Wouldn't there be farms, animals etc on planets for food for colonies to be self sufficient?

What colony in what situation is going to need to get intergalactic takeout?

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>War is more of a "thing" in DW2, but not to the degree of something like in EUIV. We track a lot more about a lot of things under the hood and war is one of them. That is used to inform both the player and the AI of how a war is going and war weariness. Wars are still in eff...

<t> Some more good ideas.<br/> <br/> Maybe the resource the creature poops can be chosen to be used in place of normal resources and boosts whatever it's used in - say increased shielding, firepower, engine speed, warp speed etc by 20% or even colony development or whatever if used in food/colony, m...

<t> What i'd want for a first expansion isn't new or pretty bells-and-whistles added on, but more of what's already there.<br/> <br/> A couple more races, a couple more creature types and behaviors/traits, maybe a couple more hull variants each size of hull, another size hull/ship up from the curren...

Good question, i'd have to imagine they don't get the randomised option - more predefined set path or priorities with some variance.

Hopefully there's someone more knowledgeable around here that could confirm [:'(]

You mean the option to enable it where research progression is somewhat randomised and the other option to hide the tech tree from you?

Those aren't unique racial traits/a racial thing.

You could play the same race 3 times and have it be different because of that.

<t> Trying not to get too overhyped until i can play and/or test the game - but i've been thinking: (unique) firing arcs and component slots for ships per faction is probably the single biggest and best way to have real diversity between races - other than just one has a 10% bonus here another 30% t...

<t> raw/processed/manufactured is great extra depth for the players and would great if this was something like Simcity, but otherwise is way too complex for AI, very complex in itself to design especially around the simulated galactic trading economy, kind of pointless just extending resource simula...

<t> Yeah you don't start off with any assets.<br/> <br/> You build a couple then they take over/faction break?<br/> <br/> What would that look like and what support would it need just for pre-warp - since it hasn't been made and supported in the rest of the game.<br/> <br/> At least with downsizing ...

Your post did go through and Eric answered, check page 3 the one before this.

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Erik Rutins<br/> <br/> I'd also like to do that in the future. We'll see if we get to it, I imagine it's a somewhat niche interest as there is an element of watching paint dry to sublight play. <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> <br/> Maybe make sublight interesting by making...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Drumline2<br/> <br/> Were all super excited!!<br/> <br/> Can we expect to see more information, videos and gameplay before release? For those who dont get into the beta waves to enjoy some DW2 crumbs until release [:D] <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> <br/> I was going to s...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Miletkir<br/> <br/> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Whiskiz<br/> <br/> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: zgrssd<br/> <br/> Jump gates are a problem on two fronts:<br/> 1. They are largely unessesary, given the wide access to hyperdrives<br/> 2. They are a pathfinding n...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: zgrssd<br/> <br/> Jump gates are a problem on two fronts:<br/> 1. They are largely unessesary, given the wide access to hyperdrives<br/> 2. They are a pathfinding nightmare. Every gateway is connected to all other gateways, meaning the number of paths to take from ...

I especially like how they distinguish energy consumption in a bar for hyperdrive and another bar for weapons use etc.

Since both energy levels are important but can't be used at the same time, unless they make FTL battles a thing [:'(]

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: RogerBacon<br/> <br/> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: BTAxis<br/> <br/> In the demo clip I noticed that ships with fighter bays have an even split between fighters and bombers, just like in DW1. Is it possible, either through the game UI or through modding, to creat...

<t> Having the ability for creatures* to already be able to grow, to be able to reproduce and for different types to meet up along with pirates etc, for more emergent gameplay and with that specific intention already in mind - is awesome (and most of what i had in mind already.)<br/> <br/> Having th...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Erik Rutins<br/> <br/> I'll be revealing the space creatures at a later date, but there are three of them in DW2. One will be familiar to DW1 players and is (relatively) peaceful but territorial. Another is an ambush predator, but typically only a threat (though a ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Erik Rutins<br/> <br/> There is variation in the design philosophy of weapon placement and weapon arcs among the factions. This is actually another point of differentiation. While you as the player have the ultimate choice of where to put your weapons on a hull if ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: RogerBacon<br/> <br/> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Pocus<br/> <br/> Can you fully control a civilian ship, if you reeeaaally want this load of nekros stone to be delivered NOW with the utmost urgency? i.e. can you order a civilian ship to load a certain cargo the...