Stellaris Dev Diary #133 - The Caravaneers

[LeSingeAffame]

I get the feeling that the release date is close... between 2 weeks and a month I would say )

If it was this close they'd definitely would have announced it.

 

[pizzapicante27]

Feels like caravans are a missed opportunity.

 

[Kapitalisti]

I get the feeling that the release date is close... between 2 weeks and a month I would say )

With luck the release date for the release date might be a month away.

 

[Calvax]

They ignore borders, and while destroying a fleet gives you some resources, there's little benefit to it beyond denying their services to others.

Will they know to avoid systems containing hostile Leviathans, space life, the khan etc? Will they respawn at all? It would be a shame if this feature kept getting destroyed by AI.

 

[grandad1982]

There are a lot of people here who seem to be lacking a bit of fun. Also space casino seems like a pretty good scifi trope.

I think on one run I'll rp an empire that gets addicted to gambling and pumps all its spare cash into reliquaries to hit that big pay off.

 

[Alblaka]

...Is this...

Are those Reliquiaries basically a maybe-actually-helpful parody of Loot boxes?
I love it.

They are.

And they are Wiz's fullfillment of a old promise in a dev stream a couple months back. Someone on Twitch jokingly asked whether Stellaris was going to add Lootboxes (afaik it was around the whole Star Wars fiasco?). Wiz's response was something along the lines of "No. Definitely no. Or actually, we may just add them as a joke." (loose memory protocol)

Wiz always delivers. Looking forward to the Space Unicorns.

 

[Jorlem]

Will these caravans be better at surviving than the nomads, who I almost never actually meet in my games?

Also, if it relies on them physically entering your borders, how will this work in larger galaxies? I suspect that even if they don't die to space monsters, I'll almost never see them unless they spawn near my home system, as I usually play on the largest map size.

 

[Iguannabits]

A satirical poke at micro transactions, that made me smile.
Looking forward to this update and expansion.

 

[steve.bd]

There are a lot of people here who seem to be lacking a bit of fun.

I find the whole thing out of place.
We just need a switch to turn them off and everything will be ok...

 

[Ikael]

- The text for the slot machine is hilarious XD
- I quite like that there are 3 different fleet of caravaneers offering you different types of deals
- Kinda sad to see the slave market moved to a different DDs (probably due to a longer than expected development time)
- The Numistic Order is totally going to be the "gospel of prosperity" thing, I'm calling it!

 

[OverlordTNT]

I don't want my inward isolationists to be being constantly bugged with bad deals or loot crates from the Caravaneers all the time. We want peace, damnit

 

[Iguannabits]

I find the concept of casino in space pretty stupid...

I think I will have to blow this caravanner system up every game. How strong are its defenses ?

It's like an easter egg dude, you dont have to speak to them if you dont want to.
Also it's not that stupid, once getting to space becomes somewhat affordable, It's pretty much guaranteed one of the first private orbital stations will be a hotel.
If you dont believe that you clearly dont follow things like Space X.

 

[CassCD]

5 years and 120 playthroughs later . . .

One of these days, I'm gunna get that Galatron achievement, one of these days . . . *clicks button* . . . OH, THAT COULD HAVE BEEN IT. Just a few more, just a few more . . . BLOODY UNBIDDEN STOP TAKING MY ENERGY WORLDS, I NEED THE GALATRON ACHIEVEMENT!!!

 

[Dudas Drakaan]

I feel like nothing useful here

Where is your sense of pride and accomplishment?

 

[matthobbit]

In-game loot boxes - this is just... Too perfect. An excellent way for Paradox to thumb their noses at the greedy RL gaming mega-corps and their stream of low quality microtransactions!

 

[KnTenshi]

Sometimes, you just need a bit of humor and blow off some steam at the slots to keep your mind off the rising dread as extra-galactic monstrosities start devouring the galaxy, a few empires gear up to cleanse the universe of everyone that isn't them, and someone just decided Slaanesh would be a great best friend.

Yep. One more Reliquary sounds wonderful right about now.

 

[PotatoOnStick]

In-game loot boxes - this is just... Too perfect. An excellent way for Paradox to thumb their noses at the greedy RL gaming mega-corps and their stream of low quality microtransactions!

I am just curious what could be in those boxes.

 

[Razzlie]

That said, you’re now free to begin the honored tradition of ignoring that and start arguing about any numbers posted or asking for a release date.

PUT THE RELEASE DATE IN THE BAG, AND NOBODY GETS HURT

 

[Drewoid13]

Ohh.... be interesting if there was a negative modifier to pop happiness should your empire go spending all their credits on gambling. Populist anti-bourgeoisie uprising!

 

[Drewoid13]

I am just curious what could be in those boxes.

Ever seen the Lonely Island music video? That's what's in the box.