STELLARIS: New Paradox Game in SPAAAACE

[Zanza]

I'll get it on release day or briefly thereafter. I like Stellaris and would like to play it again, but I'll wait for the DLC.

[Agelastus]

I may actually buy this DLC, meaning I'll probably also pick up the previous one that I've delayed buying.

I seem to play Stellaris regularly enough, and the DLC has enough features, to justify it.

[jimmy olsen]

Anyone using any mods they could recommend?

[jimmy olsen]

I'll continue to pass and wait for deep discounts.

I saw an ad for a sale.

https://www.paradoxplaza.com/stellaris/stellaris-for-beginners?utm_source=adroll&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=stel_stellaris_adroll-fb_us-ca_20170202_sale&utm_term=cpc&utm_content=banner

[garbon]

Psychic stuff looks fun.

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/stellaris-dev-diary-60-psionics-and-the-shroud.998827/

[garbon]

2nd week of Stellaris additions looking good.

[Josquius]

Thinking about it.  One big fix to the core mechanics could be in better tactics for fleets.
Right now they're limited to getting within half a system of the enemy and charging.
There should be versatility.  Like try to hit and run,  try and keep them at a distance and use big guns,  charge in and bring maximum guns to bear ASAP, etc..

[Zanza]

The biggest problem with Stellaris right now is that warfare is not much fun. You wipe out the enemy fleet with your deathstack and then it is very tedious and click-intensive sieging of planets which yields you very few results, at most like 3-4 planets per war.

[garbon]

The biggest problem with Stellaris right now is that warfare is not much fun. You wipe out the enemy fleet with your deathstack and then it is very tedious and click-intensive sieging of planets which yields you very few results, at most like 3-4 planets per war.

True story. The whole armies thing isn't all that fun either - just make sure you bring sufficient forces to take out whatever they may have on the planet.

[Berkut]

Yeah, the military part of it is kind of blah.

I actually think it could be greatly improved by a bit more randomness. Create fleets, and let fleets fight. But make it so that a given fleet is limited in size, so that a big empire has MORE fleets, not a larger doom stack.

But those fleets themselves can be defeated by even a smaller empires fleets, because the fleets can only be so potent individually.

That would give the combat much more of a tactical/operational feel.

[Valmy]

The 'more guys usually wins' problem is an issue in alot of Paradox games. Quantity has a big quality. I hate that in CK2 where there is not even a big tech difference. The Mongols usually win because they are just a massive doom stack, when historically they tended to be pretty heavily outnumbered and win anyway.

[Josquius]

The biggest problem with Stellaris right now is that warfare is not much fun. You wipe out the enemy fleet with your deathstack and then it is very tedious and click-intensive sieging of planets which yields you very few results, at most like 3-4 planets per war.

Yep.
The star trek mod with its bigger systems helps a bit but still, literally your fleet gets in the same half of the system as the enemy and its "Charge!".
There is no game to the war. Just have a bigger fleet=win.

[garbon]

The 'more guys usually wins' problem is an issue in alot of Paradox games. Quantity has a big quality. I hate that in CK2 where there is not even a big tech difference. The Mongols usually win because they are just a massive doom stack, when historically they tended to be pretty heavily outnumbered and win anyway.

Well CK varies a little bit though. Nomads are pretty tough if you are fighting on open plains even when they are smaller.

[Zanza]

I had found Sol before either as human space empire or as primitives, but this is the first time I find it as a tomb world. Thanks Trump. 

[Josquius]

Cockroach

Didn't know tomb worlds could get natives.