Pre-existing blobs

[Schlez]

Does any one know/can the devs confirm if there will be pre-existing blobs when starting a new game? Basically something like old empires that haven't "fallen" (established economies, large fleets, high tech, etc). From the Blorg videos, I only noticed what looked like relatively new empires which looked like they reached the space age at the same time as the Blorg.

 

[Haldan]

There won't be. They want an assymetrical start.

 

[Gregsplays]

So you know fallen empires are a thing, from what i know now, everyone is on an asymmetrical start, but there was speculation over a slider or ability to set how advanced other empires could be when you advance to space, however that's just speculation

 

[Tallfellow]

Does any one know/can the devs confirm if there will be pre-existing blobs when starting a new game? Basically something like old empires that haven't "fallen" (established economies, large fleets, high tech, etc). From the Blorg videos, I only noticed what looked like relatively new empires which looked like they reached the space age at the same time as the Blorg.

There's a slider where you can set up some of the other empires to be more advanced. Don't know if they'll start with more territory or just more tech.

 

[Wizzington]

You can set a certain number of advanced AI starts. They get more colonies, ships, resources and tech, but they're nowhere near on the level of a Fallen Empire in power.

 

[Eldoran]

Just as a side note: everybody starting at the same grounds is a symmetrical start. I am sure it is what you meant but to prevent confusion I just want to make that clear...a asymmetrical start like in normal pds games is not part of the stellar design philosophy

 

[Wyrm]

I want the Katana-fleet!

 

[Gregsplays]

You can set a certain number of advanced AI starts. They get more colonies, ships, resources and tech, but they're nowhere near on the level of a Fallen Empire in power.

Ah, that's what i meant, thanks Wiz

 

[Haldan]

There won't be. They want an assymetrical start.

You can set a certain number of advanced AI starts. They get more colonies, ships, resources and tech, but they're nowhere near on the level of a Fallen Empire in power.

It's always embarassing to be proven wrong.

 

[Oscot]

Oh good, all my bitchin' about implausibly symmetrical starts get flushed out the airlock at once.

Praise Blorg!

 

[Slingshot82]

You can set a certain number of advanced AI starts. They get more colonies, ships, resources and tech, but they're nowhere near on the level of a Fallen Empire in power.

So will the Fallen Empires be in addition to any AI empires you set up at the start of the game - or will existing AI empires go into a fallen state as the game progresses?

 

[felibar]

So will the Fallen Empires be in addition to any AI empires you set up at the start of the game - or will existing AI empires go into a fallen state as the game progresses?

Fallen empires are setup from the start. They can "wake up" as result of events, but an existing empire will not become one. I think of Antares (as in MOO2) but not aggressive, unless provoked.

 

[beckermt]

It's always embarassing to be proven wrong.

You weren't proven wrong, because you used the wrong word. Now you just have to play the politician and say that's what you meant all along!

 

[TheBeautifulVoid2]

It's always nice to be proven wrong. Beforehand you were wrong but didn't know it. Now, you're right and you know it. The total ignorance of the world has decreased, and this is a good thing. It only harms your dignity if you let it.

 

[IITonicII]

Can you choose the number of fallen empires in the game ?

 

[Alex_brunius]

Can you choose the number of fallen empires in the game ?

Could be interesting to know, maybe would be hard to "unlock" them if you have too many?

 

[Tallfellow]

Can you choose the number of fallen empires in the game ?

I think that it's random, from what we saw in the first blorg stream when they where showing up the game setup i didn't see any option for fallen empires. But it would be cool if we could set a number of them, or atleast influence the number of them in the game.

Edit: Just rewatched the start of the stream, and the only option you can set is the number of empires that are more advanced in the beginning. So no fallen empire setting. Maybe it's been added in the mean time, but i doubt it!

 

[PhroX]

You can set a certain number of advanced AI starts. They get more colonies, ships, resources and tech, but they're nowhere near on the level of a Fallen Empire in power.

On a related note, is there any way to control the number and tech-level of the pre-spaceflight races? It could be an interesting setup to seed the galaxy with a couple of advanced starts, a bunch more "normal" starts and a lot of 20th-century equivalent "primitives" that would likely reach spaceflight on their own at some point, so as to give a really staggered setup for the various space empires.

 

[Bryartuck]

Edit: Just rewatched the start of the stream, and the only option you can set is the number of empires that are more advanced in the beginning. So no fallen empire setting. Maybe it's been added in the mean time, but i doubt it!

I could have sworn I saw that option on the setup screen, but it must have been on one of the older builds. (I just double checked the Blorg stream as well). I would imagine the number is determined by the galaxy size you choose, or at least influenced by it.

 

[Tallfellow]

I could have sworn I saw that option on the setup screen, but it must have been on one of the older builds. (I just double checked the Blorg stream as well). I would imagine the number is determined by the galaxy size you choose, or at least influenced by it.

It might have been in the game at some point. But yeah i'm guessing that galaxy size will play a part of it.