, it's gonna be posted when I get my help :^)
Hunter Nguyen
no
Gavin Robinson
Just installed FAF. Is it possible to play the co-op campaign with AI buddies instead of real people? I'm guessing no, but I have to ask.
Kevin Brown
What do you guys think of the plentiful traditions mod? what are generally basic, core mods that add a lot to the gameplay? or maybe UI?
Liam Parker
I want a mod or update that lets me choose the crisises (crises?) in my game, I want all of them.
>tfw 50% research boost rate >top tech in the galaxy >Cant clear my territory of raider stacks
>tfw too intelligent to win battles
Juan Hernandez
> Endless Pirates 2
Noah Kelly
Wouldn't this be a nice crisis. One giant federation which slowly becomes the de facto government of the galaxy and a band of nations who oppose to give more authority to this federal government.
Henry Wood
>tfw I fell for the robot meme
Thanks faggots
Adrian Clark
what they need is more strategies to go tall
Samuel Reyes
There will never be a galactic purifier federation that votes on the next species to purge
As long as tiles or set maximum leverls for buildings are a thing you will never fully go tall. This is why I like victoria II because you can endlessly improve states because there is no upper limit. Theoretically there is but you'll never reach it. But the most limiting factor is the amount of pops you have.
Who would join such a federation?
Jaxon Watson
>Who would join Someone who wants a vote.
Jason Rivera
I dislike joining federations, i'd rather go my own way rather than being forced into an alliance that may not be in my best interest.
Now one on one, alliances and pacts that i'll do because you can get to the heart of the problems.
