Telemetry

[SobakenKusaken]

Will there be some form of data collection in the game, so we could get statistics on how many players choose a certain ethos or a certain alien phenotype?
I know some RPGs and visual novels have this feature, after you complete the game it shows you the choices you've made during your playthrough and how you compare to the average player.

 

[Glopnir]

It could prove to be interesting. Provided that people don't mind the whole "Big Brother is watching you" aspect of it.

 

[TheBeautifulVoid2]

Most games do this nowadays, I thought.

 

[ahhheygao]

PDS did release Steam player stats on EU4 tag choices and start dates, so I presume yes.

 

[Murmeldjuret]

You always run into problems about people being touchy in regards to data collection. The standard is to ask, but that will naturally bias your data towards people who are willing to do it. You also automatically bias towards people who are always online, though these days it is not much of an issue.

I suppose it will be useful for PDX to check phenotype so they know what people want next, much like a certain forum thread but more orwellian. It would be interesting to see which ethoses get picked up, but unless it is heavily skewed I doubt it is really useful information for Pdx to gather.

 

[puggle999]

There has been in the past. It'd be interesting to know, at least the starting set-up. So Paradox knows if, say, everyone is playing spiritualist owls, it can try and work out why.

 

[abaddondespoiler]

Will there be some form of data collection in the game, so we could get statistics on how many players choose a certain ethos or a certain alien phenotype?
I know some RPGs and visual novels have this feature, after you complete the game it shows you the choices you've made during your playthrough and how you compare to the average player.

Looks like the secret plan of KGB.

 

[HandicapdHippo]

CK2 already has this so I dont see why Stellaris wouldn't. It aks for permission first.

 

[SobakenKusaken]

CK2 already has this so I dont see why Stellaris wouldn't. It aks for permission first.

That's cool. But do they share the data with everyone (at least some of it, like which countries are played the most, or whatever), or is it accessible to devs only?

 

[Ifreann]

It could prove to be interesting. Provided that people don't mind the whole "Big Brother is watching you" aspect of it.

Ceiling merni is watching you lose to the AI.

 

[EddieTheLion]

I thought this thread was going to be about remote control armies

 

[Glopnir]

Ceiling merni is watching you lose to the AI.

Oh, the shame of it all!
Don't look at me!
I SAID DON'T LOOK AT ME!!

 

[Daddl]

They posted data about what start dates, nations and whether Ironman or not EU4 players chose a few times in the past, and I don't think you are seperately asked to grant permission to collect this data from you. Its somewhere in the AGB most likely, people who read that can surely tell you. Did anybody?
Anyway, besides that you can play it offline, its not like Paradox creates personality profiles on the base that one might only play Byzantium or so.