Stellaris Expansion Tier List

[@davidurban528]

This is exactly what I needed with the christmas sales coming up!

[@davidurban528]

@@TheRdamterror 1 that's illegal :p, 2 I've tried that, it worked, the update came and now the launcher detects the dlc but doesn't load them in

[@TheRdamterror]

multieplay stellaris is a pipe dream annyway

[@davidurban528]

@@TheRdamterror I've tried, I've asked help but it doesn't work. And I have leftover steam money anyway and am not really interested in anything else on Steam

[@TheRdamterror]

@@davidurban528 gameing is dead mate all games i see SUCK lol

[@TheRdamterror]

@@davidurban528 most of the games i see i wonder why even make that trash

[@NinjatoBlade]

Aspec: “ITS REALLY COOL YEAH. *But it doesn’t add events.*. So it’s banished to B tier and below” Me: “But aspec, what about ancient relics?” Aspec: *Its not as cool as rock bois*

[@bryce4724]

Rock bois best boys next to snails and spider fungus

[@Kori0129]

The Worm loves us. It will always love us, and thus it always has.

[@jordank7250]

What will be was.

[@kingaragornii9940]

@@jordank7250 What was, will be.

[@skunk12]

The creepy old man in my neighborhood is constantly offering to show me his worm... ...He loves Stellaris!

[@VaraNiN]

WHAT WAS WILL BE

[@christophermetzger8183]

Bah break the cycle kill the worm.

[@auroraborealissaltmineswarlord]

everything else: gets full explanation for why it is where it is horizon signal: the worm loves us, no further explanation needed the worm approves of this

[@The_Murder_Party]

bonetigerslayscreepers well that and „it’s free.“

[@ianmoseley9910]

I found it a tedious distraction and no longer bother with it.

[@robindecque9734]

i never got this event in any game, so i have no fucking clue of what does it do

[@The_Murder_Party]

Robin Decque hang out around black holes more.

[@auroraborealissaltmineswarlord]

@@The_Murder_Party and if that doesnt work, put liek 10 science ships on patroll between 2 neighbouring blackholes

[@Mythicalreign22]

I love that horizon signal got an instant s tier. The worm appreciates this ASpec.

[@A_Spec]

The Worm loves us.

[@lucasbeck1391]

@@A_Spec and we love the worm

[@katier9725]

The one thing I still think a missed opportunity is organic ship equivalents for Hive Minds similar to rock ships from Lithiods.

[@MyriadMaestro]

I really hope that gets added to the base game someday.

[@patz1008]

You can get a great hivemind mod that does that

[@zacharybecker8228]

i think plantoids should consume energy instead of food

[@Gabriel-qh4yx]

Zachary Becker holy shit that would be super funny

[@fumarc4501]

YESSSSS!!!

[@PeregrineAnatum]

ASpec on soylent green: "Is it horrible? Absolutely. Is it sci-fi? Also grea- also absolutely!" That Freudian slip was hilarious.

[@DM-Sym]

ASpec, I'm so glad you made this video about my favorite game! People I know who are interested in Stellaris almost always ask about the DLC and what's worth getting. I'll show them your Stellaris Expansion Tier List video! +1 Like from a longtime Subscriber

[@Oblak7]

Ah, yes, I knew that the worm would be best girl.

[@lanteanboy]

she'd be SS tier if ASpec had SS tier

[@harbl99]

Spiral tier.

[@aptspire]

What was will be

[@gbladewarrior6884]

What Paradox needs to add are movable habitats so we can finally make a nomadic empire. Or habitable capital ships. They should also remove transports and allow destroyers and up to carry troops for planetary invasions and boarding enemy ships to capture them intact. I want to play as a hoard of pirates.

[@mbos14]

Nomadic will proberbly never come because of how empire borders work. so even if they make one you would still be locked inside an empire border. Also i rather just have them flesh out planetary invasions more. Tanks(or walkers), Air support, planetary bombardment giving a bonus to attackers, more types of planetary defence like huge ass cannons that will shoot up at the ships.

[@frost9041]

mbos14 I remember that back in the day (pre 2.0) you can land troops and still continue bombarding the crap out of the defenders from orbit. There were various attachments you can add to the ground units as well. Shame that they removed that.

[@CreeperCraft73]

Try writing that in the forums please. This sounds like a very good idea.

[@gossamera4665]

Agreed. I hate having to build transport ships, it takes forever and it's always an afterthought. If Stellaris didn't use the memory devouring pop system then it would make sense for ships to have a crew cost taken from a planet. In fact even with the pop system it would be good, because it would effectively cull pops. And nomadic empires would indeed be yummy but the current border system would need to be reworked, since they would need to move through owned space in the mid to end game.

[@a40kweeb36]

Finally I can play as Craftworld Eldar.

[@Obsidianen]

They should rework the Plantoid pack, so that they use food instead of energy for their unit and pop upkeep. Edit: The Baol should have also been a relic, thats then pushed into the Plantoids pack with a new relic race replacing them in the relic dlc...

[@A_Spec]

Agreed

[@tomsthefish2002]

But the plants need to photosynthesize.

[@Obsidianen]

@@tomsthefish2002 But they dont photosynthesize electricity. ;D It would make more sense for them to require food to grow their ships in my opinion.

[@tomsthefish2002]

@@Obsidianen They need to make dem fancy lamps that help them grow!

[@LSDon-gs7bz]

would be my guess that they will probably address this with the federation update and origins

[@bleaver03]

Thank you so much for this! I've been playing vanilla for a couple months now and am about to grab some dlc, this made it much clearer what I want.

[@zeljkoradojkovic6159]

Ah, yes.TierSpec, my favourite youtuber

[@A_Spec]

It's a good thing they didn't roll back the server back to the Triassic update.

[@thedoruk6324]

@@A_Spec Way more better than the most inaccurate prehistoric themed channel on *existence* called Tierz** I assure you

[@nitroraptor5316]

ASpec hi love your channel

[@90kalos1]

@@thedoruk6324 tierzoo is awesome

[@A_Spec]

Why wouldn't you

[@EpicDragon32]

You forgot the "deluxe" pack, that adds mostly stuff that doesn't apply to the game itself (like an emoticon, i think?), but does add precisely one thing: a single spider portrait. I personally would rank it at G.

[@senilevideoenjoyer]

You mean SSS

[@Vherstinae]

Plus, that spider portrait (as well as a few others, I think, including the weird bejeweled caterpillar) was released later on for free, I think as part of the anniversary celebration.

[@HighAdmiral]

I agree entirely. Not only is it not _good,_ at least compared to the other DLC, it is actively something certain players will _not_ want.

[@HighAdmiral]

@@Vherstinae That is fake news. The spider portraits was, fortunately, not released for free. No chance of downloading it by accident.

[@Vherstinae]

@@HighAdmiral Really? Huh. Somehow I have the portrait despite not owning the DLC.

[@TheHappyCatsTail]

Federations is looking like it's gonna be exactly the thing Stellaris needs

[@terrypennington2519]

Just hope it won't disappoint like Megacorp did

[@YberDC]

a megapatch that fixes the game then

[@JB-xl2jc]

Federations is looking really fun, after that the only thing I think the game really needs is an overhaul of internal politics too. Especially now that external politics are getting improved so much, I would love to see the internal politics reworked. More meaningful and common rebellions or dissent, powerful political parties/generals/dissenting nobles etc. That’d be great.

[@RobBCactive]

Ironically I bought Federations only because it added private prospector civic and the Trade League and the en + cg/un trade policy, but have come to appreciate the Galactic Council. Without Megacorps in 2.7 had some brokenness if you enlightened populations, but it seems to be improved in Butler 2.8. But actually Fed/Megacorps open up fun soft power possibilities.

[@TheHappyCatsTail]

@@RobBCactive this is pretty old at this point.... to the point where the next patch "nemesis" is funnily enough looking like a repeat of federations. "exactly the thing stellaris needs" :D

[@ach3r0n131]

I like this type of content and want to see more. I don't care if you have time or not.

[@darth_cole9581]

Yes! An updated list!

[@fatrick9001]

I wasn't playing Stellaris when it came out to deal with the controversies you mentioned, but Apocalypse is probably my favorite as someone who recently got all the expansions on black Friday. Perhaps Federations will be my fav when it comes out because I'll be able to role play as Palpatine (prequel era Palpatine, not the recent Disney cheap/lazy exploitation of his character).

[@themegachad2730]

I recently had the horizon signal event appear in a game on console edition and it creeped me out, wasn’t expecting it to be so dark. Loved it though and I had a great time with it

[@gossamera4665]

It's a decent movie, event horizon.

[@themegachad2730]

Gossa Mera watched it not too long ago, it was quite good I just found it too unrealistic at some points that just kinda threw me off.

[@gossamera4665]

@@themegachad2730 It was so long ago that I watched it that I can't comment on that but I don't doubt it, depending on one's area of expertise, any movie may be embarrasingly erranous seeing as scriptwriters don't always do proper research.

[@themegachad2730]

Gossa Mera I wouldn’t consider it a research problem, it just got really unrealistic towards the end with what the Doctor ends up becoming. Won’t spoil it in case someone reading this hasn’t seen it but I imagine you remember what happened to the doctor towards the end.

[@gossamera4665]

@@themegachad2730 Vaguely, as I said it was a long time ago, I mainly remember I found it a decent flick along with some plot points and visuals, the "eye thing" being one. And if I follow your example I can't really elaborate upon it hehe.

[@archer2905]

Utopia is a MUST HAVE. I literally can’t imagine playing without it.

[@collinhicks37]

WHAT WAS WILL BE WHAT WILL BE WAS

[@jacobgutierrez9642]

WHAT WAS WILL BE WHAT WILL BE WAS

[@kadenthelegend2194]

WHAT WAS WILL BE WHAT WILL BE WAS

[@ABluesColour]

TIME IS SIGHT GRAVITY IS DESIRE

[@patricknorris6117]

I didn't realize we could live in darkness... [Comms cut]

[@b_kind]

I knew I'd come back to this video. Hello Paradox Publisher Weekend :)

[@renaldoawes2210]

Federations "better" be number one on this list, once it's out. It is easily the most necessary DLC the game has ever needed. It has needed this since.... Release.... I'm so excited for it, I really hope it doesn't let us down.

[@ShaedeReshka]

I wouldn't count on it.

[@renaldoawes2210]

@@ShaedeReshka Any reason why not? So far it looks really solid, and they aren't rushing it for Christmas like they did Megacorp which is a sign of good faith on their part.

[@dmytroshulga4578]

@@renaldoawes2210 Juggernaut is useless with its current mechanics, Mega-shipyard is unnecessary as you can crank out fleets without it just fine. Federation designs revealed so far are either meh or border-line OP (trade union bonus). They haven't shown any mechanics how to play against a federation in any other way than brute force. That expansion lives and dies by how well they adjust the AI and overall changes to general diplomacy and so far the Devs were pretty bad with those.

[@renaldoawes2210]

@@dmytroshulga4578 I agree in a lot of extents. But my counter would be... How is that different from our current game? Or was your point simply that federations won't be essential because nothing really changes? If so... I see your point. But let me sell my stance here for a second. I feel they are adding a lot of cool features to the game. Origins is a nice mechanic, allowing for more flavor in our custom empires. I do think federations could be on the side of being "too strong" in some cases, but... almost every game comes down to brute strength. Which I prefer. Having "economic victories" or "science victories" like they do in games like Civ is just very.... bland. That's not really how the world works. Nobody "won" by inventing computers or some amazing tech. Survival is really what stellaris is about and I quite like how federations offer safety for non aggressive empires. I think these new systems will yield some amazing ideas in the future, and some incredible mods to go along with it. I'm very excited to try it out. The fact that I can get a bill signed to have the galaxy help against the end game crisis "seems" amazing.... But inevitably you're right. This dlc lives and dies by the ai intelligence. If they're retarded... Oof... That'd be horrific. So your point is well made. I just happen to be more optimistic about it, I guess.

[@gossamera4665]

From what I've seen, very little will actually change. You'll get a shiny new UI window to fiddle with, but behind all that is just a bunch of modifiers, and federations are already in the game. They tout this as the diplomatic expansion, but there seems be very few added diplomatic options. Like establishing a neutral zone, backroom deals, dealing with anyone other than the single avatar representing the empire, as if an entire empire would have the same opinion regarding another. Factions actually mattering. It's not looking good at all.

[@Dolirn]

"It is a total Mule situation." Ooh, unexpected Foundation reference!

[@hummer3ty]

"If you think that I'm wrong, well I'm not, you are." Lol

[@XanderDraft]

Have all of them minus the e-book. Still good to see your opinions and reasoning why. I do agree with you on the ancient relics. They could have been so much more even if they just added branching paths that have different small bonuses with the relic being the prize at the end.

[@A_Spec]

Ye, the system itself is cool, and I understand that branching paths would make them a lot more in-depth.

[@generallykaiden]

6:50 Ether Drakes are so iconic they appear in loud screens of the vanilla game.

[@magostarmus3705]

Well... I was kinda pissed, when Megacorp came out, because Paradox reworked (yes, I know it was a base game update, but because of its release date and Megacorp's content I consider it a part of this expansion) and made the economy and planet management harder (e.g. having some smaller fleets to patrol your territory, in order to avoid space pirates), but then I realized it's now more interesting and the new victory requirements actually let players win the game in some other way, than just make big-ass fleets and conquer the hell out of your galaxy (or do everything above, but as a federation). So yeah, while it's not the best, Megacorp is still kinda nice.

[@XxTaiMTxX]

My priorities when wanting and buying Stellaris Expansions: 1. Exploration. I love new events, new event chains, new stories, new anomalies, and just anything that adds more flavor and depth to the galaxy. 2. New ways to play the game. New options. New strategies. New handicaps or boons. 3. Building stuff. I love building up an empire. I love harvesting resources, maximizing gains, and getting all the techs. 4. Combat stuff, I guess. Combat is okay, but sort of... bland? I like new ships being added that do new things to the galaxy (love the Colossus, but don't care for Titans that much), but don't care about the combat side of things like... at all. 5. Aesthetic stuff. Don't get me wrong, I love that this stuff exists... But, it doesn't really add much to the game. What I'd love to see is like... "ship packs" for the game. I don't care that I can play as 30 different species of "Humanoid". I care that I've got like 1 or 2 options for "humanoid" type ships. Can we get some love for ship designs? I'd pay some money for like 6 new ship designs for each class of species. Hell, I'd pay some money for new "robot" designs for each species, as they all only have one and that's kind of disappointing.

[@subira8518]

I blindly bought megacorp, utopia and apocalypse and Its cool they're at top of your list

[@plurk7397]

Keep up the awesome work. 👍💯

[@MnemonicHack]

For me, Megacorp and Synthetic Ascention are my S-tier. Playing as machines and as a megacorporation are legit my number 1 favorite things in this game.

[@B3RyL]

I think Megacorp is the most underrated of expansions. Yes, feature-wise it's not that interesting for regular empires, but it does allow you play as a megacorp, which fundamentally changes how you play the game. I've had runs as a megacorp where I'd base my entire economy around the market and trade. I'd produce maybe 5% of alloys and consumer goods myself, and buy the rest on the market, and still earn +1k credits every month. As a megacorp bringing the market fee down to 10% or even 5% is piss easy so it's a viable way to support your empire. You can literally play as a hedge fund. That also means the pirates are no longer just a mild annoyance, they can really do some damage if they set up shop along one of your trade routes so patrolling your systems with corvettes becomes a must. And if you do opt to have a stable, home-grown economy and sell more goods than you buy, you can very easily manipulate the market prices to your advantage. It's one of the expansions I've had the most fun playing because of how paradigm-shifting it is. Suddenly the size of your fleet or your technological advancement is not the thing that determines your survival, but instead how much you can use the market manipulation and the economies of scale to your advantage.

[@MnemonicHack]

@@B3RyL Exactly. I tend to surround myself with like-minded empires and bolster their defenses through my own economy. I can't expand too big since the empire sprawl cap is so low, but that's ok because if I find I've got a lot of room to expand, I'll just split off new empires, who can go out and take space and colonize planets, all the while being completely loyal to me, creating fleets of their own, and paying me 25% of their energy a month. I also love the fact that once you put down an office on a planet, it's there almost permanently; I'll throw tons of resources into getting empires halfway across the map to enter into commercial pacts with me, plant my offices on their planets, then actually determine who I want to ally with later. By the time X empire decides they don't like me, I'm already in a federation or have 2-3 defensive pacts, and I'm untouchable.

[@B3RyL]

@@MnemonicHack I think I found my spirit animal/human :D Playing as a megacorp is a challenge, but it's so rewarding once you figure it out. Wish more players gave it a proper shot. Edit: And it's so satisfying just funding the wars others fight for you, instead of committing your own fleets. Just give them alloys to keep them going and watch them wreck havoc with your money. Can't stress enough how different, and how fun playing as a megacorp is.

[@MnemonicHack]

@@B3RyL I used to be a corp CEO in Eve Online, so managing income/expenses and paying people to fight for me/sending my guys to go kill stuff is 2nd nature for me. And in Stellaris, I don't need to deal with any corp drama bullshit, so that's great. This conversation really made me want to play Stellaris again, I haven't touched it in a few months.

[@ScottishDavePala]

Good list... now to go buy all of them! Thanks for the buyers advice :D

[@SSchiltz05]

22:04 I thought my computer broke... But it was yours. "Windows has encountered an error."

[@brockoala2994]

Dudee I just love the way you review it! Very informative and funny at the same time! Boom, insta subbed.

[@gregnadd5017]

Keep it up Aspec you're the hero we need!!!

[@kazoobroke2700]

"If you don't have distant stars your missing out" Console players:😭😭😭😭

[@SomeName_AlsoHandlesSucc]

👓👌😳

[@BigMisterApple]

*tfw aint getting paid till next year and swore to never buy paradox shit ever again, but then federations hit the store*

[@mezarisage6055]

As someone who hasn't bought stellaris yet but will hopefully eventually this is really useful, thanks.

[@tydegaming9627]

This list made me buy the second dlc season pass on console edition cheers 🔥🔥

[@UnlimitedFlyers]

Tier List? We console low-lifeforms know ONLY THREE!!! Paradox, have mercy on us!!!!!!!!!!!

[@A_Spec]

You'll get more soon.

[@Ybw420]

your video starts only 29 seconds in, i had to sub

[@ryaeon9793]

now i need a game that implement kurzgesagt last video! it take 80 turn to colonize other solar system + distance or move our solar system and use 200+ turn research it. i like when expansion feels scarce.. and losing 1 system feels losing a limb. not like a ball that passed around feels more realism

[@nikital.6523]

The way ASpec pronounces "B" instils in me endless dread for all those bee memes. The Worm-In-Waiting is the best waifu, and this much is unquestionably true. But a couple (only a little bit) serious points: -While I understand the problem with Ancient Relics chains (literal ones, even), it does feel kinda true to archaeology: you slowly grind through the data present and comb for whatever else you might've missed. Granted, it kinda falls apart when you have technotombs to explore or a downed generations ship to make mind about. I guess, I'm just a sucker for a xenoarchaeology in sci-fi. I even like Straczynski's Crusade, for what it worth. -With all the things that expansions bring and all the updates that introduce some of the parts of the new systems, just how basic Stellaris as is, without any of the addons fare? I know, I know - it's a Paradox game, but it's interesting question to ponder non the less, I believe. Just as example: relatively old RTS Act of War doesn't feel that much worse without High Treason while, to contrast with another RTS, vanilla Warcraft III does feel somewhat lacking after experiencing The Frozen Throne, at least to me. Also, that 22:06 blip, heh.

[@hugmonger]

And we love the worm

[@DerFreiegedanke]

The whole game needs to be stepped up. We need a military supplie system, civillian economy and sector AI+Fleets like a real space empire. It's minde boggeling why the sectors are so underused we cloud have Sector Goveners with personalities and civil wars and battle plans and elaborate edict system for each sector with a loyality trade off and so on.

[@tanker00v25]

Paradox never goes this in depth. No matter how many expansions will come out we'll have to rely on mods

[@DerFreiegedanke]

@@tanker00v25 They are just trying to implement a system where by vassals are more controlled and you still can free a sector as a vassal. So my hopes got realized maybe 20%. The new systems seems really gamey but i hope they keep on working on this. A Edict/Policy system for vassals would be far better than just a RPG system where each vassals plays a class. Also the whole Ecological aspects are still neglected.

[@tanker00v25]

@@DerFreiegedanke yes, but I really wouldn't expect much. Paradox usually just makes games that serve as good modding platforms. Hoi4, EU4, Stellaris are all victims of this. Hoi4 recently got “complicated" logistics in No step back and they are still lackluster in comparison to mods that came out years ago. I have little hope in terms of depth for Paradox games, but it's still nice occasionally seeing something like Overlord

[@DerFreiegedanke]

@@tanker00v25 Its really paradox (hehe) they bring out the game its shallow to attracted the mass marked and then they try to make a stupid limbo with DLC to make them more complex but not as complex and in the end the wider audience is far away to the next big bait and the loyal players that are still there yearning for more depth. They are now doing this with Vici 3 i think but it seems more complex than CK3 or HoI 4 in the beginning.

[@tanker00v25]

@@DerFreiegedanke Yep, it's really annoying especially for a pirate like me, who will have a hard time downloading the mods and it doesn't help Paradox either. Can't really say anything about Vicky 3, but so far I don't like it that much

[@Ryuuoo_]

Really helpful video, thank you!

[@elliejohnson2786]

Quick thoughts on federations? I think it's S tier, I LOVE how it gives me a different way to play the game, and allows me to actually feel connected to other empires, instead of "Declar war" or "Declar rival".

[@A_Spec]

S tier, absolutely

[@nokia8707]

Hold on. I was trying to find horizon signal on steam page. I don’t see it anywhere when I search stellaris.

[@redroad37]

Thank you,you beautiful soul

[@Sicklebeaner]

I play stellaris on Xbox and hearing about distant stars has me excited for the future

[@MuffinYoBusiness]

WHAT WAS WILL BE

[@Dapper-Alex]

WHAT WILL BE, WAS

[@lonestarlibrarian1853]

GRAVITY IS DESIRE

[@Feragore]

Horizon Signal doesn't appear to be on Steam. Is this some kind of side-content you have to download, like what Creative Assembly when they add free DLC via their 'Total War Access' program?

[@1RYTY1]

What was shall be what shall be was

[@cookies23z]

alright, done watching it I pretty much agree, very good reasons for why you put specific things in the spot you did I play heavily modded games thpough, so things that add new systems to be modded (like relics and digsites) get a bonus, and I really dislike the dwarves portrait, they look ugly to me, while the rest of that set of portraits seems nice

[@SuperWhygee]

Or more simply: absolutely get the xpacks, preferably in this order: Utopia, Apocalypse and MegaCorps. Then, if you have some spare change left, take in this order: Leviathans, Distant Stars and Synthetic Dawn (if you want to play robots). Horizon Signal is free and you would be crazy not to get it, because gravity is desire and what was shall be what shall be was. The end (?). p.s. the soundtrack of this game is absolutely stellar (pun intended), so you might want to consider it some day.

[@lordnub926]

MUUUHHHAAAA IM A XBOX STELLARIS PLAYER.....we only have a plant dlc and the utopia

[@caluba8688]

Oof

[@JesusChrist-bx8ge]

Filthy casual

[@alexmartin3191]

As well as leviathans

[@DragonessYT]

And Horizon Signal

[@Ajc-ni3xn]

Part of me likes the andient relics system cause you know you’re getting what you’re supposed to. I would agree that it should be a bit more like the enigmatic fortress chain, where you get more than one chance, or at least have most outcomes be positive.

[@supremesystemlordra]

where would Galaxy Edition sit in your opinion? I mean i bought stellaris basic and the mods then found out about this. I know it adds one race but i would like to know where on your tiers it sits?

[@ekhidna4]

Hey, ASpec, what the hell does the Galaxy Edition Upgrade pack do?

[@QuixoteBadger]

Oh yeah! Utopia is absolutely S-tier! Even with nearly a thousand hours in, as I could not afford the expansion at the time, I stopped playing Stellaris altogether for several months until I could.

[@colejosephalexanderkashay683]

you can also get ecumonoplis from relic world from ancient relics

[@TheAcunianGamer]

It's ya boi, Anthony Spectano

[@dimagamolya6084]

About the storyline that should be added every year. I think it would be really cool if they added this 'comeback' event: Basically xxx years into the game, if a certain event is triggered, an empire (probably one of the weaker/weakest ones) will be able to submit to a power outside the galaxy (lets call it the Overlord) and gain massive buffs to their empire, but lose the ability to win the game (Maybe remove ability to do politics too?). They will also gain the ability to conquer other empires for the sake of the Overlord (Or maybe just count as a hostile to all empires) and grant them a lesser buff. The buff of an empire will increase the more empires they helped conquer for the Overlord as an incentive to keep warring (Or just make them a hostile faction or a large war like War in Heaven), while normal empires will be given large rewards for defeating/destroying an empire that is under the control of the Overlord. This can basically be a player-controlled crisis, or just a normal AI-controlled one if you have no friends. If the Overlord's empires fulfill a set 'victory' condition, maybe just stall out until the end of the game, then the Overlord wins the game. If the players defeat it entirely, the Overlord maybe tries to descend itself or just give up and leave, and each empire is given a great boon depending on their contribution.

[@katyushamarikov8819]

As a devouring swarm I accidentally ate the Great Khan before he was born.

[@gossamera4665]

How would you know that?

[@Ragnar734]

It is never to late to tier list.

[@eternalmonsoon8103]

Is it standard to run every expansion regardless of what play style you are going for? I always run everything but sometimes wonder if I should be turning off expansions like Synthetic Dawn for certain runs.

[@A_Spec]

I always have everything turned on

[@dogbone4665]

Utopia is S tier cuz it allows you to get the gigastructures mod, which fills in the role of nemesis (becoming omega powerful), ancient relics (access to all the relics in the game), federations (massive carrier ships), apocalypse (being able to crack planets and stars), The list goes on, really

[@bloodydavid]

Me: Mods Stellaris to perfection Paradox: Oh Boy, time for another DLC and major patch

[@A_Spec]

Sounds about right

[@NegusInParis88]

Davi can you recommend me some of your favorite mod picks?

[@bloodydavid]

@@NegusInParis88 Planetary Diversity - more Planet classes Guilli's Planet Modifiers 2.5 - like title, more planet modifiers Aesthetic Borders - real eye candy. a bit more like older Stellaris versions Extra Ship Components 3.0 [2.4+] APSR: Anomalies, Planetary and Space Resources Pinwheel Galaxy (Purple) - eye candy (-NSC2 Season 4-) - new ship Classes There are a lot more cool mods like Real Space and District Diversity. But at some point it gets a bit complicated with the compatibility between eachother

[@tonykriss1594]

Isn't some unique species trait the only thing lithoid has more than other cosmetic pack? And you put it on the same level of megacorp?

[@A_Spec]

Yes

[@NobuAlter]

Wow must be nice to have all those expansions....wish we had those over here on console.

[@NatexWarrior]

I would never buy a game like this on console. It seems like it would be very difficult to manage. And games like this that do go on console are usually neglected

[@googlesucks478]

@@NatexWarrior Console player here. Playing on console was actually super simple and user friendly for me. It took me awhile to learn the game itself, but playing with a controller rather then 10,000 buttons was nice.

[@jeferrando]

@@googlesucks478 I play in ps4 and agree, the console port seems to have been really well done, with a lot of thought put into making the controller feel a natural way to play. Also it's nice that we now have Synthetic Dawn to play with and humanoids + apocalypse later this year..

[@fumarc4501]

What is this Horizon Signal? I tried to look it up on Steam and got nothing for it. Is it an auto-update? I need to know!

[@aeriushox4675]

Hey, I already bought Utopia and Apocalypse. It seems they have the Ascension Pack on discount for like $13 in my local currency. Should I get it?

[@A_Spec]

If it gives you things you don't have yet then yes, otherwise, no.

[@aeriushox4675]

@@A_Spec It is, they just cut the price because I have Utopia and Apocalypse. Thanks for the input.

[@micasa8421]

You should do more tier list videos. Tier list leviathans Tier list crisis Tier list portraits Tier list best looking titan/collosus/juggernaut

[@tylerbrown9631]

New to Stellaris. I can't find Horizon Signal on steam. Is it automatically a part of the base game now?

[@Uberspective]

You’ve probably found out by now but yes, it is

[@swapertxking]

So! Recently I had an unbidden crisis roll in just on top of the l-gate... as I activated it... with grey tempest. That was the shortest crisis I have ever seen.

[@TheGlenn8]

I'd honestly put apocalypse in D tier. For it's price it doesn't give nearly as much as it should.

[@hermanocpimentel]

Nice video! Thanks! I have one question, if I buy, let's say, Federations expasion pack and start playing the game, will I have to start all over again if I buy, later, another expansion?

[@LSDon-gs7bz]

@ASpec in regard to the caravaneers there is an option in your game setup to turn them off and you will get the nomads instead which is how i usually play cause the caravaneers cause lots of problems

[@fredhurst2528]

Well done with both the un-objective information as well as your personal ratings, describing why makes a difference as the viewer can juxtaposition their preferences and still come away with a good idea of what works for them. I got the starter pack, and during winter sale added a multi-xpac so I have everything except Mega-corp, Lithoids and Antient Relics. Since Mega-corp seems mostly an economy exploit, and Relics, a linear loot box, I don't feel I am missing much, except those Coruscant planets.

[@skruttigaming]

Wait is Utopia the Common Sense(EU4 DLC) of Stellaris?

[@mrfister1234]

Skruttigaming pretty much yes

[@02091992able]

How they can make pops a little easy to manage is have every building and resource district produce 1 job per so many pops so you don't end up with planets with huge cases of unemployment.

[@MarkHerndon]

I just want to know which is the newest expansion that has the most previous added to it.

[@jaster9870]

Question im just getting into stellaris, if I start the game and then buy a dlc later will I get the dlc in my old saves?

[@Stack4Freedom]

Video helped a lot I'm new to stellaris and kinda got bored of the vanilla game but I'm thinking utopia is what I need

[@DavidWBeck]

I wonder if every time a galaxy is made, it pops into existence somewhere? 😱

[@PedroGomes-cx7ku]

How do you think we're here.

[@two2truths]

Can anyone recommend a good video explaining good fleet mechanics and composition? Like proportions of ship types to one another in a fleet or what kinds to put together etc? I have played Stellaris so much but feel like I could build better fleets

[@OpenWorldAddict0]

For me there is only 3 tiers: A, B, and C. A is every dlc that adds new content that changes the way you play the game (Utopia, Apocalypse, Megacorp, and yes Federations.) B is every dlc that adds new stories to the game (Leviathan, Distant Stars, and yes Ancient Relics). C is every dlc that adds new species to the game. Tier A is of utmost important to have, tier b is very nice to have, and tier c is dependant on a lot of variables.

[@A_Spec]

I like a more granular ranking system, but I totally understand where you're coming from.

[@lukeberghaus272]

In eve online I looked at my ship all the time because I could only fly one at a time, but in Stellaris I don’t get any attachment to my ships.

[@xostler]

Wait. Do you need Megacorp for Matter Decompressors??? You could use console to give yourself some before Megacorp came out, but I could never find out how to build them. Even with mega-engineering and all the right research.

[@eugkra33]

holy shit. I had no idea this game had this many expansions.

[@WikipediaDurchleser]

you can also get an ecomenopolis if you rebuild the rubicator relic site

[@neroatlas9121]

Personally leviathans while old is still my fav, I just love the war in heaven thing, thats fucking awesome.

[@penthyn]

for me it would be more like that: S: Utopia A: Horizon Signal, Leviatans, Distant stars, Megacorp, B: Synthetic evolution, Apocalypse C: Ancient relics, Lythoids D: Humanoids E: Plantoids, Complete soundtrack F: Infinite frontiers I expect Federations to take A or B place BTW.

[@zackhartley4718]

I bought this game last year with Utopia, Apocalypse and Ancient Relics played about 20mins kinda of forgot about it. Huge CK, HOI player... Think I am going to dive into this game today.

[@aptspire]

22:05 nice message alert

[@Atheismo9760]

This video is 2 years old. Does it need an update or have there not been new dlcs?

[@A_Spec]

It needs an update.

[@aggieking87]

What order were you going in?! Thought might have made more sense going in normal or reverse release order or maybe species -> story -> expansion

[@A_Spec]

No order in particular.

[@ex0stasis72]

17:00 "Ancient Relics is going to get a seat here." Me: Where? Where is their seat going to be?

[@zweieck3623]

Is there a release date for federations by now?

[@cortster12]

Probably early to late January.