When you know you're about to spend hundreds of hours playing a game, your tutorial must be seen as an investment. I did appreciate the way you didnt spoil any anomalies and the clarity of your advices (while giving us many UI tricks). Definitly the best beginners' series about Stellaris
This tutorial series has helped me understand Stellaris as a new player more than any other resource I've found. Thank you very much Max! I'll definitely be sharing it with a few people.
I know this is a year old, and a little out of date with new updates, (though I don't think combat has changed much since this) but as someone who just got the game on sale this last week, this video has been the most helpful. I'm in my second game right now, and it's the first time I'm really having to deal with war, my first game was relatively peaceful (except that time I accidentally opened up a gateway, and massive 75k fleet came out and decimated me and everyone else in the galaxy, lol.) But anyway, this time I got blocked in by 3 militaristic empires, and I was fighting a two on one way war, (thankfully the third guy was directing his attention in the other direction) and they each had armies at my borders on opposite ends, so I decided to go deal with the one I thought was the more pressing threat, thinking I'll let the other guy take a couple systems, then come back and reclaim them. But then suddenly I was at peace with him, and I couldn't for the life of me figure out why. I never agreed to peace. I was so frustrated, because now I had lost those systems, that I thought I would be able to reclaim really quick, but now I have to wait a decade. Thanks to this video I now know why, they had claimed just those two systems, came in and got them with me nowhere near, and so they "Won" the war, even though My fleet would have destroyed them, if they weren't preoccupied with the other nation. And the worst part is, I didn't even realize until I was done with the other guy. There was no pop up or anything, probably a small notification at the top that I missed among all the others that were popping up because I was at war. But that should definitely come up with a big pop up on screen right in your face, so you know what's happening. Anyway, thank you, I know now what happened. This games tutorial system is pretty garbage and doesn't explain anything too you lol. These last two episodes were the last piece of the Stellaris puzzle that I was missing. Most of the other stuff I was able to grasp pretty well just by trial and error, and watching what was happening.
This is the best beginners tutorial I've seen for any game, you have an amazing and easy way of making the content engaging, fun, easy to listen to, whilst packing a ton of info. I've recently started playing Stellaris, was a humble bundle, and you have answered so many questions!
Stellaris is charming but overwhelming at first. Your tutorials help me a lot on getting into it and start to enjoy it. You're wonderful on organizing information, teaching and story-telling, great jobs!!
I just picked up Stellaris a month or so ago and, like so many others have commented, have found your tutorials absolutely top notch. Really appreciate this series...I've enjoyed watching the videos as much as playing the game :) As there is so much going on in the game, I go back to your series for reference when needed. These are as good as any software training classes I've ever taken and I appreciate how well you mix in the thematics of the game. You should consider doing more and contracting with more developers & publishers. Great stuff, Cheers!
Yeah, this series is a must for anyone getting into this game at this point. I put the game off for a year due to the complexity but I have all the DLC now and just got into it myself after procrastinating. A 6 hour tutorial is a pretty significant time investment but my first run without this was such a mess because the game really doesn't, and maybe it can't, explain all this. The way this tutorial was divided made me realize that while the game can be overwhelming you can treat each major mechanic as a semi-discrete mini-game. They relate back to your economy and research but each can be learned independently so it's not quite as bad as it seems at first. Quite a good game if you're the kind of person who would be willing to learn it though. Unironically felt like a college class.
This is an exceptional set of tutorials. Thank you so much. Disappointed to see you have not made more videos in a while.You are a wonderful teacher and you enthusiasm is amazing.
The game has so much content that it's hard for a beginner to grasp the game's flow and meta. This tutorial series may be 6 or so hours long but I think it actually saves you time in the long run. The game has a great dynamic narrative system but it's impossible to appreciate it until you form an intuition for the systems.
Hell yeah! I love these tutorials! I've watched them a couple times because there's so much info! Plus there are so many mechanics and systems that could be covered in like Mid and Endgame-type tutorials: Becoming an Overlord/Negotiating Contracts, Managing a Federation, Espionage, Galactic Politics, Becoming the Custodian/Emperor, Fallen Empires, the L Gate. Plus there is completely open territory to cover mods like ACOT and Gigastructures that no TH-camr has tutorials on. Aside from speculative Reddit forums there is no information or coverage out there of stuff like the Katzenartig Imperium, the EHOF, the Blokkats, and the tech tiers above 5.
I start Stellaris over again, but this time with tons of information. I agree to all this other comments, it is the best Stellaris tutorial/beginners guide/overview here on youtube. And therefore there's nothing more to say than: Clap, clap, clap ... standing ovation! Keep the good work going.
Following every single episodes advice and guidance it took a long 52 hours of playtime but I finally managed to get my first victory! Thank you so much the journey was hard as the game was very complex but you were an excellent teacher. You earned my sub
When I picked up this game, it looked so complex that it kind of put me off. But I loved the premise of this game so I gave it another shot. I looked up a tutorial and found your videos. Now I feel like a pro playing the game. This tutorial was very informative, you have a good friendly vibe in your videos and you seem very passionate about the game the way you explain things like anomalies for example. Keep up the good work!
Thanks for this series Max! I love 4X games but like others mentioned, this game is very VERY overwelming to start on. I have tried several tutorials but yours is definitely the best! I love how you organize the content and minimize the topics that depend on which patch level Stellaris is on versus the base mechanics that a newcomer needs to be aware of. Keep up the great work!
Ok, now I've watched this fully, you've not only answered so many questions i had, but also ones I didn't know I had 😀 The bit about landing troops on settled planets AS WELL AS taking the starbase was something that completely passed me by! Many thanks again, really appreciate this whole series.
This is absolutely perfect because I just took alot of planets and won my war just when this video popped on my feed. I was very confused but now I feel much more equipped to tackle this.
Just done this series in one sitting. Thank you for being the Daniel Jackson of Stellaris. I feel ready and look forward to playing my 1st playthrough.
Just spent the weekend binging them. Was difficult. My daughter wanted to be entertained, so I sent her to my mother's for some bonding time. Looking forward to my 1st educated playthrough.
Excellent series, very well thought out and presented. Reignited my interest in a game I've owned for years and never really sunk any time into - until now!
Wow. "How to win the Peace". Not something that would even have occurred to me before! Of course (it's always the way) I really would have enjoyed seeing you move on and deal with the rebellions -- just one more video... always the mark of a good game! Thanks so much for explaining the how and the why of the various decisions. I've really enjoyed watching your series.
I have watched this tutorial completely and learned so much. I can now finally play the game and understand what I'm doing or what is happening. I had my game open and was following every step you showed and the way you explain it as in a story makes it so much easier to understand and to comprehend the consequences of actions. One of the best tutorials about an RTS that I have ever seen. I'll definitely keep an eye out for other tutorials and I hope to catch you on twitch sometime soon! Thanks again Max, kudos to you!
27:48 - the moment he finally notices ROFL i'm dyin' - noticed it last video the moment it happened. Final notes: Couple of gripes. 1: You left a HUGE number of systems in your empire's little closed off cluster unclaimed and unexploited, and several claimed systems were left unexploited. All of which contributed to your production imbalances. Which leads to... 2: Why did you never go over the various automation functions? Like automating your construction ships to just handle building infrastructure when the materials are available to do it in your claimed systems, so you can let that happen while you're busy with other things. Or automating science ships, and the various levels of control you have over that. Could have had a great deal more explored space if you'd just let them go do their thing. I also very much wanted a good explanation of how automation of upgrades for planets and fleets and starports works. Was a part of the mechanics I'd have appreciated having added to the tutorials so it's more apparent how to use those features intelligently.
55:00 Thats why i dont bother with armies if its not my species. I just orbital bombard them out of existance and recolonize the planets that i want. Only a dead Xeno is a good Xeno! For the EMPEROR!!!
Thank you thank you thank you for these tutorial videos I have had this game in my steam library for around 2 years and the in game tutorial seems as confusing as the UI to a complete beginner so its just sitting untouched, however your videos I have watched over the past 2 days into how to play the game as given me a new zest to get in and play as you have at every stage pretty much explained how to play the game at a novice level. After watching this the game itself seems like a hugely glorified game of RISK in essence . Now I have the confidence to actually get my feet wet in game which has a huge learning curve and with your advice could probably learn all the other stuff as I go so thank you again for in depth and very good way of explaining on how to play the game that I have always wanted to play but really could never get my head around.
Thank you so much for these tutorials! Playing on my own will still be difficult at first even after learning all of this but now I will mostly know what I'm doing at least :)
Thanks for this series, Max! I dip my toes into Stellaris every year or two - and find the game changed and more complex each time, sometimes in ways I'm not even aware of, and as a result, I feel like every game of Stellaris I've played has been worse than the last. This was a great catch-up to little things I missed, along with a reminder of a lot of stuff I already knew.
This whole thing was awesome thanks. I bought the game on PlayStation for last week and I’ve been stuck on it. I absolutely love it, it is most definitely a learning curve a very rewarding.! I also watched your DLC videos
thank you for this tutorial series, it's apparent you have a lot of passion for the topic. I feel I'm not just in the dark now with Stellaris you took you time to go into great detail on different things where before I was just kinda doing a trial and error type thing although my first game is going pretty well I'm tempted to start over with the increased knowledge I now have
Amazing tutorial. Always watched my younger brother play this on the computer and had a big interest in it, but there is soooo much to keep track of lol. You did a grear job examining eveeything aa far as I'm aware
Wow, each episode exceeded the previous and the finale was the crescendo. I've been playing my first game along side the tutorials. Each subsequent topic fit well with my progress. You could make the same series ten times over and each semester of classes would reinforce and expand on the previous.
also, illustrating what can go wrong, whether by mistake or fog of war and how to deal with the repercussions is more beneficial than playing perfectly as tho nothing ever goes wrong.
I played Stellaris 10 years ago on PC... and have just recently reinvested in it on PS5 console edition. Looks like Paradox is currently bringing the console version closer to pc with updates. I wasn't sure how user-friendly console would be.. it's actually not too bad. Loving it so far. Looking forward to First Contact later this year (lots on the console has a release delay). Your videos have helped me catch back up. I forgot so many of the mechanics. Coming back to it with all of the DLCs and updates over 10 years is great, even as far behind as console still is. I'd love to see a Space-X themed Space Force type of DLC that is closer to our current human technology trees irl.
I recently bought the game during the holiday sale with 2 DLCs to add starting depth. I have always loved civilization games. Since watching your videos I have bought 5 more DLC packs 😆.
I'm late, erm anyway. I ended up building a massive fleet and wiping out an empire... due to the 10 year policy though it took quite some time. Anywho the 3rd time because i randomly decided to end the conflict. ( my influence was low, had pressure from another xenophobe) Wish i had waited as by that time i had joined the galactic empire, even though the empire was low other AI's started waging war on them and taking my claims, established it for a vassal. Now idk what to do. Maybe leave the galactic empire and take my claims or. Well idk i have a strong fleet, have 300 expansion roughly. So having a bit of a whoopty, no idea what to do.
would honestly love to see a playthrough, any empire maybe less tutorials more of how you would play, with the over arcing commentary or why and how you are doing things
I didn’t watch the video actually, i didn’t know if it was mentioned or not but i just wanna help. After wars the most problematic problem is your economy, you will see -100 energy credits and food. There are two choices that you can choose. Firstly is to enslave the conquered pop. I would suggest to do so if they have a similiar habitibility trait, move their rights from indentured servitude to domestic servitude and destroy all advanced resources bulding(research lab, industrial district, administrative offices) to reduce upkeep cost, send some of your pops to be the politician of the newly conquered planet so their happiness can offset the native’s happiness and increase overall stability. Secondly is to purge and force labour them. I would recommend you to this when the conquered species are far from your habitable preference and you also have terraforming technology to change the planet to your preference once the native population is dead. Send some of your pops to the conquered planet to increase stability and overall purged pop production, evacuate all robot pops from the conquered planets. once the planet only host 4-10 remaining native pop, resettle the politicans somewhere and let the remaining natives die. Once they do, terraform the planet and preapre a colony ship to colonize it.
If you claim & take all planets of an opponent in a successful war, but mot all their star systems they will be no more.... but won't all those valuable systems then require you to build starbases with the required infuence? I've had this happen (in a previous version) and it seems much better to leave them at least 1 (preferably low pop) planet so you can enjoy the influence discount of acquiring their space by future wars- or much more efficiently by oppressive level Vassalage. * remember to set your vassalage policy before going to war or it's going to cost some serious influence before you can integrate them.
in my first game. when i claim all habitable planet from enemy faction and actually win it. i though i will take all of their empire territory. to my surprise i only got what i claim and the rest is free for all... in the end i can grab one cluster of planet. the rest is got snatch by other empire.....
Would it have been worth disbanding the extra corvettes 31 - down to 20 again? Also when it looks like the systems you've taken are likely to rebel against you is it worth demolishing all the buildings on it so it makes it take longer for the enemy to recover if the planet returns to the original species?
FTL inhibitors are on basic starbases now? I'm currently playing 3.10 & FTL inhibitors are only on upgraded starbases (statport etc.) and on planets with upgraded fortresses buildings. I don't recall any earlier versions with inhibitors on non- upgraded starbases...
This has got to be the best tutorial out on Stellaris. Thanks for that! Do you happen to address the Senate anywhere? I would be interested in learning more about how that works. Haven't watched part 9 yet tho... perhaps it is in there already!
I love your videos. I have just picked up Stellaris base game and your videos have been a great help, but was wondering about dlc's. There are so many and to buy them all at once would be quite expensive. I was just wondering which ones are the ones you recommend that give the most bang or content for the money?
Just bought the game and fired up a game. Wow this is crunchy. I joined a galactic federation and suddenly realized not only am i in last place, but all my resource atorages are full and i cant figure out how to spend it.
Gotta say the new species coming in and changing your ethics never sat well with me. It simply wouldn't work like that. And I had an event in which a bunch of refugees just showed up and settled on a bunch of my planets, without asking, and without any option to deny them access. Again, just wouldn't work like that.
I get games where in the first 10 years an AI declares war on me, and arrives with fleet of 250k power... meanwhile I sit there with 5 stars, and several Corvettes >.< There's no recovering from this aside of making a new game and pray it doesn't happen again.. At least they are 10-15 min long games 😑
he said he gone give them ipods @57:40 lol hahahahaha bruh u must be over 40 years old, btw I watched your tutorial longer than i have played the game officially. lmao
When you know you're about to spend hundreds of hours playing a game, your tutorial must be seen as an investment.
I did appreciate the way you didnt spoil any anomalies and the clarity of your advices (while giving us many UI tricks).
Definitly the best beginners' series about Stellaris
This tutorial series has helped me understand Stellaris as a new player more than any other resource I've found. Thank you very much Max! I'll definitely be sharing it with a few people.
14:40
that moment when you realize you're this galaxy's Tau...
I know this is a year old, and a little out of date with new updates, (though I don't think combat has changed much since this) but as someone who just got the game on sale this last week, this video has been the most helpful. I'm in my second game right now, and it's the first time I'm really having to deal with war, my first game was relatively peaceful (except that time I accidentally opened up a gateway, and massive 75k fleet came out and decimated me and everyone else in the galaxy, lol.)
But anyway, this time I got blocked in by 3 militaristic empires, and I was fighting a two on one way war, (thankfully the third guy was directing his attention in the other direction) and they each had armies at my borders on opposite ends, so I decided to go deal with the one I thought was the more pressing threat, thinking I'll let the other guy take a couple systems, then come back and reclaim them. But then suddenly I was at peace with him, and I couldn't for the life of me figure out why. I never agreed to peace. I was so frustrated, because now I had lost those systems, that I thought I would be able to reclaim really quick, but now I have to wait a decade.
Thanks to this video I now know why, they had claimed just those two systems, came in and got them with me nowhere near, and so they "Won" the war, even though My fleet would have destroyed them, if they weren't preoccupied with the other nation. And the worst part is, I didn't even realize until I was done with the other guy. There was no pop up or anything, probably a small notification at the top that I missed among all the others that were popping up because I was at war. But that should definitely come up with a big pop up on screen right in your face, so you know what's happening.
Anyway, thank you, I know now what happened. This games tutorial system is pretty garbage and doesn't explain anything too you lol. These last two episodes were the last piece of the Stellaris puzzle that I was missing. Most of the other stuff I was able to grasp pretty well just by trial and error, and watching what was happening.
Just a minor issue - at 1:01:32 the explanation about the multiple new faction is interrupted - it jumps right into the next topic.
This is the best beginners tutorial I've seen for any game, you have an amazing and easy way of making the content engaging, fun, easy to listen to, whilst packing a ton of info. I've recently started playing Stellaris, was a humble bundle, and you have answered so many questions!
Stellaris is charming but overwhelming at first. Your tutorials help me a lot on getting into it and start to enjoy it.
You're wonderful on organizing information, teaching and story-telling, great jobs!!
I just picked up Stellaris a month or so ago and, like so many others have commented, have found your tutorials absolutely top notch. Really appreciate this series...I've enjoyed watching the videos as much as playing the game :) As there is so much going on in the game, I go back to your series for reference when needed. These are as good as any software training classes I've ever taken and I appreciate how well you mix in the thematics of the game. You should consider doing more and contracting with more developers & publishers. Great stuff, Cheers!
Yeah, this series is a must for anyone getting into this game at this point. I put the game off for a year due to the complexity but I have all the DLC now and just got into it myself after procrastinating. A 6 hour tutorial is a pretty significant time investment but my first run without this was such a mess because the game really doesn't, and maybe it can't, explain all this. The way this tutorial was divided made me realize that while the game can be overwhelming you can treat each major mechanic as a semi-discrete mini-game. They relate back to your economy and research but each can be learned independently so it's not quite as bad as it seems at first. Quite a good game if you're the kind of person who would be willing to learn it though. Unironically felt like a college class.
This is an exceptional set of tutorials. Thank you so much. Disappointed to see you have not made more videos in a while.You are a wonderful teacher and you enthusiasm is amazing.
The game has so much content that it's hard for a beginner to grasp the game's flow and meta. This tutorial series may be 6 or so hours long but I think it actually saves you time in the long run. The game has a great dynamic narrative system but it's impossible to appreciate it until you form an intuition for the systems.
Max :D the expression on your face when you realized you had Pirates in your system...it was prizeless! Actually had to replay it several times 🤣🤣🤣
I love these tutorials! Even tho the game is complicated you make it entertaining. Would love to see a playthrough aswell
Hell yeah! I love these tutorials! I've watched them a couple times because there's so much info! Plus there are so many mechanics and systems that could be covered in like Mid and Endgame-type tutorials: Becoming an Overlord/Negotiating Contracts, Managing a Federation, Espionage, Galactic Politics, Becoming the Custodian/Emperor, Fallen Empires, the L Gate. Plus there is completely open territory to cover mods like ACOT and Gigastructures that no TH-camr has tutorials on. Aside from speculative Reddit forums there is no information or coverage out there of stuff like the Katzenartig Imperium, the EHOF, the Blokkats, and the tech tiers above 5.
Really helped bro, as others have pointed out you really have a skill for teaching. Come back and do some more videos!
I start Stellaris over again, but this time with tons of information. I agree to all this other comments, it is the best Stellaris tutorial/beginners guide/overview here on youtube. And therefore there's nothing more to say than:
Clap, clap, clap ... standing ovation!
Keep the good work going.
Following every single episodes advice and guidance it took a long 52 hours of playtime but I finally managed to get my first victory! Thank you so much the journey was hard as the game was very complex but you were an excellent teacher. You earned my sub
Perfect - really helps to see how planetary combat works. Thanks Max!
Thank you!
Can't wait for the "2022 Stellaris Advanced Guide" ;-)
When I picked up this game, it looked so complex that it kind of put me off. But I loved the premise of this game so I gave it another shot. I looked up a tutorial and found your videos. Now I feel like a pro playing the game. This tutorial was very informative, you have a good friendly vibe in your videos and you seem very passionate about the game the way you explain things like anomalies for example. Keep up the good work!
Thanks for this series Max! I love 4X games but like others mentioned, this game is very VERY overwelming to start on. I have tried several tutorials but yours is definitely the best! I love how you organize the content and minimize the topics that depend on which patch level Stellaris is on versus the base mechanics that a newcomer needs to be aware of. Keep up the great work!
How to recover after war? - MORE war
Thanks for the new explanations. I'm a new player and your videos are extremely helpful.
If you keep making them I'll keep watching them.
Ok, now I've watched this fully, you've not only answered so many questions i had, but also ones I didn't know I had 😀
The bit about landing troops on settled planets AS WELL AS taking the starbase was something that completely passed me by!
Many thanks again, really appreciate this whole series.
This is absolutely perfect because I just took alot of planets and won my war just when this video popped on my feed. I was very confused but now I feel much more equipped to tackle this.
Loving this series!! I just bought the game a few days ago and I’m 20 hours hooked
edit: now 50 hours
Just done this series in one sitting. Thank you for being the Daniel Jackson of Stellaris. I feel ready and look forward to playing my 1st playthrough.
Just spent the weekend binging them.
Was difficult.
My daughter wanted to be entertained, so I sent her to my mother's for some bonding time.
Looking forward to my 1st educated playthrough.
Excellent series, very well thought out and presented. Reignited my interest in a game I've owned for years and never really sunk any time into - until now!
Wow. "How to win the Peace". Not something that would even have occurred to me before! Of course (it's always the way) I really would have enjoyed seeing you move on and deal with the rebellions -- just one more video... always the mark of a good game! Thanks so much for explaining the how and the why of the various decisions. I've really enjoyed watching your series.
I have watched this tutorial completely and learned so much. I can now finally play the game and understand what I'm doing or what is happening. I had my game open and was following every step you showed and the way you explain it as in a story makes it so much easier to understand and to comprehend the consequences of actions. One of the best tutorials about an RTS that I have ever seen. I'll definitely keep an eye out for other tutorials and I hope to catch you on twitch sometime soon! Thanks again Max, kudos to you!
Fantastic video series, so very clear and full of enthusiasm- the benchmark of how beginner guides should be!
Outstanding videos, thank you
These videos have been great. I'm pretty new to the game and have learned a ton.
best tutorials for this game. 10/10 cheers dude
27:48 - the moment he finally notices
ROFL i'm dyin' - noticed it last video the moment it happened.
Final notes: Couple of gripes.
1: You left a HUGE number of systems in your empire's little closed off cluster unclaimed and unexploited, and several claimed systems were left unexploited. All of which contributed to your production imbalances. Which leads to...
2: Why did you never go over the various automation functions? Like automating your construction ships to just handle building infrastructure when the materials are available to do it in your claimed systems, so you can let that happen while you're busy with other things. Or automating science ships, and the various levels of control you have over that. Could have had a great deal more explored space if you'd just let them go do their thing. I also very much wanted a good explanation of how automation of upgrades for planets and fleets and starports works. Was a part of the mechanics I'd have appreciated having added to the tutorials so it's more apparent how to use those features intelligently.
55:00 Thats why i dont bother with armies if its not my species. I just orbital bombard them out of existance and recolonize the planets that i want. Only a dead Xeno is a good Xeno! For the EMPEROR!!!
Thank you thank you thank you for these tutorial videos I have had this game in my steam library for around 2 years and the in game tutorial seems as confusing as the UI to a complete beginner so its just sitting untouched, however your videos I have watched over the past 2 days into how to play the game as given me a new zest to get in and play as you have at every stage pretty much explained how to play the game at a novice level. After watching this the game itself seems like a hugely glorified game of RISK in essence . Now I have the confidence to actually get my feet wet in game which has a huge learning curve and with your advice could probably learn all the other stuff as I go so thank you again for in depth and very good way of explaining on how to play the game that I have always wanted to play but really could never get my head around.
Thank you so much for these tutorials! Playing on my own will still be difficult at first even after learning all of this but now I will mostly know what I'm doing at least :)
Bloody hell, the last one just fried my brain. The more I know about this game the more I feel that I know nothing.... =D
Thanks for this series, Max! I dip my toes into Stellaris every year or two - and find the game changed and more complex each time, sometimes in ways I'm not even aware of, and as a result, I feel like every game of Stellaris I've played has been worse than the last. This was a great catch-up to little things I missed, along with a reminder of a lot of stuff I already knew.
Learned for much more from watching these! Especially the ship design, has made the game that much more in depth and fun! Thank you!
This whole thing was awesome thanks. I bought the game on PlayStation for last week and I’ve been stuck on it. I absolutely love it, it is most definitely a learning curve a very rewarding.! I also watched your DLC videos
lol around 17:30 max clearly pokes fun at how ridiculous it would be to have ALL the citizens send their regards xD
just watched the entire thing, thank you so much! i have 200 hours in stellaris but i still suck a lot, and this series cleared up a ton of things
Thank you for the series. Made my time at work fly by.
Absolutely stunning series of videos. Really got me started with Stellaris. Thanks ;)
thank you for this tutorial series, it's apparent you have a lot of passion for the topic. I feel I'm not just in the dark now with Stellaris you took you time to go into great detail on different things where before I was just kinda doing a trial and error type thing although my first game is going pretty well I'm tempted to start over with the increased knowledge I now have
This series has been incredible. I’m learning so much as a new player. Shared this with a friend as well. Really impressed…keep up the good work!
Amazing tutorial. Always watched my younger brother play this on the computer and had a big interest in it, but there is soooo much to keep track of lol. You did a grear job examining eveeything aa far as I'm aware
This video series makes it possible for me to get to know more about Stellaris. Thanks Max!
Thanks so much for the tutorial!!
Thanks Max, great tutorial. Really appreciate the great effort and awesome summarization of all this knowhow.
Awesome tutorials, I loved them all!
Btw, there is a cut at 1:01:29 if you weren't already aware!
You’ve reignited my interest in this game! Thanks - great job.
Awesome series, it was very helpful and glorious. Thanks a lot! :)
Wow, each episode exceeded the previous and the finale was the crescendo. I've been playing my first game along side the tutorials. Each subsequent topic fit well with my progress.
You could make the same series ten times over and each semester of classes would reinforce and expand on the previous.
also, illustrating what can go wrong, whether by mistake or fog of war and how to deal with the repercussions is more beneficial than playing perfectly as tho nothing ever goes wrong.
I played Stellaris 10 years ago on PC... and have just recently reinvested in it on PS5 console edition. Looks like Paradox is currently bringing the console version closer to pc with updates. I wasn't sure how user-friendly console would be.. it's actually not too bad. Loving it so far. Looking forward to First Contact later this year (lots on the console has a release delay). Your videos have helped me catch back up. I forgot so many of the mechanics. Coming back to it with all of the DLCs and updates over 10 years is great, even as far behind as console still is. I'd love to see a Space-X themed Space Force type of DLC that is closer to our current human technology trees irl.
I absolutely enjoyed this series. Thank you
trully thank you, it was a verry insteresting set of tutorials, i can finally start this game with a bit more confidence ^^
tranks a lot !
I have watched all your tutorial videos and it has been immensely helpful! Thank you for making them😊
This was a masterpiece my hats off to you greatest if great jobs much love
I recently bought the game during the holiday sale with 2 DLCs to add starting depth. I have always loved civilization games. Since watching your videos I have bought 5 more DLC packs 😆.
Awesome thanks for all the tricks and insight! Looking forward to my next game :D
Loved the mix of tutorial and actual gameplay, it was very informative! I will pick up the game and hopefully be able to play it now :)
Thanks a lot Max, great job
Watched the whole series! will watch the FAQ part.
Thank you so much for all this job !
Thanks for these helped a bunch
Fantastic way to end it!
Thank you , now i will enjoy fully the game 😉
thank you so much for all these videos
I'm late, erm anyway. I ended up building a massive fleet and wiping out an empire... due to the 10 year policy though it took quite some time. Anywho the 3rd time because i randomly decided to end the conflict. ( my influence was low, had pressure from another xenophobe) Wish i had waited as by that time i had joined the galactic empire, even though the empire was low other AI's started waging war on them and taking my claims, established it for a vassal. Now idk what to do. Maybe leave the galactic empire and take my claims or. Well idk i have a strong fleet, have 300 expansion roughly. So having a bit of a whoopty, no idea what to do.
The best Stellaris tutorial series! Now I can actually play instead of watch!
Beautiful guide, fantastic series. Thank You, You have my sub, greetings from Poland!
Amazing, thankyou! Any chance of a DLC review, as I don't have any of them and I'd be interested in your opinion on which to get or avoid (and why)
Yup! It's coming soon!
would honestly love to see a playthrough, any empire maybe less tutorials more of how you would play, with the over arcing commentary or why and how you are doing things
I didn’t watch the video actually, i didn’t know if it was mentioned or not but i just wanna help.
After wars the most problematic problem is your economy, you will see -100 energy credits and food.
There are two choices that you can choose.
Firstly is to enslave the conquered pop. I would suggest to do so if they have a similiar habitibility trait, move their rights from indentured servitude to domestic servitude and destroy all advanced resources bulding(research lab, industrial district, administrative offices) to reduce upkeep cost, send some of your pops to be the politician of the newly conquered planet so their happiness can offset the native’s happiness and increase overall stability.
Secondly is to purge and force labour them. I would recommend you to this when the conquered species are far from your habitable preference and you also have terraforming technology to change the planet to your preference once the native population is dead. Send some of your pops to the conquered planet to increase stability and overall purged pop production, evacuate all robot pops from the conquered planets. once the planet only host 4-10 remaining native pop, resettle the politicans somewhere and let the remaining natives die. Once they do, terraform the planet and preapre a colony ship to colonize it.
Absolutely brilliant guides, they have been so helpful 👍
Extremely helpful series man, even now..
This is really great insights, thank you!
May we get and intermediate/ advanced guide from this series?
If you claim & take all planets of an opponent in a successful war, but mot all their star systems they will be no more.... but won't all those valuable systems then require you to build starbases with the required infuence? I've had this happen (in a previous version) and it seems much better to leave them at least 1 (preferably low pop) planet so you can enjoy the influence discount of acquiring their space by future wars- or much more efficiently by oppressive level Vassalage. * remember to set your vassalage policy before going to war or it's going to cost some serious influence before you can integrate them.
You're the best man! Please explore and explain new games.
in my first game. when i claim all habitable planet from enemy faction and actually win it. i though i will take all of their empire territory.
to my surprise i only got what i claim and the rest is free for all... in the end i can grab one cluster of planet. the rest is got snatch by other empire.....
Would it have been worth disbanding the extra corvettes 31 - down to 20 again? Also when it looks like the systems you've taken are likely to rebel against you is it worth demolishing all the buildings on it so it makes it take longer for the enemy to recover if the planet returns to the original species?
FTL inhibitors are on basic starbases now? I'm currently playing 3.10 & FTL inhibitors are only on upgraded starbases (statport etc.) and on planets with upgraded fortresses buildings. I don't recall any earlier versions with inhibitors on non- upgraded starbases...
This has got to be the best tutorial out on Stellaris. Thanks for that! Do you happen to address the Senate anywhere? I would be interested in learning more about how that works. Haven't watched part 9 yet tho... perhaps it is in there already!
You are briliant.
1:46 or replace one further shield with one armor and then put the ab in
how do you manage empire sprawl?
I love your videos. I have just picked up Stellaris base game and your videos have been a great help, but was wondering about dlc's. There are so many and to buy them all at once would be quite expensive. I was just wondering which ones are the ones you recommend that give the most bang or content for the money?
Just bought the game and fired up a game. Wow this is crunchy. I joined a galactic federation and suddenly realized not only am i in last place, but all my resource atorages are full and i cant figure out how to spend it.
Fire be purged! Nice series would be cool to se a let's play! With a commentary
Something like March of the Bra
my galaxy map is all black and i cant see anything anyone know why?
why i cant see any white border in my stellaris? im playing as roccan, ....
Gotta say the new species coming in and changing your ethics never sat well with me. It simply wouldn't work like that.
And I had an event in which a bunch of refugees just showed up and settled on a bunch of my planets, without asking, and without any option to deny them access.
Again, just wouldn't work like that.
I get games where in the first 10 years an AI declares war on me, and arrives with fleet of 250k power... meanwhile I sit there with 5 stars, and several Corvettes >.< There's no recovering from this aside of making a new game and pray it doesn't happen again.. At least they are 10-15 min long games 😑
Is Stellaris cross platform? I play on Xbox console edition and I have like all the good dlc’s . I would love to be able to join ya online.
My gamer tag on Xbox is NickRLayton incase anyone here also plays Xbox edition an want to expand ya Stellaris friends .
he said he gone give them ipods @57:40 lol hahahahaha bruh u must be over 40 years old, btw I watched your tutorial longer than i have played the game officially. lmao
my God... I wasted so much time just to even learn the basics.