I hope you do!

Mood right there

Did it work? I found reading the Wiki a great help to understanding.

That's so stellaris!

I am 100 hours in and still dont know WTF I'm doing. LOL

You're welcome!

I just jumped in and failed twice lol

Thank you Joel!

To be fair, if the Stellaris tutorial explained everything, it would last 20 hours. And yes, this is a very helpful video!

@@SomePotato As a new player, I found the in-game tutorial a total waste of space and just turned it off as it's just a time waster!

You're welcome!

But the actual trigger is having researched it, not using it. It's also possible for players to obtain the Psi jump drives from the shroud. The FE have jump drives, Zarqlan's Pilgrims come with Psi drives. In 3.0 Dick although the crisis is not meant to be influenced by tech, the Unbidden can arrive early in the late game if these drives were researched, which might be very challenging if you use an early end game year.

Ah, missed that. Dang it. Thanks.

Glad I could help

lmao

You're so welcome Brenda! Thanks for coming here and watching!

That is so awesome to hear! Congrats! I feel like a proud teacher. The student is no longer a padewan!

LOL, thanks! I just try to be honest. The game is deep!

Wow, thanks!

Glad you like them!

I appreciate the comment Rye! I hope you kick some galactic butt! Have fun!

Thank you Lee!!

Tyler, I have a big tutorial dropping Saturday. Stay tuned.

I appreciate that!

Happy to help! Glad you're watching Peppa!

Yes, when it comes to laying down shields/armor in the boxes, ordering doesn't matter because shields always light-up outside the armor layer. One thing I kind of wanted to go over in the guide, but started to feel like it was getting bulky, was to get down into the meta of how I handle Combat AI computers and Kinetic/Energy loadouts. I try very hard to set things up so that Kinetic Weapons fire first in battle, and take down shields, and then energy weapons fire later in battle, when shields are presumably gone. And so there's a combination of Combat AI, Hull Sections, Weapons, and Weapon Range that makes that all happen (again, presumably, because it's kind of impossible to know for sure). Weapon Range is kind of the key indicator. If you have Alpha Strike weapons fire at 150 distance, and Kinetic fire at 80, and Energy/Plasma at 50, then you can kind of assume that the Kinetic Weapons are going to do more damage to shields since they will fire sooner. At least, that's my theory. So I might just have to do a separate video on that. Because I think players would get something out of that. Appreciate your kind words so much K.G. Thank you.

@@ColorsFadeGaming I'm playing with downsized ships-amazing space battles--Icen System Scale and Beauty combination and wondering if that was the right choice - hard to see the ship battles as clearly this way. I think your weapon range approach seems as reasonable approach as any, when we don't really know for sure how things work. On your video: the stuff on refitting and cuing ship classes to your fleets was helpful - haven't had big enough fleets yet. My games have been more peaceful and cooperative so far. One suggestion for a future guide would be a more detailed look at pop management: resettlement, the tiers, promotion-demotion, ect. I'm finding that early you don't want to put the gene facility down first, because of how it hobbles early planet production - the things with 1 extra job work ok early though.

A pop management guide would be good. I just wish I wasn't so frustrated by what Stellaris does with pop management. It has some of the worst pop management tools. I have a feeling if I made a guide, I'd end up cursing a lot :) But I do appreciate the suggestion. I will give it some thought!

@@ColorsFadeGaming without too much OT here (ships dammit) beeen finding by trial and error how to manage and some wrinkles to applying your earlier guide. Watchwords for early stage colonies - buildings with +1 worker, not more, otherwise the specialist are sucking up all the jobs and the planet doesn't make anything.

Thank you Jacman!

I appreciate it! Pass the word; share the video! I don't like to self-promote, so do what you will!

It was unfortunate that I figured that out after uploading the video :-)

@@ColorsFadeGaming haha rip, happy new year and thank you for the awesome tutorial it helped quite a bit and learned more about the picket weapons look forward to more :)

Glad to hear it!

Glad it was helpful!

Glad to help!

Hope you enjoy it!

Hope you see some success now!

Thank you!

You're very welcome!

Glad it was helpful!

Wulvena - after the 2.6 update, ships are supposed to basically "jump" directly to the system your fleet is in, bypassing the actual travel through hostile systems. However, it's still not perfect from what I can tell. But it has improved.

@@ColorsFadeGaming well at least this is something, now if they can teach it to count properly and actually do something with sectors.

Thank you very much!

Good time during Black Friday discount 👍

@@Sadowsky46 yeah I missed the sale.

I don't know why people explain things the way they do, but I'm glad my version worked for you!

Glad I could help!

Thanks, will do!

Thanks mate!

@@ColorsFadeGaming appreciate you man ! I am actually onto your administering planets video now and might have a question for you there ! If possible

Glad you think so!

Thanks SF!~ This one took a while :)

@@ColorsFadeGaming I bet! We used to have some great discussions when you did your newbie tutorials. I'll have to go watch your other playthroughs.... and check you out on Patreon.😎

Thanks so much SF. Appreciate it! I'm always here; no rush. Appreciate my regular longtime viewers a bunch!

Here is my answer to that: I built mixed fleets for two different reasons, and it really comes down to the point in time of the game (early, mid, or late). Late game is the simplest: I build fleets comprised of Battleships and Corvettes. This is because Battleships have huge amounts of hit points and giant bow weapons that do massive Alpha Strike damage. These are ideal against end-game Crisis and Fallen Empires. However, Battleships make easy targets, so I also add several dozen Corvettes, because Corvettes are the most evasive ships you can have. You can get their evasion really high by the end-game. Thus, they work like a screen for my Battleships, as the enemy is wasting it's huge Alpha Strikes on my Corvettes. If they can manage to hit the Corvette, they'll kill it, but it is MUCH easier replaced than a Battleship; takes way less time and money. Now, early to mid-game: What I basically do is not destroy any of my ships. As you progress through tech, your FLEET CAPACITY will get bigger, so you can add more ships. I build the new hulls, add them to the fleets, and I let them attrition over time. You start the game with Corvettes, and your first upgrade is a Destroyer. They have crappy evasion but double the hit points. Only the Corvette has good evasion. So I start mixing in Destroyers because they have double the hit points and will overall make your fleet stronger, but I don't make a ton of these unless I need them. Cruisers are next. Same deal: double the hit points of Destroyers and can mount a few more weapons. I build these as soon as I have the tech and treat them like a Battleship role (stay at a distance and fire the long range weapons). At this point my fleets have Corvettes, Destroyers, and Cruisers in them, and the Corvettes act like the screen. Once I get Battleships, I add those to the fleets as fleet capacity allows. Ships attrition over time, so eventually these fleets *may* evolve into all Corvette and Battleship fleets. If they don't, I may split off the Destroyers and Cruisers and gather them into a separate "harasser" fleet. At that point I'm where I want to be, with big fleets that are like 20 Battleships and 70 Corvettes. And once I get Titans I'll swap out a couple Corvettes for the Titan ship. The biggest thing here is the screen of the Corvettes. It keeps the Battleships from taking so many hits while causing the enemy to waste their big guns on small, evasive ships. I know some folks play with only Corvette fleets (Corvette Swarm they call it). I've done that too, but my experience has taught me that if I have the time and materials to build them, the Battleships are worth having for their long-range Alpha Strike capabilities. Especially if you have a Juggernaut with the +40% to ally range on it; you can then Alpha Strike enemies and wipe out entire fleets before they even have a chance to engage your Corvettes. Your fleets can walk out of these battles unscathed.

Glad it was helpful!

Wow, thanks!

Fleet power is a function of Fleet Capacity and Tech. The more repeatable tech you have, the stronger each ship will be. That's how you get huge numbers. That's why tech research speed is so important - so you can get to the repeatable tech faster. If you're not able to out-tech your enemies, then put a bit more focus on Research. You can check your tech score against the rest of the galaxy from the F2 screen.

@@ColorsFadeGaming Did not know I could check my tech score. I am still on the lower difficulties but the Crisis tends to curb-stomp me probably because I set it too high. Also you still respond to comments after such a long time? Wow that is impressive

You're very welcome!

You're welcome!

Glad you liked it!

The best place to start is with my Planetary Management video. That gives you the basics of managing your planets, which is where you'll spend a good portion of your time. Ships & War become the next big sinks.