So, I tried Stellaris for the first time...

[@swish5557]

Rimworld: *harvest organs Stellaris: * harvest entire species

[@jacobwilhelms8581]

Basicaly same game, i mean i have the same amount of time in it

[@ryanstewart5727]

It's a difference of scale.

[@Prpprm008]

Rimworld : Enslave few prisoners, overwork them, trade them to slavers. Stellaris : Have a Thrall-World to excessively breed you alien slaves for labors. When the world is overpopulated, sell them to serve angry mushroom aliens.

[@gachalordnoobie4911]

You can actually harvest organs in Stellaris too :D I just forgot how.

[@karos009]

my bio reactors approves this comment.

[@LunamVehicula]

End game lag cure is called EXTERMINATUS

[@OnurErtas-q1o]

there is a reason why there are so many WH 40k mods

[@TshepoNkadimeng5]

TRUTH BROTHER!

[@kingbooomer9231]

the moment when I start abusing my Colossus not because I'm an evil empire but because my Xbox's life is at stake:

[@bbdiabo]

The vultaum killed themselves to reduce lag

[@hamaskuy6416]

​@@bbdiabo based precursor. Not only reducing lag, they gave a backdoor system hack😂

[@Brokda_Rok]

The fallen empire mess was a classic blunder, hope to see more stellaris content

[@thenightarchives4148]

It was a blunder but damn, I'm sad I didn't record our reaction at the time because we started screaming and laughing at the sudden 400k power fleet just showing up.

[@warbrain1053]

@@thenightarchives4148 you should try out gigastructures and modded stellaris. It gets very fun to powertrip and finding a new equivalent of an FE to pull you out of that lmao

[@StarboyXL9]

Peak "He fucked around and found out"

[@randomintrovertedspider7510]

The second I heard the whole "I only got three choices" story my brain immediately went "Oh he just insulted a fallen empire." And as someone with 1k hours in Stellaris? Yeah, I still don't know what everything does.

[@ranockpliskin]

Same. When he declared war on the fallen empire I just started cackling lile a madman

[@rlvooid]

i am playing stellaris since very first versions (unity is still something new for me lol), and i literally never insulted a fallen empire

[@CuratorFoxy]

If you are bordering the FE they usually wind up warring you. this is due to border exhaustion or whatever its called. when they humiliate you late game and you dont border them and you dont accept. 9/10 times you're fine. Edit: though when you insult them theres a wayyy higher likelyhood that they still do a humil. war

[@Vox_Popul1]

I have 3k hours and I’m still learning stuff every now and then lol

[@RobBCactive]

@@Vox_Popul1 ditto, I had a 2 year hiatus sick of vassal spam and have a load of new DLC out that changes things ....

[@lordomacron3719]

ah Did you find Bubbles? the Unofficial mascot of Stellaris! I have turned from fanatical pacifist to fanatical militarist just because some foolish empire killed my Bubbles.

[@unclefred3128]

Ya don't fuck with Bubbles

[@EmperorMatticusII]

It is ALWAYS overwhelming but when the empire stars forming…OH BOY DOES IT GET WORSE..wait..

[@BrunoMaricFromZagreb]

The galaxy is vast and full of compatible g3nitalia.

[@Aci_yt]

After i first tried it I left it alone for three years before giving it another go 😂 Now it's one if my favorite games ever

[@thenightarchives4148]

I don't know what exactly appealed to me at first to continue playing it. I think it was mostly out of frustration that I didn't understand how to play the game at first that made me want to play it even more to understand it.

[@ademile_0973]

Yes, how I like Paradox games, you have your Sci-Fi experience, your WW2 experience, your Exploration Era experience, your Victoria era experience and your Medieval experience. Welcome to Paradox where the learning curve doesnt exist because is a Mountain XD, I have 500 hours in Stellaris, 900 hours in HOI4 and 120 in EU4.

[@thorthegodofthunder9150]

I do like Stellaris more than Hoi4 because I don't really like micromanaging.

[@Falling5tar.]

> I only have 3 diplo options with them Uh oh > Insulted them Oh well we all go through that

[@notapplicable292]

Stellaris is an awesome game that I have listed as one of my most played games of all time. And, as someone who has quite a bit of experience in the game, I would not wish trying to get into it completely blind with no online guides, videos, or friends who know what they are doing, on my worst enemy. If you want to learn it, you either need to be ok with doing A LOT of exploration of the mechanics and experimentation on your own, or watch a couple of guides or have a friend teach you. But once you get into it and know what you are doing, there really isn't anything quite like it out there.

[@thenightarchives4148]

Took me only 150 hours but I think I got the hang of it

[@sundowner9726]

@@thenightarchives4148 I have just short a thousand hours in stellaris, still have ZERO idea how it works

[@sirnugfuggets7441]

@@thenightarchives4148I have no idea what the fuck I’m doing half the time and I have 900 hours 10/10

[@johndb1860]

Oh so you haven't even made it out of the tutorial yet? 😂​@@thenightarchives4148

[@kingbooomer9231]

both HOI4 and Stellaris I didn't touch for YEARS before I got it myself, partly because I didn't have money to buy it myself and partly because it was way more fun watching someone who knows how to play it have a fun series on it. I think by my fifth year of watching Stellaris gameplay did I finally start playing for myself and EVEN THEN I still faced a learning curve. Definitely the most fun game I've ever played

[@Rg-fp2vg]

Ah yes Stellaris, the game that teaches you that economics and logistics wins wars.

[@DerFreiegedanke]

Logistics? What logistics?

[@CuratorFoxy]

@@DerFreiegedanke Probably something to do with managing your fleets and whatnot.

[@DerFreiegedanke]

@@CuratorFoxy Oof that would be far fetched.

[@SplendidFactor]

@@DerFreiegedanke Building a mega shipyard and storing up enough resources to crank out fleets, outpacing your enemy's production. Dedicating certain worlds to be purely mining worlds, and with minerals from those worlds your forge and refinery worlds can crank out alloys and rare resources, etc.

[@DerFreiegedanke]

@@SplendidFactor Well that just sounds like economics, where is the logistics part?(Sending stuff from A to B in a timeframe)

[@zkstorczyk]

I recommend mega campaigns: First Rimworld and then you create your empire the same as your result in Rimworld

[@thenightarchives4148]

That sounds enticing.

[@BrownOwl2036]

That sounds really cool!

[@J_Hodders]

100%

[@BrunoMaricFromZagreb]

@@thenightarchives4148 Wait till you see the modded shit.This one video by a guy called Essi2 is like 3 hours long & conttains like 15 mods.One of them adds 50 new planet types beyong the base 9 of Wet,Arid,Cold.

[@klankungen7794]

Ah, yes! The nonexistant empire. Nice! :)

[@SingletonD]

So you know you can declare yourself Galactic Emperor if you have enough diplomatic weight? That's the other powertrip with the galactic community.

[@TerminalChill]

I have played this game since day one, all the way back in 2016. Ive got all the DLCs and packs. By far one of my most favorite games of all time and I still think of myself as a novice with it. There is so much to learn. Everyday I play it, I learn something new, either about the game mechanics or something I just never realized before. My advice, just enjoy it to begin with, lots to learn and many a mistakes to be had but try and learn something new every time you play. For the most part just sit back and enjoy it, for it only gets better the more you learn.

[@Coopershawk-lf8tx]

I love that his first action was to challenge a fallen empire

[@nxc1956]

100% love stellaris and love hearing how others became just as infatuated with the game as I was

[@TAWMUD]

Yeah stellaris was like that for me too except I was more terrified of first contact and potential wars.

[@berkaltuglu8140]

One of us One of us ONE OF US!!!

[@TheBlackjack54]

yes absolutely more stellaris videos! i loved this video!

[@agelesscuriosity5997]

I would love to see you cover some more Stellaris related content. I have played that game with my friends sense it first came out, and seeing someone join in on the fun is a great joy! Just wait until you get into the modding scene! You will love it!

[@thenightarchives4148]

Yeah, honestly I've been having a blast with it. There's so many things I wanna try in the game.

[@agelesscuriosity5997]

@@thenightarchives4148 I look forward to of your stories brother. It's gonna be a good time.

[@kuradamax]

"despite playing the tutorial, it was still overwhelming" Yeah... Paradox tutorials are infamous for being about as useful as a chocolate teapot

[@CuratorFoxy]

True, *now give me my free minerals*

[@Vasagata]

wellcome to balkan simulator i mean stellaris

[@themajicalman086]

Ngl i clicked with stellaris more than i have with rimworld

[@nxc1956]

If you do more content on stellaris, I think either your first experience with the crisis or turning up the crisis slider would be very interesting. The perseverance in the face of adversity that comes from defeating an overwhelming crisis is thrilling

[@hamorz2]

I have over 250 hours on stellaris and I still learn new things almost everytime i start a new playthrough and trying all the accession paths is so fun

[@seriouswall1173]

I'm so glad you enjoyed Stellaris. I found your channel a few weeks ago, after I just got into rimworld, and seeing you like a game that is one of my favorites. I wish you all the fun and joy of conquering the galaxy. BTW I really love your rimworld lore/xeno videos. Your videos helped me understand the lore of the game, and also helped it become one of my favorites as well. Thanks for those, amazing work on them. I love your voice and your avatar is awesome.

[@thenightarchives4148]

Welcome aboard! I'm glad you enjoy my content! Always nice to hear that!

[@OnurErtas-q1o]

6:50 ohno, hes SO boned. nah, hes gone.

[@amannen001]

As soon as he said the options I knew he was scrued. One does not simply attack a fallen empire whit only corvets

[@StolenTheif]

Stellaris is fun, it's a game where there's so much tutorial that you basically end up wih no tutorial because who can process and retain that much information right away, also when learning the game there is absolutely no shame in cutting the tech costs and mid/late game years for a quicker experience, after awhile I kind of liked the longer games but you can also keep your PC from melting by getting a head-start on the murder

[@Badger_IV.]

My first stelaris got me vassalised by Bigger empires. Then i genocided them fungi people and left.

[@lostbutfreesoul]

I random selected a pre-made faction based on what it looked like... sci-fi robots. Only half way through did I realize I had selected the 'borg' and played them as the good guys?! I even had others vassalize themselves to me, and eventually assimilate themselves! Then lag got me....

[@Charmilarity]

This video is a very accurate description of the stellaris experience. I've played 300+ hours and just now understand what's happening. But at least I enjoy it.

[@J_Hodders]

I would absolutely love to see more Stellaris from you! RimWorld for the micro war crimes and social quirkiness, Stellaris for the macro-macro war crimes and galactic social quirkiness. I think that these two game complement each other so very well without stepping on the other's toes, "so to speak" xD

[@PongLenis-zw8kv]

Most of what you experienced is what we got to learn over a few years. Counselors are still pretty new for me, but I knew everything else for example. It is… overwhelming

[@BEEateMAN]

I would really love to see them implement a true guided tutorial. Onboarding with anything other than external guides is a nightmare, but I really love the game once you’ve gotten in to it, and I love the role playing side of it.

[@АнтонБородин-з8з]

Nice start) Waiting for more

[@aliabbadi5707]

welcome to the stellar map SIR

[@gergelyterenyi757]

You can actually set Empire Placement to Clustered Players in the Galaxy settings before you start the game, that way you will always spawn next to your friends😇

[@TechnicallyGrey]

Lol your friend messed with a fallen empire dont worry myself and other have tried to take them on early to 😂

[@Alex_FRD]

Welcome to every Paradox game ever. You learn as you go.

[@errortrek2290]

I'm the type of person that always quits right away when I don't get something or master it the first time, but my will to learn Stellaris was the only thing to beat that, it just seemed like *The* game. And now it's my favourite game, I'm so happy I could keep myself composed this one time

[@greener7580]

congrats on trying out stellaris! and god help you if you try the mods it has.

[@TheLordmep]

I got this game years ago when it was much simpler. Man, I'm shaking my head and chuckling at someone trying to get into it now.

[@SupCom78]

Stellaris is great i play it since years and years and i still find something new but i agree at first it is complicated but after you learned the basics its real fun.

[@StolenTheif]

6:50 Yep that's what happens when "relative power unknown" information matters people

[@michaellombardi5831]

I love designing ships when I get new tech

[@AliceBillard]

My two favorite game being Stellaris and Rimworld, I'm glad you tried this one. Stellaris is an amazing game, complex (like all Paradox game) but incredibly fun. I hope you'll have fun and maybe also do video about Stellaris lore :-)

[@malaficus]

The red king already cornered that market.

[@AliceBillard]

@@malaficus I like the Red king Videos, but i think The Night Archives could had a nice twist on it!

[@runes.nielsen2084]

I had almost the same issues you describe when I began playing Stallaris :-) It's a super fun game.

[@Telnyash]

Stellaris ate me right up. On of the games I got in completely blind and enjoyed the whole way through. I'm not a pvp player, so my builds are not hyper optimized and I prefer longs games over short ones, but I rarely fail even against empowered criseses. Not in a single game before I was so giddy over experimenting and spending several evenings just trying to make something work. As an bonus, drlevs are incredible and are very close with their playerbase, so it's as good of a time as any to get into Stellaris

[@KaelanSwan]

My first stellaris game somehow went to Year 3300 and I got like 80 Achievements in it. The story told in those 1100 years I'll never forget.

[@StarboyXL9]

8.5k hours logged here. My experience was much the same as yours first time. It gets good after 500 hours. It gets really good after 1k hours.

[@someguy-oe4ut]

I love stellaris, especially the roleplay part. The learning curb is steep but it is definatley eorth it. I normally play xenophile for the diplomacy or as a hivemind because i like the idea of a nice hive mind. Its a really fun game.

[@boiledpepsi]

youtube was a MUST when learning the game.

[@JamesSmith-cd6rf]

Another convert to the never ending design of the universal equations, serve before the banner of the mighty tides of the Galatic Emperor, fight the hordes of the Prethoryn, silence the Storms, and force the Khan to submit, while turning the Prikikikiti into pets/food, where all xenos and heretics desire to be, repent.

[@Metallicahardrocker]

I recommend machine empire. No food, no consumer goods.

[@scottdesemberer8751]

Im gladd my friend introduced me to this game. We played it since release, so we had more smooth start, however I never played such genre before and without help of my friend would be overwhelmed too)

[@twilighttricksterXXI]

And that's why you DON'T insult Fallen Empires

[@macklee6837]

Over the years, I've tried Stellaris four times, and dropped it after an hour each time

[@knuckleheadwestwind3585]

Yeah it’s challenging to fully grasp at first, it gets more fun after 100 hours lol

[@sup1602]

I remember when I first played, there was three different ftl types and it was horrendous. This is one of those games you can sink thousands of hours into and still not do everything.

[@megumin6456]

My most played games ever is Rimworld (2,416 hrs) & Stellaris (4,699 hrs). If you get into this it'll be so perfect. I have one saying to compare the two: Rimworld is just Stellaris but on the ground where you get to see the faces of individual people and their horror as you do war crimes. Stellaris is just Rimworld but in space and you get to do all the same war crimes but you do it to billions of people and declare yourself the law making your actions legal. + I love watching how beginners handle the game, it always fascinates me. Little note: Most Stellaris games tend to end somewhere in 2400. Seeing you in 2735 is insanity, I've furthest I've been is 2550. Also mods exist in Stellaris but the base game code isn't as flexible as Rimworld's so it tends to die when you cross the 100 mods mark.

[@BrettDavis-i7x]

Best game I've played ina long time. 1000hrs and still going

[@shkh7623]

9:41 There are tournaments that Montu plays hold's and i would love to see you play 👍 also don't forget about ascensions and remember that situation log is your friend

[@futoohell819]

lol those tournaments are insanely tryhard. They also require nearly all the DLCs to even be able to build a competitive start.

[@shkh7623]

@futoohell819 ture, but I think there are some qualification rounds and even if he doesn't want to play in them he can go and see the builds and gameplay

[@Nikolai0169]

Lets insult that random empire. Wait, why is there now a tic-tac-toe icon that says "Hopeless War?"

[@Metallicahardrocker]

Played over 2000 hours. I still learn every day...

[@theodoremccarthy4438]

I always recommend new players start as a hive mind or machine intelligence, as it simplifies governance. The UNE presents one of the most complex play styles.

[@CuratorFoxy]

How easy is an empire? its simple Robo-Gestalt - Easiest. Probably busted asf. I literally played it braindead and got a ringworld at year 90 (non-cybrex, the actual full building) alongside a dyson sphere and matter decomp. Hivemind - Easy if you have some basic understanding. (budding is always nice with plantoids for this too) Indv. Machine - Still pretty easy, but you have to manage Cg but thats fine Synth is decent, but more neutralish Genetics Neutral Psionics - Only works if you know wtf ur doing. RNG Shitfest Cybernetics - Why are you going this, there is no merit XD

[@savary5050]

Yes please more stellaris content

[@theoneandonlyentirevictor7594]

I love stellaris, and I would love to see you make more videos of it

[@SplendidFactor]

Game is fun. One of my own people snuck into a Pre-FTL world and the primitives consider him to be their god. I sent a force to claim the planet before he became a problem, which led to the Galactic Community getting pissed at me due to non-interference laws. This kick started a chain of diplomatic events which resulted in the 2 Main Federations (one I was part of) starting a Galactic War. That war lasted like 20-30 years and drained resources from both sides, and then the endgame crisis came. 10/10

[@mezarisage6055]

hehe, yup, Stellaris is a trip, your first few games are just going to be figuring out what everything does but after you do, well there's nothing else quite like it.

[@cavesinger5441]

It took me 6 months to understand the planet mechanics of Stellaris!

[@rogercroft3218]

Stellaris dev team: people can understand the planet mechanics - time to change them.

[@canguist6004]

There is one single fix for endgame lag Colossus goes boom boom

[@CuratorFoxy]

The worst part about learning this game now, is that they are planning a major overhaul of atleast some of the gameplay elements. Let alone learning the DLC content like oh my god XD Coming into this game as a new and learning this game to be decent probably takes a long time. Theres LOTS of people within MP that dont exactly know what they are doing, and yes theres still lots of sweats. I'm pretty decent at the game myself after about 1.1k hours spanning over 3-ish years. UI mods are a big help. Especially stuff like UI overhaul dynamic, Tech tiers revealed and tech tooltips (the latter is only useful if you know wtf ur doing). But yeah my point stands, it takes a while for the average user to get into. Though it's easier if you're a Paradox Player beforehand One thing to keep in mind. Behind in technology by alot?, you're most likely behind!

[@89volvowithlazers]

I love u 😂😂😂 been feeling this evrrytime i open stellaris lol u got it perfectly uh yeah open close try again 2 weeks later

[@sampfrost]

7:19 did your friend pick a fight with a fallen empire? it sounds like it

[@thenightarchives4148]

He did yeah. Not just with one, but two of them at once.

[@sampfrost]

@ oh yeah that can’t end well - surprised you two didn’t try the coop mode where you control the same empire

[@goosemanVEVO]

This is like a small child telling a military veteran he stinks. Only for said veteran to then show up at the kids house with all his friends.

[@fozzy20]

Took me about 6 months to get my head around it all.

[@ecogreen123]

understandable honestly, stellaris isn't for everyone but im glad i started playing years ago when everything was simpler and learn many of the mechanics as they literally came out and i won't even mention just how much content is inside the DLCs, also all i can say is: the more you play the more you'll understand and as someone with only 2,400 hours, the more you play the better it'll get, but if you don't play stellaris again i wouldn't blame you lol (edit: also starting again is better then trying to salvage a situation, especially while your learning about mechanics and everything else, also also eventually you'll get to the point where getting the galaxy within 200 years would be a casual timeframe.)

[@Piligrime1000]

One of us!

[@JaJDoo]

the funny part is that stellaris, when it first came out, was the most approachable paradox game years of layering later and its now as obscure as eu4

[@mysticdoesstuff]

Hey, im in the same boat (i got Stellaris 2 days ago when the sale came on.) I had a friend and tutorial video teach me the way for my first playthrough, he told me not to worry if i completely botched my first or second.

[@Bill-2203]

Ah classic first time playing and being stomped by a fallen empire we’ve all done it 😂

[@scheevyjenkinz8444]

If you play machines, late game lag isn't anywhere near as bad, and it almost doesn't feel like cheating anymore since they nerfed the hability. (Though you can micromanage to get around it but still). If you do play machines, NEVER PICK VIRTUAL ASCENTION UNLESS YOU ONLY HAVE LIKE 5 PLANETS. I blindly picked it because I had stellaris content playing in the background and I heard someone (not sure who because most stellaris creators sound strikingly similar) talk about how amazing virtual ascension was without getting the context lol. As a new player, I strongly recommend the subscription model they have now. I have bought most of the DLC twice (I started on console) and that gave me the luxury of knowing exactly what I don't want to buy. You can get that same luxury with the subscription

[@Anthony_Cika]

10:30 "I Love Democracy"

[@Merchant074]

There’s a co-op option for multiplayer. Up to five people can control a single empire. You might be able to separate a sector as a vassal so someone can get their own empire.

[@redtsun67]

My favorite thing about Stellaris is the overwhelmingly supportive community. I remember playing for the first time and I ended up asking the community for tips because I was struggling in my first big war. At the end of my post I put "this game is kind of frustrating". Then I got a bunch of replies that boiled down to "go play CoD if it's too hard for you" 🥰

[@thenightarchives4148]

Oh yeah lol I noticed. I already got called smooth brained for not understanding the game completely within the first 2 nanoseconds

[@Covfefe_Jelly]

Once youve exhausted a lot of the base game (which is very time consuming to do) i recommend going into the modded content. Specifically Gigastructural Engineering. Hundreds of millions of fleet power battling in the galactic core is a sight to see.

[@ChipHazard316]

Crusader Kings 3 might end up being the only Paradox game i may ever understand enough to enjoy it. But i am trying to get into Stellaris again. EU4 tho forgot about it LOL. That looks awesome btw! 9:48 this gives me hope.

[@OrionTheta1]

If you do not know what a Vassal is, then perhaps some offline tutorials (which he eventually did) would be in order before tackling Stellaris. When I want a challenge, I play Stellaris. Winning is that light at the end of the universe that I rarely ever reach. Same can be said for HoI4. Fun once learned but that Curve is very very steep. :)

[@Torianx69]

Been playing 5000 hours and I still learn things time to time. My end game lag solution was thru settings. Pop calculations every month is the greatest slow down in the game so I do 1 guaranteed planet per nation and .50-.75 planet modifier for amount of planets in game. Medium or large map. I generally play on Grand Admiral with x5 crisis as a default setting. Do a clone origins playthru and then dissolve the senate and create an empire XD “I am the SENATE!”. Best starwars reference any game as ever given me with a clone origin lol

[@SaumJuan]

TNA: I want Stellaris Rimworld: We Have Stellaris at home Stellaris at home: Empires Mod+ VE Outposts I have 250h on Stellaris Over 6,000h on Rimworld One guess what content I like to watch :V Glad you gave it the good old college try tho

[@Jari470]

I loved your first reaction to Stellaris. Perhaps you have learned at this point that you can decide to start close together as human players in multiplayer. I think it's called something like; player distribution, when setting up your multiplayer game.

[@briannaherrington949]

Yeah, Stellaris is pretty daunting for beginners as is most Paradox published Grand Strategy game (Crusader Kings, Europa Universalis, more) I believe Stellaris is the easiest one of the bunch, it's also my personal favorite with all the lore hidden in the galaxy. It's a very steep learning curve, especially with the actual in-game tutorial being trash. There is so much lore in the galaxy to explore though 99% of it is dlc locked. It'd be fun to see your style of videos covering all the events and discoveries you like

[@icewolfwolfie173]

Proclaim galactic imperium! :D

[@augustduplessis5862]

When playing with a friend and you want to spawn near him, you can set the setting: empire spawn to "Clustered players"

[@PhilosoShysGameChannel]

We remember our first stellaris! It had just come out and was SO unpolished! XD It's a super fun game! Been getting back into it more and more lately. Love that you ran afoul with a fallen empire! XD Natural rookie mistake! XD

[@PeskySpyCrab]

honetly the biggest problem with stellaris is UI. The game isn't actually super confusing and is quite intuitive once you learn the UI. The constant popups, numbers without clear meaning and complete lack of direction as to what is important and what is not is the main issue. Small things like putting a cross next to the health of a starbase or seperating resources with a vertical line would help you distinguish what systems are relevant to what. If theres a cross or a target symbol? don't worry about it cause I'm not at war. My energy and minerals are seperated from that weird blue thing (unity) and the other stuff so my goal should probebly focus on the first two. Also make it more clear the relavence of planets to your economy. Hovering over a planet should show you it's net gain and consumption without clicking on it so you can examine your whole empire more easily. These features would go a long way to making the game more accecible and many more things could be change as well Edit: Its also not very clear what is a button and what is not. When you hover over the white starbase Icon it should darken to show that it is clickable. It took me a long time to figure out how to build ships because I didn't starbases even existed. Level 1 starbases should also be visable so it is clear you can upgrade them

[@brotherchris13]

Glad you ended up liking the game. Your initial assessment is fair because there is so much to the game. Thanks for sharing your experience. Montu is the GOAT. May I suggest you check out The Red King and Ep3o

[@thenightarchives4148]

Red King was on my radar already, but I thought i'd play the game first myself and then check out red king. Try and figure out as much as I can myself and then have someone explain me what I missed.

[@CuratorFoxy]

There really isnt a "GOAT" of stellaris, if there was it would probably be a modder or a developer if not the development team. Moreso I say this is that most people at the top do that through either using the "meta" or by breaking the game in ways it should not have been. Which in essence is just minmaxing and cheating XD though that is just my view

[@elijahford3696]

Your buddy poked a fallen empire. I recommend not doing that unless you have a martial alliance rolling.

[@thenightarchives4148]

It's like poking a wasp's nest with a very short stick

[@MoistPapaBear]

Heyyyy first time commenting on your vide. Stellaris is one of my all time favorites along with rimworld and PZ! Stellaris can be overwhelming at first, but there are so many mechanics you can play around with! I love roleplaying the game similar to rimworld, pz, kenshi and recently Elin! Have fun

[@zawojtek]

I play Stellaris since day 1 with WAY to many hours in to it.... I have seen its rise and fall.... game is almost unrecognisable form where it begun... But one thing remained exactly the same... New players shearing their experience of first war with Fallen Empire XD Not gona lie its sorta baptism that everyone is going through. One word of advice for new players... If you dont want to ruin your run when ever you will see that game gives you some sort of choice and one of the options is in red text.... DO NOT PICK RED TEXT OPTION !!!!

[@Ugnutz]

Played Stellaris since its release, i remember when you used to be able to chose your empires style of w space travel you could chose to use just the hyperlanes like we have now as default or a straight hyperdrive and fly to any star you wanted or jump drives man the game really was so simple and bare bones on the 1.0 version even combat was super simple you actually choose your starting weapon tech aswell lasers, coilguns or missiles and the AI would choose one and stick with it so you could counter the AI fleets easily if you knew what weapons they used and if they used shields or Armor as you didnt use both one or the other so a Fleet or armoured ships using coilguns you just ran shields with missiles as shields blocked kinetic weapons and missiles chewed through armor.

[@salvaundre]

Dude for me personally, i love micromanagement games and Empire building games, have 2k hours in civ 6 and 1500 in civ 5 before that. I’m also an astronomy major i love space, so i thought this game would be literally perfect for me. And it WAS. but dawg let me tell you it took me about a month to be able to even finish a game fully before i restarted it over and over because i realized how wrong i was doing things (i hate watching tutorials so i raw dawg it) now i have 362 hours and am in love with this game.