biggest tip from this .. Splice whenever possible.. --- force out pops by tailoring the build to what they prefer. --- Stay w/ Dictatorship the entire game. the bonuses late games are stupid GREAT.

I appreciate that this is 7 years old, but thanks for this :)

Would love to see you make expert guides again for the updated game.

At 4:50 you say the hero skill gives +20 science per level but the tooltip says it’s dust??

I got destroyed by Pirates on my first "easy" game, thanks to this guide I hope i will survive longer !

Is there a way to switch ships between the same hull blueprints? All engines Ark to full Essence Ark. I found Arks really fiddly having to reorganize every one manually when unlocking new weapons and system boost modules

Thanks for this. The reason I needed this is that my main solo faction is currently banned in my multiplayer games I do with my friends. So what if I always gass light my friends. I may be cloaked all the time but that dose not mean I am hacking you all the time. It could be anyone.

This is my first 4x since total war and its been fun piecing together the mechanics and sub mechanics of this game

Love your contents bro. Hope you can make another craver video advance strat and focus on what to focus early game to end game. Like this video maybe do a full game just split into episodes. Dont care if its long will still finish watching.

He needed to scroll down to see the button where you choose which system to export your population to. I had that same issue

I don't think you can just upgrade your ship design and get another probe anymore and they fixed the Vidyani hero skill 'Infallible Authority'. It's only +0.5 now because of you.

These guides are top tier.

dude come back and the game has got as many users as humankind, you can't leave us with unupdated guide :)

Yeahh... This don't work no more. The philosophy is still relevant though.

Couple of the nu-ounces on vaulters. If your going threw pirates you can cloak your ship as a Pirate.. they will not attack you going threw there system.., but 'tact' moment.. after the first 3 colonies where finish should of build the Portals.. -- teleportation troop transports :D Vaulters are very hard people to invade.. if a portal is built on each of the systems. You can take any ship and Drop 500 Troops down like stupidly fast. (there is a turn delay w/using the Portal.) ... (tact) don't bring them out into the fight if you don't plan to use them as a fighting unit. But i am happy i see your still doing these videos hopefully i will see you in competitive play sometime..

I fix the 20% issue w/ 2 1 tech and 1st Development ... Now think about this 'Jadonx' are the best to get for early production as a system development... lol NOPE.. not anymore Horatio by the Glory of there Spud Shape Heads we go SuperSpuds. 15% on Buyout building and Ship cost pair this is Marketplace tech is an extra 10% and pair this w/ Horatio Class Overseer Abilities of Bonus Luxuries and Strategics also w/ Ecologist Cool Copies Bonus on Luxuries again.... -- btw i find the order of building in the early game. Toys for Boys, Drone Network 4 turns-- 2 turns of Eco Propaganda.. Your waiting for the first Population to Pop to start your first and 2nd outpost. by the time you finish xeno you will have 400 dust to 1. double the output on both outpost.. and upgrade your 2nd Scout to 3 Movements and 1 set Probes. .. if you Home System starts w/ either xeno or Fushion materials focus on that first. 2 strategics are GAME changer in most cases w/ the Interstellar you are able to get 7 Production per pop if home system w/ eMario 3F 3P 10 a pop.. ever needing a xeno plant is out the window.... Early scouts are Shit.. sadly.. but they do make excellent supports oddly. Like 30% healing after battles. Lastly.. Since our military is Kinda mediocre compare to others.. Blockade the Special Nodes and Design your Fleet around the bonuses of that node.. Like -100% defense on Shields. well Tactic for penetration w/ a Energy amp would be colossal. In the situation described__ you go beams 90/90/90 style w/ 1 Disruptor - AMP. run Hull Plating and take the tactic that provides for Beam over load.. Beams have 95% penetration value w/ 25% amp it goes over cap. to 120% (no shields bonus) extra 50%

On bad Starts getting your Pop first... and also making the hero a governor of the system really helps.... I don't think getting more arch's is the play sir.

that +1 is actually +1.5 per pop bc of dictatorship, at 1:24:05 when upgrading the hero lvl. dictatorship increase the Governors output by +1.5x so - 1 = 1.5 3=4.5 exc.. this is the main reason this Race and Horatio are my favorites bc of the Dictorship factors of the hero is so important.

I like playing more realistically. Only 1 or 2 other type 2 civilizations.

still new to the game, why did you colonize the 1 planet system first instead of other nearby systems with more planets?

the video made me reinstall Endless Space 2! and I'm going to choose Riftborn as my race for universe domination.

man that feeling when you got the analytical machine from a curiosity on your home world at the start of the game as lumeris

Damn, toys for boys used to be a minus to science vs industry? What a wild ride early ES2 is.

rip channel

Hey guys, I know it's been awhile since you have made stuff but my brothers and I have picked up endless space and I love you and your brother's work!

Can i somehow play old versions of this game? Cuz game balance change SO much. I watch a lot of old videos - and game is fun (and broken?) and when i play it myself - it sucs

Hope you end up making more videos. Your channel is 7k subs and if you created more content I am sure you would have 30k in no time. Consider branching off into other strat games until more 4x games come out.

Is it just me or he researched the technology for tanks but forgot do adjust the army composition and ended with just infantry?

1:32:10 fix bayonets and grab rocks ass victory right there

Would love to see an updated factions guide, most of this is can't be done today.

Big mistake on start. This Race need faster very faster discovered new planets for colonization best huge systems for profit. Curiosity is not important for first 10 - 20 round but new systems is absoluteli important. U Hero stay on planet for 0 bonuses :D Absoluteli bad start mate sory. But finger up more players need help and u are no bad tutor :D

Outdated strategies and very questionable decisions. Look for another guide.

i keep rewatching these videos. im humbly craving for more.

smart guys plays game for smart people. enjoyable.

24:35 potency is like spell damage, but it also has some other skills that scale with it, including mystic abilities getting more range and such. Tbf spell damage also is used in some scaling of abilities, sometimes not mystic ones.

The only thing I think game misses is being able to look at the map after you win in CiS

why you talk low? or low your mic .. and i need do up my speakers 120% now good hear you i have good speakers money 250

"That was super fun tottaly would do this again!" Never did that again.

Is Xeno-Industries really better than building the two tier zero buildings? They're so cheap and give a little of everything.

You had really nice hair 5 years ago.

Fun idea if you are playing single player: Try to find a unique planet in your starting area, even if it takes 2 or 3 turns to find one, then settle that system as your home. Restart if the RNG isn't in your favor. If you start with Tor, Sykagoja, Teonha, or Veil as your home system, you basically win the game... Or if it's something else, it may have a planet next to it that you can take, then rush the research for the planet type. It's a bit RNG dependant, and not something you would do in multiplayer unless you spot it, but it's super fun.

Infallible Authority has been nerfed to the ground at some point between now and this video sadly. Seems like the Vodyani have been nerfed in general at some point.

Are you connected to the SoundAlchemist?

Why would you not use 4x animation speed? I can't stand having the probing take that long.

Thank you for teaching me how to play this game lol

Great video. My eyes twitched every time you called it 'Star Bill Boogie' instead of 'Star Boogie Bill' though. :p

That's what i was searching for! I experiensed all fractions, even played this brainbreaking Umbral Choir, but still do not understand the Hissho...

Yo man, miss your video series, hope all is well and when you find a new game or some good content you come back!!

Actually got me to smirk when you got so happy taking over Gistrad, after watching Davids point of view and knowing full well that it's literally his "prison colony" that was destined to be the worst system from the very beginning. Still a great series, thanks a lot for making it, taught me a lot about the game. I would gladly watch a series like this in the current state of the game, if you guys ever feel like going back to ES2 to play some pvp against each other again.

A very old video but the gameplay info is insightful. Thank you. I do believe 4X Alchemist got an OP start with the types of planets, the minor civilizations, ect, which is very difficult to get. But the IDEAS presented are good ones. Just started playing this game in 2023, any chance of an updated video to cover hacking and the latest DLCs?