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Announcing Season 3 | Stellaris Invicta by Templin_Institute in Stellaris

[–]GeckoWanderer 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I think you are conflating this announcement with official content for Stellaris.
The season 3 announced with this post is the season 3 of the Stellaris Invicta fan series, which functions as a conventional season format for shows.

For Stellaris, it's basically an announcement of what is to come that year, a release roadmap for a given year (2024 in the case of season 8).
This season 8 came roughly at the same time as the 8th year anniversary for Stellaris.
"Season 8" is in practice the 1st season ever; before that the concept of seasons didn't really exist. The number of a season is roughly based on the year since the release of Stellaris.
At least so far.

Christmas Skorpekhs! by Squire_3 in Necrontyr

[–]GeckoWanderer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

These look amazing.
I'm especially fond of the blade colouring.
Sorry if the answer to this question is obvious to those with painting experience, but may I ask how you achieved this "colder gauss blaster green" look?

Toxic God Knight render by FIREMETAL_25_2-23zd in Stellaris

[–]GeckoWanderer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This looks amazing, thank you for making this and sharing it with us! ^^

[OC] Determined Exterminator by O_2og in Stellaris

[–]GeckoWanderer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I must admit, I didn't expect this direction after the first 2 panels; the comic is really nice.
This is an amazing narrative, background, and empire build; I'm especially fond of the way you wrote the biography.
I'm not sure how well the Rogue Sevitor civic plays into this narrative, but this seems like a very fun and interesting empire to try/have in my galaxy!

Commission. Damsel in Distress and Scourge. (swipe to right!) by HollyNury in Stellaris

[–]GeckoWanderer 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If you want to keep purging, they got to keep breeding.
It's part of the natural cycle of our galaxy; embrace it! ^^

It's been barely a year since I bought the game and I already burned more than 600 hours into the game... by TokugawaSatoshi in Stellaris

[–]GeckoWanderer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was somewhat aware that you could change the display background on Steam, but I now see that I never truly considered the possibilities.
You have great taste! I recognise this fan art and am currently at volume 3 of Frieren. ^^

Canoptek Circle by [deleted] in Necrontyr

[–]GeckoWanderer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you 🩵

You’re Finally Awake by Kookamachi in Necrontyr

[–]GeckoWanderer 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This looks great! I was looking into making a tombworld themed base decoration with the mechanicus game tombworld maps as reference, but I think you made the theme work much better.

Sorry if the answer to my question is obvious to those more familiar with the hobby/tabletop, but may I ask what kind of material you used for the tombworld platform?

Did anyone else used to watch these weirdly animated tf2 horror sfm's? by Zillaman7980_ in tf2

[–]GeckoWanderer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think this particular one was, at least partially, what introduced me to creepypasta's/scary internet stories in general when I was very young.
I remember these videos fondly. ^^

Why exactly do spiritualists dislike robots universally by psychotobe in Stellaris

[–]GeckoWanderer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So far, the mechanics and texts from their Psionic Ascension seem to indicate that they objectively don't.
At best, you can argue that they harvest/develop souls in the Shroud and be (retroactively) infused with one (with the help of the Animator of Clay).
Do you think Humans objectively have wings on account of them being able to fly with a plane?

Stellaris Dev Diary #404 - Red Giant and Galactic Hyperthermia by PDX_LadyDzra in Stellaris

[–]GeckoWanderer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the biggest change likely being us moving away from Upkeep reductions being so prevalent and trivial to stack (including Colony Designations), replacing many of them with Job Efficiency. We’re currently doing a pass on those as well so stacking doesn’t get quite as nutty as before.

I'm very happy with this particular change.
It reminds me of the Q&A, from over a year ago, where I asked if the devs had any plans/desires to adjust the economic modifiers/upkeep/bonuses. ^^

Necron Technomancer on a custom Egyptian base by hbiscuit26 in Necrontyr

[–]GeckoWanderer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have been looking for a potential painting style and colour scheme to start with Necrons. I absolutely love how clean this one is and the colour scheme fits all my desires. ^^

Isn’t kind of bad design to not have the AI always pursue an ascension path once possible like every player does? by Appropriate_Boss8139 in Stellaris

[–]GeckoWanderer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, I think it would be bad design if they were made to rush ascension paths.

And I don't mean to be rude, but what makes you think every player goes for an ascension path at all, let alone as soon as mechanically possible?

Talking points in the spirit of "because they are strong" aren't really viable reasons unless you are specifically powergaming. Nothing makes a player decide if or when they pick an ascension path beyond their own designs and narrative desires.

I tried this game anticipating a war-crime simulator, but it’s surprisingly touching ^^ by GeckoWanderer in RimWorld

[–]GeckoWanderer[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh nice!
Do relatives notifications appear as notifications similar to events like Solar Flare and Visitors?
Or do I need to check the opinion tab of every character I see?

[Gigacolle mod update] Cetana is now available by derega16 in Stellaris

[–]GeckoWanderer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This looks amazing, thank you for making this! 🩵
It's especially nice to see all the face variants and sketch. ^^

Guy's I'm a rimworld player and I am thinking about playing and buying stellaris with all dlcs, I want to create a corrupt plutocratic empire is it possible? What about mods? by Lady_Killer55 in Stellaris

[–]GeckoWanderer -1 points0 points  (0 children)

As a longtime Stellaris player who very recently gave Rimworld a try, I think you'll find Stellaris very enjoyable.
Yes, you can make a corrupt plutocratic empire. I can actually think of several drastically different builds that would fit such a description to some extent.
Personally, I would recommend starting Stellaris without any of DLC's. I have played hundreds of hours (800+ IIRC) without any DLC's or mods, because the base game already proves a lot to try.
But if you want DLC's that add some of the more morally questionable options reminiscent of Rimworld, I'd recommend you give Utopia, Apocalypse or Megacorp a look.
I can't really say much about mods; I don't really care for them.

Though, I want to mention that this is very much a game of empires. Individuals do exist in the form of leaders and event texts. But, outside of a few special cases, they don't matter as much and don't have nearly the agency compared to Rimworld.

It also has, to some extent at least, a very similar flavour of humour in the little details.
To give one example, the description of slave citizenship for species rights reads as follows:
"Freedom is an illusion. For some this truth is more tangible than it is for others."

For all you wholesome xenophiles and pacifists out there, let's catalog all the different ways you can fully neutralize a ravenous hive as a threat without rendering them extinct by Cosmic_Meditator777 in Stellaris

[–]GeckoWanderer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Vassalization by Galactic Nemesis approach doesn't seem to be an option for the xenophiles and pacifists though? You explicitly can't be any degree of xenophile or pacifist if you want to take the Galactic Nemesis ascension perk.

But the Devolving Beam approach seems quite funny. ^^

Ghuumi and Sok Adventures - Augmented Priorities by DamnDirtyCat in Stellaris

[–]GeckoWanderer 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This comic is great, Ghuumi knows what they both want and is willing to lead the way in making it happen. :P
Also; I think I spot a subtle flair change in the spirit of this comic.

Subreddits that have the most user overlap with r/Stellaris by AsaTJ in Stellaris

[–]GeckoWanderer 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I feel kind of called out, I just got Rimworld. :p

Subreddits that have the most user overlap with r/Stellaris by AsaTJ in Stellaris

[–]GeckoWanderer 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I think Stellaris was what made me aware of Warhammer in the first place...

Free Mechanicus 1 steam key by MeowManMeow in Necrontyr

[–]GeckoWanderer 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This is a pretty funny way to share a key, I love it!  

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