Stellaris - Paradox Interactive

Tiny Clanger · 16 Mar 2016 at 18:11

Confirmation today that Stellaris will be available on 9th May 2016!

http://www.stellarisgame.com/

First 30 mins of gameplay shown here:

Looks good - roll on May 9th

Tiny Clanger · 16 Mar 2016 at 19:16

And some more:

(although to be fair -more of the same early start of the game)

Tiny Clanger · 14 Apr 2016 at 16:55

WooHoo - pre-order now available at Paradox website, Steam and GreenManGaming!

Tiny Clanger · 14 Apr 2016 at 17:00

£29.99 at GMG - or £23.99 if using code 'APR20'

Also - GMG are on Quidco for a little additional saving

Tiny Clanger · 15 Apr 2016 at 16:06

The pre-order bonus item are also available if you order from GMG...

Tiny Clanger · 15 Apr 2016 at 18:38

Odd - they must have put the price up since yesterday - just checked my receipt and it was definately £29.99.

You will get 20% off with the 'APR20' code - but still a fiver more expensive that yesterday

Tiny Clanger · 9 May 2016 at 16:58

Hurrah! GreenManGaming key has just appeared in my inbox

Tiny Clanger · 9 May 2016 at 17:01

Tiny Clanger said:
Hurrah! GreenManGaming key has just appeared in my inbox

...and is now downloading

Tiny Clanger · 12 May 2016 at 22:55

Can anyone tell me if/how I can upgrade research or mining station defences? I've got some weapon reseach completed but when building a new research station it still has the 'initial' weapons systems...

Tiny Clanger · 19 May 2016 at 22:37

Having lots of fun with this - after a couple of false starts

At the present time, the Red Star of the Solar Federation is expanding nicely...

Tiny Clanger · 26 May 2016 at 19:50

I love the idea of Sectors - but I have to admit that I don't understand why I (as the leader of my race) is only capable of controlling an handful of worlds whereas I can appoint a Sector Governor with no prior experience to manage as many worlds as I can shove into the Sector - seemingly without any penalty whatsoever... :confused:

Tiny Clanger · 27 May 2016 at 09:05

Panos said:
There are mods if you want to play it as Master of Orion.

No - I don't want to play it as Master of Orion - otherwise I would have bought Master of Orion

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I probably explained it badly... I do want sectors but I'm confused as to why sector governors don't seem to have the same limitations as "I" do. It would be good to have the ability to have more, smaller sectors and governors - I assume there either already is (or soon will be) a mod for this...

Edit - ah - does the number of available sectors you're allowed increase with the number of planets owned?

Tiny Clanger · 27 May 2016 at 18:09

Yes - hadn't realised and then spotted the tool-tip when I hovered over the Sectors Allowed bit - + so and so for planets held

Tiny Clanger · 1 Jun 2016 at 16:37

Clarke patch released this afternoon - looking forward to seeing the changes this evening...

Tiny Clanger · 25 Feb 2019 at 12:32

Just started playing again after a long break and trying to get my head around all the changes in 2.2 compared to when I last played! :eek:

Despite the challenges I am really enjoying it. Paradox are cleverly tempting me with some good discounts on DLC (of which I have none). Looking on t'interweb, received wisdom seems to be that the best options are Utopia for additional gameplay mechanics/megastructures and Distant Stars for more flavour/exploration events. Does that sound about right?

Tiny Clanger · 26 Feb 2019 at 15:59

Thanks - will have a look once I’ve got my head around the changes to waging war...

Tiny Clanger · 26 Jun 2020 at 08:12

wildman said:
looking at picking this up in the summer sale. have played a lot of endless space and galactic civilisations, but not sure if they are even in the same league of complexity as this. Are there any specific DLC's that I should look at getting while they are all going cheap ?

I think the only 'essential' one to buy would be Utopia (actually cheaper on Fanatical than Steam at the moment according to isthereanydeal). After that it's a matter of taste/interest - as usual with Paradox. I have the Distant Stars and Ancient Relics story packs (as I really like the exploration/discovery elements of the game) and Federations to (hopefully) expand on diplomacy - not had much time to try it as yet. Not had the desire to build Death Stars/play as robots/play as a MegaCorp and so haven't got those DLCs (yet).

There is a wealth of mods that will allow you to further tailor the game as well - but best to play it unmodded to begin with (I think) in order to know what you're changing

The only exceptions would be the following which I now find essential QoL additions:
- No Edge Scrolling (solves moving the map every time you try and click on a menu - which you will do a LOT)
- Nice Text (I found the stock text blurry - this helps)
- UI Overhaul Dynamic (a much clearer and better laid out UI and menu system)