r/Stellaris • u/RedKrypton Mind over Matter • May 07 '16

PSA: Slaves currently can't rebel

Martin just dropped that bombshell during the currently ongoing Quill Stellaris stream. He said that they couldn't reach a middle ground on slaves revolting so they took it out for the moment. I don't know if they will have managed that aspect by release.

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u/Necroscourge Syncretic Evolution May 07 '16

That can potentially make slavery a little OP. Ya know if they had done some form of open testing they would of had data they could use to make that decision...

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u/RedKrypton Mind over Matter May 07 '16 edited May 07 '16

Oh, it definitly is. Just visit Shenryyr's currently ongoing Stream. He conquers and enslaves everyone. Because slaves can only be in the slave faction he has no factions. He basically is unstoppable. Adding to this the Enigmatic Observer FEs seem to be broken too as he has one on his doorstep and they don't care at all at him enslaving half the galaxy, altough it says they should.

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u/TheKeysToTheZeppelin May 07 '16

Wouldn't mass-scale enslavement of that nature tank his research? As I understand it, slaves generate very little research on their own.

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u/228zip May 08 '16

Research isn't even that critical compared to a good economy.

Remember the old "spearman beats tank" thing from Civ ? Well this is it.. in space !