Announcing the Aquatics Species Pack!

[Orinsul]

ROBOT FISH

 

[Iacton Qruze]

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Ya Vodianoy, ya Vodianoy! XD

 

[Nebbie Zebbie]

Hmm, the entire concept of Aquatics brings into question Stellaris' planet class system, which is based around a planet being considered homogenous for habitability. It would be very strange to see Aquatics with Desert Preference, but then that super imbalances things towards the "wet" category if Aquatics just always have a preference in it. My hope would be that we're finally getting planets divided up into habitability type zones, so Earth would be composed of a tropical part, a temparate part (ideal for humans), a desert part, a savannah part, an arid part, a tundra part, an alpine part, an arctic part, and a few types of ocean parts.
I suspect instead we'll just get planets divided into land and sea, but that would at least be an improvement if no species had perfect habitability in both, meaning that finally, there'd be a reason to fill out certain planets (like Gaias, but also obviously Ocean, Continental, and Arctic at least) with multiple species to maximize them.

 

[Reedstilt]

right calling it now next species pack will be subterranean,can't wait for release.

Certainly a possibility, but I'd put my money on Energy beings as the next one. Of course, we could both be wrong. Necroids kind of came out of nowhere - at least from my perspective. I don't remember anyone asking for Undead aliens.

 

[Reedstilt]

if Aquatics just always have a preference in it.

Aquatics won't require wet planets as a default. One of the preview screenshots shows an Aquatic with an Alpine homeworld. But it does look like there will be Trait / Origin that will give them bonuses on Ocean worlds if they choose those.

 

[evilcat]

Actually Dolphins are mammals to!
But... nobody cares, Cthulhu be praised. Looks great , especially if it will be with new premise and full package with portraits, ships, voice, some civics or origins.
It would be fun to have portrait of Whale (buying all DLC) or antropomorphic school of little fish.

 

[klopkr]

So long and thanks for all the fish!

 

[Ch4rybde]

SPACE DOLPHINS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! finaly...

 

[OnyxAbussos]

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU.
Seriously been craving this. Thank you.

 

[Reedstilt]

It would be fun to have portrait of Whale (buying all DLC)

Doubling down: Just like the Chirpie portait that requires you to be logged into the Paradox to access, the Whale portrait only becomes available when - as you mentioned - you've bought enough other DLCs.

Luckily I'm set.

 

[Calvax]

Looks cool! Really interested to see how this works with planet types. Are aquatic races restricted to wet worlds? Wouldn’t make a lot of sense to be from a desert world. Could there be more planet types coming?

 

[Mitchz95]

I love, love, love that new Ocean World texture! Really hope that replaces the dull ones we have now.

Actually Dolphins are mammals to!

So are Humanoids, if we're being picky.

 

[Dr. B]

Excellent, more seafood in our livestock diet.

 

[Minervo]

YAAAAAAAAAAAS

 

[Shimohi]

Still waiting for the announce of real UI scaling and not blurry goop.

 

[G S Palmer]

Hell yeah! I've been waiting for this one for a long time!

 

[G S Palmer]

Here's the fullsize image of the three portraits from the trailer:

The art keeps getting better and better with each species pack. Lithoids was great, then Necroids was amazing, and this looks even better.

 

[zZander56]

Finally, my dream of playing as Nestle is soon to be within reach.

I doubt I'll be a big fan of the portraits, but hopefully the shipset is good. I assume we'll see an origin and maybe a civic as well.

 

[captainroot]

Xindi-Aquatics, anyone (not to mention some ships like this one and this one)?

 

[majikero]

This is perfect timing since I've been playing with aquatic planet from Planetary Diversity mod.