Endless Space 2 Turns Three

So ES2's getting some post-development care and tuning, is it?  Good to hear.  Have to wonder at the scope of the work; will it be just number tweaks and bugfixes or are there any actual changes planned?  It'd be amazing to see things like the faction editor get some work, or maybe finally trim down the basic behemoth hulls, etc etc...

I hope NGD take it seriously that time, like they did with Endless Legend. I hope they study the subject before altering it and take steps much more carefuly, because working in the universe on a universal scale leaves much less room for mistakes than working in the universe on a one planet scale. I think awakening went so poorly because they didn't feel much responsibility, while they should have. I am really happy to hear all this though. With all their flaws, Endless games are one of my favourites.

I love the ui designs and art. 

Also great to her that you want to fix bugs.

great news to hear :D

My first successful game (as in managed to get them rolling, was learning how to play them on the go) as Vodyani, after eliminating... undesirables from my corner of galaxy I didn't venture out of it to find new prey. There was an alliance of two factions (Horatio and Riftborn, I think) rocking the rest of the galaxy and eating people one by one. I was gearing up for some sweet final confrontation against them, but instead was greeted with 'You lose' screen, because my math failed me and I let them take the last world they needed for conquest victory.

I like the Empire building and little stories you get along the way. Adding some background to what my heroes do, sniping ones that match the minorities in my faction so that they can lead their people to greatness, finding a star suitable for Space Australia where I send all the Cravers to slowly die of starvation while they crank out dust and science.

Favourite faction would be United Empire, because that was my first win in the game and I like the general feeling of the faction. Lumeris are close second, because they were my first experience with game some months before buying it during free weekend and not at all because of miss Meos assets.

As for characters it has to be Justicar Jyde Parcha, partly because Sisters of Mercy is among my favourite minors, partly due to her non-dust origins. As far as Academy goes, she won it on Endless difficulty.

Horatio did not reject me and I have a badge to prove it ;P

phanemy wrote:
Hope for multiplayer fixe :O

Definitely! I've had problems with needing to frequently restart matches and constant desync, to the point that trying to do anything is impossible due to desync

The-Cat-o-Nine-Tales wrote:
The first patch is expected to release in the second half of June.

Hope for multiplayer fixe :O

otherwise my favorite memories in ES2 is the first time i strat it in EA, i was like a kid at christmas and these song ?
Now my favourite faction are the vaulters, space vikings nothing more to say :D
And more generally, the atmosphere of the game is just amazing, song, Models, art, everything transport me in the endless universe

Drageno wrote:

Slashman wrote:

Sublustris wrote:

Clumsy Dwarves, a studio founded by former NGD staff

I'm sceptical about this part. Aren't they the guys that made ES2 into mess it is now?

It's really only a mess for multiplayers right now isn't it? There really isn't anything game breaking in a normal single player game.

Have you seen the bugfix mod? Horatio Perfectionist trait is broken, it only makes ships 20% more expensive and doesnt give 10% dmg boost. Umbral Choir population boni dont work properly, some of the other faction specific unlockable laws dont work properly. Does it make the game unplayable in SP? I guess not, but would i rather have my Factions work properly and not have to fix it with a mod bethesda style? YES.

Edit: Pls take a look a the bugfix mod and fix those bugs natively.

I wonder if they'll use the bugfix mod at all, I've contributed a lot to that so it'd be cool if some of my fixes made it into the game :)

What I love most about the game is telling the Cravers NO when they demand dust..

"We are working together with Clumsy Dwarves, a studio founded by former NGD staff, to address many of these issues." 

I'd like to know what issues exactly are planned to adress - as long as you can tell, yet. Could be useful, to involve the community to support the team around "Clumsy Dwarves", when it comes to polishing/bug fixing (i.e. some community members seem to expect desync issues to get fixed).

"The first patch is expected to release in the second half of June."

What sounds as if we can expect even more upcoming patches?

"We are working together with Clumsy Dwarves..."

Would be cool, if members of Clumsy Dwarves would introduce themselves this (games2gether forum) place, telling what part of patch they are dealing with, each.

To sum up: Expect the unexpected - as usual!

:P

I've always been a fan of the sophons, but I've felt as if they're a really shallow faction. I love them thematically, their sense of humor, etc., and you can't deny their ships are amazing, but their gameplay affinity and story are just really shallow!

Horatio didn't reject me, he said he wanted more just like me for a project he was working on! I sure hope it's a great as he says, he seemed convinced it would make everyone a better person :)

the crazy story is that i'm working on d&d personnal version that enclude Endless space 2 elements and Ftl combat system

I would politely disagree

Sublustris wrote:

Clumsy Dwarves, a studio founded by former NGD staff

I'm sceptical about this part. Aren't they the guys that made ES2 into mess it is now?

It's really only a mess for multiplayers right now isn't it? There really isn't anything game breaking in a normal single player game.

I don't have any specific memories from Endless space 2...
I just remember having a great time with an extremely wellmade and detailed game, visually beautiful and with an amazing developer studio behind it.
The mere fact that two factions in this game is helped and designed by the community just warms my young heart :)

I hope for more in the future, as I enjoy the game to its fullest.