Stellaris - Should You Open the L-Gates

[@Razzlion]

"Open the gates, Stop having them be closed"

[@yonokhanman654]

I have a bad feeling about this.

[@reihangohan]

We have guns And boats gunboats

[@hellios5576]

They have corvettes With toperdoes Torpvets

[@overloader7900]

/L-claster starts trying to conquer the east of galaxy allied with space germany/

[@dreamypizza8458]

OPEN THE L GATES! retarded trumpet tune*

[@Amelanduil]

Knock knock, it’s the united space fleet. They’ve got huge ships, with guns. Gunships. Open the cluster. Stop having it be closed.

[@DBT1007]

FA Q USA! Stop intervene other people's business!

[@slender8585]

There was really nothing they could do, so they signed a contract that lets [Empire] visit whenever it wants.

[@Error-xd1kg]

I had every L-gate in the galaxy in my empire and i was like oh wow im gonna get some of the better events but it was 7x30k fleet power within ironman mode and year 2319 I have a gambling problem

[@kkkkjjjjjeeee]

i have more than 1M fp in that year

[@Chowzers]

I had something similar happen. I ended up changing my save file to turn off Ironman mode lol.

[@sharpetutor227]

a brave hedgehog You think you had it bad? I was having the best game I ever had with the best fleet, strongest economy and technology years ahead of anyone else. I was in the centre of the galaxy and my empire was organised in three parts each part only had one way in and one way out. Easy to defend and fortify that made all the wars were child’s play and all my neighbours were weak. But I had two l-gates in the left and right parts of the empire with my home world in the middle, witch only had two ways in. I opened the l-gates and it surprised me at first. I handled it ok but I throw my entire fleet in to put a stop to them but got wiped out 6 times over. but little by little total victory was in my hands. Then the war of heaven thing happened and I tried to stay out of it but my fleet was wiped out so I joined one side. Very soon after the unbidden aliens came with my new allie as there first target and they were totally wiped out fast. After that not only did they attack from my right they entered a worm hole and attacked my left too. Best game I ever had and it was more miserable then ever.

[@pauloandrade925]

@@sharpetutor227 damm thats insane

[@jeremybk54]

i haven't opened the gates in my current iron man but i control all of them. my strongest fleet is 20k, so i think i will wait till i have at least 4 fleets of +30K

[@Duke_of_Lorraine]

If the gates are going to be open anyway, better be the one to decide when it happens.

[@unknownuser4692]

Honestly it's a door it's shiny open it.

[@rodrigocampos2465]

Is more like a huge red button that says *DO NOT PRESS*

[@starfirejordan9875]

always open it or press it

[@unknownuser4692]

@@rodrigocampos2465 Never stopped me before

[@kimaji]

@@rodrigocampos2465 but everytime one sees a red button, u just have to press it

[@JonatasMonte]

@@starfirejordan9875 "Touch it all you want. You'll never find out what it does."

[@justinthompson6364]

Even the Gray Tempest can be an opportunity. Weaken the other empires.

[@kikibombon22]

unless both gates are in your empire. Then it's weaking x2 for thine ass

[@antaresmc4407]

@@kikibombon22 yea, you'll have the 7 gates or more than half... In that case, you might have most the galaxy and still fuck the others ad you.

[@electrowizard3209]

I tried this, the Tempest just kinda rushed out and killed the Curators lol

[@fieldy409]

Once I remember I triggered the Gray Tempest as xenophiles way too early to stop it, I got an obscene amount of refugees and went straight to most powerful.

[@AndyplaysToday]

It disolved the strongest empire for me I shat myself correction shating present

[@GaldirEonai]

The way I view it, you have to. If you don't open the gate some other empire will. In the shitty outcomes, whoever opened it will have a slightly less terrible time, and in the _good_ outcomes whoever opened it gets a head start on grabbing the goods.

[@Neobahamutfr36]

So true. When it's empty, you're free To claim all the systems and all the strategic ressorces 😄

[@itzmedb8290]

If you’re worried about it being an issue, try to get in contact with every empire in the game. That way you’ll know when someone else is about to open it and you can do it first. Or control every gate and wait to open til you’re good n ready

[@stevenwright1829]

​@itzmedb8290 how do you get control of every gate because in most of my games, the gates aren't even in my borders

[@itzmedb8290]

@@stevenwright1829 War

[@عبدالرحمنرفعت-ق2ض]

in my first playthrough, I went through the L-cluster via wormholes and it was early midgame 2330, I didn't know what I was going to but I saw a huge buzz about it so I went in full force and it was about 70k power fleet and I announce that it was overkill, I don't know why the buzz about their strength. Fortunately conquering their systems was a huge boost to my economy and these 3 Gaia worlds and 3 habitats were great, surprisingly to me they were a huge ton of pops, thank god their purging didn't harm me, HUMANITY FIRST.

[@nillman]

Damnit aspec... your gonna end up making me play stellaris again.

[@sneezingdog6406]

whats wrong with that?

[@Runetrantor]

Because we are waiting for Le Guin 3.0

[@sneezingdog6406]

why?

[@Giantspaz]

So many Aspec videos I'm in heaven.

[@PerfectAlibi1]

Open the gates in multiplayer and have the other players have to deal with the grey tempest before they are ready. XD

[@electrowizard3209]

That is 10,000,000 IQ

[@lanteanboy]

the first time I opened that Lootbox, I had an empty L-Cluster, which after looking at these vids would be amazing..... were it not for one teensy tiny detail. I opened the Gate on the day Distant Stars released..... aka before Gray and the friendly empire had been added

[@dronewars7186]

I opened the gate when i got all the dlc nothing happened :(

[@scorpixel1866]

No world shall escape our wrath! Also the midgame need some action beside marauders and leviathans

[@felixmustermann790]

you have wars :]

[@scorpixel1866]

No wars, only pest control

[@felixmustermann790]

play on higher difficulty ?

[@scorpixel1866]

Already did, either spawn next to an overagressive empire that purge/nom/assimilate me before year 100, or my neighborhood is relatively passive and since the game AI walk over cliffs like lemmings all that can be challenging are AE/crisis(multi crisis for life) that are difficult to physically impossible to overcome depending on how much of the galaxy is under control, making the game a race against the clock Really, i'm not even good at the game, multiplayer would whoop my ass, i just can't play decently without the pause button, the problem is that AI are just walls that need a fleetpower "ladder" to climb over, and player snowball is flat out unstoppable because of the AI predictability Oh and did i said that AI are dumb? Like "just keeping my fleet over this troopless world for eternity because the system before it got a station shooting down troop transports, there couldn't possibly be a better use for it like chasing the enemy's weaker fleet actually taking down every of my systems"

[@felixmustermann790]

maybe use these sliders ? :/ i.imgur.com/7Zre6r9.png i think you will love the mid to late lategame sliders ALOT

[@caad5258]

When playing as Fanatic purifiers, having the gray tempest is a great crisis. You trigger it, watch the filthy Xenos get annihilated, then fight your way to the nanite hub and destroy it. So long as fallen empires don't awaken, it's a great strategy to weaken your opponents.

[@vilandar]

True for any play style as long as you dont have an L-Gate close to home. Expand away from them then open asap.

[@silent_stalker3687]

“Oh hey the scourge is being beaten back… let’s see what these gates do” Move into cluster Move capital into egress Split off and make unwanted populations their own empires, move capital to cluster. Destroy the Egress Rebuild megastructures. Finally away from the Xenos. Possibly have a warp gate around just in case you see a opening to take out the empires or seek to become the crisis while nobody can catch you in the L cluster

[@Jamie95326]

I've opened the gates 7 times and ever single time it was grey tempest. Because of that I didn't know there was other out comes till I watched this

[@2782Jack]

Ive opened the Lgates about 5 times now. Its been the grey tempest every single time.

[@S_Black]

What could possibly go wrong?

[@andy7666]

Indeed, nothing EVER goes wrong in Stellaris!

[@feliks8388]

Totally agree with you Aspec. Having at least a fleet of 20k-30k is the safe zone. It is also a good idea to make bastion(s) (as needed) to the system that has L gate if the gate is in ones empire border, and at the systems nearest to L gates in neighboring empires.

[@bobmalone3726]

I wish that depending on what the L Gates contain, clues would be scattered around getting insight.

[@cstains5543]

Of all the times I have opened up the L Cluster I've only once had dragon season, every other time it's been nanite invasion. 5 out of 6 times the worst possible event. That includes what I refer to as the Great Oops, where I found all the necessary L Cluster events to open the Cluster the first time inside the first forty years, prior to needing the tech to open it and having the horde pour out and slaughter everybody.

[@-Miasimon]

Every game, without fail, I *always* make a beeline for the nearest L-Gate, claim it, and start rushing tech and building up my fleets. That one trinary in the center with the size 25 nanite world has been my capital, ever since the L-Cluster has been a thing. I'll wrastle any Fallen Empire to the galactic ground, before I give it up. Been insanely lucky, only got the Tempest twice so far. Only got Gray once, but at least I almost always had a fleet of dragons!.

[@mustlovedragons8047]

Enter stranger, and bid in danger. Or wonder till it drives you mad. What would have happened, if you had.

[@Jay2480]

ah, I see you're a man of culture as well

[@mustlovedragons8047]

@@Jay2480 :) Glad to see a a fellow traveler.

[@TorontoChannel]

1. Capture as many L-Gates as possible in your initial expansion. 2. Build Citadels at each L-Gate in your territory and upgrade them to 25K or more. 3. Station a 25K+ fleet at each of these gates except for the one you are going to activate. 4. Position a huge armada of over 100K(if you already obtained that) at one of the gates. 5. Once gate activation takes place crush the incoming fleets at the gates. 6. Repair ships and defenses asap as another Tempest wave will strike pretty soon after the first wave. 7. Re-buff the 2nd wave then proceed to send the huge armada through the L-Gate and wreak havoc. 8. Now that the Tempest can longer get through to your L-Gates thanks to your huge armada blocking their access, help clean up the rest of the L-Gates that you do not occupy and at the same time positioning your smaller fleets to team up and intercept the marauding Tempest fleets. Once you take out these fleets they ain't coming back if their access is blocked in their own system. 8. Annihilate and conquer those ancient buggers in their home system. 9. Open a bottle of beer, wine, whisky or whatever your tipple may be for you have deserved it and rightly so.

[@chibidakis1]

Yes. I love making a backup empire there. Especially during a crisis event, or when I accidentally made a covenant pact with the Shroud 😅

[@drkchidragon1]

The Worst that could happen? Murphy decides to come pay you a vist

[@Bartekkru100]

But the Grey Tempestt scenario gives you free planets to terraform!

[@02091992able]

If you are not ready with sufficient fleet power it can be very destructive to your empire they may not come through the one you activate but they come through every other one and destroy all in their path. My experience has been open it when you have a massive fleet if you can secure the main L system with the gate you can then Blitzkrieg them and destroy them rather fast, giving you time to survey the main star system where the gate is so you can claim it with a outpost and effectively cut off all none friendly empires from claiming the L-Cluster on you as of right now if you own the L cluster you can pretty much get behind potential enemies lines making wars against them far more tipped in your favor as you can use any L-Gate or claim all the systems with them in it and effectively have staging areas all over the galaxy. Not to mention you claim the cluster you monopolize the strategic resources within it.

[@cmdrsoyo7154]

i opened the L-Cluster three times now and i got the empty outcome every time

[@tillweimar]

So did I, feels really bad, right?

[@cmdrsoyo7154]

kinda yes... i had a 40-50K fleet ready every time...

[@edwardheaney3641]

I waited till really late, 3 100K fleets on each L Gate my territory, Nanite Empire, which I just accepted the gifts from.

[@dronewars7186]

I just wanted to kick some ass didnt get to kick anything

[@cvdeiana]

I mean there needs to be more of a warning or indication of the outcome of opening the L-gate. There's no way you can possibly anticipate the strength of the threat coming through the gate the first time round, and for me I had several 27k nano fleets parading around my empire destroying my planets, and around 3-4 more of these fleets directly guarding the other side of the L-gates. It's just too OP, come on man..

[@JoshuaGanoTyraxLightning]

I'm always gonna want the Dragon outcome so I can have Dragons...

[@homelessjedi2499]

If I paid $10 then I’ll obviously open them

[@helios7170]

Really appreciate how much work you're putting in recently. Love your channel and this game!

[@nocturne.nocturnal]

I did open it and got a visit from several 27k fp fleets. But I had 2 fleets 80k fp each. Managed to destroy half of their forces in the first assault. The second was meh and the third was their end. I wouldnt open without bringing a large fleet to my portal system first

[@Beerpowered]

Some dude made of Nanites joined me. Also something about the worm/Loop keeps happening. Very fun times. 2300 and 3x 40K fleets. Over 300 SYSTEMS. Mega-Engineering is taking forever though.

[@wolfianius6037]

Had a multiplayer round where 4 out of 5 people (all newbis to the game) tried playing funky species (me included) for the fun of it. But the last one played a full Meta high Technocrat Spezies (for wich he used a online guide on how to play) and rushed to open the L-Cluster as fast as possible (we all knew that there is a high chance of death by opening these). Long Story short, we had to fight the gray tempest in the early game (half way to the mid game crisis) and most of us got wrecked. After the player, who opened the gates, managed to take the L-cluster through his absurd high tech and thrived of that, the rest of us were basicly thrown back to the start (homeworlds and many colonies were turned into useless Nanite worlds). The midgame crisis (the Khan) was a joke compared to that and was ended pretty fast, by our hit and run fleets and tactics, wich we were forced to improvise in order to survive the gray tempest. In a normal or Meta game of stellaris you can open the L-Gates whenever you want. But for Meme- or Newbi-Rounds, where the goal is to do absurd and funky stuff/learning someone how to play, the rule of opening it after the mid game crisis is probably the best to keep the fun factor high.

[@Veech24]

To be honest, I wouldn't pull myself on destroying the Gray Empire, because of how sad it actually feels to have Nanites trying to live normally be gone forever. The poor things just wanted to talk to someone or be with someone other than themselves and their dead creators.

[@robelmurph]

Well for me I always open the L gate cluster based on the simple fact that I get really lucky apparently because in the dozen-or-so games I've played since the distant Stars DLC came out I've only ever gotten the empty L cluster so I've never had to deal with the gray Tempestt.

[@nexivy]

It must be fun when a crisis spawns in and you are next to its epicenter and the AI decides to open the L gate

[@Pattern_Recognitions]

'I care not for your little life! Open The Gate.'

[@PhthaloGreenskin]

I understood that reference.

[@Giantspaz]

Why you should open the L-gate, for cool stories like this. Gather round Children I will tell you a tale of the Empire in the L-Cluster. Ophelia the Home world of our species. It was inevitable that we would ascend to the stars. With the first few months of exploration an ancient ring world was discovered an AI overseer left to watch over the facility. With Sanctuary only being one jump away, our researcher's where eager to figure out what caused the star to be so dim near the center. We never imaged a structure this big could be in our backyard, years later we returned as conquers. The battles over Sanctuary took the lives of many Ophelians. There where 7 battles for the rings. The casualties where high but thoughts of Ophelia's first colony being on a Mega-structure around a star was to temping to pass up. Any sentient beings were integrated into empire with full rights of natives of Ophelia. If only that was enough to calm shock they felt when our armies landed on rings claiming it for ourselves. Year's Later ancient gateway was discover near a black-hole know as Xulbul's Maw. Without a clear way of opening the gate we began to passively study the gate. Years later a discovery made in Padjitauron which was the final piece need to open the gate. Inside were a Isolate empire who eager to receive us. But Warm feelings would not last long as our Interest in Nanites lead us to pressure our new met friends into enimies. The War was last for decades. The battle of Terminal Egress would mark a Turing point in the war. With a successful capture of the Terminal. Ophelia's Fleets where free to come and go as they pleased. They eventually push into the heart of our foes beyond the gate destroying their control center which left the Luster in a barren state. The war was over Ophelia got a new patch of secluded stars and new home if things in the galaxy decided to take a turn for the worse. During the next 100 hundred years of relative peace Ophelia was head towards strife once again the new Empress began a movement toward Communism leaving many in the Empire angry fearing this would lead to the loss of the tradition they held even before leave towards the stars. A branch of the Dusk Royal family tasked with oversight of the L-Cluster's development declared the Cluster to be New Ophelia many flocked to new empire formed by the branch family. It's glory would even surpass the worlds they left behind. The development of the Cluster was massive project Habitats where built over terraformed gaia planets, 2 Massive ring worlds where built and massive think tank where all science could be preformed. The System of New Ophelia would be it's home, the Science nexus was built over the terraformed moon Missiletainn which orbited a gas giant. New Ophelia became a utopia for many species who moved there or fled from war. It was the New World of the galaxy. The galaxy was about turn towards a massive conflict they would see over Billion dead. An ancient empire awakened exerting it power over neighboring empires. Soon after an ancient Rivalry kicked of which saw the awakening of another empire the biggest war in galactic history was about to begin. Many neighboring empire sided with their respective Awakened empire Ophelia choose to stay out of the war they cared not for their ancient home even if the had a fraction of the power as the new Empire did they would be fine. Soon after neutrality was declared several representatives approached New Ophelia being the most powerful Empire out of younger races asking them to start an non-aligned alliance realizing the whole galaxy could subjugated Ophelia formed the Non-aligned Axis. The fallen Empire soon caught world of this asking us to disband, Emperor Kesh II replied with the classic response "Nuts!" The awakened Empire wanting to cut the head off the snake launched an attack on Terminal Egress no other empire has done this to date. But they where unprepared for Mordred Class Flagship and Clarent Class Titans that stood in there way. Most refer to this as the Battle of Terminal Egress despite it being the second. But commanders at the battle referred to this as the Egress turkey shoot. After the battle the First Expeditionary Fleet mustered with with all powers in the non-aligned axis making the largest fleet ever assembled striking down one of the awakened empires in a quick blitz campaign. Soon following First Expeditionary Fleet unescorted by allied powers proceeded towards the heart of the other awakened empire. In a stroke of good fortune the fleet came across an unescorted colossus this super weapon was destroyed as well as it's QRF fleet which arrived to late to save it. First Expeditionary Fleet continued it's blitz through the awakened empires territory leaving only destruction in its wake. Soon the Fleet was bombarding the capital and with it's capture the war was brought to and end new age for New Ophelia as the sole Super power of the galaxy even though soon after they went back to their old ways of building massive structures empires of the galaxy could admire. One of the best campaigns I've played and makes a great story. That war in the Heavens was sick I was listening to "Twilight of the Gods" which seemed fitting for it and it just made to mood watching the fleet combat. Hope your guys campaign can be as cool as this one for me.

[@garnettkaruna8767]

I think it's always been when rather then should!

[@meneither3834]

Yes, always, as soon as I can, the Galaxy be damned.

[@silverthedestroyer5321]

With every play through I’ve had I’ve always gotten the gray tempest crisis,I’ve only gotten the grey empire one,the dragons once,and the most powerful grey character once and that was with a robot empire.

[@barryevans791]

I should have watched this video first. I opened the gate and got the grey tempest when I still had a fleet cap of 20. Game over.

[@EnthrallingBass140]

I honestly wish you could choose to destroy L-gates or gateways, especially when you are trying to conquer a system and they just keep jumping from gateway to gateway, circumventing your advance.

[@vukkulvar9769]

In my current game, I have 6 L-Gate and own the other side too. They make traveling such a breeze, and I can lock other empires by closing borders.

[@BaronVonMott]

Last time I got Gray Tempest, I was the largest military power in the galaxy by quite a wide margin, so everyone else was only too happy to make me the Custodian... and then the Emperor... 😈

[@NewRepublic4137]

i reload the game and gather fleets, to defeat them. and finally, Systems Alliance got all L-Cluster systems.

[@dragoninthewest1]

In two of my playthroughs, the L-Gate ended up being the Grey Tempest. In my second, my military had been built up from a war my Federation had just waged and I slaughtered them and colonized the L-Cluster. Another time, I got a hold of an L Drake

[@vukkulvar9769]

Naively I opened a L-Gate first. I conquered it all. But before I did, my friend surveyed 1 star system only and found Gray.

[@JD867]

I like to open them when I'm losing a war. If I'm lucky, free fleet power! If I'm not, I'm already defensive focused, and with any luck the grey goo will eat my opponents before me.

[@nicholasnelson1005]

Worst I've had was a weak AI empire opened it up WHILE the unbidden were taking over the universe and it causes both the abhorrent and vehement to spawn because I couldn't deal with both

[@X2X011]

I will never open the l cluster again it makes my game run like shit once it's open, I want a option to disable this from the game.

[@VaciliNikoMavich]

Ooooh, screwy Gray Goo, you twicked me the *wast* time!

[@anthonymudge9768]

Yo Aspec, I had a game where most of the galaxy, including all my territory, got wiped by the Grey Tempest.

[@N0TYALC]

The empty L-cluster/Gray scenario is by far the worst one. You can reliably knock out the dessanu or Gray Tenpest with 200K fleet power, and the rewards are game-changing. All of the nanite worlds are able to be terraformed if it’s one of these outcomes, and there’s like 13-15 of them in the L-Cluster. They’re all cheap and fast to terraform, too. The result is a single sector with 13-15 planets that are totally isolated from the rest of the galaxy. Fortify Terminal Egress strongly, and you can build a sector with all of the megastructures (besides Matter Decompressor), 13+ planets, as many eccuminopoli as you could ever hope to use, and as many habitats as you want. And all easily defended with just a single system serving as a chokepoint. I’d rather have that than 10 Gray’s.

[@gallendugall8913]

If you're getting beat up by other empires it can give you some breathing room and access to some nice buffs if you can grab the cluster.

[@onchristieroad]

I can't believe I never read that line.

[@darkeiridan1087]

They said opening up the L-gate would be fun.....yes fun.

[@matthewmcneany]

Me and my bro fought the Khan and the tempest back to back in a recent game, we were backs to the wall for like 30 years straight, it was awesome,

[@thanhvinhnguyento7069]

I always open it early to screw up other empires and have a backup sector for when endgame hits. Gray is slightly less beneficial

[@isuckatusernames4297]

forbidden lootboxes

[@MarioReischer]

I opened it and some assholes came through it and destroyed my first really good running play..

[@josephcongdon427]

With how defensive I play and how compact I normally am I wait till titans and then plant citadels on defensive areas and I normally don't have an issue with L gates

[@planetkc]

Opened it more than 5 times in different playthroughs, just grey tempest all the time

[@shamneo23]

dang it.. i opened it. let's just say "the odds were not in my favour". rip my 2 hour playthrough.. lol

[@icemanjr.5819]

*Opens L Gate* “I dont feel so good”

[@jaystrickland4151]

Opening the L gate and sending the grey goo swarms out is a viable strategy if you get cut off early game. It has big Putin energy to generate chaos you can take advantage of.

[@krane1155]

Unless the other gate is in your empire and it that case you’re role playing as the UNSC and watching your worlds get glassed and only winning with Wolfpacks

[@jtr7377]

Well, if it is in a multiplayer match, then yes. If not because you want to for the possible benefits, then do it to spite the others.

[@JonyTony2018]

Opened it a couple a weeks ago, L-Cluster was empty, had no need to fight anyone.

[@JakeA6956]

open it and purge everything inside even the children especially the children

[@Tallos404]

Everytime I've opened them I've gotten the grey tempest aka death by AI ignorance

[@anonymouskellog6157]

L-gate opens: random crew member of a science vessel "Captain there's dragons ahead" comms officer "Captain we're being contacted by a person calling himself grey, should we open a channel?" Captain who is overwhelmed "It's the Grey Tempest!!"

[@keulron2290]

Honestly never heard of house rules in multiplayer. Though, to be honest, I only play with my friends and our only rule is don’t get destroyed lol.

[@lukelemasters2354]

Always go for that sweet L-gate nothing ventured nothing gained after all

[@hinku1822]

I personally like to use the grey tempest to become galactic emperor

[@imperialexplorer3412]

I was going to open the L-Cluster but my federation got into a war so i decided to put it off incase of the gray tempest, then War in Heaven started and now I'm in charge of the federation that I was in and half the members left to join the Awakened Empires now I'm just considering opening it so if there is Grey Tempest they might attack both other sides to get me some breathing room

[@panmopsel]

Imagine nemesis crisis in l gate, you just cant do anything

[@SeyferX]

I wish I knew that earlier... Opened too early

[@Koko-fb6lu]

Why not? What could go wrong? More teritory is always good.

[@ItsRhaegal]

i found something called a Tannhäuser gate, idk what is it kinda scared

[@don8659]

Here ye be dragons

[@JonatasMonte]

You should make a video explaining blackjack, I'm curious now.

[@TheNavyShark]

When people ask me why did I open up the L-Gate so early in multiplayer, "Yeah, but did you die?"...oh wait they did.

[@tomato6178]

When you open the L-Cluster whilst the most powerful fleet in the galaxy is 15K

[@krane1155]

Bro it like Fighting as the UNSC

[@blitzkrieg8776]

I personally always open the L-Gates, but I hate the Gray Tempest.

[@cshackleford]

PRESS THE BUTTON, OPEN THE GATES.

[@olegoleg258]

Isn't it more of a question of whether or not it is worth it to open it? I'm already starved for engineering research and the amount you need to open it is rather massive. Without DLCs at least, because only 5000 energy for an insight? Heck yeah!

[@JonatanWallmander]

In a galaxy with fanatic purifiers in it DON'T OPEN IT

[@khorney202]

In my current game, I have all 7 of the L gate research's done and got a pop up about it. But nothing has happened since that and I am wondering if I have missed something

[@HoangAnh-jk9pl]

My L-Cluster has like 2 nanites and thats all

[@umar9860]

miss the times when he made good quality vids...

[@StarshadowMelody]

How can you miss the present? What are you doing, living in the past? I'm kidding, just because I like something doesn't mean someone else will.

[@JoshuaKevinPerry]

Always open it, Rush it in Multiplayer

[@Tomoose736]

Playing through Stellaris for the first time. Got the Grey Tempest event... But... It said that i was able to prevent the tempest from coming through the gate i activated (and i would be able to use the gate freely), the only other gate is in an opposing empire... I'm kind of thinking i should just let them roll through the other empire for awhile. I have plenty of firepower to take them down if/when they come for me. Any reason i should deal with them ASAP? Or just leave them alone to mess with my enemy while i poop through and conquer the L-cluster areas?

[@marconarvaez9871]

Not being able to play stellaris because steam guard is a nightmare.

[@peterpott2535]

What would happen if i am the only Spezies in the Univers (whip everyone out incl. Fallen empire) would the awaking empire still appere

[@shadowhunter0]

I always open it I had the tempest once and I kicked their ass

[@EvolutionWar]

ohh i just opened them and got a bigger empire with 14more strategic resources, which include better research speed, all weapons dmg+10%, better food output and a bunch more guess i was lucky then didnt get anything else xD

[@BluMacaw]

I just started 2000 star galaxy game on admiral difficulty. L-Gate run will be intense. I just hope I get good stuff.

[@qperci80]

Albert Jachowicz-Brzeziński is that a mod I thought 1000 was max?

[@dronewars7186]

Honestly I opened the L-Gate and got nothing just a empty system i was hoping for a crisis i was so bored i had leviathans ( a additional accension perk) and wanted to kick some ass was so dissapointed that i got nothing

[@robertwadsworth3411]

First time opening the gates and I got dragons

[@carlli5717]

open the L-Gates gets an *L* later

[@BiggsDarklighter22]

Reminding you to turn that off.