Feels like every other poster want to murder all other species...
Are humans... the villians in real life?
Are humans... the villians in real life?
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Why does extreme xenophobism seem so popular on the forums?
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I'm going to play the Federation of Sol from Twilight Imperium fame. I'll be a Militarist Materialist. No need for xenophilia OR xenophobia!
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Suffer not the heretic, the mutant, the xeno. You don't survive in the hostile grimdark future by being openminded and tolerant.
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It's natural to eliminate the competition, see very many neanderthals around lately?
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Well it wouldn't be a science fiction game if you couldn't.
Also, yes. Humans are true the villains.
I myself will probably start out peaceful, and just see where it goes from there.
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Most of the time, when you have a choice, you will play something\someone that you can't be in real life - one of the reasons.
Game, atleast on release, will be about war more than about diplomacy, trade or religion. For sometime we will not have so many options as in EU\V - another reason I think.
And ofc humans not even close to humans in somethng like Star Trek...we divided by mant things, even WWIII not happened yet so, there is no point in uniting...
"I believe my exact words were "a dangerous, savage child-race." - Q.
+ evil way more interestig
Renegade Shepard > Paragon Shepard
Game, atleast on release, will be about war more than about diplomacy, trade or religion. For sometime we will not have so many options as in EU\V - another reason I think.
And ofc humans not even close to humans in somethng like Star Trek...we divided by mant things, even WWIII not happened yet so, there is no point in uniting...
"I believe my exact words were "a dangerous, savage child-race." - Q.
+ evil way more interestig
Renegade Shepard > Paragon Shepard - 8
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Have you ever dabbled in human history?
But yeah, the prevalence of Xenophoby is actually a bit worrying.
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well considering humans have at least 20% neanderthal DNA I see quite a few.
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I mostly played a mix of the two.
Paragon for most choices, but not afraid to get rough when I have to.
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This is just my opinion, but conquering my way through the galaxy just sounds like a lot more fun than being peaceful and trying to befriend everyone. (Not in the same way that the Blorg befriend of course, that is fun
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Humans are probably those primitives that the Fallen Empires are looking on, interfering with, laughing at, and trying to Enlighten.
I tentatively support the Vorlon theory.
I tentatively support the Vorlon theory.
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In all seriousness, I think the xenophobe is attractive due to a unity. Having multiple races with multiple ideaologies will bring an opportunity (better colonization options), but also more micromanagment (don\t send the fishy folk to a desert world). Furthermore, if you conquer a population, which opposes you philosofically, then they will not be happy, factions, unrest, rebellion. Seems much easier to purge them, bring your own fast breeding folks to the planet a re-populate it with the "chosen" race.
Also I think there are many Warhammer fans and thus you will cleanse them with fire!
Also I think there are many Warhammer fans and thus you will cleanse them with fire!
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It's mostly a meme. And 40k fandom.
There are some very real creeps and genocide apologists tho, watch out for them.
There are some very real creeps and genocide apologists tho, watch out for them.
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I think it can be attributed to two things.
1) The metagame desire for greater control. People don't like "unknown" variables affecting their games, and alien pops can look like an unknown variable because we still aren't completely 100% on how the mechanics work.
2) We have a lot of 40k fans for some reason, despite the fact Stellaris does not seem to be a particularly good fit for 40k.
Some people genuinely do just want to play the evil empire through. Now, for me, playing the evil empire sounds way more fun and productive if you go the decadent slavery route rather than the "kill everything because reasons" route, but I can totally see the appeal. It doesn't make you a bad person in real life, although I must admit sometimes all the talk of genocide is a bit much..
What was that, Gue'la.. Did someone mention a third sphere of expansion. How's all that not suffering the heretic, mutant and xeno going for you anyway?
1) The metagame desire for greater control. People don't like "unknown" variables affecting their games, and alien pops can look like an unknown variable because we still aren't completely 100% on how the mechanics work.
2) We have a lot of 40k fans for some reason, despite the fact Stellaris does not seem to be a particularly good fit for 40k.
Some people genuinely do just want to play the evil empire through. Now, for me, playing the evil empire sounds way more fun and productive if you go the decadent slavery route rather than the "kill everything because reasons" route, but I can totally see the appeal. It doesn't make you a bad person in real life, although I must admit sometimes all the talk of genocide is a bit much..
What was that, Gue'la.. Did someone mention a third sphere of expansion. How's all that not suffering the heretic, mutant and xeno going for you anyway?
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Many of us can relate to that..
Now submit to Friendship. Or else.
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