Re-reading GDDS, a question came to me: if the academy is in a node (Heroes GDD), and nodes can exists without any lane/wormhole/others connected to it (Galaxy GDD), is there a chance that Academy can appear in a node without connection?

I ask because if there's no connection to that node, you'll have to find it with a random thrown probe, and then research a tech to travel out of lanes/wormholes/others, and probably travel slowly. If it happens it can delay until who-knows-when finding the academy, as at least one player will have to do all mentioned before, and maybe Academy isn't found until mid-late game.

Or on the contrary will you put an specific condition in galaxy generation: Academy is always linked?

UndeadPuppy wrote:

True. What ship class do heroes have? Because if they're just flying in Fighters then I don't expect them to be more than a minor annoyance, kind of like a mosquito is to an elephant.

Hero ships in the gameplay were listed as small ships which puts them around 100-300 meters in length. Most likely 100 meters.

Ridiculi wrote:

UndeadPuppy wrote:

True. What ship class do heroes have? Because if they're just flying in Fighters then I don't expect them to be more than a minor annoyance, kind of like a mosquito is to an elephant.

While they probably won't be piloting a giant capital ship, I image their ship size will be more Millennium Falcon than Tie Fighter...

I think the Millenium Falcon is an example they brought up themselves during the interview with AngryJoe, so you might be on to something there.

UndeadPuppy wrote:

True. What ship class do heroes have? Because if they're just flying in Fighters then I don't expect them to be more than a minor annoyance, kind of like a mosquito is to an elephant.

While they probably won't be piloting a giant capital ship, I image their ship size will be more Millennium Falcon than Tie Fighter...

Ridiculi wrote:

I do hope that he starting hero is of the same faction that you've chosen to play. It was always odd to me in ES1 where you could hire heros from turn 1 that belonged to factions that you had no idea existed yet...

Every gameplay vid so far has shown same faction heroes being used. Plus they did it that way in Endless Legend as well. All in all I'd say it has a good chance of being like that.

Ridiculi wrote:

I do hope that he starting hero is of the same faction that you've chosen to play. It was always odd to me in ES1 where you could hire heros from turn 1 that belonged to factions that you had no idea existed yet...

I hope so too.  It also always felt a little weird to me hiring heroes from other factions when playing as a faction like the Necrophage. It's as if that hero is helping to destroy their own race.

Ship models are based on the Hero's type (Adventurer, Corporate, Admiral, Administrator).

True. What ship class do heroes have? Because if they're just flying in Fighters then I don't expect them to be more than a minor annoyance, kind of like a mosquito is to an elephant.

Digitalhawk96 wrote:
I'm loving the direction Heroes are going in this time for ES2. Heroes having a part in actual politics sounds really promising as well.



Heroes actually being represented in your fleet sounds great as well, although I'm worried that a "fighter" sized ship is a little too small, for actual fleet admirals anyway. It doesn't sound like much of a flagship, medium or large sounds about right although its then a question of balance.

All Heroes will have been in contact with the Academy is the canon as I understand it. I'll try and get Slowhands if he has a minute, but over the last couple of weeks he has been mostly busy assisting with Endless Legend Tempest, leaving him with precious little time for us spacey types.

Frogsquadron wrote:

carolean7 wrote:

I can't seem to find it anywhere, does each faction start with a hero, like in ES1 or EL? And if yes, are they still connected to the Academy? Thus, at the game's start, 1 was sent to each empire to assist them? And is the same starting hero each game?

You do start with a hero. I'm not sure how these Heroes relate to the Academy, I'll get an answer from Slowhands on the topic and get back to you /edit this post. :)

Any word yet on the starting hero's relation to the academy? I'm mostly curious cause it may effect part III of the faction creation contest. When we introduce a hero in the short story, were they sent from the Academy, or are they from within the Empire itself? Or perhaps it doesn't really matter?

Frogsquadron wrote:

Ridiculi wrote:

I do hope that he starting hero is of the same faction that you've chosen to play. It was always odd to me in ES1 where you could hire heros from turn 1 that belonged to factions that you had no idea existed yet...

That is correct. Your first Hero is from your own faction.

Nice. That certainly helps with the immersion.

Ridiculi wrote:

I do hope that he starting hero is of the same faction that you've chosen to play. It was always odd to me in ES1 where you could hire heros from turn 1 that belonged to factions that you had no idea existed yet...

That is correct. Your first Hero is from your own faction.

I do hope that he starting hero is of the same faction that you've chosen to play. It was always odd to me in ES1 where you could hire heros from turn 1 that belonged to factions that you had no idea existed yet...

Ashbery76 wrote:

Should'nt you start with the leader of that empire.Maximilian Zelevas for United Empire would add nice immersion.

My understanding is that the "player" is the leader, an emperor. And an emperor concerns themselves with the higher level strategy, rather than managing individual systems or flying around in space battles. I'm assuming that's the dev's intention anyway.

Should'nt you start with the leader of that empire.Maximilian Zelevas for United Empire would add nice immersion.

carolean7 wrote:

I can't seem to find it anywhere, does each faction start with a hero, like in ES1 or EL? And if yes, are they still connected to the Academy? Thus, at the game's start, 1 was sent to each empire to assist them? And is the same starting hero each game?

You do start with a hero. I'm not sure how these Heroes relate to the Academy, I'll get an answer from Slowhands on the topic and get back to you /edit this post. :)