2.2.5 Impossible start

[Merkury90]

Well, just wanted to give it a try since new beta branch is supposed to fix a lot of problems.

However I have encountered obstacle that I believe will stop me from playing this particular game
At first I was very happy with my start, but after going couple of systems up, well...

I don't think it should happen. Perhaps a bug?

 

[Invictus5966]

You can build tall or restart. I've restarted a few in my days

 

[Bryartuck]

Not a bug, but definitely bad luck. It looks like RNGesus doesn't like you.

 

[Defiler99]

Leviathans won't spawn in the same "cluster" as an empire, but I guess that system is one hop outside yours.
Did you keep the savegame? I'd like to see how far I could get with this start.

 

[Methone]

Not a bug, just bad luck.

Or good luck, depending on how good you are at building tall.

 

[Longprao]

Is it possible to go tall as a genocide?

 

[Methone]

Is it possible to go tall as a genocide?

As a genocidal, yes, but it's generally not recommended. As a genocidal you want to be out there, fighting and taking territory, and you never, ever stop until the galaxy is only you.

 

[laptor]

The fortress will protect you a looooong time!

 

[Merkury90]

Well, I wanted to play as slaver with nihilistic acquisition so this kind of start is no good

Did you keep the savegame? I'd like to see how far I could get with this start.

I'm afraid savegame got overwritten already, sorry.

 

[KingAlamar]

Well, just wanted to give it a try since new beta branch is supposed to fix a lot of problems.

However I have encountered obstacle that I believe will stop me from playing this particular game
At first I was very happy with my start, but after going couple of systems up, well...

I don't think it should happen. Perhaps a bug?

I contend that the map generator is not well optimized for hyperlane-only games. I've had my own gotchas ... like one of my guaranteed starting planets was 14 hyperspace hops away. It was a very short [as the crow flies] distance from homeworld so it would make sense for "Warp / Wormhole" games but is just DUMB for hyperlane-only games.

EDIT: As others have pointed out it's not a bug BUT I would qualify that behavior as a feature with negative value

 

[Dustman]

Is it possible to go tall as a genocide?

Why not? One of the ways to play them is by selecting Nihilistic Acquisition and milk neighbors for pops. Probably not the optimal one, but you can turtle behind starbases early game, build economy and science and attack later.

 

[Kryndude]

I've had a similar experience, and I suggest you just restart. Yours is even worse. Not worth the time.

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/foru...forces-me-into-a-2-planets-challenge.1146084/

 

[Merkury90]

I've had a similar experience, and I suggest you just restart. Yours is even worse. Not worth the time.

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/foru...forces-me-into-a-2-planets-challenge.1146084/

Well, FE with opposing ethos is also fun... At least you had couple more systems

 

[Inquizitor]

I had a start i didnt realise was a lost cause until about 50 years in. I was hemmed in by all 3 marauders. Decided to scrap that instead of waiting for a khan.

 

[Spidee]

Wait....do I see it correctly, that you would be potentially limited to maybe 8 systems and 2 planets (depending on guaranteed colonizable planet).
I thought, that in 2.2 leviathans were supposed to spawn in non-choke point systems. Thus this should be a bug. Or am I mistaking Wiz's words.

 

[Catastrophy]

What you waiting for? Conquer that fortress. To the ladders!

I'd keep that save for a challenge run.