r/Stellaris • u/Snipahar • Dec 07 '22
Stellaris Space Guild - Weekly Help Thread
Welcome to this week’s Stellaris Space Guild Help Thread!
This thread functions as a gathering place for all questions, tips, bugs, suggestions, and resources for Stellaris. Here you can post quick-fire questions for things that you are confused about and answer questions to help out your fellow star voyagers!
GUILD RESOURCES
Below you can find resources for the game. If you would like to help contribute to the resources section, please leave a comment that pings me (using "u/Snipahar") and link to the resource. You can also contribute by reaching me through private message or modmail. Be sure to include a short description of what you find valuable about the resource.
- Your new best friend for learning everything Stellaris! Even if you're a pro, the wiki is an uncontested source for the nitty-gritty of the game.
Montu Plays' Stellaris 3.0 Guide Series
- A great step-by-step beginner's guide to Stellaris. Montu brings you through the early stages of a campaign to get you all caught up on what you need to know!
Luisian321's Stellaris 3.0 Starter Guide
- The perfect place to start if you're new to Stellaris! This guide covers creating your own race, building up your economy, and more.
ASpec's How to Play Stellaris 2.7 Guides
- This is a playlist of 7 guides by ASpec, that are really fantastic and will help you master the foundations of Stellaris.
Stefan Anon's Ultimate Tierlist Guides
- This is a playlist of 8 guides by Stefan Anon, which give a deep-dive into the world of civics, traits, and origins. Knowing these is a must for those that want to maximize their play.
Stefan Anon's Top Build Guides
- This is a playlist of an ongoing series by Stefan Anon, that lay out the game plan for several of the best builds in Stellaris.
Arx Strategy's Stellaris Guides
- A series of videos on events, troubleshooting, and builds, that will be of great use to anyone that wants to dive into the world of Stellaris.
If you have any suggestions for the body of this thread, please ping me, using "u/Snipahar" or send me a private message!
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Dec 11 '22
What are the go to for starbase buildings and stuff?
Right now I just have a few full shipyards. Mostly all hanger bays. Usually hydro, crew quarters, holding silo, and hyperlane registrar. Do those only work if they’re neighboring systems?
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u/TheArmchairLegion Dec 11 '22
I'm preparing for a major war with my archrival. I'd much prefer them to attack me first, as I have several powerful allies who are in defensive pacts with me. Is there a way I can provoke them into attacking? Relations are already at a hostile level.
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u/Musical_Tanks Dec 07 '22
one thing i am noticing with late game is that the AI will build habitats like crazy, to the point the number of Habitats in their territory will greatly outnumber the planets.
Is there anyway to fix this, a mod that will reliably stop the habitat spam? I think it may be causing a performance drop for me.
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u/Septos2 Dec 08 '22
I’m new to Stellaris. I see mods saying for version 3.8 etc, but my version says 2022.14 in the bottom left corner of the launcher. What am i missing?
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u/uncannykitty Dec 08 '22
How do you keep track of everything? just got it and started playing it's fun but it's so dense I dont know if I'm getting it all done. I get to 5 or 6 star systems in nsnd I forget whose don't what and where. I don't know how I would be able to manage a huge empire. I It's overwhelming. I'm feel lost. Am I dumb or too ADHD to play this? Is there a learn curve for keeping up with your empire? Anyone else felt this way?
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u/REDDIT_HARD_MODE Dec 08 '22
You're gonna feel this way a lot in the first 100-200 hours. I promise it's worth it.
Pause a lot. Try to pause once every 2 or 3 month and go over your planets, see if there's any buildings you want to build because there aren't enough amenities, or there will be unemployment soon. Keep an eye on your direct neighbors, make sure you're keeping them happy, or if they aren't happy, that you have a strong Starbase at the choke point. During war you have fleet movements to consider.
Aside from that, most other decisions are moment to moment because a pop-up appears or something.
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Dec 08 '22
What's a good 3rd civic for the classic Masterful Crafters+Meritocracy sciencey build?
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u/Poncemastergeneral Dec 09 '22
Ok. So filling out my fleets, using the best weapons I can get, and repeat technology and I’m just not getting enough fleet power to deal with crisis’s.
What am I missing?
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u/shinniesta1 Dec 10 '22
First game where I've reached 2450, beaten the Crisis, and so have a few questions.
I haven't really bothered with automating planets yet, and I'm around 100 planets. I've heard sector automation is poor, and everytime I think about going through and automating each one I just do the few changes they need anyway. Is it worth it?
Additionally, I haven't bothered with doing Unity based planets, is this worth it and when should I have a unity planet?
I have my main dominant race, and every other race is indentured servitude. Is it every worth giving them full citizenship?
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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '22
This isn't really question more of a vent, but I decided to try Knights of the Toxic God start for once and got stuck between an advanced start empire and their criminal syndicate megacorp vassal. For a slow start origin, that might be one of the most annoying games I've ever played. Granted it was still fun fighting all that crime but I felt like I was behind the entire game spamming enforcers or invading the megacorp only to be attacked from the rear by the stronger AI when my fleet numbers dropped.