IXION Sector Specialization Guide - Tutorial Tips

[@Caledorn]

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[@Lorespade]

dont forget to pin your comment.

[@Caledorn]

@@Lorespade Ooops.. Thank you

[@Lorespade]

@@Caledorn NP bro.

[@Caledorn]

@@Lorespade I discovered why it wasn't pinned. Every time I edit it, I have to re-pin it. And I pinned, and then edited, so KZbin unpinned it for me. Very helpfully. 😂Again, thank you for your comment, as I wouldn't have noticed that otherwise.

[@FarmHend]

This game is perfect... perfect nightmare for my perfectionism. This "Try-not-to-fuck-up-building-placements-minigame", man...

[@MagralhoPT]

I Can so much agree with that!!! If you try to use all the space efectively, while having a goal of sector specialization and try and do the most effective factory/storage layout... ugh.. it really messes up my OCD

[@Caledorn]

Yeah.. I thankfully don't even have any OCD tendencies - but I'm really a min-maxer at heart, and I want things to be optimised and max efficiency. And look nice and organised at the same time. I love the Anno games, but it's much easier to get the best of both worlds there since the grids we operate with there aren't quite as limited as this one.

[@axelhopfinger533]

Nah, the game is still too poorly balanced at this point to be considered perfect. Because too many advanced building options are simply unnecessary to finish the game effectively. Also reorganizing a sector's layout is artificially complicated by the fact that demolished buildings cannot be removed when the sector storage is full with resources that building's demolition provides. With no option to just discard those resources to get on with it.

[@vilgefortz3131]

@@axelhopfinger533 absolutely, I really can get over the loss of 15 alloys, just let me discard them!

[@hawkedarkblade5027]

This guide was incredibly informative and helpful, thank you. Also, you have a very pleasant and soothing voice unlike many KZbin screamers who yell and curse.

[@Caledorn]

Thank you so much!

[@MisuVir]

Recycling specialisation is super powerful. Regarding the "industry buildings are 30% faster", this is great because the waste treatment centre is both recycling AND industrial, so it benefits twice here. It produces 30% more resources and 30% faster. Similar deal with the mushroom wall as it's recycling and agricultural, so it should be benefiting from two sets of "30% more resources" and the "food buildings are 30% faster".

[@VanguardDetonados]

@7:20 the industy speed bonus ony benefits the recycling center

[@spooknukem575]

Thanks for these great guides, even after playing frostpunk this game kicked my butt the first time and these have helped a lot.

[@Caledorn]

Thank you too! 😊 Frostpunk was a great game - I played through all the scenarios (and have all the playthroughs here on my channel too, where I played nearly all of the scenarios blind, if you're interested in watching how I fared at that back in the day). However, Ixion is definitely a lot harder than that. Personally I feel Ixion is harder than even Winterhome was. And Winterhome was quite the pain!

[@molybdaen11]

When you fail in frostpunk, you know exactly why and can start over more wisely. If you fail in Ixion its just because a game mechanic was not properly explained to you. Frostpunk is way more forgiving.

[@ThePigMensToes]

The space tier 2 doesn’t stack. When you select the hull integrity bar you can see the break down of what the hull repair numbers come from. Edit: breakdown of the repair UI location.

[@Caledorn]

Yeah, that's what my gut feeling was too, since it would be weird if *that* bonus stacked when everything else that upgrades something in the game are replacing the old number(s) involved. I mentioned it though juuuust in case they were right.

[@molybdaen11]

The space bonus looks very juicy. But 7 of that fat buildings in one sector seems very expensive. Also you would have to move the ressources between space and industry sector. Food tier 2 seems way more easy and industry is very easy too.

[@uther10]

Great overview! Thanks for the vid!

[@gabriellecarreon]

You're doing god's work. Thanks for this!

[@vilgefortz3131]

He doing the devs work, who was responsible for the tutorial ^^

[@TheArklyte]

Considering how pointless is industry specialization perks compared to massive bonuses of agricultural and recycling sectors, I feel like the intention of player should be on somehow finding a way to develop a layout producing hybrid tier 2 sectors and building Tiqqun around those. IE 2 food/waste, 2 industry/waste and 2 space/pops. Is specialization weight of the building correlating with its pops or with its grid space? The former is more important to get that max hybrid specialization.

[@stfvoyager6269]

My best teacher for the game.. keep it up bruh

[@Sebastian-qd6jq]

Dls center stability policy works with or without the dls center just enable it and deconstruct it works

[@Caledorn]

Indeed, and a good tip!

[@Jules_Diplopia]

Thanks, confirms that I was right to plan specialisations.

[@wilq312]

Great vid. I'm just struggling to get a specialized sector (am at the step where you need to have 4 sectors).

[@nogardgaming7447]

Very well done. Thanks for the info.

[@blackhat4968]

Maybe I missed it, but is there anywhere to see how many "points" each building is worth toward specialization? In Game, or an external list?

[@Caledorn]

No, I haven't found any list myself, and that's why I talk about the research that unlocks the Gauge for Tier 2 in the video. All I know currently are the following: Any space building: 1 Space Point Research Lab: 1 Space Point Crew Quarter: 1 Population Point Mess Hall: 1 Population & 1 Food Point (I believe - it MIGHT be 0.5 points to each - I am uncertain) Farm Main Building: 1 Food Point Farm Field (9 per Farm): 1 Food Point each Cell Housing (the housing built on walls): 5 Population Points Recycling Center: 1 Recycling Point Mushroom Farm (another wall building): 1 Recycling Point & 1 Food Point (again not 100% sure if it's 1 or 0.5 here) That's the one I am certain, or fairly certain, about so far. And I didn't have the time to go through the measures of doing all kinds of shenanigans to discover all the values, as that would have taken me hours. I felt the video was too important to get out, since so many people have asked about this, and then leave some of the research to the viewers. Additionally I am fairly certain there will be a written list of these points out within a few days - including the information I have provided in the video. I know many people prefer videos and voice explanation over reading a document, which is why I make guides like these - but for all those numbers, a text list is probably a much better format than in a video. 😊

[@MrZlocktar]

@@Caledorn Now that's getting silly.. Research lab is in PRODUCTION buildings, not in SPACE.

[@arandomdragon1534]

You said that some buildings count as more than one point. Are you referring to some of them having two different specializations or do some of them count as bonus points towards a single specialization?

[@Caledorn]

Both, actually. But to give an example: In my research for the Population Tier 1 Specialisation (since I couldn't find any number anywhere on that), I discovered that a (Basic) Crew Quarter - the 3x3 version - gives 1 population point, while the Cell Housing - the 2x8 version you build on walls - gives 5 population points. I don't know if points is the correct term, but it was the best one I came up with at the time, and I guess it works so. So say you wanted to build a Sector specialised as Population Tier 1, you could build 7 Cell Housing for 35 points, and then 2 Crew Quarters and 1 Mess Hall - and that would give you the 38 points needed to unlock the Tier 1 Population Specialisation for that sector.

[@totallynotaspy1101]

@@Caledorn in my sector, I built 52 Crew Quarters in addition to mess hall and some Cell housing...but still no Tier 2 and the progress indicator is sitting at about 80% - do you think the buildings have to be "populated" to count? Trying to figure this out...maybe there are diminishing returns?

[@Sogger2]

Thank you for this informativ Video. It helped me to play the game in a bester way.

[@Caledorn]

Thank you! Glad it helped! 😀

[@TheWaldleufer]

That was FAST! ❤

[@FONature]

I think the Space Tier 1 seems to say it only needs 4 points, but I believe 5 points is need! And it looks like Train Station adds to the Space Points tier? I'm not sure, hope someone can confirm!

[@michaelbaumgartel7002]

Thank you very much for your videos. And your English I can understand well as a German. It would be very kind and helpful if you could make a video of what you recommend in which order we should unlock the sciences and their extensions. Just for what we should use the few lab points correctly.

[@Caledorn]

Thank you! I am seriously considering making such a video, even though it will be a controversial one, because there are so many different opinions on that subject. The two tech upgrades I think "everyone" agrees upon though is to get the Assistant Promotion and Intelligent Labs upgrades for the Tech Lab as quickly as possible. But I think I will make a video like that indeed, specifying that these are *my* personal recommendations and that it's perfectly fine that others may disagree and find other tech upgrades more important. Might even have a nice conversation in the comments about it!

[@projectgamling7962]

Nice, very interesting

[@badejong]

Thank you for this video. 👍

[@Caledorn]

My pleasure!

[@jaypc123]

You mentioned industry tier 2 requires 12 points but the summary shows 7 points.

[@Alexandragon1]

Thx for the video!

[@mightyhidden]

i dont get the population specialization one. For example there are some huge buildings (16x2) that only cost 1 Population point, and there is also a house (3x3 size) that would also cost 1 point. Can you explain this please i am very confused, like does size of the building adds up more P points or is it all the same no matter how big they are?

[@Caledorn]

I do not know the exact numbers. What I do know for a fact is that a regular Crew Quarter contributes 1 point, and that a Cell Housing contributes 5 points. I would make a guess and say that Optimized Quarters contributes 2 or maybe 3 points, and Domotic Quarters 3 or 4 points. Size of building is not always a factor, because a Waste Treatment plant only contributes 1 Recycling Point (also confirmed). So it depends on the category too... If someone figures out the numbers I'll add them as a response to the Pinned comment on the video 😊

[@MagralhoPT]

Wall cells are a necessary evil as you progress into the game and end up with thousands of non-workers. Domus are in my opinion always a better choice. So even if both contribute 1pt of pop, its... irrelevant. Wall space is premium real estate.

[@mightyhidden]

@@Caledorn k ty

[@RH-ik1jw]

Nope. The space repair bonus does not stack. You can see how much it gives you when hovering over the hull health at the top while it is repairing. level 1 gives +10% and at level 2 it is just +20% total. Also either those food numbers are wrong or some buildings count for less than a point. I usually end up with 8-10 or so insect farms in a sector when first starting out because I need them until I can re-organize, yet I have never got a food spec from those. I know those count too because the first time I did get the food spec it was from placing an insect farm in a sector that already algae and crop and mushroom farms. I assumed you needed one of each type at least or something. However I have since got it without one, so it isn't variety that matters. So either 6 is not high enough for tier 1, or insect farms count for less than one point.

[@bigfr0g]

one specialization per sector right? or can you have more?

[@Caledorn]

You can have more!

[@StoNe-ji6bc]

I still have no idea how find out what my sector is specialised as. Where is the button that shows Sector 1 = Space. I know it is as I can see the bonuses on hull repair and got the memo. But I have no idea how to go, hmmm....what is sector 1, 2 or 3 and maybe 4 specialised as... You even showed the images in the video, but no idea how to access that screen!!!

[@molybdaen11]

Jeah, information like that should be in the normal view. Like a fat green crop symbol on the sector when you have a foot specialisation or a jingle goes on or a video shows your mes shalls run at full capacity or something. At the moment it seems to be hidden intentionally to force you in building another building you would not need otherwise.

[@Caledorn]

I don't feel the DLS center is "not needed". It's flat out the best positive stability building you can build in a sector given the low worker and power requirements - especially with the tech upgrades to it. And you can even tear it down, and it's policies still apply. And without it you can't set policies - and policies are critically important. Especially the Waste one. But yes, to see your sector specialisation, and it's bonuses, you need a DLS Center (If you miss the tooltip. Edden will tell you in the Notifications that a sector has achieved specialisation).

[@molybdaen11]

@@Caledorn So that's what I did wrong. Thanks a lot for the tip.

[@kartoffsun]

Are there any negative consequences for using intense propaganda? Is it worth it at all to stay on normal, besides my inner wish for there to be none?

[@Caledorn]

I never found any, so I believe not. Maybe something they will add in the difficulty patch?

[@kartoffsun]

@@Caledorn Thank you for your kind answer! I'm honored to have received it! :)

[@Caledorn]

@@kartoffsun Thank you for your very kind words! 😊

[@SicariusCZ]

thx

[@Elkator955]

Wouldn't the waste recycling buildings count as industry buildings for the purposes of tier 2 recycling?

[@Caledorn]

Indeed they do. Good catch!

[@Caledorn]

As in they give 1 point to each 😁

[@weazel4945]

Man... industry specialization is underpowered.

[@Caledorn]

It might not seem like a massive bonus, but when you have multiple huge buildings in a sector that requires 20-30 power each it actually is quite useful for space optimisation, since you can make do with building fewer batteries thanks to that bonus. Sure, it would have been nice if it also added say +10% production or something, but there's always the possibility of combining Recycling and Industry in one sector. I'm pondering how to do that and still have room for people. Happy people, preferably...

[@weazel4945]

@@Caledorn Good point! Loving the series. Keep it up, sir

[@colinburke8389]

Is it just me or do the industry specialization bonuses suck?

[@Caledorn]

The battery bonus is not half bad. The other one? Utter crap IMHO too.

[@colinburke8389]

@@Caledorn Ya, the speed bonus for INDUSTRY belongs on Industry, not Waste.

[@MrZlocktar]

That awkward moment, when you finished a game, and now you see that there were POPULATION and RECYCLING specialization all along. I am sorry WHAT? Did i mentioned i finished it with TIER 1 only all across 6 sectors? In fact, i can just tell from seeing how it really supposed to work - that this entire system is broken beyond tier 1. No wonder i never got to tier 2 given the silly requirements for it. It's just too broken to be viable, did anyone tested this at all? Tier 2 space is the only one that worth it i think and apparently i was 1 building away from it. Tier 2 food? I don't care about stability, didn't even managed to build half buildings in game, because DLS and ALS were more than enough for all my needs for entire game. Population? What for? I finished it with over 5K people on board and there was no such need for silly specialization like that. It's clearly seems like a placeholder to me. Same goes for Recycling. In fact, recycling in itself is extremely broken and needs some tweaking for balance. And now you are telling me there was a specialization for it??? It is clear to me that numbers required for tier 1 and 2 have to be tweaked.

[@Caledorn]

I agree that the numbers need to be tweaked, for sure. And I'm pretty sure they will be too. Getting a sector to Pop Tier 2 (which is an awesome bonus with +1 stability from each stability building in the sector) is a very huge boost to a sector where you can end up with 3-4 thousand people. But it's too hard to get T2 Pop, as even with 40 Domotic Quarters, 3 Mess Halls, and the Monuments (which all counts towards population) I still remain at T1. Space Tier 1 is not that difficult though. 6 Space buildings + Tech Lab, and you've got it. And that's not an issue, since you want 3 or 4 EVA Airlocks anyways, so just stash them in the same sector, together with a science lab, a probe launcher and a docking bay for that sector - and you have Tier 2. Recycling is a wholly different beast, and I also agree it needs balance tweaking, given the amount of resources that are available to mine, and how Recycling can literally place you in a position where the only thing you need to mine is Hydrogen...

[@MrZlocktar]

@@Caledorn I had 2 space ports by the end and 5 hangars with different ships. Apparently game was not even expecting me to have SO MANY ships. So much, that UI was fucked. And i was constantly getting red message of error and some other bugs. I think there probably supposed to be limit for number of cargo ships in total, but someone forgot to limit that? Idk. UI is an unoptimized mess with little to no QoL features. They sadly didn't learned much from Frostpunk. The idea of 3 priorities is so stupid given the fact there are 6 sectors by design. I was constantly running into issues with logistics because of it, and i am sure you know it, because you ran into them as well. They didn't even figure out how to fix soft lock in silly moments when you need to destroy building and your stock are full of same resource. It's a soft lock which is really hard to rid off.

[@mishkalisten]

Can sectors exchange resources?

[@Caledorn]

Yes, through using the Resource Management (one of the buttons on the lower part of the UI - icon showing 3 crates) 😊

[@mishkalisten]

@@Caledorn you made my game experience finally a bit better, thank you, good sir

[@zarades7]

Good explanations, but well, most values are wrong. Marandor did some research for his (german) LP. In case you are interested (am I allowed to post links here?), numbers for spec and buildings start at kzbin.info/www/bejne/bHOxo2R5a7ucbMU.