They can’t help themselves from fucking with the game mechanics.
That was a big reason why I quit. Every other patch they had to 'refine' the game mechanics. And of course, none of my saved games would work with the new updates. Just....enough.
They use the steam beta system to let you roll back to any arbitrary release that you like. They really fucked up 4.0 but thanks to this system people could just keep playing 3.14 which was actually still good.
Right click the game, properties, click 'betas', drop down the beta participation menu and pick the version you want.
All other stellaris bullshit aside, I wish more games offered such a robust way to play prior versions.
Yeah, this is why I haven't looked at it in years. Due to work/IRL schedules, most 4x games I'll binge on for a week or two, then put down for months, before being able to come back to them. And I just got tired of having to relearn the game every single time because everything was redone to accommodate their new systems. If you want to add new stuff, go for it and (usually) it's appreciated. But reworking a core component of the game every single patch, and usually putting half of that rework behind DLC, no thank you.
Stopped playing entirely in April. They can’t help themselves from fucking with the game mechanics. And their DLC is just slop now.
That was a big reason why I quit. Every other patch they had to 'refine' the game mechanics. And of course, none of my saved games would work with the new updates. Just....enough.
They use the steam beta system to let you roll back to any arbitrary release that you like. They really fucked up 4.0 but thanks to this system people could just keep playing 3.14 which was actually still good.
Right click the game, properties, click 'betas', drop down the beta participation menu and pick the version you want.
All other stellaris bullshit aside, I wish more games offered such a robust way to play prior versions.
Yeah, this is why I haven't looked at it in years. Due to work/IRL schedules, most 4x games I'll binge on for a week or two, then put down for months, before being able to come back to them. And I just got tired of having to relearn the game every single time because everything was redone to accommodate their new systems. If you want to add new stuff, go for it and (usually) it's appreciated. But reworking a core component of the game every single patch, and usually putting half of that rework behind DLC, no thank you.