2.2 & Megacorp Teasers

[Sigma 582]

I'm starting to get a bit worried. I mean, number of Ascension perks getting bigger and bigger, and it begin to lock you out of some stuff that's not really related to each other. Not to mention that a few first perks are pretty limited.

Mutually exclusive and equally viable choices are good and I would love to see more of them.
Anyway, currently "meta" selection of perks looks like this:

1. Opener
2. Ascension 1
3. Habitats
4. Ascension 2 (can be put at #6 to start building megastructures earlier)
5. Master builders
6. Galactic wonders

And you still have 2 slots to spare. Arcology will be occupying one of them and it still leaves one slot for whatever filler perk you feel like taking.

 

[Sigma 582]

Actually, I think that "Space Vegas" does not make much sense unless you have the "emperor" authority. Spending so many public resources in a gaming machine should cause some kind of crisis or scandal.
I think it does not fit very well in a strategy game like this.

or a hive mind queen dumping whole planets' income into galactic slot machine
actually, you are damn right. public funds shouldn't be spent like this.

 

[Tim_Ward]

I would like to congratulate the Stellaris team for memeing it up like absolute champs for this expansion.

 

[ElectricEel]

I took a screenshot of the megachurch civic for Megacorporations shown on the announcement stream.

 

[Little Red]

I took a screenshot of the megachurch civic for Megacorporations shown on the announcement stream.

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The Void has chosen me as its prophet. A prophet of Profit. Isn't that wonderful?

 

[Minuro]

Here is the complete gameplay:

 

[DominusNovus]

I just realized what I really want to do now:

1) Build habitats
2) Release habitats as megacorp vassals/tributaries
3) Help them grow throughout the galaxy
4) Profit

Wasn’t this more or less jow the mechanic worked in the Civ games that had corporations?

 

[Exsolutus]

The Void has chosen me as its prophet. A prophet of Profit. Isn't that wonderful?

The Void giveth, and the Void taketh away

 

[Devanor]

The Void has chosen me as its prophet. A prophet of Profit. Isn't that wonderful?

The Void giveth, and the Void taketh away

I see Warframe, I approve

 

[Cannes]

I'm starting to get a bit worried. I mean, number of Ascension perks getting bigger and bigger, and it begin to lock you out of some stuff that's not really related to each other. Not to mention that a few first perks are pretty limited.

Yeah I already play with the more traditions mod which gives many more traditions and unlimited ascension perks. There are still more than enough that you can't really get them all in one game unless you continue far beyond the point where you dominate the galaxy, so the choices are still very meaningful.

 

[Death Dragon]

So if the dev clash is going to happen on the unfinished 2.2 version, aren't they gonna run into countless bugs?

By the way this was the first time the pc version was shown with this menu ledger on the left, right?
I only remember seeing it in the console version before.

 

[Little Red]

I fully approve of the implementation of a sidebar. This is much better than that confusing drop down menu.

 

[Little Red]

Not sure if already posted but they included a direct reference to EA's hilariously downvoted Reddit post.

 

[UltimateTobi]

What is an Arcology?

 

[Tyrannical Prince]

Some of the Megacorp Civics

Spoiler: Franchising

Spoiler: Free Traders

Spoiler: Naval Contractors

Spoiler: Gospel of the masses

Spoiler: Private Prospectors

Spoiler: Ruthless Competition

Spoiler: Trading Posts

Spoiler: Media Conglomerate

Spoiler: Brand Loyalty

Spoiler: Criminal Heritage

 

[Serenity84]

What is an Arcology?

City planet. It means you can't extract minerals or do non-hydroponics farming, but you get tons of housing. Plus manufacturing and services districts

 

[BlackUmbrellas]

What is an Arcology?

City planet. It means you can't extract minerals or do non-hydroponics farming, but you get tons of housing. Plus manufacturing and services districts

Incorrect.

"Arcology" is a portmanteau of "Architecture" and "Ecology", typically referring to the idea of a giant building/structure that acts as an "enclosed city", mostly or entirely self-sufficient and designed such that its inhabitants would never need to leave the arcology to fulfil their needs.

A "city planet" is an ecumenopolis, which in made up of many arcologies.

 

[UltimateTobi]

City planet. It means you can't extract minerals or do non-hydroponics farming, but you get tons of housing. Plus manufacturing and services districts

Yeah I've seen their function.
But I translated the word into my language (German; Arkologie), but TBH I have no clue what the meaning of that word is.
Could someone enlighten me?

 

[Calvax]

What is an Arcology?

In SciFi the term is used to refer to a building so big it’s basically an entire town with large population, commercial floors, industrial floors etc.

 

[UltimateTobi]

Incorrect.

"Arcology" is a portmanteau of "Architecture" and "Ecology", typically referring to the idea of a giant building/structure that acts as an "enclosed city", mostly or entirely self-sufficient and designed such that its inhabitants would never need to leave the arcology to fulfil their needs.

A "city planet" is an ecumenopolis, which in made up of many arcologies.

Thanks!

Edit: Also thanks to @Calvax.