honestly the arc and swarm are so powerful its stupid. the origin its self is just so gd if u are a waring nation in 20 years u can get a max level arc and be pumping out hundreds of alloys a month. a lot of people seem to think its really bad because of the opportunity cost but honestly I think its well worth it being able to just focus all ur pops on tech because space is funding all ur fleets and tech

@kyltredragmire4939

20 күн бұрын

I love it because it changed the entire war scene. If someone takes the system with your arc furnace, you're screwed.

@lordkingsmen9503

20 күн бұрын

Yeah in a game i was 1k alloys a month year 60 which was pretty normal 💀

@ratking1330

20 күн бұрын

I don't think over powered is the correct word here. I think their power was very intentionally given to enhance the currently gameplay of Stellaris. I believe making making more and more resources available to the player such as this, that future updates will contain more and more costly structures for players to sync their resources into.

@rekrn12345

16 күн бұрын

It is very powerful however the cost of early influence is massive. It is like 2 full traditions worth.

@user-zg3dv8dd6c

14 күн бұрын

the arc and swarm should been reserved only for origin.

Arc Wielders+Astro Mining Bays+Cybrex Drills=$$$$

@lattekahvi1298

20 күн бұрын

Got that on my run, went with nanobots and my nanite production skyrocketed

@MasterElements

5 күн бұрын

Do you one better, mining drones home system and surveyor. The system itself has a ruined arc furnace in it so after you have built all your furni you can restore that one for one more.

Prosperity is very strong first/second pick with Arc Welders/Astro-mining drones since it has adoption effect of +20% mining station output. It has building/district upkeep reduction as well, which is honestly not that good up until late game so you could just pick it and switch to another tradition.

@Rith9789

20 күн бұрын

I love mining stations. Arc Welders makes it so so good.

@Ep3o

20 күн бұрын

I big dumb

The Machine Age brings also new achievements

arc furnaces produced a weird meta. it is now meta to choose the sol system as a start. because sol has by far the most celestial bodies for arc furnace to create deposits on. it may not be a huge difference for other origins, but they, too, will eventually unlock arc furnaces and having a sol system reserved for it gives you a small leg up.

@kennyholmes5196

18 күн бұрын

Sol or trinaries. Because they produce about as many celestial bodies on generation.

@paulpime7531

16 күн бұрын

Sol Always hast been Superior

@TheArklyte

15 күн бұрын

Sol was meta for all origins as you have a world of every type.

One of the first custom empires I made when the machine age came out was an arc furnace empire as it looked super interesting. I didn’t make it too strong, but it was still super fun to play. I have waited for someone to do a video on it to guide people because I want the full power. Thank you for doing this!

@aztekenen1

19 күн бұрын

what did you do till you got the tech?

You missed something important with nanites. Swarmers ships don't have an upkeep and don't count against naval cap. You just keep getting more and more. And they auto create on the capital. Subsume world is wicked strong too, as a nanite world just gives you max mining and energy districts.

@wolfianius6037

18 күн бұрын

In my last round the swarmers counted toward the naval cap, maybe it´s still a liitle buggy

@ifoundmemallet3394

17 күн бұрын

@@wolfianius6037 It could just have been the data overflow in the files due to you having a ton of them

@Femba3

5 күн бұрын

Bit late but pretty sure they do count towards navy cap but yeah no upkeep, so theoretically you could just run hundreds or thousands over the nav cap if you're only running swarmers because the high upkeep increases wont impact them at all (though it does limit you to basically only running a swarm of glass cannon bees)

The adoption effect for prosperity gives you additional mining station output!

Cybrex Precursor is redonkulous when paired with Arc furnace (Cybrex gives a +100% to mining station outputs which stacks ontop of the +100% that Arc furnace gives at max). Also a way to bypass Arc furnace limit (untested) is to build it to max and then abandon the system and reconquer later and then restore it.

“Is prosperity good? Is there anything that buffs mining from space? No?” Prosperity opener is Mining Station buff… “not playing optimally!”

Why did u take logic engines? The adaptice frames would have just given u the logic engines to ur researchers

@Ep3o

20 күн бұрын

Because I am stupid

@amirali4428

20 күн бұрын

​@@Ep3o as far as i have seen. U only want emotion emulators together with ur adaptive frames vecause ur evaluators will be moded to give more unity but not more amenities and since they are an imortant part of ur amenity production. U want emotion emulator.

@ericrollin2331

19 күн бұрын

​@@amirali4428question for you if you don't mind answering. I started a game after reading you comment and took your advice but I think something might possibly be bugged. When the adaptive frames change to the appropriate job trait does it create a new species subtype in the species menu? Cause if it does then I think I broke something lol.

@amirali4428

19 күн бұрын

@@ericrollin2331hello. It doesnt create a subtype species. If u click on each indivitual pop on their job category u will see an extra trait under the adaptive frame trait which will corespond to their job. Also it takes time for pops to be modded and get their unique work trait so u might want to play 1 year before checking

Go with this for one system challenge and nanites are BONKERS, go brrrrr

You can build a dyson swarm in the same system as an arc furnace. There is even an achievement for it. Of all the synthetic ascention paths, virtuality is by far the strongest, especially if you only have a few planets. It gives a gigantic (175%!!!) Extra job produciton, a 90% housing reduction and every job you create instantly creates a pop to fill it. The only issue is that Every colony give you negatives. The sweet sport is usually around 5-7 planets. Although you can cheat by making and releasing vassals. It plays super well with arc furnace origin because you can have pretty much all your basic ressource production off-world. It also gives you an early access to the megastructure technology to build stuff like science nexus. It mesh well with the ecumenopolis ascention perk.

Maybe try syncratic evolotion origin with indivitualist machines for a video. It gives u a starting pop griwth of 11

Could you post what bagground music you use? Nice video btw i really like the new nanites!

Message in bottle arc site creates a minor artifact deposit on the star, put a dyson swarm over it and you get +30 MA every months, not necessarily strong but funny as f. Also in my playthroughs one of my stars produced 7 minerals for some reason. There're just so much you can do with dyson swarm

You can tell a player has been spoiled by vassals lol Prosperity is one of my 1st picks because I love playing genocidal empires and buffing your space resources is crucial to early game survival

RS might actually not be anymore best for unity, Resource Consolidation now with the machine world changes might be better actually

@OtterSeaborne8901

20 күн бұрын

Still strong if you want to run a different origin, like say Arc Welders

@tanner4280

20 күн бұрын

It’s kinda cheesy and maybe only effective towards a Virtual ascension rush, but spiritualist individualist machines can crank out unity quite fast with parliamentary or priesthood

@Beerpowered

20 күн бұрын

Yeah I'm enjoying -100% Empire Pop Sprawl Virtual Robots that are immortal and don't need housing. It's really strong. Machine Worlds are really strong for Unity Rushing Ascension. I'm going to keep playing the build because Paradox is sure to nerf it into the ground.

Arc welders and virtual makes going tall both fun and powerful

I wish to see that ark furnace in an ancient mining drones' system

That minerals from jobs tech is also minerals from constructions

Honestly idk why logic engines and adaptive frames don't stack in some way, because adaptive frames just makes all those old traits obsolete otherwise.

@commandoepsilon4664

20 күн бұрын

I think the adaptive traits need to be a bit more expensive (trait points wise) or only affect basic resources. Being able to freely swap between any resource trait for only one extra trait point is just nutty.

Finally, a proper Protocol Droids portrait for Ep3o

Just out of curiosity: Other than astro-mining being available, is there any particular reason to pick gestalt over individualist?

@Josurr_Madhawk

19 күн бұрын

I would have to look into it to see if there is a really big draw. My immediate thought is that you don't need consumer goods. So you can double down on other priorities. Planets only really need to develop energy and food districts (bonus!). Your buildings can revolve around science and unity exclusively. That's my immediate thought on taking gestalt over regular individualistic empires.

Can you do a video about your ship designs? I can never make my own, and your ships usually stomp the other empires

I had trouble with energy production with this build.

Cool vid

The arc furnace sometimes doesn't buff some astroids and planets

Systems go brrr!

Would running a trade focused economy be better for energy production to pop ratio? The 50%less from menial jobs would matter depending if the trade producing pop is a worker or specialist though

I've used the exact same build last week. I loved it but you qhould never construct a dyson swarm around a 4 or lower energy star, done it twice. At least 5 energy and if lucky 9 or 12

I had my arc furnace super system get rushed by the enemy AI. It crippled my entire economy.

Know what im using in the next community game now

Logic engines don't work with Adaptive frames btw. Edit: nvm im idiot :3

Casually crushes the galaxy, meanwhile im just trying to maintain my position as 3rd most powerful in the galactic community, a little behind the other two and one war is gonna work me lol

what portrait mod is he using

@rayve8899

12 күн бұрын

pretty sure thats just one of the new ones in the machine age dlc

Shouldn't you have went ocean paradise to make the "ultimate system" for the massive planet and nebula :p

wOW

😮

Arc furnace one system empire with the strange surveyor relic

When will you do more achievement runs? 😅

@Ep3o

20 күн бұрын

Soon! Early access didn’t have achievements so couldn’t do any :(

hi

Nice, that E3po still thinks that robots are bad at generating unity... try trade robots with marketplace of ideas

Using this origin i do its weird Buy notiing trade value wont fix

Petition for Ep3o to Play HELLDIVERS 2 ||

why adaptive frames AND logic engines together? you’re wasting points

@Ep3o

20 күн бұрын

I was dumb

A million views in half a second ? Bro fell on

That is weak af. Get artifact from mining bots, have one system and spam it on CD. Dyson swarm energy output and special resources output are absolutely disgusting. If you ever use this tip in any of your videos. Put my lovely face, not even my name. That is all I ask.

Does adaptive frame stack with logic engines? I thought adaptive added the trait of logic engine not an equivalent

@johndb1860

20 күн бұрын

No it doesn't. It's just he's been a tech rusher so long that that's just a brainless Auto pick for him 😅