Stellaris

[Huw the Poo]

Thanks Fetrik.  Can you add planets to a Sector after it crated.

Yep.  On the empire screen just click manage sector.

[OJsDad]

Thanks Huw

[bbmike]

One thing I don't like is you can see where the other races start in the galaxy and who they are. And if I hover over stars near their home system I can see which ones they already own.

[Fetrik]

Yes, for the usual influence cost. You simply grow them as needed.

[Huw the Poo]

Has anyone spent serious time with the Ship Designer?  If so, are you finding the ship design component of Stellaris is flexible enough to make different designs meaningful? (My fear is that it's more window dressing than not, but would be glad to be persuaded otherwise...)

It's no better or worse than any other, but there is at least plenty of scope to specialise your ships.  I like that during combat (and in the post-battle summary) you see a breakdown of how much of each type of damage was inflicted, which obviously then informs your choice of ship components when building fleets against a particular enemy.  Personally I hate designing ships in games like these but it does seem like a necessary evil in Stellaris.

Handy tip of the day: When starting new research projects, don't forget to switch your three research scientists around to make use of their specialities.  Match their speciality icon with the tech icon for that lovely 10% bonus!

[solops]

I still need to spend more time with Stellaris and finish 2 or 3 games before passing judgement, but right now I am underwhelmed. It is big, beautiful and slick....BUT I feel as if I am fighting the game rules rather than the other alien factions. A lot of the game structure (like "war aims/goals") is artificially restrictive and aggravating. More play needed....and I'm waiting on the next Polaris Sector patch.

[Yskonyn]

Handy tip of the day: When starting new research projects, don't forget to switch your three research scientists around to make use of their specialities.  Match their speciality icon with the tech icon for that lovely 10% bonus!

Thanks! That's actually very clever! 

[JudgeDredd]

Handy tip of the day: When starting new research projects, don't forget to switch your three research scientists around to make use of their specialities.  Match their speciality icon with the tech icon for that lovely 10% bonus!

Thanks! That's actually very clever! 

+1  O0

[Kushan]

Going to be streaming Stellaris on my stream Saturday. Hoping to setup a MP game. Have a couple of maybes from some friends, if anyone is interested send me a pm. Start time will be 11am PST / 19:00 Zulu and will go for 2-3 hours. If you can't make the start I believe you can hot join in Stellaris like you can in EUIV, so if you can't make the start send me your race setup and I'll make sure they are in the game.

[Rayfer]

Encountered my first pirates.  I hate pirates.  They're tough to avoid and they're hit and run tactics are always where you're vulnerable and can't hit back.  Stellaris is a great 4x space game.  For me it's the best since Distant Worlds.

[Huw the Poo]

Question: I'm currently providing "technological enlightenment" to a primitive world, but the progress is stuck on 4/100 and doesn't move.  I can easily afford the cost.  Why isn't it working?

[jamus34]

So I set up my first sector yesterday and my energy credits went into the crapper. I'm  great on minerals (I believe I am pulling around 90) but having a real hard time keeping energy up. Somewhere I  burned through a ton of influence too.

I'll have to figure out what I did and then start a new game. 

[Jarhead0331]

So I set up my first sector yesterday and my energy credits went into the crapper. I'm  great on minerals (I believe I am pulling around 90) but having a real hard time keeping energy up. Somewhere I  burned through a ton of influence too.

I'll have to figure out what I did and then start a new game.

Are you building power plants on your colonized planets?

[Pete Dero]

So I set up my first sector yesterday and my energy credits went into the crapper. I'm  great on minerals (I believe I am pulling around 90) but having a real hard time keeping energy up. Somewhere I  burned through a ton of influence too.

I'll have to figure out what I did and then start a new game.

From the wiki :

Each sector has its own stock of Energy Credits and minerals. These stocks will be filled with sources within the sector's borders, except that some of its income may be sent to the national stockpile depending on what tax level is selected for it. The sector's stocks can also be boosted in 100 unit increments from the national stockpile. Physics Research, Society Research, Engineering Research, Science and Influence income, as well as strategic resources, all go to the empire regardless of tax. Since sectors do not have their own Influence, frontier outposts controlled by them do not cost Influence to maintain.

So depending on your tax level most or all Energy & Minerals stay within the sector, meaning you should be carefull about which planets you give to a sector.

[jamus34]

So I set up my first sector yesterday and my energy credits went into the crapper. I'm  great on minerals (I believe I am pulling around 90) but having a real hard time keeping energy up. Somewhere I  burned through a ton of influence too.

I'll have to figure out what I did and then start a new game.

From the wiki :

Each sector has its own stock of Energy Credits and minerals. These stocks will be filled with sources within the sector's borders, except that some of its income may be sent to the national stockpile depending on what tax level is selected for it. The sector's stocks can also be boosted in 100 unit increments from the national stockpile. Physics Research, Society Research, Engineering Research, Science and Influence income, as well as strategic resources, all go to the empire regardless of tax. Since sectors do not have their own Influence, frontier outposts controlled by them do not cost Influence to maintain.

So depending on your tax level most or all Energy & Minerals stay within the sector, meaning you should be carefull about which planets you give to a sector.

Yeah I figured that is the case, I did not think it would have been that severe. Been decommissioning some things to help but I'm trying to find research tech to grow energy and there just hasn't been much. I also probably set up my race poorly so that doesn't help.
One of the reasons first game is a learning game.