Starting new game/Few questions

[XapM]

Hello, i'm going to start a new game to test all the new patches. Last game i played was around 1.1, so i have a few questions:

1. FTL method lock - if i lock a game to hyperlanes, will there be possibility to research a jump drive? My last game went into endless stalemate 'cuz my materialist empire had no jumpdrives and my enemy - half a galaxy federation - had one. They couldn't take on me head on, i couldn't catch them with my Warp ships. So this time i want to disable jump drives for good, will FTL locking be enough?

2. Is there still a rule of 1 end game crisis per game? If yes, how can i change that? In my last game i got AI revolt that was quickly stomped and that's it, kinda lackluster.

 

[Radically Right Wing]

AI revolt is still extremely lackluster, Unbidden is being dramatically improved and the Prethoryn are ok but buggy sometimes, they will also be fixed soon, I believe AI revolt is the last one to be improved.

There is still only 1 end game crisis, but when it occurs it causes something much, much bigger, which is that Fallen Empires can now Awaken, and begin producing ships and conquering things again. these are often called Awakened Empires and if multiple Fallen Empires Awaken they will go to war with each other and you have to choose sides. Don't worry about the End Game Crisis, lots of stuff will happen in the end game.

Does locking the FTL lock out Jump Drives? No idea. But if you were Materialist you should still be able to research Jump Drive, only the Psi Jump Drive is exclusive to Spiritualists.

 

[Vickez]

Psi Jump Drive is exclusive to Spiritualists.

On one of my previous playthroughs I was Collectivist/Fanatic Materialist and pretty sure I was able to research Psi Drives by themselves (i.e. not from debris but showing up as a random tech card)... However, "pretty sure" doesn't mean 100%

 

[Mitchz95]

I got Psi Jump Drive as the default UNE once. It was just a random tech draw with a Maniacal (or was it Psionic?) scientist.

That was a solid six months ago, though, so no idea if that's changed.