Stellaris Clone Army Origin Rush - Dev Diary 220

Stellaris Dev Diary 220 is out. It is a very short diary this week. they have only shown us two civics to be added to the Humanoids DLC and an origin. They implied a lot of fantasy int he past... but did they deliver. The short answer is... no.

What did we get instead? Lets dive in and find out!

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:40 Masterful crafters
3:33 Pleasure seekers
5:29 Clone army origin

Stellaris Version 3.0.3

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[MatthewChenault]

“You will be pleased to hear that our unit production is… on schedule.” - Montu

[bond]

Re. clone leaders: Do we actually know how old leaders will be when they start?
Being clones, they could start with just a few years, which then would meant the -40 years life isnt actually a big nerf.

[kjjk]

The Uruk Hai were grown in vats to adulthood very fast, they actually kinda are the fantasy clone army.

[Evil_Florida]

I feel like the paradox staff just rewatch the prequels every time they need inspiration for their new dlc

[morpheusbutasasquirtle]

*Looks at clone army hive mind empire*

[someasshole]

hmm... i wonder if the clone army origin will be compatible with the death cult civic? if you hit your clone vat capacity, you could just sacrifice a few pops, and repeat every time you hit it again. you'd have a constant influx of new fodder for your blood sacrifices. combined with militarist, i imagine a really powerful sort of religious space crusaders type empire. maybe the clones venerate the vats as holy objects that gave them life?? idk, it seems like it'd be really powerful and would have some great roleplay potential. overall, i'm very excited to play with this origin. great video as always, montu

[TogTeg]

So, we have:
Gnomes
Horny
and **WATCH OUT FOR THOSE WRIST ROCKETS**
seriously though, imagine a fight between a clone empire and a mechanical purifier empire going at it.

[CalamitasCalliope]

The Clone Origin would work so well for am empire that enslaves aliens. They'll kinda be like an organic machine empire. You build your ruling class and then you have the slaves do the basic work

[kupieckorzenny]

I cant wait for the interaction with the Marauders:
Your mother's a droid!

[thegreatarcanist]

Does that mean that we can build Clone Army Clone Armies?

[josebaturamos]

I think they're going to feel a bit like the Grinner empire of Warframe rather than the clone army of the SW Republic.

[TheScoutnation]

They made it so I can role play the death corps of kreid

[Creatalis]

Hey Montu, Lithoid portrait with Clone Origin might be a decent meta build for multiplayer. Counteracts the deficits of each other.

[MeredithLikely]

WAIT WAIT I THOUGHT THIS WAS ANOTHER SHORT MEME. I waited to watch this until I got off of work, and I'm so hyped for these updates!

Edit: okay, anybody else terrified that they're going to add a "spawn a pleasure God" event with the new pleasure seekers? I'm terrified that slaneesh will start a psudo "Ai rebellion" but instead of robots it's cultists of the new God that have been hiding/converted. Considering there is a robotic uprising for spiritualists, maybe materialists could try and beat down a pleasure cult just like in 40K!!

[johnthecrazedsskull]

I feel like clone armies are meant to be a mix of what some people thought the Clone War was before the prequels and that one scene in lord of the rings where they’re digging Uruk Hai out of the ground.

[cjwarrington]

I like that the clone army origin forces you to interact with your neighbors in some way, rather than just going full isolationist while you tech up.
Also, looking forward to checking out the stream this Saturday!

[peterknutsen]

Note that in 3.1, the ability to convert TV to CGs is locked behind a particular Tradition.

Also, the devs really need to re-balance Agrarian Idyll by letting each X Farming Districts (3 or 4) unlock a Building slot. Agrarian Idyll is fantasy genre trope elves, but have been unviable since the 3.0 changes.

[lakdav]

Clone Army seems to be very synergetic with the Raiding bombardment of a Barbaric Despoiler

[vineveer]

Combined with the plantoid budding trait, you could reach the maximum support from your clone vats at which point your pops would. . . erm. . . naturally? continue "budding" new clones.

[UnkindledHonor]

*give the genocidal shield lizards the clone vats*