Stellaris London Multiplayer Event!

[Vahouth]

So, I'm just rewatching the stream on youtube and at some point Quill said that Hyperdrive ships are so fast that they're almost impossible to catch! Even with wormhole tech which is also pretty fast.

Wow!

 

[Korashy]

So, I'm just rewatching the stream on youtube and at some point Quill said that Hyperdrive ships are so fast that they're almost impossible to catch! Even with wormhole tech which is also pretty fast.

Wow!

They should be, considering that it essentially dictates your expansion avenues, and since you have to travel along the lanes while warp or wormhole can strike you anywhere. With hyperlane only settings you could turtle and only defend chokepoints but that requires a game setting.

 

[Turin the Mad]

Fast to transit between systems. In-system this should depend on the hyperdrive ships' sublight engines. Maybe hyperdrive has a shorter cooldown timer than warp and wormhole FTL does?

 

[Fossa]

I think this is a pretty complete list of the players, apart from names I slaughtered (sorry for that)

Nations/Player/ reallife profession
404_EMPIRE_NOT_FOUND, Quill18, Youtube
Avian Menace, TheSolarGamer, Youtube
Blorg Commonality, Wiz + Cknoor, Paradox
Celtic Octopus, Joe Donnelly, journalist
Death To All But Metal, Emma Quinlan (?), (?)
Fun Guys Inc., Phil Savage, journalist
Gabsterian Collective, GameGabster, Youtube
Kingdom of Yondarim, Matthea Comba (?)
Kotany Conglomerate, Alex, journalist
Merrymen, MsCarsonelle, Youtube
Monica & Rachels Apartment – Stephen Langford (?), journalist (?)
Nerces Syndicate, Guillame T (?)
Snoot Demesne, Henrik Fåhreaus, Paradox
Star Kingdom of Manticore. Jay's Gaming, Youtube
Tantric Turkey Tetrarchy Fraser Brown, journalist
The Lore Sworn T.J. Hafer , journalist
The Red Vine, Zeke, Paradox
The Shell, Taureor, Youtube
The Tentacular Triumph, Adam Smith, journalist
The Zum Union, ThePrussianPrince, Youtube
Transhuman Union, Arumba, Youtube

Fallen Empires:
Ik-Nur Remnant
Haddam Forerunners
Caphevad Homeworlds

 

[Exemplar Voss]

So, did anyone catch what alien pets actually do?

And that icon needs to be added to the list of smileys available to the forum.

 

[Turin the Mad]

So, did anyone catch what alien pets actually do?

And that icon needs to be added to the list of smileys available to the forum.

Lets you build a zoo that adds +10% happiness to that planet.

Edit: As long as you have the resource, it seems that you can build those zoos on other planets as well.

 

[flakmeister]

Was a treat to see the face of Arumba, didn't expect him to be bald. Also love how he always tries to break the game he's playing and his unapologetic and straightforward criticisms. He may be on the payroll, but he doesn't necessarily play ball.

 

[Vahouth]

They should be, considering that it essentially dictates your expansion avenues, and since you have to travel along the lanes while warp or wormhole can strike you anywhere. With hyperlane only settings you could turtle and only defend chokepoints but that requires a game setting.

I thought that this must be the case, but I remember a thread way back where people claimed that Hyperdrive ships are easily ambushed, because they move on a predetermined path. But I just couldn't see it happening for 3 reasons.
1) The enemy has no idea which systems are connected, unless he also uses hyperlanes, or research.
2) Ships fitted with Hyperdrives are WAY faster than anything else.
3) Their cooldown is relatively fast and they don't have to be in the Outer Edges of a System in order to leave it. So, they also enter&exit systems faster than anyone else.

In any case, it will be interesting to see tomorrow how Quill will manage in a war with his neighbor, the Loreswarm bugs.
It will be a fight of Wormholes vs Hyperlanes.

 

[nuke4]

So, did anyone catch what alien pets actually do?

And that icon needs to be added to the list of smileys available to the forum.

I thought it was happiness but I think I read studying them when he hovered over the tech which made me think society research?

edit: misremembered.

 

[Fossa]

 

[quarthinos]

I thought it was happiness but I think I read studying them when he hovered over the tech which made me think society research?

The actual tile had soc research (I think 3 soc units and 1 cat?). But it had a follow on tech that allows a zoo. The zoo can be built on any (only one?) planet that gives +10 happiness.

edit: Uppost says zoo has 1 cat for maintenance, so only one zoo per cat tile, I guess.

edit more: Since we're talking about the London multistream, I hope whoever is playing the Star Empire of Manticore doesn't hear about putting space cats in a zoo! That would quickly stop the alliance and make a rivalry

 

[Fossa]

The actual tile had soc research (I think 3 soc units and 1 cat?). But it had a follow on tech that allows a zoo. The zoo can be built on any (only one?) planet that gives +10 happiness.

I think you can build 1 zoo for every rare cat resource you have

 

[Heatth]

Fast to transit between systems. In-system this should depend on the hyperdrive ships' sublight engines. Maybe hyperdrive has a shorter cooldown timer than warp and wormhole FTL does?

Hyperdrive ships don't need to travel to the edge of the system to jump. Even if they have the same cool down timer as warp (wormhole cooldown works differently) it is still on average faster because it can instantaneously jump the moment it needs.

 

[VoodooDog]

does the blorg allways start on a moon or is it just a coincidence?

 

[Vahouth]

does the blorg allways start on a moon or is it just a coincidence?

Must be a coincidence. Unless the Gas Giant is the same as in the Blorg stream...

 

[DieselAlpaca]

The stream looks great so far thanks guys for setting it up!!!

 

[lemonsquid]

what about the Stellaris Multiplayer Event in Lemonsquids House?

 

[Beric]

Was a treat to see the face of Arumba, didn't expect him to be bald. Also love how he always tries to break the game he's playing and his unapologetic and straightforward criticisms. He may be on the payroll, but he doesn't necessarily play ball.

I thought it was a bit off-putting that he was complaining about the game he was given special access to at a special event to the developer's face in front of thousands of viewers. Really didn't give me a positive impression of the guy. The forums are supposed to be where you complain!

 

[Turin the Mad]

Hyperdrive ships don't need to travel to the edge of the system to jump. Even if they have the same cool down timer as warp (wormhole cooldown works differently) it is still on average faster because it can instantaneously jump the moment it needs.

Pretty neat seeing the differences. Hopefully during tomorrow's stream we'll get to see hyperdrives in action!

 

[A Cat]

Fountain Reference! Research that Space Tree!