Stellaris - 6 Advanced Quality of Life Tips

Who doesn't want to learn about some more obscure mechanics and gameplay style? No one, that's who! Seriously though, today we're going to be looking at some Quality of Life tips that are in the game, which should add.....quality of life.
To strap in, and get ready as ASpec takes you on a journey into the seedy underbelly that's Stellaris's more obscure game mechanics.
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Video Title; Stellaris - 6 Advanced Quality of Life Tips
Previous Video Title; Stellaris - Wide vs Tall (Post Federations)
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#Stellaris #Tips #QualityOfLife
00:00 Introduction
00:37 Greater Than Ourselves
03:41 Controlling Factions
06:14 Building Shortcuts
08:06 Fast Colonies
11:32 Weapons Checking
13:01 Efficient Scientists
16:02 Outro
12:50 Conclusion

[@petedacup]

Cheers big man this was definitely an massive help

[@michaelcurtis9998]

*a* massive help

[@gtrigwell4058]

@@michaelcurtis9998 A massive help.

[@pablovenerez6683]

an is used if the following words begins with a vowel... for 'an' 'e'xample, knowing this will make it 'an' 'i'mpossible mistake to make again.... Now you know instead of shit talking your grammar

[@davidback2144]

@@gtrigwell4058 A massive help

[@hailforge7038]

Oh wow, 1k hours and I had no idea you could remove blockers during colonization. This is why I watch every Aspec vid. Reading the title I went "I probably know those" clicked it anyway and TODAY. I. LEARNED.

[@jkasturias]

Same! This will definitely make ecumenopolis faster imo for those relic worlds

[@Klaracbarack]

Same! I have more than 700 hours and my mind was blown!

[@skullcrsher4946]

Bro same

[@kyle1078]

Combine with Calamitous Birth origin for new colonies that start with 4 pops already.

[@jorisbongartz]

same, 1.7k hours in and I doubt i would ever have found it myself.

[@Volcarion]

when you are colonizing a planet, you can also terraform the world, as it is being colonized. However, you CANNOT colonize a world that is in the process of BEING terraformed. so remember, colonize THEN terraform while the colony is being set up. speeds thing up dramatically

[@Maty83.]

This also removes blockers even if you don't have the tech for it researched. World Shaper FTW!

[@Volcarion]

@@Maty83. yepyepyepyep i just skip the tile blockers and head trait to worldshaper/hiveworlds/machineworlds and then terraform anything even moderately large or interesting

[@Hemdael]

Oh! This saves so much time for my colonies, ty for this :D

[@Maty83.]

@@Volcarion That is especially good with Guilli's planet modifiers mod since you'll get extra positive modifiers.

[@AllenSorensen]

Thank you for that tip!

[@gamezonehungary8512]

13:20 anomaly difficulty : challenging me: please dont do it aspec: researches it anyway me : *dies inside a bit*

Ha! I had the same reaction :)

[@HoangAnh-jk9pl]

I always research it and get a home system relatively soon

[@HoangAnh-jk9pl]

The very hard or even hellish ones

[@nickkurzy2246]

I like to expand my boarders to choke points and then research all anomalies at once. That way I already have defensive points if enemies declare war and my scientists have gained quite a few levels from surveying. Also, but this point i have my tech research up and running so things like the alien box or mural take less time to research.

[@TheHaloring7]

@@nickkurzy2246 I'll give a gamer handshake to that brother

[@darthcalanil5333]

been playing the game since release and I've never known about being able to clear the blockers WHILE colonising!

[@BigJad]

Dude, me neither.

[@alphariusfuze8089]

@Matty Jamez Y E S W E C A N FORGET TO COLONIZE PLANET WHEN HAVING 108 BUILDING SLOTS mods ON HOLY TERRA

[@pastashack3517]

I discovered that by accident when I was idly clicking through some colonies in progress, and noticed the clear buttons weren't grayed out

[@glowingdawn9179]

To be fair, playing since release means literally nothing with Stellaris as they have overhauled everything at least twice since 1.0

[@davecrupel2817]

Right now, as i type this comment, i have just learned of that. And ive been on and off this game for the last 2 years. Wtf

[@davidgunther8428]

Having one or two extra science ships can save time when analyzing anomalies after having explored many systems. Send the science ship to the anomaly, then transfer the scientist to that ship when they're available. This keeps them from having wasted months traveling from anomaly to anomaly in a single ship.

[@kylepessell1350]

I do leap-frogging where I send a pair of science ships in every direction with one always going ahead of the other and immediately researching anomalies whenever they come up. On average, the first science ship will be able to finish its survey before the one sent ahead finishes their own survey. Continue sending the ships one system ahead of the other and follow them with one or two construction ships. This means steady and reliable, albeit relatively slow, progress with plenty of extra resources being accessible early on. It's a slow burn approach but it works really well for a Tall play style. I also tend to just claim systems in lines that snake around to cut off other empires and secure important systems without bothering to consolidate until I have nowhere else to expand. This means I reserve huge patches of the galaxy for myself and am able to cheaply defend myself from threats with strategically placed star bases in a few select choke-points. As long as you avoid provoking the AI too early, this is a guaranteed win even on the hardest difficulties.

[@RobBCactive]

I spam science ships which I rename so I can see in outliner easily, which need scientist appointments, most of them orbit planets from mid-game onwards helping boost research and levelling up the scientists

[@RobBCactive]

@@kylepessell1350 but if you have a roamer plus anomaly specialist, then it's betrer to continue surveying, you level that one up fast and he can boost research once the survey period is over. I like the thorough surveyor trait too, frankly it's more enjoyable to have an archaeologist handy too to track precursors. I figure, actually moving a research/military ship involves logistics, so the instant re-deployment of single persons isn't an RP problem I assume they ride with the empire courier service

[@DJNutraloaf]

Make sure you park the empty unused ships behind the hyperlane entryway so they dont get attacked and emergency jump when attacked by any hostile simply passing thru the center of the system.

[@Luzgan]

This auto resettlement is something that should be there always available. Whenever I play with friends this is MAIN problem. I've played with habitats and its not possible to resettle by yourself and still have time to do other things.

[@LordUdedenkz]

I started playing and I feel like there is little effort in fixing issues.

[@rramos117]

For technology, i just find the ones with 10% research bonus and keep them there the whole game. Saves me the headache of microing all the damn time.

[@TheCarloCarlone]

Yeah, I usually change scientists only during the early game, since I spam science ships to explore and so I will "buy" a lot of scientists. But when I roll a spark of genius, I put them on research until death

[@aaronmyers2509]

Maniacal gives a 5% bonus, but makes it much more likely that rare techs will pop up. (Like 4x as likely.) So, I usually get one of those for my physics research.

[@RobBCactive]

@@aaronmyers2509 ahhh, interesting! I have used them to gain psi, nut that rare tech bonus is massive. The tradition only adds a little, then you need a specialist in the right area.

[@RobBCactive]

The drawback is you cannot influence the research cards that come up. So if you really want robots quickly, you should use the industry engineer to maximise the chances of exo-skeletons and then the robot assembly tech

[@zourin8804]

That's nice when your leaders are immortal. The problem with Genius' is that you can't focus your tech progression AT ALL, so things you'd normally want to rush early, like robotics, may not show up for a LONG time.

[@KOTYAR0]

I started playing Stellatis for the first time ever three days ago. I feel like I found gaming equivalent of heroine. I already have 25 play hours. And I have a day job

[@A_Spec]

I love too person the internet

[@thetraitor3852]

I have almost 600 hours in game and I feel like I started playing it just yesterday.

[@davidthorp01]

*Chuckles in summer play through offline* None shall know the countless, sleepless nights, I’ve spent managing empires against the meanest shit the AI can offer. And I’m still a noob, I’ve only had the game since May.

[@BlackLiger788]

Never try factorio

[@malachia8590]

Hello, I ve got more than 100hrs and still there re things to learn

[@FARBerserker]

@Everybody The thing about the Tile Blockers while colonizing? Remember the Lithoids Cataclysmic Birth? Additional Pops as Tile Blockers? Yes, you can basically get the pops out and have the colony going immediately into needing housing and jobs.

[@TheCarloCarlone]

Greater than ourself should be a standard feature and not an edict unlockable only trough a resolution. At least a starndard edict, no resolution required. Some automation wouldn't be bad, especially for boring and time consuming stuff that a AI could do automatically. Or at least they could make the pop transfer menu better. Everytime I spent more time searching for what I need, even when I manually build on all my planet and I need to find a particular one.

[@lunarcultist6214]

Yeah, in my particular case the galaxy actively tries to block that particular resolution from going through, even though it would certainly help the incompetent AI in managing overpopulation.

[@sotmh]

Seriously, micromanaging populations is the worst element of the mid-late game; the solution to automating it requires limiting your choices for how to play and has to be activated with the consent of the AI. This is one of the most egregiously awful design decisions in the game. Automating tedious micromanagement should be a basic functionality of the UI, not locked behind a resolution with a bunch of strings attached.

[@stephenmcorby]

That's why I use the Automatic Pop Migration mod. It's fantastic and I simply can't play the late game without it. You have to pay the normal rate to migrate pops, but it will put them in locations that have jobs. You can set it up if you also want them to have housing. It will also move pops from low habitability worlds to high ones and you can set the habitability rate. You can designate individual focuses for worlds or select preferred worlds to move them to (like a ringworld or ecumenopolis). Overall it's a really great tool that takes what you could automatically do anyway and does it for you to help the gameplay.

[@AsbestosMuffins]

Especially since auto planet development and auto pop balance has been part of the game at some point and the leftovers of those features are in the game

[@TheCarloCarlone]

@@AsbestosMuffins yep, they should fix the AI Too many time I see tons of separatist in autoritarian empires, even the player automation struggles a lot. I once set a planet to be a mining planet, came back years later and was all holo-theaters. I'm never using planet automation again

[@elisirfly]

6:46 I don't want to be overly critical but since you're talking about optimisations you missed a big one or didn't care about it ASpec. That is Colony Designation [button below "Void Home Core Sector and above Build queue]. It's picked by default by game but it's flawed so you HAVE to pick it manually. You're wasting so many minerals on this habitat. Math behind designation: Foundry Habitat designation lets you save about 58 minerals [pop job upkeep 6 minerals x 48 metallurgist jobs = 288 minerals upkeep x 0,8 (20% reduction from designation bonus) = 230 minerals upkeep after bonus] while the default Refinery Station designation saves you only 4 x 10 x 0,2 = 8 minerals. So effectively wasting 50 minerals on two clicks in UI.

[@A_Spec]

Good eye!

[@RobBCactive]

Yes, the AI colony designation is horrible! There's advantage when a colony is small to redesignate before building a batch of things faster and cheaper too. Getting the colony designation correct, appears to aid governors gain useful traits. It may purely be based on the large output though. It's really helped me develop bureacrats into intellectuals who might replace the core start sector governor, without unbalancing the economy

[@SisyphusDungball]

Oh man, thank you for this. I've been trying to figure out how that gets set, seems the game does it automagically for you if you build enough of a certain type of building... but I didn't know I could do it manually.

[@valence686]

tbh even without the ethics attraction modifier i'd still use the deep space black site just for the stability bonus anyway.

[@kylepessell1350]

Nothing like shipping away dissenters, never be heard from again, in order to increase the stability of your government.

[@davidthorp01]

Kyle Pessell Hey, keeps the planet crime free, polite, proper, Xenophobic, and prepped for war! (:(:(:(:(: A stable Commonwealth is a Happy Commonwealth friend!

[@hammyofdoom8355]

Either all my worlds have horrible stability or they all have great stability and aren’t even bothered. I never have some unhappy planets lol

[@DavidAdenuga]

Auto-resettlement is too useful to only be limited to egalitarians

[@gabrielclark1425]

"We won't let you tell us where to live!" *After Edict* "Okay, it was getting crowded here anyway."

[@nanodesu2795]

Just ignore the Breach, it's only a -20 opinion unless you pass sanctions.

[@fieldy409]

@@gabrielclark1425 We aren't telling you where to live. We are just using a little of our influence to make you want to live there.

[@Sarum9nich]

From experience AI will never vote for Greater Good resolutions. They will spam useless sanctions instead.

[@lorddashdonalddappington2653]

Eh, it is amazing, but at the same time it's actually some motivation to not just be a murderous git.

[@razorx0676]

My God what I'd give for that resettlement edict on console rn. 9500 pops and counting...

[@theappleeaters6844]

9500 pops on console? Jesus christ

[@maxmustermann5538]

It dosent help at all... It just moves 6 pops per year..

[@beltempest4448]

Have you conquered 2/3rds of the galaxy or something?

[@thetraitor3852]

One day in game must last at least one day IRL. lol 😀

[@razorx0676]

@@maxmustermann5538 Well with 91 planets I'll take that lol.

[@VoiceOfMusic]

Didn't know about removing blockers while colonization going on. I started to play Stellaris after i found ASpec channel. I learned so much, and to this day it's still my favorite game. I'm way over 1k hours and well... i'm still learning new things from him. Thank you, ASpec, for making the galaxy a brighter place for us all during those years and, i hope, many years to come.

[@FARBerserker]

Tip from me for a cheap and easy early game tech boost? Get some bad scientist. Give them their own ship. Park them over your Home World doing Assist Research. You want adaptable or long living scientists for this. It is a straight up 10+scientist Level % Boost to your Research Output.

[@Nukestarmaster]

I keep forgetting about assist research.

[@Snoogen11]

@@Nukestarmaster When I have venerable or robot pops, that live for 200 years plus, whenever my original scientists hit 100, i hire their replacements, and start them assisting research, that way, when my original scientists die, I've got immediate replacements.

[@RobBCactive]

You can use this to level up noob scientists on new colonies without research buildings. They aren't boosting research yet, but ... in time you build labs or they lead research

[@1Maklak]

Yeah, it's really OP and cheap to do it for all the Research Worlds. For how OP it is, it's so easy to overlook that it's almost like an exploit. I would prefer if instead all idle Science ships provided Scientist level in each Research type or some flat bonus like that. It wouldn't pay off to spam Science ships with low level scientists, but would still help a bit.

[@AsbestosMuffins]

I remember one game I was super happy I got a fallen empire scientist from a deep space blacksite and then he spent the rest of the game getting elected as my leader instead of giving me a massive science buff

[@jakehaessig5151]

Laughs in xenophobic

[@malachia8590]

Lol

[@Skydust87gerbbn]

I have played over 530ish hours in Stellaris, have all the DLCs and i am still learning a lot of the game. For example, i never used the Buildings filter but it is, specialy in the lategame, time saving. Ty so much for the vid! Greetings from germany!

[@scyobiempire4450]

Took me 5 games (one with cheats on) to get the hang of Stellaris, but I am not disappointed. Yes, I am a recent buyer brought it during the steam freeweek.

[@davidthorp01]

Oh cool, same here! I’ve been playing on and off all summer. It’s been a blast, and tbh, the steam sales covered most everything I wanted, so I probably got like 60% off. I’m on game so far, game one was with exploits and to learn not serious. Game 2 was serious, no mods, and with full intent to roll play organic only and Human only. (Similar parameters for game 3). And am now struggling my way through the next long one. (I’ve set my games to marathon play, so like, endgame is the year 3000 or so).

[@kratosbelmont]

Theres cheats on the pc verson ? I knew you could edit everything before launching your new empire

[@adriankoch964]

FYI: Running only picket ship corvettes is totally fine, just make sure you equip FLAK (+2 lasers), not crappy energy point defense, since flak has way better tracking resulting in much better DPS. Flak is also decent against shields and hull while making your fleets immune against any missiles or fighters the ai might send against you.

[@05AT1]

This “feature” has been around since ancient relics came out: If you’re excavating a dig-site, and you pre-queue an action with a scientist (Ctrl-shift click), the dig-site will continue to progress, along with whatever other action you’ve gotten your scientist to do. This works so long as the dig-site has been started.

[@Nukestarmaster]

Really, can you dig multiple concurrent sites with this?

[@05AT1]

Nukestarmaster yes, however you have to start each one, before pre-queuing the next one.

[@Nukestarmaster]

@@05AT1 Heh, heh, heh.

[@thecreator4296]

@@05AT1 Scientist gets maimed on all three sites at the same time

[@melfice999]

Huh. I didn't know about the tile blocker removal on colonization. WHY IS IT NOT TOLD ANYWHERE IN THE GAME THAT YOU CAN DO IT!?

[@wahlex841]

Probably because it's a bug. I mean, it sure looks like a bug.

[@ozymandias5257]

Maybe it's unintended but the designers hardly tell us anything about effective play, we have to learn it from other players.

[@ExplodingPiggy]

"Quality of life"?! my subjects should be grateful they get their daily water ration BEFORE the inquisition forces them down into the mines!

[@8bit_outcast708]

I have just been taking in so much of your content over the last week it is nuts. Your videos have helped me so much get a grasp of this game as a new player. I went from getting whopped by my friends as a new player, to just today, I had them scared of me by the year 30 mark. Thank you so much for all the love and work you put into your content.

[@lauragennamusic]

I never even noticed the building filters before, thanks for pointing them out!

[@heresy8998]

This videos have saved me so much damn time. Would of never learned all the ins and outs of this amazing game without your aid. Keep it up brother!!

[@jeremygrant1325]

I plan to start building my colony ship when my construction ship is one or two systems away from the explored system with colonizable planet, that way the ship should be finishing and have time to move to the system typically by the time the construction of the starbase is done.

[@climax050]

A couple days ago I played Stellaris and it all finally clicked. The game is just so much fun after that moment, it’s a little confusing and not boring but not engaging before that, and then once it all clicks you feel unstoppable because finally you know how to use all the tools at your disposal, hard thing to describe but it’s an amazing feeling.

[@BartSintenie]

Damn... nearly 4k in gametime according to steam (guessing about half would be more realistic) and three out of six tips are totally new to me... Lekker bezig ASpec, you're the bomb.

[@Laydralae_Joy]

everytime i watch one of your videos, i always learn something new and i've been watching your videos as long as i've been playing the game, and ive played since Leviathans!

[@Schlumpfelch]

the faster colony and tile blocker tips are really good, thank's for that

[@TigreDemon]

Oh My God The freaking edict for resettlement is GOLD. At some point I had almost 10 events per minute of saying "Unemployment" because I had too many systems

[@xdarxys]

This was insanely helpful! I had no idea about the greater than ourselves edict, the blockers being removed during colonization, or the building categories tabs. Literally game saving. Also your video reminded me of another cool tip that I know! The anomaly you showed as the example, Gray Goo, often pops up pretty early. It gives both an L-Gate insight and access to the first of two techs that increases planet build speed. If you're interested in the L-Gate insight, it's useful to wait till you've found your first one to investigate it. But the really cool thing about the anomaly is that if you've already researched the first early tech that increases planet build speed by 25%, researching Gray Goo will automatically give you the much rarer mid-game tech (I believe it's called Construction Templates) that boosts build speed by an additional 50%. It's a nice boost to get early in a game! :)

[@HairyTuttle]

Those building filters are news to me! Thank you!

[@Letham316]

With colonisation, I already knew about manually building a ship and sending it to the planet while waiting for it to be available, and it's a really handy time saver. However, I had no idea I could deal with blockers while waiting for the initial set up process. Good to know. Also, I was vaguely aware of the deep space black site, but didn't properly grasp its purpose and usefulness, so it's nice to have it clearly explained.

[@usf22raptr1]

Had no idea about the ability to clear blockers while colonizing, that's an amazing QoL thing. Thanks, ASpec.

[@CalmSmilingMan]

"Paradox games notoriously has a steep learning curve and bad tutorial" yep, that's why i haven't played hoi4 yet.

[@domesticdingo1417]

Stellaris and HOI4 are among the easier ones to get into, Victoria 2 and EU4 now that it's like 20 DLCs in are especially rough, I have 1,000 hours on EU4 and I still feel like I'm barely adept at the game lol

[@cjreed6432]

hoi4 is one of the least complex paradox games out there

[@davidthorp01]

You really should, just know it’s gonna be broke as fuck without DLC. I recommend La Resistance, Death or Dishonor, and Together for Victory if your cool with the navy kinda stinking it up. If not, you’ll want Man the Guns. To be fair, CKII’s tutorial consist of “here’s what these things do, in bloc text, and we’ll hand hold you for the first couple years and a conquest. Good luck!” No exp with EU4 or Vic 2. Also, Paradox’s DLC racket is freaking ridiculous. Like you’ll think “Oh it’s just 30 bucks to buy the game! Wooow nice! Super fun!” No, the “full” game is probably more akin to a couple $100 bucks. And that’s not including the playtime like Dingo here said. In which even with tons of playtime, you can still feel like a colossal noob if you make a mistake. And if you don’t have a solid PC? Hah get used to chugging hard.

[@lukemccullough8384]

Stellaris is the hardest Paradox game for me. I've played CK2, EU4, HOI4, and of course Stellaris. I'm just not a fan of the micromanaging required in Stellaris.

[@CalmSmilingMan]

@@cjreed6432 really? Maybe it's because the tutorial is super bad. I can build factories and manage the tech but I can't wrap my head around managing the armies and such. That's basicly my only complain because it wasn't clear to me what to do in order to win.

[@DavidWBeck]

Great video - I really didn't know about the scientists!

[@keitadarkwolf2591]

Thank you! This helped a lot! I appreciate it.

That's a lot of influence just from sparing you from resettle a few pops from time to time. Usually I'm too hard expanding to have that much influence at bay. But thank you so much for the tip for the building filters! I've totally overseen those buttons. And clearing blockers while forming a colony is soo great, I would never thought that it's possible. I really appreciate this high quality content! And as mentioned earlier, you really should set your colony designations manual. It actually pays off to set them right after the colony is founded and before you start building a district as a lot of them include development time bonuses and some even reduced costs for these districts. I also like to get my hands on some habitat/relic world/gaia world as early as possible so that I can have migration treaties with species which prefer other climates. That juicy arctic 25 world with 14 energy districts is out of your reach for your savannah? Well thank goodness when your arctic-loving neighbours want to have a migration treaty with you, now that you have a habitat. Later in the game you don't need that so much with the technology to change the preferred climate of a species. The best thing is that you doesn't even need to transform some of your pops before building a colony ship. Just create a template and you're ready to colonize with them.

[@Daisy-ns2xn]

Thanks mate, amazing inside info

[@sth0408]

I've been playing Stellaris for years and how did I never noticed those quick building buttons?!?!?!?!

[@alwaysmeepin9609]

Steven H How? I knew about them the instant I played, I didn’t even us a tutorial

[@GabrielShitposting]

Well that auto resettle seems neat, too bad I-m too busy making the finest Xeno steaks in the galaxy to really make use of it.

[@13g0man]

How to control Factions - Be a Hive Mind. There are no differing opinions if there is only your opinion. Strangely enough, I also enjoy playing Authoritarian Slavers.

[@kylepessell1350]

I haven't played a non-Gestalt Consciousness in a long while. Ever since I discovered they were available and immediately bought the required DLC just to be able to use them. At this point, I don't think I'd be able to run a normal empire since I've lost all familiarity with standard Stellaris mechanics.

[@Captain_Camion]

Exactly the tutorials Stellaris needed. Thanks !

[@JPPMJC67]

this will change my life a lot!!!! thanks ASpec

[@madmotorcyclist]

Damn, I miss so much. Thank you for the help!

[@Beans-wr3hu]

Legendary, thank you so much

[@jpxenovore]

Clear blockers while colonizing!? What!? I've sunk 2300 hours into this game. I'm shook...

[@bjarnes.4423]

Thanks for telling me that I can favorite jobs on Planets and to use Building tabs. The rest was useful too

[@zironemegeaz]

Make sure you have the right wep set with your ships. amazing insight

[@derangedgoblin429]

Thank you for the information. Didn't know you could remove tile blockers while colonizing planets.

[@beltempest4448]

I love stellaris so much. Your basics tutorial really helped me get a new (1st ever Ironman) campaign underway and things are going swimmingly. I have no fleet atm but my economy is so massive that I'm somehow the 3rd member of the galactic council and I'm the trade center. These filthy xeno have no idea what's waiting for them when I build my massive fleets lol.

[@LargeBlueCircle]

over 500 hours of gameplay still learned stuff thanks man

[@kairos_3524]

Hey ASpec as a new player I thank this allot!

[@ronakmist]

250 hours in and I did not know that building filter existed. This is why I continue to watch even beginner tips. Never know what you'll learn!

[@casperjnsson7283]

Just finished my first playthrough yesterday as that Mechanical "join us" race (love it), but holy shit the late game. When you have 60+ cities you have to manually manage, my gawd that sucked :D That tip was truely a life saver. I shall sub to you and consume your videos! Thanks for making these videos, really helps a lot!

[@violet8937]

Just want to say that when you want to build a lot of the same buildings it can be beneficial to manually scroll down to it as when you go to the individual tabs it will reset after every build but it won't when you scroll on the big list.

[@johankruger5250]

Master Aspec! Been watching your vids. Keep up the good work. Thanks for showing the overpop edict! GREAT help

[@josephperry581]

New to stellaris and this guy is goated . Definitely about to subscribe. When will there be new content ?

[@A_Spec]

Every day for at least a week, than back to the regular every other day schedule

[@copetcapulin]

GREAT Videos , THANK YOU.

[@Alttoviulu92]

Also you can survey with science ships without right clicking every system. Just select your Science ship, click on a command box "survey" from ship menu, hold shift and start clicking systems 🙂. Also holding shift works well with your fleet so u don't miss any systems while u bee-line for enemy shipyards.

[@A_Spec]

Add control and you can prioritize what you want surveyed first.

[@victortung747]

totally didn't know the building filter existed. thank you for making life easier.

[@RobBCactive]

I expand beyond what the starbase (ports) allows, I personally just build black sites where immigrants/refugees or recently integrated population lives. To do it routine, rather than for mitigation appears overly pessimistic. Until gateways, securing trade dictates building starports at the strategic transport nodes.

[@PhillStone]

Thanks, some of these tips were really useful (surprised me with the clear blocker whilst colonising tip). Do you have a video on mid to late game fleet balance/composition? I tend to have lots of Battleship carriers at the back with some Battleship artillery, and the front line has a lot of battleship heavy damage dealers with support from cruisers and picket destroyers. Only use corvs for hunting pirates. Not sure if this is optimal, but it kinda works as long as I counter the enemies weapons/defences.

[@ArtificialIyDeranged]

I definitely learned some things today!

[@pattsw]

Another way of optimizing, instead of sending over the science ship with the scientist (that has either the faster anomaly trait, or we are just leveling up). You could swap the leader of the ship, similar to swapping them out for research, but with the ships instead. IE: Science ship discovers anomaly, but the scientist with the faster anomaly research speed is in another part of the galaxy. We change the leader on the ship that's far away to any extra scientist, then change the leader of the ship that found the anomaly to the scientist that we need, and get to work on the anomaly instantly.

[@BIgSteveWhacko]

Over 1000 hours played, and I learned from this video. Very cool tips, thank you.

[@erfannomore2828]

I didn t know any of it lol great video

[@lokki9203]

Why did they restrict auto resettlement to egalitarian empires? Its such a useful feature.

[@lestergarciap]

I always play as Xenophobic and end up turning the population controls so that it doesn't get to that but auto resttle sounds so good

[@jorisbongartz]

I always considered it the fair downside to having 100% pop control if you are authoritatian.

[@deviniusmaximus2131]

The tutorial can definitely use work lol. I have 2 buddies that bought Stellaris, veteran gamers in their 30's - StarCraft alumni, etc. Loaded Stellaris a couple times, played a bit but couldn't get fully into it despite having 2 friends already big in the game ready to go multiplayer with the new purchasers. But nah, too complicated to learn LOL

[@kuuro_7712]

There's NO WAY those building filters were always there I just pained through a void dwellers game with like a hundred habitats and boi was I SCROLLING

[@adantigus]

The most important thing about scientist specializations is that they also increase the odds of getting techs in that field when you finish and roll new options. Can't seem to roll battleships as a research option? Put in a voidcraft specialist and your odds are much, much higher.

[@gabrielclark1425]

That's why I always try to have one of each specialization, and then keep them on assist research until I need them.

[@RobBCactive]

@@gabrielclark1425 but assist research doesn't seem to influence the menu

[@johndoucette6085]

@@RobBCactive He's putting them on Assist Research so they can gain XP.

[@OctopusWilson]

Filters are cool, clicking the scroll bar cause you know where each building is on it is cooler

[@MofuggerX]

i liek ASpec, e’s a cool guy. he purges xenos and doesn’t afraid of nething.

[@traiantrante4211]

Very usefull stuff!

[@lorddashdonalddappington2653]

Yeah I discovered the "Greater than ourselves" thing in my last game. Opened up migration controls, got migration treaties and all of a sudden my empire was prospering amazingly and I never had to deal with unemployment again.

[@GNParty]

Thank you!

[@jameslewis2635]

The biggest problem that I get when playing this game is that my economy suddenly (as in one moment its fine and then suddenly I have a huge defecit) starts going nuts for no clear reason and I run out of resources before I can correct things. This happens often after gaining teratory but also without anything so obvious.

[@thomaslacroix6011]

Without more details, the only advice I have for you is to check the detailed list of each resource to see where those resources are going to and if there is a negative modifier that is screwing you up, and check if every planet has a positive stability

[@manny1085]

One common cause of this is upgrading buildings you upgrade reaserch complexes, alloy foundries, consumer goods factories, etc and then a bunch of your basic workerspops become specialist pops leaving you with a huge deficit in basic reseources.

[@missterry2540]

Could happen because of changes to trade value if some pathways are blocked because of politics (closed borders, war or smth like that) or because of piracy. Happened to me often, one month +1k energy, next month go into negatives. Also energy goes down very quick if you move your ships out of your territory, they require more maintenance.

[@TheCarloCarlone]

Resources income are calculated at the start of the month, so it may not be clear what action caused the deficit, for example moving your fleet will increase its maintenance. The most probable cause could be building on multiple planets. You have lots of minerals and you are low on alloy, you start building an alloy plant, without noticing that you made this reasoning multiple times. When all the building get constructed they will drain your resources all at once

[@matthewvektrax9922]

Never had that issue, I beat the game while all my resources capped at 100K+ how you ask? Enslaved everyone with slave processing labs and black sites.

[@heomji7216]

Yesterday I showed the Greater Than Ourselves resolution to a friend who's only playing since a few weeks. He really liked that, he playes as a mecanical intelligence and had no idea how to stop the revolts of drones, because he couldn't resolve his unemployment and stability problems. That's a really nice resolution, hard to unlock but it's challenge :)

[@blakejones409]

Great Tips! I love this game but am still looking for a good community to join for multiplayer. Tips from a Noob: Build 3 scientist ships and have them surveying the local cluster of stars as SOON as possible. Have two rush towards choke points in the opposite direction whilst the third working on all the star systems adjacent to yours. Doing so will reduce the risk of getting blocked in if you build towards choke points and allow for greater options when expanding. In addition it increases the amount of anomalies researched as well as allows a secondary group of scientists to be trained up so when they are needed to take over the research they will be of higher level.

[@A_Spec]

Try wsc.gg

[@michaelellisii817]

Holy shit thank you so much for the info on Unemployment. I couldn't find that shit ANYWHERE

[@stephenmcorby]

You should point out that using the "change scientist" button is usually very inefficient. Rather than doing that and forcing that scientist to travel all the way to the anomaly, just swap the leader on the ship. Click in the ship portrait and then go select the scientist you'd like. Then put the other leader into whatever role they were doing. This is instant and doesn't require any travel.

[@coopermorlan8930]

Hmm didnt know maniacal made psionics appear sooner.... Thanks ASpec

[@matthewbook6670]

Great tips - I had not been rotating scientists but will now develop my scientist bullpen!

[@James-gd3sp]

I always build deep space black sites. When I was first starting the game the faction system annoyed the crap out of me and I figured that boosting support for my government type would fix it and it did. So whenever I colonize a world and build my station I add it as one of the first buildings.

[@davizitopa7252]

Whoa! The first tip is already great! It fixes one of the worst pains in the neck of the game, resettling. I don't usually play with slavery on (I get the feeling, by looking at the numbers, that it is a net loss due to the decreased stability, and stratified economy already makes the authoritarian faction happy if I have that in my ethos). About the ethics... that doesn't work on conquered pops, only the ones born after you have conquered them. There should be some re-education building, or a, integration center to teach conquered pops the ethos of their new empire. Or some policy like "love it or leave it" that would allow aliens to become refugees if they really don't like my ethos even though I'm not purging them by displacement.

[@theunspun7096]

I need to stop being a lazy scientist as I'm a tall science player. Thanks boss man. Another great video.

[@YayDee85]

1400 hours played and til about clearing blockers during colonization. Thank you.

[@Kalenz1234]

I always build the deep space blacksite just for the +5 stability in all settled systems. That alone is worth it. Completely forgot it even had an effect on factions.

[@wahlex841]

Tbh when I say I don't mind micro, I don't mean "pick the most fitting scientists each time you research a new tech" level of micro.

[@TheMastermilch]

That's what i love about Stellaris. Just sooo much to optimize in gameplay! Really makes a difference though.

[@EstrellaViajeViajero]

I wish there were a way to automate the scientist switching. Especially once I hit later game and I'm finishing a tech every few months.

[@A_Spec]

At that stage it doesn't matter, it's the early game advantage that does.

[@EstrellaViajeViajero]

@@A_Spec Considering it's a percentile improvement, it should always matter even if you were researching a tech every few milliseconds. Perhaps especially then, as the computer would be able to switch its scientists at that rate but a human would not.

[@peterknutsen3070]

I really like the Black Site for the +5 Stability. +25% Ethics Attraction is a very minor bonus that does little. Also, I can’t be arsed to micro-manage my Scientists. I don’t think the extra effort is worth the benefits. Most of the time, I try park get an Industry expert on Engineering, Computers on Physics, and either Biology or New Life (depending a bit on my plans) on Society, but since I keep firing and re-rolling Scientists in order to get a huge swarm of good explorers, in the first 2.5-4 decades, I’ll often end up with Maniacs or even Geniuses in all 3 Researcher posts.

[@Peanutcat]

That first one is a game changer

[@andynonya6391]

Just when I thought I’m getting a decent grip on Stellaris, ASpec jumps in and says, “You’re doing it wrong”. But, you know, in a fun and slightly mispronounced ASpec style of way.

[@A_Spec]

It's not wrong if you're having fun.

[@feargusmooney6895]

When are you going to do an NSC2 video? I love watching your channel by the way!

[@ICrazySkills]

Dont forget about the free alloys at the start! Simply fully clear your starting ships and then upgrade them to get a ton of free alloys. You can then either immediately buy a science ship and use assist research on your homeworld for a +15%bonus research output

[@Reoh0z]

I loathe that repop screen, what a great tip.

[@Nerak516]

Your scientists can get extra traits. If you have a maniacal scientist but got better then it’s bonus then send him out researching. It just might give him a specialization on top of maniacal for a total of 20% increase instead of 5%.

[@coneinggaming6285]

Learning about greater than ourselves was a magical moment