KnightofPhoenix wrote:
O_O share them O_O



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(I'm a huge total war fan too, no pitchfork needed!)

We'll...see. I think some of the old stuff I written might still be buried in the Temple of the Flourishing Mind, in the ES forums. I might have made them blog posts too, I don't remember, and am too lazy right now to check. But the writing is old, and probably bad, and...Yeah, we'll see, I might touch some of this stuff up and start posting there again.



And darn, I just picking that pitchfork too



Honestly, I was thinking more of a comparison with the Syndicate Systems, from Jack Campbell's The Lost Fleet series. As they have the same corporate mindset I typically attribute to the UE. But the Imperial Remnants work too! Or, the old version of them anyway.



I just want to know what faction that might be in the last art post in the announcement thread...Leaning towards someone new, which has me excited.

So long as the mighty UNITED EMPIRE and the wicked CRAVERS return.



We will have no worries.

Hopefully real aliens and not people in rubber suits.



Pilgrims should be cut too.

FinalStrigon wrote:
Hm, I like the thought that someone posted in the reveal thread. ES2 might be a "reboot" in a sense, of the ES story. So we'll see updated versions of the current factions, plus maybe some new ones.

It's not. Space is vast.. Endless actually... this could be a story in a different part of space.

We already have a Broken Lord hero in ES1. I'd be happy if they were made a full faction in ES2. It'd be real fun for that faction to have a head-on collision with the Harmony.

EvilDM wrote:
Drakken could have a place if Amplitude brings over the diplomatic system from EL although it would be hard to make them different from Amobea (But if I had to choose between those two, I would choose Drakken). The niche of the Wind Walkers is already quite covered with UE and Automatons.

I adore the Drakken, but personally I prefer the Amobea in ES, I wouldn't part with my pacifist bacteria.



I think the Drakken would be a better fit as heroes, with influence bonuses if influence makes a come back. I can see them much better as advisers and diplomats.

KnightofPhoenix wrote:
Having the Cultists escape Auriga and go on a crusade to destroy all vestiges of the Endless would be quite cool (in gameplay terms, they would destroy all wonders they find, and they would have only one planet that becomes a powerhouse. They would retain the ability to convert minor factions).



I'm not sure if other EL factions have a place in ES though. I'm not sure how the Drakken or Wild Walkers would fit in other than being minor factions or having heroes. Broken Lords I could see however.

Drakken could have a place if Amplitude brings over the diplomatic system from EL although it would be hard to make them different from Amobea (But if I had to choose between those two, I would choose Drakken). The niche of the Wind Walkers is already quite covered with UE and Automatons.

KnightofPhoenix wrote:
Having the Cultists escape Auriga and go on a crusade to destroy all vestiges of the Endless would be quite cool (in gameplay terms, they would destroy all wonders they find, and they would have only one planet that becomes a powerhouse. They would retain the ability to convert minor factions).



I'm not sure if other EL factions have a place in ES though. I'm not sure how the Drakken or Wild Walkers would fit in other than being minor factions or having heroes. Broken Lords I could see however.

That would be interesting. Kind of like an anti-Pilgrims faction. As far as other EL races go I know for a fact that there was a Broken Lords hero in Endless Space 1, chances are however you are right with the Wild Walkers and Drakken not fitting as other Endless Space 1 factions have the exact same playstyle.

I hope it contains all the major factions from ES1+Disharmony. Any additional ones would be a nice bonus, but I'd be happy with the game mostly just being ES1 with quests, influence, and better combat.

Hm, I like the thought that someone posted in the reveal thread. ES2 might be a "reboot" in a sense, of the ES story. So we'll see updated versions of the current factions, plus maybe some new ones.



For example...Maybe, in general, ES just served to set the galactic stage, and now that all the factions are established, have their power bases and what-not, the next big galactic changing event is happening? Plus, according to the ES2 website, it looks like the exclusive hero you can get for subscribing is a Sophon, so they are returning at the least.



But yeah, back on topic, I think we'll see updated versions of the current factions.

Having the Cultists escape Auriga and go on a crusade to destroy all vestiges of the Endless would be quite cool (in gameplay terms, they would destroy all wonders they find, and they would have only one planet that becomes a powerhouse. They would retain the ability to convert minor factions).



I'm not sure if other EL factions have a place in ES though. I'm not sure how the Drakken or Wild Walkers would fit in other than being minor factions or having heroes. Broken Lords I could see however.

A coalition of the Endless Legend factions would be nice sans the Vaulters of course as a single faction. Vaulters "won" EL and escaped, the other factions nearly got annihilated and had to band together to barely escape Auriga. Or at least make them minor factions or "NPCs" like Heroes or the face of independent merchants etc.



By the way

Adventurer_Blitz wrote:
but if they added minor factions to the game

Considering the last community reward is a exclusive minor faction I am pretty sure they have been added.

Sophons and Amoeba are probably my all-time favourites I d love to see a come-back hehe

Dont know which factions will make it to ES2 but what i want to see is gameplay that actually fit their lore. Meaning Amoeba should favor water planets and etc. Also +1 to reduce human races. I liked most of them with Pilgrim been my favorite but need some more "spice" in race design.Some could merge indeed like Pilgrims merge with Sophons. Would love to see some new races also but except Vaulters the other races of EL dont really fit in ES with the exception of some heroes that supposed to have escaped Auriga.

All of the Endless Space factions obviously deserve a role in Endless Space 2. Even the Pilgrims.



As for Endless Legend, Broken Lords and the Cultists could fit into the Endless Space faction list very easily. Factions like Wild Walkers and Ardent Mages are too 'fantasy' to really fit in, imo

BPrado wrote:
Like...a planet?

Did you mean plant?

Nasarog wrote:
Only if they have "living" ships

Like...a planet?

Adventurer_Blitz wrote:
Looks like no one wants to see the Wild Walkers included in the new game. :P

Only if they have "living" ships

Looks like no one wants to see the Wild Walkers included in the new game. :P

so like beyond earth affinity system