First empires you'll be playing in Utopia?

[scaper12123]

Utopia comes out in under two weeks woooo! Here's a fun game: Describe the first empire you'll be playing as when Utopia finally rolls along, what they are like, what their goals will be in terms of roleplay, and what your goals will be in terms of gameplay.

For me, I'll be playing the Empire of Gogun with authoritative spiritualist militarist ethics. They're warrior goats that put unity and spirit above all other things. Their goal will be to unify the entire galaxy under a single flag (namely theirs) as well as understanding the nature of their spirits. In terms of gameplay, I'll be aiming for the spiritual ascension and terriforming perks for the sake of mastering the Shroud and turning every single one of my planets into holy Gaia worlds.

 

[elitesix]

I have so many empires I want to play - probably the most excited I've been for a paradox game/dlc - it's hard to select only one.

I'd have to say that I'm going to be looking forward to playing the Republic of Baanth Vir; a fanatic materialist, egalitarian, mechanist, free haven race. They are fascinated with cybernetics and AI and welcome all who would aid their society in the pursuit of mechanical perfection, though most races that choose to visit or live in the republic visit the outer, non-core worlds that are filled with friendly, personable AI beings. The core worlds are filled with the eccentric, science-obsessed Baanth Virans (repugnant), and as such most immigrants and touraists shy away from these areas.

 

[Janx14]

An aggressive hivemind of plantoids (the multi-limbed decaying looking ones) that is a species' terraforming efforts gone horribly wrong.

 

[Talanic]

I'm going to go domination, vassalizing as many enemies as possible. I'll keep them in line by keeping them fighting - my own fleet will be little more than the nutcracker that breaks the enemy doomstack, leaving the vassals to finish the war by taking planets. This will prevent my vassals from raising enough of a fleet to challenge me, even though my own empire will be reasonably small and sweeping through Ascension perks.

 

[Sheriff Godwin Law]

Fanatic Materialist Xenophobes Starting traits as Mechanist (instant robots) and +1 research option.

My goal, enslave some race of cuties, turn them into domestic slaves, transfer just enough of them to my core worlds. Convert my populace to robots. Conquer my neighbors, turn them into sectors, ban them from migration to the core worlds. Run a stagnant, miserable empire of oppressed districts that fuel an idyllic society of slave keeping Hedonism Bots.

 

[Neocv]

I have 5 major empires that I plan to play but the first will be a Fanatical Spiritualist/Authoritarian with Venerable, Decadent and Sedentary traits, I don't know the civics yet since I want to see all of then before chosing, but will have a Dictatorial Authority and a caste system.

Of course I will make a psionic ascension, and with luck I will be able to have a ruler with the Chosen One trait. I don't want to go much ahead since I want to see what will happen in the game.

 

[Grotuk]

I first try out a future Robotempire like the Borgs. Btw. why i can combine Hivemind and Robot? We are the Borg Your biological and technological distinctiveness will be
added to our own. Resistance is futile!

 

[Slynx]

definitely Hivemind.
then spiritualist...then matelialists. both authoritarian.
and will probably never touch egalitarian\xenophile\pacifist ethos....

 

[Dalinski]

I think I will try holding together a tall Federation of like-minded individuals with Egalitarian Materialists. Liberating those that are not like-minded

 

[scaper12123]

I think I will try holding together a tall Federation of like-minded individuals with Egalitarian Materialists. Liberating those that are not like-minded

hah! The spiritual authority goats will be your downfall! Never underestimate the spirit!

 

[DAKOTA567]

I will bring proper civilisation to all the savages, and spread tea to the galaxy.

 

[Notho]

I will bring proper civilisation to all the savages, and spread tea to the galaxy.

I can't even...

 

[faljen_isus]

probably spiritualist authoritarian, still deciding on the fanaticism of them tho

what i am most enthusiastic about is what wiz talked for the future after banks and utopia, where he wants to implement the possibility to unify a federation into a single empire - then i will for the first time go xenophile to unite the federation in a single empire, and after that turn that empire into an authoritarian xenophobic monarchy and purge all the unclean races from the face of the galaxy, starting from my own unified empire

 

[DAKOTA567]

I can't even...

Spess square rigs.

 

[Dalinski]

hah! The spiritual authority goats will be your downfall! Never underestimate the spirit!

Feel free to post your empire file/text and I'll add them into my game

 

[Notho]

Spess square rigs.

You're going to play this during fleet battles, aren't you...

 

[DAKOTA567]

You're going to play this during fleet battles, aren't you...

Of course, it doesn't get any more British than the Roast Beef of Old England album:

 

[Dalinski]

When you liberate an AI from say Xenophobe militarist to Xenophile pacifist, do you know if the liberated nation can slower drift back to Xenophobe militarist in vanilla or Utopia? Or will the government type be forever frozen in its liberated form?

 

[Sheriff Godwin Law]

In Utopia... I'd assume the government type could spend the influence to embrace the militarist faction. Mechanically I expect it's available to them and the AI may even have certain criteria, powerful factions and widespread unrest maybe, that prompt that decision,

I'm not sure about the criteria that causes it, and whether being vassal affects this at all.

 

[scaper12123]

Feel free to post your empire file/text and I'll add them into my game

oh god, I would except I have no idea where to find that info.
it's so hard understanding files in Steam