Fanatic Purifier Necrophage, new strongest build?

[Lykus Cerebros]

actually, i think the necro fanatic purifier is the only viable purifier in 3.0?
Early game sucks, lower own growth and worker output, but once in mid-late game, other FP growth stops with the growth stagnation, while necro could still get new pops with the necro purge
but i think the current 3.0 is a huge nerf to any type of empires that need own growth as 0 use of conquered pops.

I would agree turning pops immediately into your main species is definitely worth it even with the debuffs for workers and the growth penalties.

 

[Less2]

Interestingly, FP Necros growth is not THAT bad considering you have +3 from the growth curve. It might still be a pretty decent build even played "legit" as devs intended. Competing with Driven Assimilator will be hard, but you still invade primitive worlds for a bunch of pops immediately, which has the new side effect of getting you close to optimal S-curve growth on new planets. Another +20% growth can be fairly quickly obtained from tech and expansion ideas, bringing you another +1.2

(please try to blot out the digusting clerks being employed, I assure you this is merely a test game and such a travesty would never happen in a real game)

 

[Lykus Cerebros]

Interestingly, FP Necros growth is not THAT bad considering you have +3 from the growth curve. It might still be a pretty decent build even played "legit" as devs intended. Competing with Driven Assimilator will be hard, but you still invade primitive worlds for a bunch of pops immediately, which has the new side effect of getting you close to optimal S-curve growth on new planets. Another +20% growth can be fairly quickly obtained from tech and expansion ideas, bringing you another +1.2

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(please try to blot out the digusting clerks being employed, I assure you this is merely a test game and such a travesty would never happen in a real game)

I would have given you a like but since you employed these clerks it can only be a dislike. Am not making the rules just following them.