STELLARIS: New Paradox Game in SPAAAACE

[Darth Wagtaros]

Turning on AI managed for planets and sectors sucks.  It does nothing to reduce the micromanagement in late game.

Where am I going wrong?

Did you load up the sectors with energy and minerals so they could build using the AI?

I actually liked the old, manual sectors a lot better than the automatically-bad sectors the game uses now.

Yes, but keeping them supplied started to be the new micromanagement clickfest.  They didn't seem to use the shared resources pool, even after there was mountains of resources in it.

What mods do people recommend?

[Zanza]

The latest dev diary is basically Star Wars Episode 3 with the Emperor dissolving the republic and proclaiming a Galactic Empire and a rebel faction forming. As Stellaris is built on sci fi tropes, it seems fitting to me. 

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/threads/stellaris-dev-diary-201-galactic-imperium.1457502/

[Syt]

The latest dev diary is basically Star Wars Episode 3 with the Emperor dissolving the republic and proclaiming a Galactic Empire and a rebel faction forming. As Stellaris is built on sci fi tropes, it seems fitting to me. 

They are also adding espionage, a fog of war system re: info about other Empires, and the opportunity to become the endgame crisis yourself.

[Zanza]

Yeah, looking forward to the next DLC. I like Stellaris, it had gotten slow and a bit stale though. If they fix performance with the changes to pops and add this new content I can play a few games again.

[Darth Wagtaros]

I just want there to be less micromanaging.  Once you get a bunch of planets or space colonies it gets to be a bitch to shift around unemployed and homeless pops.  That becomes the damn game.

[Zanza]

The next update will halve the pop numbers and introduce automatic resettlement. So the micro in mid and end game should go down.

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/threads/stellaris-dev-diary-192-perfectly-balanced-as-all-things-should-be.1443169/

[mongers]

I should get this. 

[Habbaku]

I should get this. 

If you have $1...

https://www.humblebundle.com/games/stellaris-discovery-bundle

[mongers]

I should get this. 

If you have $1...

https://www.humblebundle.com/games/stellaris-discovery-bundle

Yes, thanks I got it 30 minutes ago; if I like it I'll buy the full bundle over. 

[mongers]

I should get this. 

If you have $1...

https://www.humblebundle.com/games/stellaris-discovery-bundle

I'm enjoying it. 

[Zanza]

The 3.0 update and Nemesis are released today. Looking forward to finally play Stellaris again.

[crazy canuck]

I looks promising - it seems this addresses the late game issues.

[Tamas]

Yeah, lotsa' concerns raised about the new pop model though, how mid/late game growth just stops and late game stuff like ring worlds etc are pointless because it's impossible to fill them with pops.

[Solmyr]

I'm sure the pop growth mods will fix it in no time.

[Tamas]

I'm sure the pop growth mods will fix it in no time.

It's also hard to judge if there are genuine issues, or it is the usual thing of people trying to play as per their old routine and finding it sub-optimal due to drastically different mechanics.