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[IWishIWereSarah]

Fey dragons have been around far longer than HotS.

I think that's the point of every hero of HotS

[Descan]

For one thing, they were in Warcraft 3.

[Draignean]

For one thing, they were in Warcraft 3.

I'm going to beat someone to death with a monster manual II.

[Descan]

I didn't say they *started* in War3. They were in it though, and that predates HotS by 10 years or more. Stay your rage for actual idiots, you fuckin' nerd. <3

[Egan_BW]

Now I want to name a monster Manuel the second.

[Cruxador]

Now I want to name a monster Manuel the second.

Monster Manuel the Second, purveyor of fine beasts and abominations.

[EnigmaticHat]

I think the joke here is that Puck, a DOTA 2 character, used the Warcraft 3 character model for a fae dragon.

So the HoS character is a copyright friendly clone of a character that existed over a decade prior, and *that* character is heavily based on sound and art assets from the same company (but different team) than made HoS.  I guess blizzard came in to steal back a tiny slice of the genre they accidentally helped create.

Edit: WTF and this is the Stellaris thread, how did we get here

[Rolan7]

Spoiler: Off topic Blizzard nerdrage (click to show/hide)

I guess blizzard came in to steal back a tiny slice of the genre they accidentally helped create.

https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/04/10
Not to mention Starcraft/40K.  I don't have a point except that the irony would be pretty sweet...  If this was actually any sort of problem for Blizzard.  And yeah, it's not like they invented fairy dragons at all.

[Egan_BW]

tl;dr GWS created the MOBA and we can all blame them. Any questions?

[Dunamisdeos]

Spoiler: Off topic Blizzard nerdrage (click to show/hide)

I guess blizzard came in to steal back a tiny slice of the genre they accidentally helped create.

https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/04/10
Not to mention Starcraft/40K.  I don't have a point except that the irony would be pretty sweet...  If this was actually any sort of problem for Blizzard.  And yeah, it's not like they invented fairy dragons at all.

As a Games Workshop fan, this is one of my favorite strips from PA.

[Majestic7]

In a desperate attempt to purge friggin' fairy dragons and moba cancer, how about them War in heavens? Had any? I haven't had trigger yet, though I admit I often get bored of the game before reaching endgame.

[Il Palazzo]

After finally trying a democratic government, I'm trying to figure out what's the point of ever choosing a different one, providing you're not locked away by your ethics. It's basically a free 250 influence boost every 10 years.

[USEC_OFFICER]

Most people I've talked to (including myself) don't have much use for influence. It basically stays maxed for most of the game, except perhaps at the very end when you're spamming habitats everywhere. As such they'd prefer the various boosts from agendas instead of +2.0~ influence each month.

That's not to say that democracies are terrible or anything. Just that different stratigies and playstyles exist. Some of which look at +250 influence and think 'I could use something else'.

[Draignean]

Influence actually became really useful for me when I started experimenting with Sectors, and my wonderfully governors decided that 'I would like some minerals' meant 'Please tank the food economy'.

That's when I 'discovered' planetary scale edicts.

Also, drugging the shit out of the fanatic purifier race you just conquered is a valid strategy to discourage revolt.

Also, also, WHY CAN I NOT PURGE AND ENSLAVE THE PEOPLE I JUST CONQUERED AND THREW IN A SECTOR? WHY?!

[Descan]

Purging and slavery is on a species-wide scale. You have to click on the pop and click "Set Rights," or go to your species list (going thru the pop is faster, obviously.)

Unless you mean "Why can't I set the rights for this species to slavery?" in which case, read the tooltip, it'll tell you what is blocking your enslaving policy. Alien Abraham Lincoln and all that, what-what.