I hear many people complain about the lacking interaction between the empire in Stellaris. They feel the empires are "empty" and "shallow". To counter this I suggest the following:
-IRL a citizen of eg. Austria knows alot about his neighbouring countries. He knows something about messy Italian politics, hungarian food and their hot chicks and about the might of german megacorporations. Most of his knowledge he gets from the medias.
-why not having a kind of "media" in Stellaris? Eg. in style like a news paper (please no animated roboters
) which pops up every year once, which reports intersting events and general news from the galaxy and galactic neigbours? For example if an neighbouring empire purges some population or if their fleet kills an asteroid, this would definately be mentioned in media. Or if the neighbours have elections, colonizing new planets, tech breakthroughs, war outcomes, diplomatic efforts etc. Some of these news are already ingame (like founding a federation) but they are disorganized and sporadic at best.
-even better would be when my neighbours also get news from my empire and react to these. Eg the game creates opinion modifiers. For example when I purge a population, my pacifist neighbours will know it through their media and I can be sure to get a protest note and an opionion penalty with them. Or when my fleet kills a dangerous asteroid, I get a memo with congrats from my neighbour and maybe also +10 opionion for the next 10y.
-IRL a citizen of eg. Austria knows alot about his neighbouring countries. He knows something about messy Italian politics, hungarian food and their hot chicks and about the might of german megacorporations. Most of his knowledge he gets from the medias.
-why not having a kind of "media" in Stellaris? Eg. in style like a news paper (please no animated roboters
) which pops up every year once, which reports intersting events and general news from the galaxy and galactic neigbours? For example if an neighbouring empire purges some population or if their fleet kills an asteroid, this would definately be mentioned in media. Or if the neighbours have elections, colonizing new planets, tech breakthroughs, war outcomes, diplomatic efforts etc. Some of these news are already ingame (like founding a federation) but they are disorganized and sporadic at best.-even better would be when my neighbours also get news from my empire and react to these. Eg the game creates opinion modifiers. For example when I purge a population, my pacifist neighbours will know it through their media and I can be sure to get a protest note and an opionion penalty with them. Or when my fleet kills a dangerous asteroid, I get a memo with congrats from my neighbour and maybe also +10 opionion for the next 10y.
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