Yeah overlord looks awesome but the real question is what's the next portrait pack gonna be? :)

[klopkr]

I'm honestly pretty excited because a lot of the easy guesses like aquatics are done now! I really wonder what our next cute aliens are gonna be.

I'm hoping for amoebas/microbe inspired portraits. I like how alien they are!

I remember a dev hinting that they might adjust the portrait menu to better group similar portraits like plant/fungus types. Maybe an adjustment to have more fliers with a flying trait could be in the cards! Well see!

What do you guys think?

 

[Foxosaur]

I'm honestly pretty excited because a lot of the easy guesses like aquatics are done now! I really wonder what our next cute aliens are gonna be.

I'm hoping for amoebas/microbe inspired portraits. I like how alien they are!

I remember a dev hinting that they might adjust the portrait menu to better group similar portraits like plant/fungus types. Maybe an adjustment to have more fliers with a flying trait could be in the cards! Well see!

What do you guys think?

I've pondered this and I don't know as portraits kinda vary wildly so much between different things or several at once. Maybe there's room for... infectious, seeping, injecting insects? I've seen other suggest "energy beings" and yeah I can see that being viable too.

 

[apples951]

I would prefer a story pack over a portrait pack as the last story pack was in 2019.

 

[Jamaican Castle]

I'd prefer a portrait pack that was more about outfits and customization of the portraits we already have. I want my purifier geckos to wear the skins of butchered xenos, and sharply tailored suits for my corporate overlords.

 

[Janx14]

Portrait packs have historically tended to be released in the fall, usually the first thing the team does after they come back from the summer break.

 

[Gilbert95]

I'm going to go out on a limb and say the next DLC will be a story pack instead of a portrait pack.

 

[Veras]

Though I'm never opposed to portrait packs, I think we are quite well covered in that regard and would prefer a story pack, maybe smaller non-thematic free packs such as the Anniversary portrait pack that we got a long time ago or new traits/mechanics for existing species classes.

I'm not sure energy beings would fit Stellaris mechanics very well while still being true to their premisse. That is the only new species class that I can think of

 

[Mitchz95]

Honestly, I'd be happy with just more portraits for the existing species classes.

But I agree a story pack would be nice in the near term.

 

[Gaspi2]

maybe smth truly alien that does not resemble any lifeform present on earth? check some from star control franchsie like ur-quans or x-chaggers you can't put em into any of those

 

[MrFreake_PDX]

Portrait packs have historically tended to be released in the fall, usually the first thing the team does after they come back from the summer break.

For context, iirc Necroids was started April/May and released in October.

 

[klopkr]

I would be happy with a story pack next too but I think there's more portrait packs left to do

I like the idea of more outfits and customization to existing species, but I would really like to be able to turn certain outfits off. The new human and elf haircuts were great but I feel like they're two distinct sets that don't mix well.

 

[Methone]

check some from star control franchsie like ur-quans

Arthropoid.

 

[A2ch0n]

For context, iirc Necroids was started April/May and released in October.

But the Forum Avatars tend to be missing for a loooong time . Aquatics are still not availlable here!!!

On Topic: The annyversary is near! I want a anniversary species pack next, at least including the teased but never implemented species from the trailers (Federation/Nemesis).
If thats not a thing, then Amphibians! I want my Stellaris version of the Salarians

 

[Ezumiyr]

I'd prefer a portrait pack that was more about outfits and customization of the portraits we already have. I want my purifier geckos to wear the skins of butchered xenos, and sharply tailored suits for my corporate overlords.

Not to mention: cybernetic parts on cyborgs and psionic auras for psionics.

 

[Ikael]

Treacherous space foxies, obviously.

 

[RabbaDooDabba]

Treacherous space foxies, obviously.

the robes, capes and cloaks expansion

 

[Foxosaur]

Space vampires and werewolves... do you think that could work in Stellaris?

 

[DeanTheDull]

For context, iirc Necroids was started April/May and released in October.

So about a 5-month dev cycle from concept to ready-to-reveal? IIRC September-into-October was the Dev Diary cycle, at which point it was just minor tweaks or some such.

So maybe a (vaguely) 1-month concept refinement period for translating long-term planning ('we will be doing this next') into core ideas ('this is how we'll do it'), 2-3 months of development and implementation (building it), and 2 months of testing/refinement, with the last month incorporating the dev diary feedback before/during certification?


IIRC, that was before the Custodian Initiative.

 

[KermitxTheFrog]

Story pack seems more likely especially since they just added the whole situations system to the game

 

[Pancakelord]

Story pack seems more likely especially since they just added the whole situations system to the game

My bet too, something with primitives would be a low hanging fruit, seeing as they're just upgrading vassal mechanics, they could overhaul what happens when a primitive stops being primitive, and throw in situations.