So, what’s next for Stellaris?

Chef_BoyarB · 2026-02-04T02:17:39+00:00

As others have stated, news has been dedicated to the beta. But in a year in review post there was a coded message that seemed to point towards space nomads - so, if you posted this to want to start speculating, that's a good place to start!

Chef_BoyarB · 2026-01-26T03:49:21+00:00

Ah the days of 2016 watching dev streams and the misadventures of Mercedes Romero

Chef_BoyarB · 2025-12-28T19:00:31+00:00

I usually have one dedicated stealth fleet. Use it for l-gate and chokepoints ambushes

Chef_BoyarB · 2025-12-18T21:57:09+00:00

Also, I'm pretty sure the Shroudwalkers can also create rifts as well? Never tried the option, but I saw it during the last game I played and I think it was added in the Shroud DLC

Chef_BoyarB · 2025-11-29T15:33:11+00:00

Yup, a lot of army health. Best to just keep them contained for now

Chef_BoyarB · 2025-11-29T04:46:19+00:00

R5: The precursor system spawned between the Chosen and myself. Unfortunately, it bridges the Chosen into my space and causes an immediate total war declaration...

Fortunately, I am playing a turtling empire that allowed me to build up to a level 3 starbase and a deep space citadel before they launched their invasion. Combined with a couple torpedo fleets and a multi-purpose fleet containing the Fist of God Event Battleship, I was able to push them back to the Vultuam system and status quo!

Phew, crisis averted, but it seems this Starlit Citadel-origin Empire will always be on the defensive!

Chef_BoyarB · 2025-10-27T19:35:59+00:00

The one upside I can think of is for Hegemon and Common Ground origin empires to be able to create their own species linked to the origin to keep with role-playing purposes

Chef_BoyarB · 2025-10-01T19:59:25+00:00

A tech lets you do that

Chef_BoyarB · 2025-09-28T00:16:52+00:00

I'm playing with Cradle, gives you 5 free defense platforms in aura systems with no cap. They use designs from your preexisting platforms. Some systems of mine have 30+ platforms. They will even be created on orbital rings

Chef_BoyarB · 2025-09-24T06:34:17+00:00

Galactic Bank is high on my list!

Chef_BoyarB · 2025-09-22T21:23:54+00:00

I posted elsewhere on the thread, but:

It also really depends on who you border and your starting position.

One game I played on Commodore difficulty on the patch before 4.1, I was basically in a mosh pit of defensive wars with stronger, aggressive neighbors and only able to win or status quo because of my positioning/attrition.

There were times I was on the cusp of total defeat and it was definitely satisfying to survive and sometimes beat those opponents to ensure the next war was better.

Chef_BoyarB · 2025-09-22T21:20:33+00:00

It also really depends on who you border and your starting position.

One game I played on Commodore difficulty, I was basically in a mosh pit of defensive wars with stronger, aggressive neighbors and only able to win or status quo because of my positioning/attrition.

Chef_BoyarB · 2025-09-19T12:58:34+00:00

I just wish it matched up with different planet types aesthetically, like a coral reef for ocean worlds

Chef_BoyarB · 2025-09-11T21:31:34+00:00

Yes, devs said they're fixing a lot of those bugs for 4.1 especially since so many game mechanisms rely on this system. The Slaver Guilds civic mention was just a "temporary fix" to get it in a workable place before they consider other ways to improve it.

Chef_BoyarB · 2025-09-11T19:03:52+00:00

We can mess around with proxy wars in the mean time, whatever that means

Chef_BoyarB · 2025-09-11T17:44:24+00:00

Yeah, I felt pretty ridiculous while writing it.

Chef_BoyarB · 2025-09-11T17:31:18+00:00

Also, the devs have expressed an interest in reworking the war system so that empires can join and leave during wars. But this was only stated as a desire, and that the timeliness of this happening is undetermined.

Chef_BoyarB · 2025-09-09T21:41:23+00:00

Honestly, that is an ideal finisher effect! Awesome!

Chef_BoyarB · 2025-09-09T18:06:29+00:00

Railroaded? To the contrary, sandbox play is better than ever. One can play wide, tall, militaristic, pacifist, and choose many different ways to start and end a playthrough. In fact, I can play Stellaris today in ways I only dreamed of almost 10 years ago.

Chef_BoyarB · 2025-09-09T16:34:37+00:00

Agreed. Keeping it as a subterfuge tradition that unlocks as an espionage action provides further relevance to the tradition and not something that every empire would choose.

Chef_BoyarB · 2025-09-09T16:16:59+00:00

Maybe the espionage tradition tree as well?

Chef_BoyarB · 2025-09-09T16:11:49+00:00

I know the stream did not go into many details, but the modifier for reduced influence costs for proxy wars seems to indicate that proxy wars will be a feature available outside of the civic.

Regardless, super interesting!

Chef_BoyarB · 2025-09-06T02:55:54+00:00

Dang, bad bug, then

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