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The video explores an innovative strategy in the game Stellaris that leverages the new Sovereign Guardianship Civic from the Astral Planes DLC to maintain an infinite number of population units (pops) while keeping Empire size under 100 to avoid penalties to research speed and tradition costs. The Civic allows for significant reductions in Empire size from pops and districts by 50%, with additional benefits like unlocking Fanatic Guardians and converting influence into Unity. To maximize these advantages, militarist and egalitarian ethics are recommended.
The speaker emphasizes strategic choices, such as using a parliamentary system for high Unity output and choosing flexible ethics and traits like rapid breeders and incubators for population growth. They also discuss origins like Ocean Paradise and Life-Seeded for strong starts and highlight traditions like Domination and Harmony for reducing Empire size.
Key tactics include achieving significant reductions in Empire size through a combination of Civics, Traditions, and technology, with the Greater Good political resolution and the Harmony tradition playing major roles. The strategy also involves managing colonies effectively by spreading out populations and using habitation modules and planetary Ascension, aiming to keep Empire size under 100.
The speaker stresses the importance of optimizing planetary resources and suggests expanding methodically to prevent penalties. They conclude by expressing hope that game developers will not impose limitations on these empire size reduction techniques and encourage viewers to explore more content, including a review of the Astral Planes DLC.
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In this part of the video, the creator discusses an impressive build in the game Stellaris where an empire maintains an infinite number of population units (pops) while keeping its Empire size under 100 to avoid penalties to research speed and tradition costs. This is achieved using the new Sovereign Guardianship Civic from the Astral Planes DLC. Key benefits of this civic include the ability to unlock Fanatic Guardians, build reloading bays, and convert influence into Unity. It reduces Empire size from pops and districts by 50%, making it possible to stack modifiers with others in the game, allowing for a seemingly limitless population within a small Empire size. The civic requires the empire to adopt militarist and some level of egalitarian ethics to leverage these advantages fully.
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In this segment, the speaker discusses strategic choices in Stellaris, focusing on economic bonuses and utilizing a parliamentary system for high Unity output. They mention the flexibility in choosing the third ethic point and the importance of selecting a second Civic that can be changed later. They recommend origins like Ocean Paradise or Life-Seeded for a strong start. For traits, rapid breeders and incubators are advised to maximize population growth. Despite restrictions on taking certain civics like barbaric despoilers, the speaker proposes alternative strategies, such as using the Syncretic Evolution to abduct populations during ground combat, bypassing the need for full conquest. Additionally, traditions like Domination and Harmony are essential for reducing Empire size from populations.
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In this part of the video, the speaker explains how to effectively manage and minimize Empire size in a particular strategy game. Key points include achieving significant Empire size reductions through a combination of Civics, Traditions, and technology, leading to negative percentage values. This involves attaining level four in the Greater Good political resolution, which provides an 80% increase in diplomatic weight from Pops, an increase in worker happiness, political power, and an additional 10% Empire size reduction from Pops, resulting in a total reduction of -105%. Additionally, the speaker recommends the expansion tradition Korean Network and Imperial Prerogative to further reduce Empire size contributions from systems and planets and suggests using planetary Ascension, enhanced by the Harmony tradition, to manage and minimize Empire size effectively.
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In this segment of the video, the speaker discusses strategies for managing empire size in the game Stellaris. They advise players to colonize new planets, such as artificially created habitats, ring worlds, or terraformed planets, and to increase the extension tier to 10 before moving to another planet. The goal is to keep the empire size below 100 to avoid penalties. The speaker highlights their own progress with 11 colonies, 2,000 pops, 183 districts, and 17 systems, all while maintaining a manageable empire size. They emphasize the importance of maximizing planetary resources, building orbital rings, and using habitation modules. Additionally, the speaker recommends spreading out population evenly and utilizing utopian abundance living standards to ensure every pop contributes to research and unity. The segment concludes by mentioning the effectiveness of this tall empire build and expressing concerns if the developers were to limit empire size reduction techniques.
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In this segment, the speaker expresses their enthusiasm for a new strategy and hopes it continues. They mention a video covering the new Sovereign guardianship Civic and suggest viewers watch a review if they are uncertain about purchasing the Stellaris astral planes DLC. They direct viewers to click on another video on screen for more information.