STELLARIS FEDERATIONS IS A PERFECTLY BALANCED GAME WITH NO EXPLOITS - Federations Are OP

[@Valkmerr]

Imagine being so famous at breaking games that developper hires you to find exploit for them

[@KhymChanur]

Advertising *and* bug testing for the price of one! Such a good deal they couldn't pass it up.

[@sniptaclar5568]

Prob the smartest move for developers

[@TheHalo294]

yeah, sounds like a job, oh .... beta tester, the old fashioned payed ones, not paying customers :D

[@NavNav101]

​@@thespiffingbrit ah the British way

[@NWolfsson]

@@TheHalo294 Beta testing wasn't really regularly paid a job, iirc. Quality Assurance, though...

[@MaliceTheCommentator]

"we will give you early access if and only if you break it." You're a game tester my dude

[@petemadrona2252]

At least they have the balls to do what Bethesda should've done in the first place

[@tylermiller5904]

@@petemadrona2252 Yeah. At least they seemed to have kept their game-breaking fingers out of DOOM Eternal.

[@truefailure6359]

To be fair, making Spiff a game tester is actually a super smart move. Given his... Penchant for “finding” bugs.

[@MechaNoodle]

@@truefailure6359 and his larger net of influence makes it a lot easier to get games known to the public

[@ethancrabtree8647]

Audio engineer: How wet would you like the reverb? Spiff:Yes

[@ar-4775]

@@thespiffingbrit I think the reverb sounds nice

[@varlunmulland3992]

@@ar-4775 I don't. It makes me have to turn the volume way down.

[@fistfullofglass]

It does hide the speech impediment well.

[@ar-4775]

@@fistfullofglass but who asked?

[@Beastlee1]

It just sounds slightly sped up to me but it’s not a huge deal. I’m still entertained.

[@DezrathNLR]

"Every fleet in the galaxy is pathetic compared to ours" Rule Britannia intensifies

[@SwadianKnight101]

DezrathNLR pafetic*

[@justAguyDs]

@@SwadianKnight101 hafafafafafafahhhh

[@Twigs1836]

Britannia rules the void.

[@Gr3nadgr3gory]

*laughs in planetary Behemothcraft*

[@localman9063]

At least that would explain why most aliens in science fiction are able to speak English.

[@Pur1tas]

litterally 3 years into the game: BREXIT

[@derHutschi]

if they had Spiffa as prime minister it would be like 'rule brittania' for the whole world

[@blizzard9890]

Rule Britannia Britannia rules the waves Britons never never never will be slaves

[@ashkonketchup]

Lemme raise your like count to 500

[@genericperson5746]

So that explains why Brexit happened

[@mathdarven5634]

"So... Should we really give early access to Spiff ?" "If he does a video on Federations he will find exploit. Exploits we MAY be able to fix before releasing the DLC. So yes, we should."

[@EstrellaViajeViajero]

Probably not for 2.6, but for 2.6.1, it's a good bet.

[@everytimeifall]

Does he find them on his own tho?

[@bengrogan9710]

@@everytimeifall He has a discord set up of people helping him - Presumably a few of those are known bug finders in the industry

[@guidojacobs2002]

Oh, but don't forget, for every patched exploit, two more pop up.

[@KaneCold]

Well, Paradox put the three mountains achievement in EUIV so they can see if there are still some exploits in the game that players find. but then again ... it's paradox xD what about their games is balanced? Or exploit-free

[@FTT2002]

“We here at Spiffco value your democracy.” *-* *Emperor Spifftatine*

[@atocanboi409]

*i am the senatea*

[@kickthebukett5152]

I value democracy, i value the tea empire

[@eizendragon5141]

thats how democracy die, with tea and praise the Queen

[@NO122221]

Our opinion is very important for you

[@atocanboi409]

I HAVE BROUGHT PEACE, FREEDOM, JUSTICE, SECURITY AND TEA TO MY NEW EMPIRE

[@AtomicArtumas]

"So, what's this planet's role?" "They do paperwork." "...paperwork? The entire planet?" "Yep. It's all imported here and every single person that lives on this planet just constantly does paperwork."

[@nectarinn3]

The poor bastards xDD

[@jasonkeith2832]

I think the Vogons had a planet just like that under their control.

[@krivdik]

So like the holy terra in Warhammer,,endless armies of paper workers :D

[@Erreth-Baragh]

Welcome to Trantor.

[@bottasheimfe5750]

sounds like some worlds in Warhammer 40K. seriously, this isn't a particularly new idea

[@uberx2447]

My girlfriend got me this game yesterday and I managed to be so friendly with the entire galaxy that nobody wants to fight me, everyone approved for me to host the galactic market and now I wait to one day hopefully unify the galaxy against the eventually crisis/existential threat that may come. I also would like to mention I did this without attacking anyone.

[@tokii16]

Space Switzerland

[@rembrandtbonita8764]

I did the same thing man..except a certain bird species, I freakin hate them, I killed them all.

[@gaboratoria]

Being friends with everyone is so easy, i just get busy with my own stuff and lo and behold everyone seems to love me

[@GoPackGoBaby]

So you’re boring

[@uberx2447]

@@GoPackGoBaby i mean everyone enjoys their own gameplay. I personally love playing tall

[@StarboyXL9]

I'm just laughing at how, 25 minutes in, Spiff has discovered how our real-life diplomacy works.

[@andrews2509]

Joel Gawne 25 minutes in the video probably hours of real life

[@Sliverappl]

The bigger army diplomacy working its wonder

[@ftniceberg874]

Peace through superior firepower

[@Philip54622]

@@andrews2509 with 0.25 tech tradition cost as spiff plays on that is about 3 hours or gameplay

[@stormsurge1]

Exploits found -2 days after release. I think this is a new record.

[@guntere1004]

@@thespiffingbrit has to be World record

[@trolingface9533]

Have you never heard of Wolcen? That have to be a world record

[@gabekeeter6415]

@@thespiffingbrit or an exploited speed run

[@pauloandrade925]

@@thespiffingbrit So wait a second... YOU FOUND EXPLOITS 2 DAYD BEFORE THE EXPANSION FOR STELLARIS RELEASED??? SPIFF YOU ABSOLUTE MADLAD THATS A NEW RECORD RIGHT?

[@glasstuna]

@@thespiffingbrit I'd pay to see a summoning salt video on that

[@trygveplaustrum4634]

Paradox: "Keep your enemies close." Spiff: "All right, I made them both one system away from me! Are you happy, Daddy Paradox?"

[@michaelyordy1456]

That’s Papa Paradox, the alliteration makes it better.

[@Spinal232]

@@michaelyordy1456 Papi Paradox*

[@memeoususer2704]

No you must make their planets in your star system! Why you not understand its so eazy. Oh wait let them in your home so you will sure they close

[@James-xb7qc]

It kinda makes sense really. They get advertisement for their game, Spiffing Brit get a great new video and they also get informed about some bugs that need to be fixed. Win win win

[@igorthelight]

TRIPLEWIN! :-)

[@lucasmarchetti7442]

Win squared?

[@DreadBirate]

Lucas Marchetti Win Cubed

[@lucasmarchetti7442]

@@DreadBirate 👈 yes

[@amidamaru4414]

Win to the power of TEA!

[@StarboyXL9]

Spiff's Space Brits: *have Distinguished Admiralty* *Rule Britannia intensifies*

[@matthiuskoenig3378]

Rule Britannia! Britannia rule the void. Britons never, never, never shall be slaves.

[@speedybob9119]

@@matthiuskoenig3378 I still don't get why people refer to anglos as britons. The Britons are the welsh.

[@jaykilbourne1110]

@@speedybob9119 this

[@caspianhorlick4529]

@@speedybob9119 Aren't the Britons the progenitor Celtic tribe of the English though?

[@speedybob9119]

@@caspianhorlick4529 Yes, but just because you have some Briton in you doesn't make you briton. The english are way more Germanic than they are Britonnic.

[@azphelion]

“D is the best option” -Spiff 2020

[@KaneCold]

Spiff wants the D :) so glad somebody else pointed this comment out

[@Enderia2]

E: All of the above and more

[@atocanboi409]

@@robertcrawshaw9978 Tea-pose to assert dominance

[@NIKKO-nj9yo]

"D is the best option" Spiff - 2020

[@danielgloyd4529]

That's what I tell the wife every night.

[@ryanmann9842]

@@thespiffingbrit Sup my Gug

[@Didichat]

C'est approuvé, la meilleure réponse est la réponse D !

[@superstan1108]

@@thespiffingbrit D is the ONLY option

[@laughkick]

I mean, D is for Democracy, right? ...right???

[@julienarmand1473]

Quick reminder : a "pop" in Stellaris isn't a single person, but a group of several millions at the very least. So after callously betraying his sworn allies, Spiff slaughtered hundreds of thousands of civilians in orbital bombardments before imposing a totalitarian militaristic regime upon the survivors. If you listen closely enough, you can hear the developers frantically installing a "revolt" mechanic to punish such behavior. That, or perhaps a malus to reputation with every civ you encounter afterwards who learn of your bloodthirsty, treacherous ways.

[@kabobawsome]

There already is a revolt mechanic. And general unrest is represented by a HEAVY drop in production when stability is low.

[@xaina222]

someone told me 1 pop = 1 billion

[@Maddinhpws]

@@xaina222 That is the general assumption as it fits for the amount of people that are on a planet.

[@strangerakari2836]

@@Maddinhpws 40+ billions on one planet and they are thriving? We're not even at 8 and we already at the "prelude to the end" part.

[@robertagren9360]

Nobody knows!

[@robertpowell8309]

Palpatine: "Iam the Senate" Spiff: "Hold my tea"

[@Ake-TL]

Robert Powell Spiff: I’m whole fucking state

[@alexanderzhmurov9624]

Spiff, the essence of being British, being British with extra steps Also Spiff: hold my tea, but I'll make you pay for it later, oh and yes, I meant that literally $~$

[@Ildun]

Palpatine: It's teason then.

[@grihoriko8800]

@anakin skywalker knowing spiff it would be order 69 lol

[@PhantomSavage]

Sir, your flag is British.. But your governing style is American. "Well of course I have the biggest military, I'm the good guy. Now do what I say."

[@TheRevDel]

Hey, the British did that before the Americans... the Romans did it before the British, of course.

[@dragonboyjgh]

not to mention colonizing allegedly allied minor nations and committing warcrimes by attacking citizens.

[@caspianhorlick4529]

Who do you think the U.S. learned it from? Like father like son

[@SteveSmith-ty8ko]

@@caspianhorlick4529 England is a lady, my good sir. We learned it from our single mama England.

[@nathanjora7627]

@@SteveSmith-ty8ko Would that make France the dad ? Though our emblem is the Marianne, so technically I guess the US is the progeny of a lesbian couple with anger issues ?

[@dragonarmy4208]

He’s literally just role playing as Space England.

[@TheFuri0uswc]

In order to ensure our security and continuing stability, the federation will be reorganized into the first Galactic Sipffco Empire, for a safe, secure, and tea-filled society, which I assure you will last for ten thousand years. credit to joel gawne or "for a safe, secure, and tea-filled society"

[@caspianhorlick4529]

Once more the tea will rule the galaxy! And then, we shall have peace

[@theoriginalchefboyardee1740]

I have brought peace, justice, and tea to my new I-can’t-believe-it’s-not-a-totalitarian-dictatorship

[@StarboyXL9]

"for a safe, secure, and tea-filled society." Fixed it.

[@cameronmcallister7606]

"This federation has unified!" *Intense protests outside are just barely audible* "As per our royal decree, any and all revolts are now determined to be... illegal" *Gunfire*

[@opkota1866]

I'm actually kind of happy how the devs of stellaris sponsored him to find exploits. RIP those exploits though.

[@tenacity25]

Gestalt hegemon start is already in the grave

[@pagatryx5451]

Paradox don't fix issues, they make em. (a salty Hearts of Iron 4 player)

[@Hanja45]

Pagatryx Fix the balance of the great powers? Oh, so you mean add another civil war faction to Spain?

[@tenacity25]

@@pagatryx5451 Different games, different dev teams, same company.

[@TheArklyte]

@@Hanja45 well, new reworked focus trees for Italy and USSR are worth separate DLCs for each in eyes of Paradox. And I'm not going to say they're wrong as those are two last big ones people wait for. All that is left is add regional focus trees akin to chinese shared one to South America(and ability to disable them completly) and Middle East and we're golden. There's basically no more possible non-alternate history content left to add. So they'd milk those two dry because people will buy them. Stellaris however is a complete content sink. There is no limit apart from engine and copyright ones to the amount of content that can be added. So it's not the same. I hope they'd focus on Imperator more though to justify its existence. As well as developement of CK3.

[@gso619]

You say "sponsored", but I'm pretty sure they just outsourced their QA to you.

[@aturchomicz821]

huh

[@vulturearmy3780]

atur chomicz He’s saying that Paradox is using Spiff as their “Quality Assurance” by him finding bugs and exploits in the games that they can later patch

[@primeaulife2857]

Honestly

[@giarnovanzeijl399]

While also boosting their publicity. Seems about right.

[@nekogod]

Basically yeah, for the cost of a game key, they get a couple hundred thousand views and get to patch/balance any exploits he finds. Not too bad an investment.

[@Thanzychen]

another even more broken exploit for federations: starting as a ring-world and immediately start to build science-districts. Try to fill them with people and in 2300 you have 9 times more science output than the ai

[@madchad]

Or hivemind with tree of life and just spam farmers and synapse drones.

[@libernihilus]

yes, but i noticed that all the seemingly "overpowered" starts require a specific approach. Shattered Ring has some mineral problems; the Interloper site they give you to mine is just not enough to maintain it. With Hegemon, it's easy to be overtaken as President early on, and while you're playing catch up the new president removes their term limits. Then you waste a lot of the early to mid game seceding and re-conquering them as vassals like our boy here didn't waste any time doing. The only easy-mode start that doesn't seem to have too many drawbacks is Scion, until it's time to throw off the yoke- but you can easily deal with everyone else first and then go after your Paragon FE or hope things go wrong for them in the endgame

[@tianamaycry]

Only 9 times? Rookie numbers.

[@Kalandor]

Every other game dev: *hires game tester* This company: *sponsors Spiff to break their game*

[@j2dragon109]

Ákos Rohovszky Paradox

[@Santisima_Trinidad]

Paradox interactive HQ: "hey, guys, guys guys guys guys guys. I've gotten an idea. What if, Rather than playtesting the new DLC, we hire a guy to playtest it for us. But. But. The guy is actively trying to break the game for personal gain on KZbin"

[@AncientSlugThrower]

Paradox gets a great double whammy this way. Promotion for their product on a popular KZbin channel and some Quality Assurance testing. This is one of those rare situations where everyone wins.

[@chadfife3265]

@@thespiffingbrit can you do a battletech vid

[@australianword3812]

Don't forget more Yorkshire Tea!

[@ShadowWolfRising]

@@thespiffingbrit Like they said, EVERYONE wins.

[@Chroniclerope]

The Spiffing Brit I think this is Paradox: The Spiffing Brit is perfectly balanced.

[@BurningFyre]

Probably more money than they pay the QAs anyways

[@crimson8590]

this is actually really smart. Give someone who excels at finding exploits early access to find any last-minute kinks to work out

[@keithsvenson568]

seriously. it's rare that devs are smart enough to do something like this. always give a key to someone's who has made it their goal in life to break games for a living.

[@l3tk1ll]

2sec in the video* I thought the same XD

[@Zarala2010]

Except for this time Spiffing didn't actually break the game. He used the game mechanics and beat it legitimately. He just fleet-rushed the competition and literally flexed the rest of the galaxy into submission. Flawless. :D

[@thnecromaniac]

@@keithsvenson568 well, paradox is aware of the KZbinrs that are there fans, so I think it's more just a fun coincidence 🙃

[@keithsvenson568]

@@Zarala2010 bah. same difference. :P

[@sleepwalking117]

This is the first time I'm having tea while watching spiff. Cheers from America. :)

[@Pcr12]

"D is the best option" -Spiff, 2020

[@alemutasa6189]

"You were the Chosen One! It was said that you would destroy the developers, not join them!"

[@SamuelRHernandez]

Bring imbalance to the game, not leave it in lightness!

[@averongodoffire8098]

@Charles Calvin I was your subscriber Spiffing Brit... I loved you...

[@jmand6730]

Me (who has played this game since release): “I didn’t even think of killing the federation members”

[@cameronmcallister7606]

I used feds as a way to limit growth, so I could later annex them quicker. As in a federation everyone had to vote for war decs, I just uplifted majority pacifist primitives, released, then added to my federation, tilting the votes away from war. I would also claim all of the good systems anywhere they were available.

[@ObligedUniform]

@@cameronmcallister7606 Sounds like you had a lot of peace, freedom, justice and security for that empire ;)

[@heronofalexandria91]

Meanwhile in the stomach of the Horror from the void. “Dr. Livingston, I presume.”

[@melfice999]

Turns out Exile was Livingston all along.

[@mal2ksc]

"What is your full name, Doctor Presume?"

[@inordirectional]

I think playing on Ensign is apparently exploit. I played my first game completely blind, ironman, and ended with 10x the score of any other empire, just basically fast-forwarding the last 1/3rd of the game waiting for it to end

[@АртемШаламов-и9и]

Yeah. The difficulty basically delays the moment when you can just fly around the galaxy and beat the shit out of everyone. Higher the difficulty, the more you suffer before they will, but after you reach that crucial point, it’s over. But i gotta admit, when playing admiral+ and if you are using some mods for AI etc, it can find a way to comeback with crisis and stuff, that’s why i love stellaris :) jesus i focken hate and love grand admiral early game, what a pain in the ass

[@Philip54622]

I suppose we've all gotta start easy

[@JamesMadisonsSpiritAnimal]

Galactic ((Tribe simulator))

[@JoshSweetvale]

Even better than this strat: Stay in the Federation, but *kick out one guy.* You and your surviving ally can expand in different directions after ganging up on the exile and eating his civ. After that, it's time to Befriend the galaxy, Nanhoa-style. FIRE THE FRIENDSHIP LASERS! Once a quarter or the galaxy is under your mafioso Hegemony, you can start taking over the Galactic U.N.

[@damonedrington3453]

Just stop both from expanding, kick one out, then when you conquer that one just leave the federation and conquer the other one. If you do it right you can get three worlds in 10 years that would take decades to develop to that level normally

[@JoshSweetvale]

@@damonedrington3453 Except I want to keep the federation.

[@damonedrington3453]

@@JoshSweetvale In that case keep the federation until you add another member. If you invade some primitive you can release the planet as a vassal and then once you have max opinion, give it independence and invite it to the federation.

[@JoshSweetvale]

@@damonedrington3453 Sucking eggs, you say?

[@ilovespongebob7840]

@@damonedrington3453 just trap one if you can,if you cant trap other one kick and kill them,than keep other member so you get bonuses of hegemon

[@jiralishu]

In the words of Nicol Bolas: "This is what glory looks like!"

[@dementiamaster2]

Bolas has so many nice quotes

[@pluubooruu]

@@dementiamaster2 Too bad he's been defeated.

[@LordDivine1]

@@pluubooruu A f*ckin Dragon God is never defeated. All hail Nicol Bolas ;)

[@PhazonOmega]

"I outsmarted you EONS AGO!" ~Spiffing Brit, played by Nicol Bolas, probably

[@LordDivine1]

@@PhazonOmega Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[@theunforgiven9386]

"Their lands will soon belong to us. The last thing you actually want to do is be friends with them." Only a true Brit would say that.

[@unlimitedsupply8062]

The Unforgiven o

[@CathakLinari]

"D is the Best Option" Wise words from our god emperor

[@hayokamikaze5896]

Being a beta tester is perfectly balanced with no exploits

[@darkquaesar2460]

imagine being severally beaten by someone screaming "BE MY FRIEND" as they beat you

[@zeth222snowformer]

Paradox: hey wanna get money to break our game? Spiff: what kind of question is that

[@vapomaster6967]

Operation Backstab-a-roonie! Spiffing Bri: You know, I'm something of a italian myself.

[@tenacity25]

He just had a bowl of spaghetti before this video.

[@vapomaster6967]

@@tenacity25 Noice. I ate a bowl of spaghetti to it.

[@Anankin12]

So he's quarantined with us then

[@RAFMnBgaming]

It's only Spiffing Bri if it's from the Brie region of france, otherwise it's just Sparkling Tea Boi.

[@gabrielclark1425]

"What will you give me to make a video about your game?" "A free copy of the new DLC, early access to said DLC, and a guarantee that your video won't be ever be copyright claimed... and money, I guess."

[@sugoistalin7809]

"... No tea?"

[@smogdanoff7053]

CLARKSON!

[@PhazonOmega]

26:45 "When the armada they was commanding" is a phrase that includes a typo. The developers may want to know. Because the most important thing in developing a good game is obviously a tiny typo, and not the mechanics, gameplay, or story.

[@coconutmuncher]

For a KZbinr that starts with Stellaris narration videos in the early days, you must be a proud Brit

[@thepolishdestroyeroprpioru9164]

For the authentic English experience just call the two neighbouring empires "Scotland" and "Wales"

[@Damo2690]

But theyre brits too...

[@BeedrillYanyan]

@@Damo2690 that's why he said "English"

[@matthiuskoenig3378]

Wales is the anglo-saxon word for xeno

[@Blaze-mt4ij]

27:05 "not even the crisis can stop us" the end of the cycle. Sorry for my insubordination Dr. Pope. Sir. Spiff

[@hobnails]

Unless the buffed it in Federation, even if you give thousands of pops to end of the cycle, it's pitifully weak. A tiny fleet can defeat the "end game crisis". The only cool thing, is you can trigger it in multiplayer, but the chances of getting it are utterly insignificant.

[@NWolfsson]

Spiff: This is a sponsor video! Me: Oh great he's still sponsored by.. Spiff: The developers... Me: Oh, guess Yorkshire Tea is still struggling with the false claims

[@gizmothepiefaceman3062]

NeRethil Wolfsson what false claims???

[@NWolfsson]

@@gizmothepiefaceman3062 Some people dare pretend Yorkshire Tea doesn't have the miraculous property Spiff advertize, would you believe that? (To further develop, it was intended as a joke)

[@joelhaggis5054]

Spiff is like the physical embodiment of British Colonialism

[@lordwarlockthangwrath8662]

And tea...

[@neko6803]

oh boy - spiff you wouldnt believe whats going on in v3.1 (Lem) and im sure you would love it... free alloys printed from thin air without any problems to you (as long as you are a machine-empire for example)

[@hinty6424]

Spiff: This is our governor Big Steve. Tough on Crime, High on Drugs. Me: Ah. A Conservative.

[@thanquolrattenherz9665]

sounds like elizabeth warren to me

[@onebigfatguy]

Or if your watching the people running California/New York. Soft on Crime, Also High on Drugs.

[@slimjim4028]

@@onebigfatguy probably soft of their dealers lol. But honestly In my opinion (as a pretty uneducated guy in his twenties) I really think that America's department of justice is unusually harsh when handing out verdicts.

[@onebigfatguy]

@@slimjim4028 Frankly as someone who's had more then one family member die due to drug overdose I don't think we are nearly hard enough on illicit drug-makers and dealers, I say we do like the Philippines and shoot all of them when caught.

[@cameronmcallister7606]

I bet he runs through agricultural fields, the monster!

[@pauloandrade925]

So let me get this straight... Paradox "hired" you to Advertise their game AND SO THEY CAN FIX IT AND BALANCE IT AT THE SAME TIME????? Those are the Smartest Devs I've even seen.... 20000000 IQ. How did they do it you ask? Just the price of 100000 Yorkshire tea bags. A good bargain im sure.

[@TheSykoRC]

the voice sounds so strange... I think its not the spiffing brit, its his evil coffee drinking twin.

[@svilenninov9657]

It sounds like his voice recoding was pitched up during production, idk why he did that. His regular voice sound much better.

[@CottidaeSEA]

@@svilenninov9657 It's because he's in the process of moving and recorded it in the kitchen.

[@DFAnton]

Glad someone else noticed. Thought I was going insane.

[@ryomaanime4563]

spiff isn't the evil one?

[@j.1668]

No, Aspec sounds completely different.

[@stephenmcorby]

This is the first video I've ever seen by you and it was a total rollercoaster. I loved every minute!

[@user-rm3qj9mb2b]

24:29 Palpatine: "I AM THE SENATE"

[@NWolfsson]

Spiff: Now, we have two glorious allies to start with... Me: Oh dear he is gonna go Thanksgiving on them, isn't he? Spiff: *Doesn't disappoint. The Spiff never disappoints.*

[@GwenThePeN]

Dude my freind plays this game all the time, I can’t wait to play with him and cheese him a whole bunch

[@cianbarry9207]

He will appreciate it

[@margaritakouzi5630]

By the time the update is out, the bug would probably have actually been fixed because, well, the devs WILL be looking at the video they payed to have been made.

[@GwenThePeN]

The Spiffing Brit exactly, I just recently got the game, it’s also my first grand strategy game, he won’t even know what hit him

[@GwenThePeN]

ThatOne User I just had a massive facepalm, I forgot the update wasn’t out yet

[@conq1273]

How delightfully eeeviiiillll

[@Eli_Kennemer]

"Spiff - Your gonna do it anyways; so just let us get a lil jumpstart, k?" - Love, Paradox Stellaris QA Team

[@Cynane27]

I lost entire weeks in a row to this game once I got into it. Really addicting, be cautious anyone that reads this.

[@Illuminatiman44]

So true

[@CiaranMaxwell]

The same is true with their previous game, Sins of a Solar Empire. I'm still losing months to this game.

[@jylehansen2758]

I wish I had read this 3 weeks ago

[@johnspartan317]

Too late, as I'm writing this it's 5am, I go to work at 5:30am and I spent the last 16 hours playing nonstop without sleep....

[@alexneff]

I vote that when earth gets invaded by aliens we have spiff as our strategic Commander ... Hell , we should just elect him emperor now

[@MrTyroT]

Spiff: "We are the most powerful being in the galaxy" Me seeing Overwhelming on Fallen Empire: "Well you could do better Spiff" by the way I love your videos they are great

[@GreigerBDragon]

I have not played stellaris is a long while but last I played fallen empires always list as overwhelming even when they are decidedly...not.

[@MrTyroT]

@@GreigerBDragon nah last i check it is possible but you need like 500k fleet power

[@lemeres2478]

17:30 Big Steve is so righteous because all of the drugs make him chill.

[@senilevideoenjoyer]

He is sacrificing himself he does all the drugs in the system so that no one can use them anymore

[@chrisstanton70]

is this really an exploit though? it just seems like a smart strategy to me :D

[@deepvoid2871]

ikr

[@zeliousNA1]

It’s not even a particularly powerful strategy too honestly

[@trucmoi9499]

I mean, playing with the default settings is an exploit at this rate ... The default settings are there for people that don't know the game or just want to roleplay .... Early invasion has always been a strategy, and the origin only makes it a bit easier. Finally it is poorly executed with not enough armies to do it without bombardments :-(

[@jessicantina]

The exploit is "Play on Ensign"

[@synergyjohn]

It's considered an exploit as you're not really meant to start with a federation only to immediately make them build tall so you can invade them a year later

[@anothga]

*"As we all know, D is the best option."* - the Spiffing Brit, 2020

[@baconknightproductions8297]

Truer words have not been spoken

[@5Davideo]

What I like best about this is this isn't even an exploit! Backstabbing your frenemies is a perfectly legitimate strategy. Everything done here is above-board and working as designed.

[@AncientSlugThrower]

8:49 Launching simultaneous invasions on two fronts? What an absolute mad lad.

[@fizzyvods235]

Before the injection of tea into the brain stem, and a lovely hot cup of tea: “Dam I like this coffee” After the tea: “We must irradiate all coffee traitors of the Grand British Empire. For the tea! And I guess the Queen as well as she exist, but.... TEEEEEEEEAAAAAA!”

[@trygveplaustrum4634]

The minute pause at the end is just symbolism of how the Spiffing Brit leaves no games, or galaxies, unbroken in his glorious wake.

[@entropic-decay]

i love how the science system is basically exponential until you reach the point where it's all repeatable techs so if you get an early lead in science production youve basically already won

[@Mustafa_AhmedPGH]

So, Spiff basically became the Star Wars equivalent of America in the Galactic UN. Perfectly balanced.

[@MalleusSemperVictor]

This sounds like you recorded this in your kitchen. I can tell from the sound waves bouncing off the kettle.

[@nigredoooalgown6245]

I can tell from the description. :O

[@cameronmcallister7606]

*kettles

[@ihavn0frinds505]

Spiff: “I AM THE SENATE!”

[@Yagami913]

Spiff used the origin not the intended way what is cool and all, but this is not much more op then simply rush your two neighbors or in the other end of the spectrum ignore the navy and colonize 10-15 planets as gestalt as fast as possible. Cool strat but not an exploit.

[@EstrellaViajeViajero]

Still, they could patch this origin by making it impossible to break the federation for the first 15 years or so.

[@Corbald]

Kinda what I was thinking... Any Driven Assimilator would outclass this 'exploit' in less time via consuming the two closest neighbors anyway... Hive minds can out-populate it in just as short a time, and honestly, If you don't have a 30k+ lead on the AI in _whatever game you're playing,_ you're a bad Human. Still, I always love the _approach_ he has to just playing well, like it's some _arcane secret_ to be good at logi-sploiting a game!

[@Meta-Drew]

I feel like 90% of this video was him just min-maxing and playing exactly how devs intended but eh.

[@fsfx]

yes, and this is not an exploit. its just a strategy with lots of downsides and risks. the comments are as ridiculous as the stock image usage within the video

[@malcomchase9777]

@@fsfx The exploit is spawning two lesser AI that you can box in and steal everything from at the start. Instead of having to explore and spread thin, you have two starting worlds right next to you and very little space for them to grow and put up a fight.

[@fsfx]

@@malcomchase9777 the boxing in is pure RNG. you can end up boxed in by your federation members

[@malcomchase9777]

@@fsfx I'm pretty sure it's made in such a way that you always have a path to move out, so it's only a matter of going there before the AI does.

[@fsfx]

@@malcomchase9777 it is not. its pure rng. also your federation members are not inferior. depending on your difficulty they are may even be superior in the early game. did you even play the game?

[@jimmyneutron9976]

Mace Windu, "the senet will decide your fate.". spiff "I am the senet.". Mace Windu, "oh **** he is!"

[@jaeusa160]

@1:35 "As we all know, D is the best option." - The Spiffing Brit, 15 March 2020

[@jaeusa160]

@24:30 "I *am* the entire bloody Senate!"

[@nameless5413]

i like to imagine that in this universe's reality when dimensional portal to evil realm opens and unleashes some lovecraftian monstrosity EVERYONE but spiff's forces runs away. Spiff's forces attempt to invade said alternative reality because, its there, they have to have some for of exotic tea and they need to learn about worshiping their soon to be god Spiff.

[@matijn2492]

*Paradox releases dlc* Spiffing brit: EXPLOIT TIME

[@dalton191]

Brit we miss stellaris videos Bring them back pleeeasssee just once

[@EnjoyCocaColaLight]

This was beautiful. I haven't played Stellaris for a few months, but now I want to give it a go again. Thanks, Spiff.

[@jaw7961]

What company would trust spiff with a game key they will never learn.

[@lavaleader3455]

They got both an advertisement and a play tester for the price of one. Money well spent I say.

[@margaritakouzi5630]

Actually, giving spiff an early key is litteraly game testing. Since it's an early key, by the time it's actually released the devs would have seen the video, and fixed the exploits.

[@margaritakouzi5630]

So yeah.

[@Noobie2k7]

@@margaritakouzi5630 Exactly, it's genius. Give Spiff a key long before the games going to be released so you can just watch the video and fix any exploits he points out. Most games i've been in early access for or gotten closed beta/alpha keys for back when i was a game tester they literally tell you to try to go out of your way to break the game as much as you can. That's the point. Though it seems the term 'beta test' or 'early access' has lost almost all of it's original meaning to the majority of gamers and game companies these days.

[@samuelpumphrey8220]

You can also kick one of them from the federation before you leave, making the two fight separately

[@bigdave3991]

Spiff:"make infinate Palpatine references..we value your democracy" Me:"I love democracy...".

[@MagiconIce]

Btw, does anyone else hear Queen's "One Vision"-Song in Mind, when you see the One Vision-Ascendancy Perk ingame?

[@ReklamK]

Ah, the Spiffing Brit, jumping into the middle of your system when you least expect it.

[@pauljasper689]

"and as we all know D is the best option" -The Spiffing Brit

[@Obsidianen]

Just finished watching the multiplayer stream: Well played Spiff. Well played!

[@TheCurlsCrazy]

Is there a link to it?

[@Obsidianen]

@@TheCurlsCrazy Go to ASpec's channel. He has both days uploaded^^

[@sniptaclar5568]

Obsidianflame random but nice solo leveling pic. Still creepy

[@sqocks8254]

Same 😅

[@jowsey]

Damn, I was planning on picking this up sometime this week, good to know I'll be going into a perfectly balanced game with no exploits!

[@Whitepine227]

Wait for sale

[@gizmothepiefaceman3062]

This is a strangely worded sentence...

[@JacobBe5]

0:30 I love the developers attitude

[@HoxtonLive]

Spiffing Brit: We're sending a bunch of Brits to colonize a lovely glorious Gaia world Wenkwort Artem caretaker 7k fleet: A Challenger AT LAST...

[@fabioruiz9987]

perfect timing

[@bman7346]

I check notifications right as it came out

[@trouty7947]

@@thespiffingbrit I've usually just finished one before one of your videos gets recommended lol. It's a vicious tea cycle, especially when the shops keep running out of tea round here!

[@tinysaint1055]

“D is the best option” -spiffing brit taken out of context

[@lemiru]

0:10 Well, that sounds like a beta tester with extra steps

[@rendomstranger8698]

The Spiffing Brit is a perfectly balanced channel with no exploits (except bug testing and advertising for the price of a sponsored video). I really hope that more devs chose to sponsor you this way. It benefits you and probably saves them a bit of money.

[@GabeTC99]

I discovered your channel a few weeks ago and now I've ordered bucket loads of Yorkshire tea WHAT HAVE YOU DONE

[@ianoxenham4219]

15:03: Supreme Tea Emperor Spiff is the head of the "Obedience, Loyalty, and Duty Vanguard" political party. I feel like the game got Spiff's probable choice of political parties down to a Tea.

[@HrabCOrp]

Spiff: 08:31 "We are ready to execute Operation..." Me: "Cleanup" *~Buy n Large*

[@trygveplaustrum4634]

Hey, Spiff, what difficulty are you playing on? I have a feeling this won't work on Commodore levels or higher.

[@covovker]

Yep. When he says "fleet up to 2k strength which is absolutely ridiculous at this point of the game" at yr 25 clearly indicates he has never played grand admiral. So one can still exploit this hegemony stuff if going all out crazy military (I believe stefan annon had some early Grand Admiral wars on his channel), but its not as easy as it is presented here. To be fair, his videos are more about fun and entertainment rather than being actual gaming pro tips, so, no surprise here.

[@Crimsonfangg]

Yeah he's definitely at mid-lower difficulty. He has 80 ships at the 130 year marker and I'm like "I usually have 400-500 at that point." The basis of the strategy is fine - quickly conquer a civ or 2 to get a significant advantage, but you can do that better with Devourers or Exterminators imo. Plus I'd like a little distance between me and the other civs so I can gobble up their land and not have to invest so much influence into building the outposts. I'd rather see a more DLC-centric exploit that makes his federation fleet ridiculous or allows him to easily strong arm other civs into joining or doing his bidding.

[@impromptu_ninja]

Had to dig through the comment chaff to find the one that makes a legitimate appraisal of the findings...

[@Crimsonfangg]

@@impromptu_ninja That's usually how his videos go. He's done many great ones, but there's certainly some flops too.

[@brianvieane3907]

Idk even on Grand admiral I think the game is still fairly unchallenging, the ai tends to be more competitive with fleet size but if you gain an advantage/break a rival empire you are pretty much top dog in your area/whole galaxy. Then you essentially listen to your brain deteriorating while you micro economy for a while between wars.

[@danystar1237]

Iced tea is best tea, fight me

[@QsPracticalNonsense]

Wow absolutely ruthless. Loved it, well done!