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[Urist McScoopbeard]

That is a pretty niche bug, though.

That's a classic kind of Paradox bug. I think all their games have weird conditions under which loading something will go horribly wrong.

[Majestic7]

In Sword of the Stars II pirates are actually NPCs but spawned by the Zuul. That is, they raid other factions commerce and, in the case of slaver, planets to sell slaves to the demon ferrets. The chances of pirate raids increases the closer you are to Zuul territory. Zuul starbases have further attachments that increase these raids while giving them more income from the proceedings.

I don't think the Zool-space-to-other-space-and-back pirate traffic is simulated in the game, just the percentage chances of the raid events firing and the raiders spawning. Regardless, it kind of makes sense. I think it would likewise make sense for certain kind of empires to project illegal power in same kind of manner. Stuff like fanatical purifier "renegades" raiding neighbors even while in peace etc.

Distant Worlds, of course, has fleshed out pirate factions which was nice, although the Phantom Pirates thing was just ridiculous. It was more of an end-game menace than a pirate faction though, they just use the same basic mechanics.

[Donuts]

That is a pretty niche bug, though.

That's a classic kind of Paradox bug. I think all their games have weird conditions under which loading something will go horribly wrong.

Every Paradox bug seems to be a really wonky bug, yeah.

stupidfallenempiresstealingmyvassalswiththeirhightechwordsargh

[Aklyon]

That is a pretty niche bug, though.

That's a classic kind of Paradox bug. I think all their games have weird conditions under which loading something will go horribly wrong.

Its still very niche, tho. Why would you play a game with no sound at all?

Also, as good of a point that hyperlanes-only thing is, hyperlanes are boring imo.

[IWishIWereSarah]

Why would you play a game with no sound at all?

Why would you need Sound in Stellaris ?
thee is a notification for everything that has a voice, and the other sounds (during battles) don't matter, because you quickly get battles with more than 100 ships.

[Aklyon]

Why would you play a game with no sound at all?

Why would you need Sound in Stellaris?

Because it might as well be a board game otherwise with how fast paradox games go, action-wise.

Also because speakers/headphones are not special equipment and lacking them on a system that will play games is the odd one out, not the typical.

[TempAcc]

Hyperlanes are kinda too limiting, IMO. If another empire blocks an important path, your only choice is to get them to open borders or go full murder on them, and are still not as fast as wormholes.

Anyway, here's a question: once you integrate a vassal into your empire, do you get all the tech they had researched before?

[USEC_OFFICER]

I believe that's the point of Hyperlane only maps. To force you to focus on choke points and opening up routes through other empires instead of jumping around wherever you want. It makes for a different type/style of game compared to the usual fare which can be pretty enjoyable. I've definitely tried it once or twice to spice things up before and liked it.

[IWishIWereSarah]

Anyway, here's a question: once you integrate a vassal into your empire, do you get all the tech they had researched before?

You don't get any immediate bonus, but I think you may get a little bonus if a vassal has researched the tech... or at least, I remember it like that in v1.0

Why would you need Sound in Stellaris?

Because it might as well be a board game otherwise with how fast paradox games go, action-wise.I really don't see what Sound has to do with that.

And also, it is a 4x. Of course, it's just a board game with more automatic systems

[IWishIWereSarah]

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[Chiefwaffles]

And also with sound, no?

[umiman]

Anyway, here's a question: once you integrate a vassal into your empire, do you get all the tech they had researched before?

You don't get any immediate bonus, but I think you may get a little bonus if a vassal has researched the tech... or at least, I remember it like that in v1.0

I think it's the other way around. And for protectorates.

[Donuts]

Protectorates get a tech bonus, but Domination has a tradition that gives tech sharing between you and subjects both ways.

[thvaz]

They should rewrite combat from scratch. There is nothing worthing to be saved as it is. Some ideas:

*It should get rid totally of the artificial cap of ships. The cap should be only the maintenance costs of the ships. Instead, we should have a fleet size cap, that could be increased by admirals skills and technology.
*This fleet size cap should a lot smaller than the current sizes of fleets. No more stacks of dooms.
*Ships, specially capital ships, should matter. They should rarely be destroyed in engagements and when they do it would be a great loss.

[Aklyon]

The caps make sense, if you look at it from how the rest of paradox's games have armies:

1. There is a force limit based on how big you are (in this case how many spaceports you have)
2. The ships cost maintenance anyway.
3. There is a problem with doomstacks
4. Sieges takes ages to finish and don't actually claim the territory for you until the end of the war.