Rimworld DLC Rundown - Royalty

In this video we cover the first official expansion released for Rimworld. Helping you decide which DLC is best for you.
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[@Xynerorias]

I would love for you to do the same for Ideology and Biotech. With Anomaly right around the corner, it seems like the perfect time to do so for new people who may come to the Rim now. And of course, once it's out, do one for Anomaly too. Also, with all the mods slowly updating to 1.5, this gives you some breathing room to do that while we wait for mods to be updated. Anyway, a very well put together video as usual. Good job!

[@SkSafowan]

He already did that, You can check it out in his channel playlist section to find it easily

[@Xynerorias]

@@SkSafowan Look at the date of the comment man. I posted this when it was first released. But thanks anyway!

[@Cursed_Exi]

I've already forgotten how impactful Royality is. I just can't play without it today.

[@AAw3s0m3]

Never really vibed with this expansion, but might give it another go at some point after having watched this rundown. Keep up the great work my dude.

[@chainsawplayin]

Pain causes faster Neural Heat dissipation and boosts psyfocus gain speed, so Mindscrew has a use. It also acts as a permanent mood boost for masochist pawns.

[@pendantblade6361]

I personally adore Royalty and don't get the complaints of it being a bad DLC.

[@SushiCat0316]

in my case i find it as 2nd on most complain on DLC (based on my feed in every platform related to rimworld) 1st Ideology 2nd Royalty 3rd Biotech

[@wagz781]

The main complaints are because most of the dlcs are popular mods with the serial numbers filed off, worsened, and then released like they're some amazing new ideas. Which is not helped by the price points for what's actually provided for each dlc. Most if not all of the dlcs should be 10 dollars at most considering what they are. Not the 25-ish tynan is asking for. Really, the only dlc that's actually an improvement over the mods it's intended to be copying from is biotech. Misc robots is jank as hell and I think tynan actually managed to do better with how the mechanator or whatever the role is called. Children are... strange, but an addition I enjoy. And the combining of alien races and rim genetics actually works out rather well. Royalty is a massive downgrade on all fronts and is more of a framework for mods. The best selling point for royalty is vanilla psycasts expanded. Ideoligeon is unique in that it's not aping mods, but instead actually intended to fix a problematic interaction tynan had with the community for a while. Where he didn't like us playing the game wrong. So I've actually got the most praise for said DLC. However it's lacking in terms of actual quantity of content, as the items added are largely purposeless and the number of memes available is atrociously small. Anomaly's more of a side grade. Mechanically it's superior to the mods it's aping in many ways, but it's lacking in other ways. Mostly in actual quantity of content and (of a more personal opinion) it's a thematic sidegrade. However the modding potential is fucking insane, and I think if you give it like a year it'll be royalty but better in that you get it most for the mods.

[@fumofumo7815]

@@wagz781 Would the ghoul framework of Anomaly be an eventual pathway into integrated alien races? Seems to have a lot to it.

[@wagz781]

@@fumofumo7815 I'm unsure what you mean, but if you want alien races that are different from the standard human then I reccomend Biotech. Since that's what that DLC is all about.

[@fumofumo7815]

@@wagz781 I'm meaning how ghouls are fundamentally different to humans. Unless they're a sort of human state like xenohumans or slaves. It's just that HAR has it's quirks and it's possible Anomaly Ghouls could pave a path to alien race integration (xenotypes are alien-like, but they still share the same Human body parts without using HAR to switch species)

[@TheTSense]

We got very close to a total breakdown here. I am so glad he throw magic back out and made it "psycasting"

[@oSantanas]

Informational video, love your style, if you're looking for mods to review, since there aren't many that have updated, big and small genes is criminally under explained for such a cool mod.

[@MadArtillery]

This will be a good video to link people to help them decide on dlc

[@ntma]

dang. didnt realize how much royalty adds. thanks for the video!

[@KujiArgisia]

It’s far more straightforward additions than other DLCs as he said, but yeah it’s a lot!

[@z0h33y]

I wouldnt say Royalty is a bad DLC, but it definitely has you doing a laundry list of tasks for what feels like a underwhelming reward. It feels more like its own thing that you have to specifically want to do. I think Anomaly will be the same thing - not everyone wants to have a colony where they devote their time to researching cthulu beasts and being terrorized by monsters that burst out of the ground to eat you. Ideology and Biotech however fit into any playthru, you can either go with a fluid ideology or a rigid one. You can either focus on being a vampire/mechanitor, or completely ignore that, and just enjoy raising kids and the new races.

[@MysteriousFawx]

I'd say royalty fits into most playthroughs too though. You don't need to interact with the Empire to get access to the majority of content added with the expansion, you can completely ignore the honor system. Techprints appear from other sources and factions, new weapons and gear will spawn throughout the world as rewards, loot and on traders, you can even earn psycasting by finding the odd neuroformer. The quest variety alone adds so much to any run. The point you made about you can focus or ignore for Biotech and Ideology works exactly the same for Royalty.

[@EpicFace7589]

My regular royal pawns don't refuse to do any work even the baron cooks and cleans. Only the psychopath and greedy traits make them unable to do work at higher ranks

[@KausBumsen]

I have the same, but I play with mods. But I don't remember a single mod that would change this functionality. I've always seen that pawns with a title in the description can't do some work, but they did everything for me. This has been a mystery to me since the release of the DLC itself.

[@EpicFace7589]

@@KausBumsen I think it used to be that all pawns with royal titles would start refusing work but got changed to only psychopath and greedy pawns refuse. I think non colony royal pawns(guest quests) are the only ones that still have royal title work restrictions

[@assassinsgod8159]

Ngl when i get royalty they better work before the become a slave lol

[@EpicFace7589]

@@assassinsgod8159 Just make sure they dont have the greedy/psychopath trait and they will work no problem they only demand a nice bedroom and clothes

[@assassinsgod8159]

@@EpicFace7589 that seem easy enough. I got a question how big do bedrooms need to be?

[@BrutusAlbion]

Wow your videos are really well done and thorough friend. You get my like and sub. Hope your channel grows

[@DSlyde]

This was tight, well done video. Have a comment for engagement because i cant think of anything useful to add. 😂

[@Ne_ponIatno]

Thank you for your work!

[@moldiworp9143]

Mr Sylvester, take my money now!

[@bezzaboyo]

30:48 Huntsman meddling in even more affairs 😡

[@Arkhmar]

Dead Man's Switch next, please? I would love to see you review the mod. It's one of the most interesting mechanoid expansion mod with new mechanics I've ever seen!

[@MysteriousFawx]

I've said a few times it's on the list, but with Anomaly coming up I haven't got the time to properly dig into it yet. It isn't something I've used and the details on the mod page for it are super bare, so don't want to do a half assed video for it and get a bunch of negative feedback based on how many folk are requesting it. Once the DLC launch has calmed down and mods are updated/patched, will give it a proper look.

[@Arkhmar]

@@MysteriousFawx Thank you! I'm really looking forward to it. I'm watching all your videos and always will be watching all your new coming contents.

[@Idlemage]

I should get this dlc I skipped it and got ideology and biotech when they came out

[@aswedishfisherman]

imo ideology is the better dlc compared to royalty but it probably depends on your play style

[@mrpilkington9710]

I tend to skip most of the mechanics of this DLC the nobility and empire mechanics clash heavily with the cowboy aesthetics of the game IMHO. giving up room in my colony for a throne room and giving up a pawn isn't optimal. On top of that the rewards are lackluster. To me the Juice really isn't worth the squeeze. The DLC also ruined mechanoids for me with the clusters It would be one thing if you could just chose to sit back and expend resources and time shelling the cluster into oblivion but as it stands now if I forget to disable the mechanoid faction at creation and I see a cluster fall out of the sky I just god mode them out of existence with an antigrain warhead or 12 Over all good video thumbs up

[@staticedhasarrived]

Please do one for ideology 🙏

[@MysteriousFawx]

Ideology is next (provided Anomaly doesn't land before I'm done editing it!)

[@fernystories]

YUHHHH