Stellaris Dev Diary #133 - The Caravaneers

[Netherim]

Good, but very small for a dev diary

 

[yafeshan]

I feel like nothing useful here

 

[Gamarasa]

...Is this...

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

 

[henzington]

Will caravan fleet move through the territory of fanatic purifiers and can you attack them for any benefit?

 

[WhiteKyubey]

3 fleets? Does it mean that in small galaxies you'll get much more visits then in large ones? Or does they traven more often in bigger galaxies?

 

[FleetingRain]

Speaking of Caravaneers, will the Nomads be fixed in 2.2? I've not seen them for a good while and yet I find some incommunicable ships with black flags in the galaxy, so I feel it's them.

 

[natevandrake]

Are caravaneers a one off sort of thing or can they return to your space and offer you more deals?
Also can you have all three caravaneers up and roaming around on a sufficiently large enough map?

 

[Grothgerek]

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.

Sounds like we could still ask this questions and hope to get a answer.
So... when does the expansion get released?

Now some real questions: What is The Galatron? And what could be some other nice loot in these boxes? Raw ressources, Techs or special traits?
I know you don't want give us all the answers, but atleast give us a smal bite ^^

 

[NoOneBCE]

3 fleets? Does it mean that in small galaxies you'll get much more visits then in large ones? Or does they traven more often in bigger galaxies?

not a dev ofcourse but I doubt all 3 will spawn in a tiny galaxy.

 

[serpentskirt]

Does the color of their bridge turn to purple by any chance?

 

[WotanAnubis]

I feel like nothing useful here

What could possibly be more useful than the sense of pride and accomplishment the Caravaneers will surely provide?

 

[Comrade_Bobinski]

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 ?

 

[Spartan878]

The Galatron? is it anything like the Ultron? are we going to see a bunch of depressed aliens who are sad because their flashy shiny thing broke?

 

[Destrada]

Does the color of their bridge turn to purple by any chance?

Green! (Smile if you get the reference!)

 

[grekulf]

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 ?

I will now buff their defenses by x10

 

[LordMune]

Will caravan fleet move through the territory of fanatic purifiers and can you attack them for any benefit?

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

Are caravaneers a one off sort of thing or can they return to your space and offer you more deals?
Also can you have all three caravaneers up and roaming around on a sufficiently large enough map?

They can return, and currently all three Caravaneers are active regardless of galaxy size. This might change before release, though.

 

[ColePT]

I'm pretty sure that this dev diary was supposed to cover the slave market, but I can't prove it since the previous diary was edited today...

A bit disappointed tbh

 

[Pasadena1988]

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.

Love it.

 

[Muhrks]

If I close my borders to the caraveeners.. and one or more empires are behind my closed borders. Do the fleets still reach them? (or me at least?) or do they respect the border-protocolls?