STELLARIS: New Paradox Game in SPAAAACE

[Valmy]

If it takes 80 hours to play a game, I'll just have finished one or at best two when the first expansion comes out in a couple of months. I am such a casual these days...

Hey we got things to do these days. I am so going to play the shit out of games in my 70s though

[Grey Fox]

I figure I'll play 1 game by the time Civ VI rolls out.

[Barrister]

So I restarted last night (due to the no colony ships thing), but since I had to do that run I put off from Monday I didn't get all that far.

My location is... interesting.  I am at the extreme edge of a spiral galaxy.  Exploring "down" the spiral I rapidly discovered another civilization with fairly incompatable views (I'm a collectivist materialist oligarchy this go around).  There's not very far I can go "up" the spiral before it ends, and there's a moderate sized gap towards the core before you hit the next arm.

Am I screwed unless I take down this other species in short order?

Also note to self: when choosing your symbol and flag don't make the background colour black.  Because that means your colour on the map is also black, which doesn't stand out well against the blackness of space.

[Grey Fox]

Eh, yeah. I made my scientific directorate, 25th République, primary color purple.

[Barrister]

I seem to be running through Traveller species at the moment.

First I created the Solomani Confederation - a militant, xenophobic military dictatorship.

Now I'm running with the Vilani Ziru Sirka.

[Crazy_Ivan80]

If it takes 80 hours to play a game, I'll just have finished one or at best two when the first expansion comes out in a couple of months. I am such a casual these days...

Hey we got things to do these days. I am so going to play the shit out of games in my 70s though

yeah, the backlog is going to be massive.

[Berkut]

I would be interested in the capability of this system to create custom scenarios...not just modded sandboxes, but actual scenarios.

[Habbaku]

First patch is out, fixing some minor stuff.  Second patch to come soon, apparently.  First major patch to follow.   

[dps]

The graphics card is the holdup for me.  Mine only has 512MB.

Quick! Escape through the time portal before we are trapped in 2006 forever!

Meh.  It's run pretty much everything else I've thrown at it, including Elder Scrolls games.

Fuck it.  I'll buy the game and see if it runs on it;  if not, I'll upgrade.  I'm still playing the shit out of CKII anyway, so I'll probably just wait for Stellaris to go on sale for the first time, and then if I have to upgrade, use the money I'll have saved by waiting to buy the game to cover part of the cost of a new graphics card.

[HVC]

Why would Xenophobes have a  malice for alien slaves? i'm a militarist, xenophobe, materialist Despotic empire. shouldn't my pop's love alien slaves?

[The Brain]

Why would Xenophobes have a  malice for alien slaves? i'm a militarist, xenophobe, materialist Despotic empire. shouldn't my pop's love alien slaves?

Cause Hitler didn't kill Jewish slaves.

[Jaron]

An informative fleet guide for anyone curious about the mechanics of spaceships and space battles:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Stellaris/comments/4itolj/so_i_wrote_up_a_little_fleet_guide_for_anyone/

[jimmy olsen]

Downloaded the Nationalism Mod and the Extra Flag color mod, they seem to work together.

So, if you want to play Space Angola or SPQR, you can now.

[Grey Fox]

Where did you get the mods?

[jimmy olsen]

Where did you get the mods?

Steam workshop, just browse the most popular.