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Decaps86

Highly adaptable fanatical purifier: Good or bad for the universe?

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Coming back to the game from a long hiatus. Been playing some machine intelligence and now trying for some biological pop shinaigans. I noticed that the xenos are habituated on planets I'd like bit not necessarily suited for. Just saw some numbers on how painful low habitability can be.

How viable do you think a highly adaptable mass colonizing approach would be. Plan to change my traits once I have my Gaia and ecumenopolis planets set up.

Posted Apr 3, 2023, 5:36 PM UTC

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Kuzu90•

It is very viable. Message back to remind me ill send the image of a over tuned adaptability build I cant remember it off the top of my head. Cannot remember the build off the top.

EG. Have 7k tech and 1000 pops without stealing any pops by 2330. In multiplayer (not abusing other players) Also im not that good at the game so im sure better players can do this build even better.

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Decaps86OPFanatic Purifiers•

I'd definitely like to see that. I'm not current on DLC so I don't have overturned traits. I'm sure I'll make due with what I have up to federations, I think (although I really should get nemesis)

The main issue is surviving until I can terraform my planets. Putting so many points into adaptability will probably make my capital less productive but I'm hoping that in time my other planets will be more productive until I can min max my species.

My current playthrough is with a determined exterminator and I'm feeling good considering I'm not running into the issues I tend to have tanking my economy or being killed by my neighbors.

I just have to expand, then boom then continue to expand when I can afford it. All the while making military.

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Kuzu90•

https://www.reddit.com/r/Stellaris/comments/12b8odk/rapid_growth_build/

I can't post images here so I made a post.

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Goat2016Machine Intelligence•

Bad for the universe, fun to play as though.

I always go for adaptive/very adaptive when I play as a Devouring Swarm so I see no reason it wouldn't be good for Fanatical Purifiers.

Although sometimes I just go for max habitability and choose Terravores. Maybe try Lithoid Purifiers?

Oh wait... Now I remember why I play Determined Exterminators so often. :-)

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Decaps86OPFanatic Purifiers•

My current I playthrough is a DE! pretty much trying to replicate it for biological. My last attempt I had a gap in my static defense and some federation ships slipped in. Making my empire airtight for attempt #2. Afterwards I'm doing another RS playthrough. I'm sure I'll go biological again one day...

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Goat2016Machine Intelligence•

Have you tried Lithoids? They're about as close to a machine as biologicals get. You might like them. :-)

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Decaps86OPFanatic Purifiers•

I have ages ago. It's definitely worth considering. I'll make a note to make a devouring swarm or terravore playthrough

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JeezFine•

Highly adaptable worked really well until I could supplement it with terraforming/gene modding/synth ascension down the line in my fear of the dark/purifiers run

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Decaps86OPFanatic Purifiers•

Nice! I was worried that I would stifle my economy. My last playthrough was a shattered ring rogue servitor and I noticed that the habitability really messed with my economy. I really like playing tall so skipping out on planets until I can terraform tends to bother me.

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