Are there any very LoversLab ways to play stellaris?

[RareSoup]

So I'm very new to stellaris, got all DLC and kinda enjoying the freedom but im struggling with the scope and goal-making of it all. So basically, would you guys mind sharing some creative ways to "win" at stellaris, both fairly vanilla and extensively modded? I'm not opposed to RP but if i dont have any metrics in game to go by i kinda lose interest etc. An example I would like would be: play super tall, emigrate a bunch of sex crazed maniacs who eventually overpopulate my neighbour, then annex and move on

[kiargo]

Stellaris Sexy Xenos allows you to do that, if you have Snu Snu Fever your spicies will fuck until extintion other xenos you have on your empire, for the opposite, Light Snu Fever will replace them slowly, but I didnt see the point where the spicies with this trait overrun the native population.

 

Lustfull Void merge the old Sexual Gameplay and other mods, it allows you to have intercompatible sperm / womb or beeing a brood parasite (I ask serval times about benefits of having a brood parasite trait but no answer yet), but you need another mood to extend your windows on the IU, the ridiculous ammount of traits will make you almost imposible to modify a spicies.

 

Try both and have fun

[Raana]

2 hours ago, kiargo said:

(I ask serval times about benefits of having a brood parasite trait but no answer yet)

Brood Parasites function similarly to the Intercompatible Sperm trait, but with an oviposition theme instead. Also, I'm not sure how much it'll change when the mod gets updated soon, but currently it has a massive growth speed bonus when sharing a planet with a species that can "host" their eggs.

 

@RareSoup

Lustful Void is indeed the main mod to look into. Though it may be best to wait until the upcoming update since the traits are getting rebalanced and it sounds like there will be a bunch of new events. And of course Sexy Xenos is good for both portraits and a few traits of its own.

 

I recommend ui overhaul 1080p & 1440p for a UI expansion mod to help out with all the additions the mods make, and really just recommend it in general.

 

As for actually "winning" the game goes. The goal is primarily to take over the galaxy while surviving both your rivals as well as the superpowers and crises that will start to appear later in the game. That can be done either by annexing territory for your own empire, or by being part of a federation that controls enough of the galaxy. The former being a "wide" playstyle while the latter favoring a "tall" playstyle.

 

The biggest recommendations I can make are to fortify choke points into your territory, keep your fleet strength at least equivalent to the other empires, and make sure your research doesn't fall behind.

[AfroAttack]

Hmm

Bug Takeover - Play as a hive mind insect race with the parasite / oviposition trait and focus on breeding other races. Make sure you create the other races to have the womb perk (don't remember it at the moment) that is compatible with the parasite brood perk. Also make sure the other races are xenophile.

Male/Female Domination - Make your race all female (there is a perk that does that in Lustful Void) and take decadent, Dominant and the perk. (and any others) Take the Nihilistic Acquisition Perk (Ascension Perk that you can get starting off based on Unity) and capture pops.

 

Honestly, play around with the making different empire's based on those/other perks.